Todd D. MilewskiPatrick Leahy will take over the Stonehill program as head coach, the school announced Friday. Leahy succeeds Garry Hebert, who resigned after a four-year term as the Skyhawks’ head coach. Leahy spent one season as varsity coach at King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham, Mass, after four seasons at The Winchendon (Mass.) School. “His … Read more
Three years after dropping its men’s hockey program, Wayne State has followed suit with the women’s team. Citing “continuing reductions in state appropriations to higher education,” the school announced in a statement Friday that it was dropping the women’s program immediately. The move leaves the CHA with four teams — Mercyhurst, Niagara, Robert Morris and … Read more
Mel Pearson, who spent the last 23 years as an assistant coach at Michigan, is about to lead a team on his own. Pearson has been named head coach at Michigan Tech, his alma mater, the school announced Friday. He will be introduced in a Houghton, Mich., news conference Tuesday. “I’m very excited and grateful … Read more
A Schneider Arena renovation project could help him in the Hockey East recruiting battles. Mike Scandura reports.
Alaska-Anchorage assistant coach Ryan McKelvie has been named the head coach at Lake Forest. He replaces Seamus Gregory, who was the interim head coach in 2010-11 after the retirement of longtime coach Tony Fritz. McKelvie, a former Minnesota State player, was the associate head coach of the Wenatchee Wild of the NAHL from 2008 to … Read more
CCHA schools have picked Fred Pletsch to lead the conference through a key period in its history. Pletsch, who has been serving as interim commissioner since March 23 after Tom Anastos became Michigan State’s coach, had the interim tag removed from the title on Monday. He joined the league in 2001 as director of communications, … Read more
It’s the time of the year when we turn our attention to Florida and the American Hockey Coaches Association convention in Naples. Things start Wednesday afternoon with some committee meetings before the real deal gets going on Thursday. The conferences add their own annual meetings either before or after the convention, and this year there’s … Read more
It’s the time of the year when we turn our attention to Florida and the American Hockey Coaches Association convention in Naples. Things start Wednesday afternoon with some committee meetings before the real deal gets going on Thursday. The conferences add their own annual meetings either before or after the convention, and this year there’s … Read more
Guy Gadowsky is Penn State’s first varsity men’s coach. Gadowsky, who has been head coach at Princeton and Alaska, will lead the Nittany Lions program when it gets started in the 2012-13 season, the school announced on Sunday. He will be formally introduced at a news conference Monday. Minnesota-Duluth’s Scott Sandelin and Wisconsin women’s coach … Read more
Union wasted no time after the departure of coach Nate Leaman to Providence, naming associate head coach Rick Bennett his successor with the Dutchmen on Friday. Bennett has spent seven seasons at Union, working with defensemen and special teams, managing team video and recruiting. It will be the first head coaching job for Bennett, who … Read more
Not long after being named the Spencer Penrose Award winner as the Division I men’s coach of the year, Nate Leaman is changing his address. Leaman is moving to Providence after leading Union to the school’s first ECAC Hockey regular season championship and first NCAA tournament berth in 2010-11. “We are thrilled to have Nate … Read more
The firing of George Roll at Clarkson on Monday makes it four current Division I men’s schools in need of a head coach, but there are signs that the number will be shrinking this week. I’m still not sure whether that will be thanks to Michigan Tech, however. Longtime Michigan assistant and Michigan Tech alum … Read more
The firing of George Roll at Clarkson on Monday makes it four current Division I men’s schools in need of a head coach, but there are signs that the number will be shrinking this week. I’m still not sure whether that will be thanks to Michigan Tech, however. Longtime Michigan assistant and Michigan Tech alum … Read more
Photographer Jim Rosvold captured these images Wednesday at Amsoil Arena, where Minnesota-Duluth celebrated its 2011 national championship: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000Qel6zj2c6cs’ g_name=’2011-04-13-UMD-Bulldogs-Welcome-Home-at-Amsoil’ 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.Y4gApIw9C4g_klBHFSQcgvT_ChU2dI.RATxMJvBgU8BUUnh5ghg–‘ ]
Photographer Jim Rosvold captured these images Wednesday at Amsoil Arena, where Minnesota-Duluth celebrated its 2011 national championship: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000Qel6zj2c6cs’ g_name=’2011-04-13-UMD-Bulldogs-Welcome-Home-at-Amsoil’ 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.Y4gApIw9C4g_klBHFSQcgvT_ChU2dI.RATxMJvBgU8BUUnh5ghg–‘ ]
Minnesota-Duluth’s Kyle Schmidt has been named the 2011 winner of the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award. The award was given Friday, the day before Schmidt scored the overtime winner for the Bulldogs in the national championship game. Schmidt, a senior forward, is the fifth winner of the award, named for the former Army player who … Read more
North Dakota’s Brock Nelson, who left Thursday’s semifinal loss to Michigan on a stretcher after going into the boards back-first, has a fracture in his tail bone and an inguinal sprain, the Grand Forks Herald reported. That injury requires six to eight weeks of recovery time, the newspaper reported. Read more on the injury on … Read more
North Dakota’s Brock Nelson, who left Thursday’s semifinal loss to Michigan on a stretcher after going into the boards back-first, has a fracture in his tail bone and an inguinal sprain, the Grand Forks Herald reported. That injury requires six to eight weeks of recovery time, the newspaper reported. Read more on the injury on … Read more
Here are videos with reaction from players to Minnesota-Duluth’s 3-2 overtime victory over Michigan in the national championship game. Minnesota-Duluth’s Kyle Schmidt: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTv7_FFD4RI Minnesota-Duluth’s Justin Faulk: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tB1JrHl50 Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIaMgcAW_64 Michigan’s Greg Pateryn: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyFs3zIyYbc Minnesota-Duluth players hold the trophy: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJW57jjX9lU
Here are videos with reaction from players to Minnesota-Duluth’s 3-2 overtime victory over Michigan in the national championship game. Minnesota-Duluth’s Kyle Schmidt: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTv7_FFD4RI Minnesota-Duluth’s Justin Faulk: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tB1JrHl50 Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIaMgcAW_64 Michigan’s Greg Pateryn: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyFs3zIyYbc Minnesota-Duluth players hold the trophy: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJW57jjX9lU