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College Hockey America has announced its 2022-23 player of the year, goaltender of the year, rookie of the year, coach of the year, best defenseman, best defensive forward, individual sportsmanship award winner and scoring champion. CHA PLAYER OF THE YEAR & SCORING CHAMPION Kiara Zanon, Jr., F, Penn State Penn State’s Kiara Zanon leads the … Read more
The 10 finalists for the 2023 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were unveiled Thursday. The honor, which was first presented in 1998, is given annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey. The finalists (in alphabetical order) are as follows: Pia Dukaric, Goaltender, Sophomore, Yale, Ljubljana, Slovenia Jennifer Gardiner, Forward, Senior, Ohio State, … Read more
Hockey East has announced that Northeastern graduate forward Alina Mueller has been awarded the 2023 Cammi Granato Award as conference player of the year. It is the third time Mueller has been so honored, tying Kelli Stack’s record during her tenure with Boston College. Alongside Mueller, Northeastern’s Dave Flint is coach of the year for … Read more
The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. The finalists are Yale’s Pia Dukaric, Northeastern’s Gwyneth Philips, and Minnesota Duluth’s Emma Soderberg. Dukaric is a sophomore, Philips is a senior and Soderberg is a graduate student. Voting was carried out by a panel of … Read more
The SUNYAC has released its 2023 men’s hockey all-conference and all-rookie teams as nominated and voted on by the conference coaches. First Team Nikita Kozyrev, Buffalo State, F, Jr. Domenic Settimo, Cortland, F, So. Peter Morgan, Geneseo, F, So. Matthew Doran, Geneseo, D, Gr. Jacob Modry, Plattsburgh, D, Sr. Matt Petizian, Geneseo, G, Sr. Second … Read more
The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance announced its major end-of-season awards on Friday and also unveiled its all-NEWHA teams, all-rookie team and all-sportswomanship team. Saint Anselm’s Kelly Golini was named player of the year and LIU’s Paula Bergström was tabbed as the league’s defender of the year. Golini becomes the first from Saint Anselm to … Read more
The UCHC has announced its 2022-23 men’s hockey award winners, as well as two All-UCHC teams and an all-rookie team. 2022-23 UCHC Men’s Hockey Award Winners Player of the Year: Liam McCanney, Stevenson Rookie of the Year: Caden Smith, Chatham Goaltender of the Year: Ryan Kenny, Stevenson Defensive Player of the Year: Jayson Dobay, Utica … Read more
College Hockey America has announced the 2022-23 All-CHA teams and CHA All-Rookie Team. Mercyhurst has the most representation in the All-CHA First, Second and All-Rookie teams with six players. Penn State is second with five players, Syracuse has three and RIT and Lindenwood each have one player represented. The All-CHA First Team forwards consist of … Read more
Minnesota is again the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll as the Gophers pinned down 37 first-place votes this week. Quinnipiac stays No. 2 and collects the other 13 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Denver is still No. 3 and Michigan fourth, and Harvard is up two to sit fifth … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 20 fared in games over the weekend of Feb. 24-25. No. 1 Minnesota (25-8-1) 02/24/2023 – No. 8 Ohio State 0 at No. 1 Minnesota 4 02/25/2023 – No. 8 Ohio State 2 at No. 1 … Read more
Hockey East has announced its 2022-23 women’s all-star teams as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. Northeastern graduate forward Alina Mueller was the lone player selected unanimously to the All-Hockey East First Team. Joining Mueller on the first team are goaltender Gwyneth Philips (Northeastern), defenders Megan Carter (Northeastern) and Sini Karjalainen (Vermont) and … Read more
Minnesota State scored three power-play goals – the final coming off the stick of Cade Borchardt at 19:15 of the third period – en route to a thrilling 3-2 victory over Michigan Tech Saturday evening in the final regular-season game of the year at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems Event Center. With the victory, the … Read more
Merrimack never trailed and broke a 3-3 tie midway through the third earning a 5-3 road win at UMass Lowell, clinching home ice in the Hockey East quarterfinals (Photo: Rich Gagnon)
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation has announced its 2023 “Legend of College Hockey’ recipient as Jerry York. York began his coaching career at Clarkson where he spent seven years and led the Golden Knights to an ECAC championship in 1977. While at Clarkson, he had a 125-87-3 record. In 1979, York took over the … Read more
Hockey East announced Wednesday the 2022-23 all-rookie team and five other season-long awards as voted by the women’s league’s 10 head coaches. The 2022-23 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team consists of seven players and includes defenders Casey Borgiel (Holy Cross) and Brooke Disher (Boston University) and forwards Lara Beecher (Vermont), Reichen Kirchmair (Providence), Lily Shannon (Northeastern), … Read more
Both Minnesota and Quinnipiac earned 25 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but the Gophers leap up one notch to the top spot in the rankings with 975 voting points to the Bobcats’ 972 points. Quinnipiac is down to No. 2 this week. Denver is again No. 3, as is Michigan … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 13 fared in games over the weekend of Feb. 17-18. No. 1 Quinnipiac (26-3-3) 02/17/2023 – Yale 1 at No. 1 Quinnipiac 5 02/18/2023 – Brown 2 at No. 1 Quinnipiac 5 No. 2 Minnesota (23-8-1) … Read more
Ohio State earned a 4-2 victory over Michigan in front of 45,523 fans at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland. It completed a five-point weekend for the Buckeyes over the Wolverines in Big Ten play (Photo: Ohio State Athletics)
One day after clinching the Big Ten regular season championship, No. 2 Minnesota delivered a statement performance with a 7-2 road win over No. 7 Penn State. Matthew Knies had the game-winning goal 39 seconds into the second period, the first of four unanswered markers scored within a 10-minute span. Floodgates: Opened pic.twitter.com/pSpijRKptJ — Minnesota … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation has announced the five finalists for the 2023 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins (Centennial, Col.) and Andrew Walker (Mason, Mich.), Senior Forwards, UMass Boston Jake Adkins and Andy Walker, aka “The Men in Blades,” have been a staple … Read more