Todd D. Milewski

Todd D. Milewski has been associated with USCHO since 1998, first as WCHA columnist, then as a senior writer and executive editor. He's now editor emeritus.

Alabama-Huntsville and the NCAA’s transfer-rule exemption

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Over the years, we’ve become all-too-familiar with NCAA bylaw 14.5.5.2.6, for some unfortunate reasons. That line in the NCAA’s Division I manual is better known as the Discontinued/Nonsponsored Sport Exception, and it comes into play when a school drops a sport. So it has come up a few times in the last decade — Wayne … Read more

Wisconsin beats RIT in special-teams battle

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Special teams provided the opportunities Saturday, and Wisconsin had the final answer. Forced to kill the entire two minutes of a Rochester Institute of Technology power play with the same four players on the ice, the Badgers blocked and scrapped their way out of the jam. Given a two-man advantage early in the third period … Read more

Longtime Notre Dame coach Smith dies

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Lefty Smith, who formed the modern Notre Dame team and was its coach for 19 seasons, died Tuesday. He was 81. Smith, whose name is on the rink at the new Compton Family Ice Arena, died of natural causes at his South Bend, Ind., home. “It is difficult to imagine Notre Dame without Charles ‘Lefty’ … Read more

Report: Scherr to be installed as first NCHC commissioner

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The Colorado Springs (Colo.) Gazette reported Tuesday morning that former United States Olympic Committee chief executive officer Jim Scherr of Colorado Springs will be announced as the first commissioner of the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference Wednesday morning. The newspaper said an anonymous source close to the hire had confirmed the hire. Scherr was unavailable … Read more

NCHC expecting to hire commissioner before end of year; 24-game schedule eyed

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The new National Collegiate Hockey Conference may have its first commissioner hired by Christmas, Colorado College athletic director Ken Ralph said Wednesday. The top choice of the three finalists, a group that includes former United States Olympic Committee chief executive officer Jim Scherr of Colorado Springs, will get an offer letter from the league soon, … Read more

Pegula tells Penn State officials he’s committed to new arena, programs

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It stands to reason that the new Penn State men’s and women’s hockey programs will be affected in at least some way by the sex abuse scandal that has enveloped the school and athletic department. The school’s president, Graham Spanier, who appeared at the introductory press conference for the program last September, is out. Athletic … Read more

Pegula tells Penn State officials he’s committed to new arena, programs

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It stands to reason that the new Penn State men’s and women’s hockey programs will be affected in at least some way by the sex abuse scandal that has enveloped the school and athletic department. The school’s president, Graham Spanier, who appeared at the introductory press conference for the program last September, is out. Athletic … Read more

Rumpel stops 38 to help Wisconsin hold off North Dakota, complete sweep

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If the response provides more insight than the initial action, a series of events Saturday may have provided a glimpse into Wisconsin’s path this season. The Badgers had a quick answer to a first-period deficit. They came back after seeing a two-goal lead evaporate. And, in the ultimate response to a weekend gone bad, Wisconsin … Read more

Gallery: Niagara at RIT

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Photographer Omar Phillips captured these pictures Saturday night in Niagara’s 0-0 tie with Rochester Institute of Technology. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000YvS8r2DwVsQ’ g_name=’20111008-Niagara-RIT-Phillips’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y41zYEoeAERuIO0fLFAP3GIzYgmU.NKZ9t5uTg4b9wIpJw.1cfw–‘ ]

Gallery: Niagara at RIT

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Photographer Omar Phillips captured these pictures Saturday night in Niagara’s 0-0 tie with Rochester Institute of Technology. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000YvS8r2DwVsQ’ g_name=’20111008-Niagara-RIT-Phillips’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y41zYEoeAERuIO0fLFAP3GIzYgmU.NKZ9t5uTg4b9wIpJw.1cfw–‘ ]

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How the conferences look with Bowling Green, Notre Dame moving

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Here’s your latest look at what the Division I men’s college hockey conferences will look like in 2013-14, when realignment comes around. Bowling Green has committed to the WCHA and Notre Dame has said it’s going to Hockey East, which gives everyone from the current CCHA a new home. ATLANTIC HOCKEY (12 teams, unchanged) Air … Read more

How the 2013-14 conferences look after NCHC goes to 8

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Following up on an earlier post on how the conferences will look in 2013-14, when the Big Ten and National Collegiate Hockey Conference form, here’s the breakdown after the NCHC’s addition of St. Cloud State and Western Michigan: ATLANTIC HOCKEY (12 teams, unchanged) Air Force * American International # Army * Bentley # Canisius * … Read more