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Boston University had a goal coming into the 51st Beanpot championship game — stay out of the penalty box. Hockey East’s most-penalized team, the Terriers were facing one of the country’s best power play in the Boston College Eagles. Measured against that goal, the Terriers failed miserably. BU took nine minor penalties that accounted for … 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
On a team full of offensive threats, CC defenseman Tom Preissing is going for some lofty numbers of his own.
Harvard and Northeastern in the Beanpot championship game; Boston College and Boston University in the consolation. Now that would be something new. In the tournament’s 50-year history, it’s never happened. Make that 51 years. As has been the case of late, BU and BC will tangle for all the beans while relegating the Crimson and … Read more
Being just the second college goalie to play in the World Juniors for Team Canada was a cherished experience for Cornell’s Dave LeNeveu.
Rest Factor In Beanpots past the Harvard Crimson had a legitimate gripe to claim the role of underdog. Hockey East, the conference of the other three Beanpot schools — BC, BU and Northeastern — allowed those teams to play only one game the weekend before each Beanpot Monday. Harvard’s conference, the ECAC, wasn’t as generous. … Read more
The Beanpot, now past half a century old, continues to capture the imaginations of hockey fans in Boston, around New England and nationwide.
Overcoming serious illness and the death of their mother, North Dakota’s Hale brothers have the Sioux contending for another title.
In 1996, she won Minnesota’s first Ms. Hockey. It’s been a strange ride since, but Winny Brodt has earned many plaudits along the way.
Doug Murray’s presence, on offense and defense, has aided Cornell’s rise to the national spotlight.
Home Ice, Of Sorts Playing in Minnesota is a homecoming for a good chunk of Boston College’s lineup. Four Eagles on the ice Friday hail from the Land of 10,000 Lakes — captain Ben Eaves (Faribault, Minn.), John Adams (Wayzata, Minn.), A.J. Walker (Faribault, Minn.) and Andrew Alberts (Eden Prairie, Minn.). Ben Eaves’ brother Patrick, … Read more
Ohio State and Princeton meet Jan. 3 for the first-ever Division I college hockey game in Pittsburgh. Is it the start of something?
Two years ago, they played an NCAA finals rematch. Last year, they both failed to make the NCAA tournament. This year, they are back.
For 32 years, Bob Olson was behind the mic for Michigan Tech, but he influenced the whole sport.
Marc Ranfranz, part Native American, is proud to wear the Sioux logo as the junior goalie battles for ice time.
Bob Peters spent almost four successful decades in coaching, and the CHA commissioner is still leaving his mark on college hockey.
Chances are, if you’ve been to an amateur hockey game in New England, you’ve heard the voice of Jim Prior.
Jake Moreland’s has shared time in net for St. Cloud State during the program’s three most successful seasons. Now it’s time to be “The Man.”
Rod Langway spent two memorable seasons at New Hampshire, then dominated the defense position in the NHL for 15 seasons. Now he’s a Hall of Famer.