The United States fell short of its bid for its second gold medal in three years today, losing to Russia, 3-2, in the final game of the World Under-18 Championship in Minsk, Belarus. Team USA won the gold medal in this tournament two years ago, with many of the same players that went on to … Read more
Two frantic minutes placed this year’s championship game in the elite of NCAA tournament lore.
There has been such an outpouring of support for the Denver Pioneers recently that coach George Gwozdecky estimates it’ll take two weeks — two weeks he doesn’t have at the moment — to get back to everyone who has called or e-mailed or wrote a letter. The Pioneers are keeping a busy schedule these days. … Read more
Hobey Baker winner Junior Lessard signed a one-year contract Thursday with the Dallas Stars. Lessard, coming off a Frozen Four appearance with Minnesota-Duluth, led the nation in scoring this past season with 63 points in 45 games, including two goals in the NCAA semifinal loss to Denver. A 6-foot native of St. Joseph deBeauce, Que., … Read more
On Wednesday, the American Hockey Coaches Association named Scott Sandelin of Minnesota-Duluth the winner of the 2004 Spencer Penrose Award as national coach of the year. Sandelin, a 1987 graduate of North Dakota, was a Hobey Baker finalist as a senior and served seven years as an assistant coach there under Dean Blais. The Hibbing, … Read more
• I guess it’s safe to say the replay rule will be under review at the upcoming coaches convention in Naples, Fla. It’s the type of thing that doesn’t become an issue unless it happens in the NCAAs, when every goal is automatically reviewed. If Maine’s goal in the NCAA final wasn’t automatically reviewed, no … Read more
The Barre (Vt.) Times Argus is reporting that Norwich senior forward Robert Jaggard has been charged with selling the designer drug ecstasy throughout the Northfield area. Jaggard pleaded not guilty to charges of selling and possessing ecstasy, conspiracy to sell ecstasy and possession of marijuana. “He’s the guy that was selling to the sellers,” Washington … Read more
Denver had kept Maine off the scoreboard for 58 minutes — but then came the final test of resolve.
Denver believed in netminder Adam Berkhoel — and vice versa.
Suspended senior reveled in Denver’s win regardless.
Never, perhaps, have the differences between East and West been so sharp.
Lukas Dora, who scored the winning goal in Denver’s national semifinal victory on Thursday, has been suspended for Saturday night’s championship game against Maine. Dora, a senior from Lednice, Czech Republic, violated team policy, according to a school news release. A Denver spokesman said further details on the suspension would not be released. In a … Read more
Both Maine and Denver got the puck in the net on a first-period power play in the national championship game Saturday night at the FleetCenter. Only Denver’s counted. Gabe Gauthier put DU ahead early (photo: Tim McDonald). Top-line center Gabe Gauthier was the recipient of a great pass from Connor James and put a shot … Read more
College hockey fans are a breed apart — and never is that more obvious than at the Frozen Four.
Maine had done it all season from the blue line, but on Saturday, the Black Bears were out-defended by Denver.
Jim Connelly tells us that it’s quite all right for the Black Bears to feel the sorrow of losing in the title game.
They were playing for their program, which was once a perennial NCAA power but suffered a 34-year national championship drought. They were playing for the hockey alumni, including the late Keith Magnuson, who died in a December car accident and who has been remembered near their hearts. They were playing for the underdogs, for those … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award is named for a college hockey legend who died a tragic, accidental death in a plane crash during the waning days of World War I. Junior Lessard overcame adversity this season to win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award (photo: Pedro Cancel). Minnesota-Duluth’s Junior Lessard almost emulated the award’s namesake a … Read more
Set amidst the colonial charm of Faneuil Hall, USCHO.com kicked off Frozen Friday’s festivities with its fourth annual Town Hall Meeting. Moderated by USCHO General Manager Jayson Moy, fans in attendance had the opportunity to grill five of college hockey’s luminaries in an open forum of discussion. Unlike past years, which focused more on NCAA-wide, … Read more
Maine and Denver prep for Saturday.