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Defending WCHA regular-season and playoff champion Minnesota State is the favorite to repeat as league champions, garnering nine first-place votes in the 2019 preseason coaches poll and all 10 votes in the preseason media poll (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
For the second consecutive season, Minnesota Duluth has been selected by the media as the top team in the NCHC preseason media poll (photo: Jim Rosvold).
The 2019 CHA coaches poll results were announced Monday with Mercyhurst sitting first for the second straight year (photo: CHA).
The 2019 ECAC Hockey men’s coaches poll results were announced Tuesday and for the second straight season, Cornell has been picked to finish first (photo: Omar Phillips).
Defending NCAA national champion Minnesota Duluth has placed four players on the seven-man 2019-20 NCHC preseason All-Conference Team (photo: Omar Phillips).
Sacred Heart has announced the hiring of Victoria Blake as the team’s new assistant coach for the upcoming 2019-20 season.
Olivia Spellmire has been named an assistant coach on the Maine women’s staff.
Hannah Brady has been named assistant coach for the Canton women’s hockey team.
Abby Ostrom has been hired as the Boston University women’s program’s director of hockey operations (photo: Trinity Athletics).
Shane Talarico has been named director of hockey operations for the Cornell men’s hockey team.
The WCHA women’s conference will implement a three-on-three overtime period in league games should contests remain tied following the five-minute, five-on-five overtime period.
Defending NEWHA champion St. Anselm has been tabbed by the league’s coaches as the preseason favorite to repeat as 2020 champions.
Longtime Denver supporter Harold Beier has passed away at the age of 91 after more than 50 years of contributions to the Pioneers hockey program (photo: DU Athletics).
Defending national champion Wisconsin is the unanimous pick among league head coaches to win the WCHA regular-season title (photo: David Stluka).
Penn State announced Wednesday the addition of junior transfer Clayton Phillips from Minnesota (photo: Dan & Margaret Hickling/Hickling Images).
St. Olaf announced Tuesday the hiring of Cole Workman as interim head men’s hockey coach for the 2019-20 season.
Former Notre Dame defenseman Kyle Lawson has returned as the Fighting Irish volunteer assistant coach for the upcoming 2019-20 season, while Jack Ceglarski has been named the Compton Family Ice Arena programming and hockey intern.
Colgate announced Wednesday the additions of Jake Paluch as director of hockey operations and Bryan McDonald as a volunteer assistant coach.
Ashley Kilstein, who spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Princeton, has been named associate athletic director at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Gary Bettman, Brian Gionta, Neal Henderson, Tim Thomas and Krissy Wendell will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as the class of 2019 (photos: USA Hockey).