Adrian’s Spodniak chosen NCHA top player for ’22-23, Bulldogs’ Krug best coach, MSOE’s McCormack top rookie

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The CHA men’s conference has announced its 2022-23 season award winners, including player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year, the all-conference team, and the all-freshman team. The 2022-23 Player of the Year is Matus Spodniak, a senior forward at Adrian. The Kosice, Slovakia, native not only paced the conference in … Read more

NEHC names Hobart’s Aquaro player of year, Norwich’s Atherton best netminder, Hobart’s Beaver top rookie, Hobart’s Taylor No. 1 coach

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The NEHC men’s division has announced the recipients of the league’s major award winners, all-conference and all-rookie teams as selected by the league’s 10 head coaches. Hobart’s Luke Aquaro was named NEHC player of the year after posting 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points in league play to lead the Statesmen this season. … Read more

Norwich’s Guay tabbed NEHC player of year, Southern Maine’s McKim top goalie, Elmira’s Bradbury best rookie, Castleton’s McAuliffe top coach

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The NEHC women’s division has announced the recipients of the league’s major award winners, all-conference and all-rookie teams as selected by the league’s 10 head coaches. Ann-Frederique Guay of Norwich was named NEHC player of the year after leading the conference with an impressive 38 points on 16 goals and 22 assists in league play. … Read more

WCHA hands out awards as Minnesota’s Heise top forward, Ohio State’s Jaques top ‘D,’ Minnesota Duluth’s Soderberg best goalie, Wisconsin’s Harvey top rookie

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The WCHA has announced four individual award winners for the 2022-23 campaign. Minnesota’s Taylor Heise has been named WCHA forward of the year for the second straight season, while Ohio State’s Sophie Jaques also repeats as WCHA defender of the year. Minnesota Duluth’s Emma Soderberg earns WCHA goaltender of the year and Wisconsin’s Caroline Harvey … Read more

Penn State’s Zanon named CHA player of year, Mercyhurst’s Nystrøm top goalie, PSU’s Janecke best rookie, Nittany Lions’ Kampersal top coach

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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

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Wacky regular season means conference playoffs shaping up to be anybody’s call

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After a hotly contested regular season, the first round of the Big Ten playoffs begins this week and it’s nearly impossible to predict who will advance to the semifinals. First-place Minnesota gets a first-round bye. The quarterfinal best-of-three series has No. 7 Wisconsin at No. 2 Michigan, No. 6 Penn State at No. 3 Ohio … Read more

Top 10 finalists for 2023 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award include 2022 winner, Minnesota’s Heise, among candidates

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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

Northeastern’s Mueller named Hockey East player of year for third time; Vermont’s Beecher top rookie, Northeastern’s Flint now five-time coach of year

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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

Yale’s Dukaric, Northeastern’s Philips, Minnesota Duluth’s Soderberg three finalists for 2023 Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award

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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

This Week in Hockey East: Peculiar PairWise placing puts league members in precarious postseason positions

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Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf acknowledges there are pros and cons to running a league known for parity. Pros: Hockey East is widely acknowledged as an “any given night” league where there’s little surprise when a team low in the standings beats a contender. See: The second-half resurgences of Maine and New Hampshire, which are … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: Mapping out 2023 NCAA men’s hockey tournament with regular season winding down, conference playoffs starting

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Let me first begin by welcoming back USCHO’s long-time bracketologist Jayson Moy and giving him a cap tip/apology as last week his bracket and reasoning were missing because I didn’t check the spam folder in my email and thus never found what he had sent. This week, without incident, Jayson is back and ready to … Read more

Talking end of NCHC season with hockey writer Schlossman: USCHO Spotlight Season 5 Episode 17

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Grand Forks Herald hockey writer Brad Elliott Schlossman to look at the NCHC as that league heads into the last weekend before conference playoffs, and at college hockey at large.

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SUNYAC names trio of all-conference teams, all-rookie team for 2022-23 college hockey season

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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

Saint Anselm’s Golini tabbed player of year as NEWHA announces ’22-23 individual awards, two all-NEWHA teams, all-rookie team, all-sportswomanship team

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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

Stevenson’s McCanney UCHC men’s player of year as league hands out 2022-23 season awards

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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

This Week in CCHA Hockey: With Mason Cup playoffs on tap, teams want conference postseason win to get NCAA tournament bid

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After a CCHA campaign unlike any other came down to, quite literally, the final minute and a half of the regular season, it’s almost hard to believe the playoffs are starting this weekend. Minnesota State ended up winning the MacNaughton Cup – their sixth in a row – with just a tiny bit of drama … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: After knocking off Western Michigan, Denver readying for Gold Pan games against Colorado College

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Denver’s two national championships in the NCHC era came in 2017 and 2022, when the Pioneers also won their conference’s regular-season championship trophy, the Penrose Cup. They clinched that again last weekend at eighth-ranked Western Michigan. Third-ranked Denver will feel its job this season is only a third of the way done — there’s still … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Looking at upcoming conference quarterfinal playoffs as postseason arrives

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When the dust settled on the 2022-23 Atlantic Hockey regular season, no tiebreakers were necessary for determining the final standings/seedings, as each team ended with a unique point total. The end result: 1. Rochester Institute of Technology 2. American International 3. Sacred Heart 4. Canisius 5. Army West Point 6. Niagara 7. Holy Cross 8. … Read more

CHA names two all-conference teams, all-rookie team for 2022-23 college hockey season

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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