Feature stories
Jamie Russell is getting a taste of what it’s like to be a head coach. He flew into Houghton, Mich., on Wednesday to be introduced as the 20th hockey coach in Michigan Tech’s history at a news conference on Thursday. On Friday, he met with the school’s board of control. Russell In between, he’s tried … Read more
An insight into the remarkable recovery and spirit of goalie Joe Exter, courtesy the Eagle-Tribune of Andover, Mass.
Anybody need tickets? Buyers and sellers found each other again.
It wasn’t quite like last year’s thriller for the Gophers.
With back-to-back championships secured, the Gophers already have their eyes on No. 3.
After Minnesota scored its fourth goal with 6:46 remaining in the game, UNH called a timeout to try and take its championship hopes off life support. Over to the bench skated goaltender Mike Ayers, who took over his goalie mask and started to exhort his teammates. “There were six-and-a-half minutes to go in the national … Read more
From TV commercials to jerseys in the crowd, the Frozen Four had plenty of minutiae.
Midseason, Don Lucia helped right the ship for the Gophers.
The Gophers’ lone senior went out with a bang … two titles and a goal in the final game.
The NCAA tournament’s expansion to 16 teams has gotten positive reviews.
Minnesota may have consecutive national titles, but tourney MOP Thomas Vanek has just one.
After a second straight Hockey East championship for UNH, the national title proved elusive again.
Peter Sejna made history, becoming the first European to win the Hobey Baker Award.
A whirlwind weekend for USCHO.com general manager Jayson Moy came to an end on Saturday evening as he was crowned the very first “King of the Frozen Four.” The eccentric beat out fellow nominees Noah Smith of Hockey East, Tim Danehy of collegehockeystats.com, Mike Kobylanski of Quinnipiac and Peter Sejna of Colorado College. “I couldn’t … Read more
On the eve of the final game of the season, college hockey fans received an opportunity to discuss championship issues, including the controversial seedings for this year’s tournament, at the third annual USCHO.com Town Hall Meeting. In the Grand Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, fans queued up to ask selection committee members Ian McCaw … Read more
Humanitarian Award winner Sam Paolini learned about helping people at a young age. When Sam’s parents, Sam and Diane, got married, his father wanted his children to be involved in athletics. Growing up in Rochester, N.Y., Sam and his older brother Tom played youth hockey, a sport their father played, coached, and loved. “The hockey … Read more
The old record holder meets the new one.
A look at the teams that will compete for the 2003 national championship at 7 p.m. EDT Saturday at HSBC Arena: Minnesota Golden Gophers Record: 27-8-9 How they got here: West Regional semifinal — [nl]Minnesota 9, [nl]Mercyhurst 2 West Regional final — [nl]Minnesota 7, [nl]Ferris State 4 National semifinal — [nl]Minnesota 3, Michigan 2, OT … Read more
It was fun in the sun for Frozen Four fans who watched the replay of the first semifinal at Dunn Tire Park.
So that’s where Thomas Vanek was hiding. Minnesota’s freshman phenom was noticeably absent from the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ attack for most of their national semifinal game. He had an assist on their first goal, but didn’t have the room to make the kind of impact he did in the West Regional. Then No. 26 got … Read more