Wednesday At The Fleet

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Ice To See You Besides the Frozen Four games themselves, the leading story this week at the FleetCenter could be ice conditions. On Wednesday, the building will see five practices (the Montreal Canadiens and each of the Frozen Four teams) plus a Boston Bruins’ Stanley Cup playoff game at 7 p.m. Thursday, BC and Maine … Read more

Minnesota’s Halldorson Named Women’s D-I Coach of the Year

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Laura Halldorson, who led Minnesota team to a 30-4-2 record and the NCAA championship, was named the Women’s Division I Coach of the Year Wednesday by the American Hockey Coaches Association. This marks the third time in the seven-year history of the award that the Princeton graduate has been honored. In seven years as coach … Read more

Sidebar

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Books Lose Out to Hot Tub With 10 U.S. players and four Canadian players still in U.S. colleges, it raises the obvious question, what happens with academics during the two to three weeks of preparation and competition? Not much. “It kind of takes a back seat in tournament like this,” said Dartmouth sophomore Gillian Apps. … Read more

BC, Maine Lead All-American Selections

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The four participating teams in this week’s Frozen Four collectively placed 11 players onto the 2003-04 All-American teams, as announced by the American Hockey Coaches Association Wednesday. The list of All-Americans consists of 25 players: a First and Second Team from each of the East and West regions. Boston College and Maine, each NCAA semifinalists, … Read more

Maine Line

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They played together in different combos this year, but the trio, recently united, proves the whole is greater than its parts.

Canada Wins Eighth Straight World Championship

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The names Cherie Piper and Gillian Apps didn’t show up in the scoring summary of the gold medal game, but the Dartmouth sophomores did everything but score in lifting Canada to a 2-0 win over the U.S. to win their first World Championships in front of a sellout crowd of 10,508 at the Halifax Metro … Read more

Preview: National Semifinal No. 1

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Minnesota-Duluth vs. Denver Thursday, noon ET, FleetCenter, Boston Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Final USCHO.com ranking: No. 5 Record: 28-12-4 NCAA seed: Midwest No. 2 How they got here: beat Michigan State 5-0, beat Minnesota 3-1 Junior Lessard was at dinner the other day when he was greeted with congratulations. Evan Schwabe was walking through the halls at … Read more

2003-04 USCHO.com Award Winners

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The complete list of USCHO.com Honorees for 2003-04. Award Name Class Team Player of the Year Junior Lessard Sr. Minnesota-Duluth Rookie of the Year T.J. Hensick Fr. Michigan Coach of the Year Mike Eaves Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Year Yann Danis Sr. Brown Defensive Forward of the Year Todd Jackson Sr. Maine Most Improved … Read more

Preview: National Semifinal No. 2

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Boston College vs. Maine Thursday, 6 p.m. ET, FleetCenter, Boston Boston College Eagles Final USCHO.com ranking: No. 4 Record: 29-8-4 NCAA seed: Northeast No. 1 How they got here: beat Niagara 5-2, beat Michigan 3-2 Entering the NCAA tournament, Boston College had its share of doubters. The Eagles had virtually gone wire-to-wire as the number … Read more

St. Louis First Collegian to Win NHL Scoring Title

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Over the last 30 years, the impact of college hockey players in the NHL has gradually grown bigger and bigger every year. Great stars like Brian Leetch, Chris Chelios, Brett Hull, Mike Richter and Joe Nieuwendyk have won Stanley Cups, and others like Keith Tkachuk, John LeClair and Tony Amonte have joined them to win … Read more

Playing Both Sides

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Peter Harrold might think defense first, but the BC blueliner is giving the Eagles another two-way threat.

U.S.-Canada Title Matchup Set For Tuesday

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The U.S. has had nothing but positive results on the ice so far. The only catch is the team is starting to run out of bodies at the forward position as it approaches Tuesday night’s gold-medal game with Canada. Captain Cammi Granato returned from her injury to take a few shifts in the 9-2 U.S. … Read more

Trouble Bruin? Not Really

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Forgive the NCAA, Frozen Four officials and the four teams if they were rooting for the New Jersey Devils last Sunday. No, it’s not because of their affinity for Devils general manager, and former Providence coach, Lou Lamoriello. Nor is it because of the presence of Brian Gionta, David Hale and Paul Martin. It’s because … Read more

Report: Whitney Set to Leave BU

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Boston University defenseman Ryan Whitney appears on the verge of foregoing his senior season and signing with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins. Whitney, the fifth overall pick by the Penguins in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, has agreed in principle with the team on a three-year contract, according to a report in today’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, citing … Read more

Beaney is National D-III COTY

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Middlebury’s Bill Beaney has been named the winner of the 2004 Edward Jeremiah Award, given annually to the Divison III Men’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. It is a record-tying third Jeremiah Award for Beaney, who also received the honor in 1990 and 1995. Beaney Beaney took a one-year sabbatical in 2002-03 to spend … Read more

Twice In A Lifetime

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Two years ago, No. 1 Denver was upset in the NCAA quarterfinals. This year’s Pioneers have a chance to erase those bad memories.