The MAAC Hockey League remains in limbo following a meeting of the members’ athletic directors last weekend. That meeting came amid the annual athletic director convention in Florida. Members of the MAAC Hockey League, which consists of just one all-sport MAAC member — Canisius — were set to vote on whether to leave the jurisdiction … Read more
The City of Brotherly Love enters the Frozen Four stage. Will the nation’s fourth-largest media market land a bid?
The MAAC is looking to re-expand, with its eyes set on Rhode Island, Navy and Robert Morris. And the CHA will discuss expansion this week.
The mother of a former Army player now fighting in Iraq relates her son’s journey.
The MAAC championship takes place under unique circumstances.
Amid a backdrop of war and with machine gun-armed soldiers protecting the campus, the 2003 MAAC Final Four got underway on Thursday with the league’s award banquet. The story of the night was the youth movement, with Bentley rookie head coach Ryan Soderquist — the youngest headman in the game — capturing the MAAC Coach … Read more
The past two league champions are joined by a team on the rise and an upstart contender. Jim Connelly previews this weekend’s MAAC final four.
The MAAC might be the last Division I league to kick off the playoffs, but it doesn’t waste time once things get started. Jim Connelly previews this weekend’s single-game quarterfinals.
Just days before its MAAC quarterfinal with Mercyhurst, Iona announced Tuesday that it will drop its men’s hockey program effective at the end of this season. Iona joins Fairfield as the second MAAC school to drop men’s hockey this season. The announcement came after a meeting on March 6 of the college’s Legal Board of … Read more
Mercyhurst wins the regular-season title in a fashion fitting to this year’s edition of the MAAC; four teams scramble for the last playoff slot; and Jim Connelly hands out his year-end awards.
Sacred Heart establishes a milestone with a win over a CCHA opponent, while the MAAC brings college hockey back to the Big Apple as Connecticut and Quinnipiac decide the Heroes’ Hat. Jim Connelly reports.
With the regular season drawing to a close, Jim Connelly answers the MAAC’s imponderable questions — the 50-50 imponderables, at least. Also: Quinnipiac shows the rest of the league its two sides at an inopportune time.
Rank! Over the last year, E! Entertainment Television made popular the show “Rank.” On the geared-towards-pop-culture hour-long show, the network ranks anything from “hottest celebrity” to “richest person.” Taking the route of the spinoff, we present to you “Rank, College Hockey Style.” On this episode, we’ll be ranking the toughest remaining MAAC schedules as the … Read more
Reaction to Thursday morning’s announcement that Fairfield was ending men’s ice hockey in a cost-cutting measure. Gene Doris, Fairfield athletic director “It’s obviously a tough day for us in terms of needing to cut two programs. It was based on the institution’s priorities on where the money needed to be allocated and where the sports … Read more
The issue of the WCHA and CHA automatic NCAA tournament bids being put into jeopardy was all but rectified as quickly as it arose. But the catalyst to the recent crisis remains an interesting issue, with major implications to the future of the MAAC. As reported by USCHO’s Jim Connelly in a recent MAAC column, … Read more
News out of Fairfield stuns the MAAC and all of college hockey; Mercyhurst loses some depth in nets; and Army renews an historic rivarly. Jim Connelly reports.
Fairfield is dropping men’s ice hockey and football following this season.
The Saturday, March 1, men’s ice hockey game between Quinnipiac and Connecticut will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York City at noon. The contest is the final in the “Heroes Hat” series between Quinnipiac and Connecticut. Quinnipiac established the award last year to honor those who lost their lives on September 11, … Read more
So soon after the tragic death of Glenn Crane, Holy Cross prepares for another life-and-death battle. Jim Connelly reports.
Mercyhurst may have found its man between the pipes and bragging rights abound throughout the MAAC. Columnist Jim Connelly outlines the battles in Buffalo, Connecticut, between American service acadamies and Canadian service acadamies in this week’s MAAC report.