When the going got tough for Canada against Sweden in the World Championships yesterday, the Canadian lines stacked with U.S. college experience got going. Despite trailing 1-0 after a period, Canada topped Sweden by a convincing 7-1 margin in front of more than 5,000 fans at the Halifax Metro Centre. Skaters with U.S. college experience, … Read more
Everything seemed to be falling into place for the Gophers, but something funny happened along the way…
After her Gophers’ 6-2 NCAA final win over Harvard, Minnesota coach Laura Halldorson said that she hadn’t found a team yet that could stop her top line of Krissy Wendell, Natalie Darwitz and Kelly Stephens. This Saturday, she might find one — the Canadian national team. Though the triumphant trio is now wearing red, white, … Read more
Even Team Canada, undefeated through 37 all-time World Championship games, failed to shut down Krissy Wendell and Natalie Darwitz. The two U.S. Olympians, who figured on all but one of the Gophers’ 11 goals in winning their Frozen Four title, figured on all three goals in Team USA’s 3-1 win over Team Canada in front … Read more
Middlebury claims the D-III title; commentary on this year’s All-Americans; and the offseason watch begins in earnest.
For the fourth consecutive year, USCHO.com is sponsoring a Town Meeting to entertain and inform college hockey fans during the festivities at the NCAA Frozen Four. This year’s USCHO.com Town Meeting topic is “The State of College Hockey from the Coaches’ Perspective,” and the panel will include prominent members of the college hockey community. Members … Read more
Junior Lessard shook off a near-death experience to have a great season, and a knee injury to have a great NCAA. Now, he’s close to a Hobey and a national title.
Boston College’s top trio hasn’t played together much this season — but now that the line of Eaves-Voce-Eaves is on the ice, watch out.
Middlebury women’s coach Bill Mandigo has been voted by his peers as the Division III Women’s Hockey National Coach the Year. After losing two of his top four scorers from last season, he led Middlebury to a 24-4 record this season and its first NCAA and third national championship. mandigo Mandigo, who also received this … Read more
Two players that recently went pro, including one that left early, plus one player still playing are the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2004 Hobey Baker Award. The three finalists are: Minnesota-Duluth forward Junior Lessard, the nation’s leading scorer, will lead his team into the Frozen Four, starting next Thursday with the Bulldogs’ … Read more
Robert Morris, whose men’s program will begin play next fall, is adding women’s hockey for 2005-06, it was announced today. The school is also starting men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s field hockey next fall. “Women’s ice hockey is the logical next step in the development of RMU’s athletics program,” RMU athletic director Susan Hofacre … Read more
Minnesota is out, UMD and Denver are in, the Regionals didn’t disappoint us again, and it’s on to Boston for more.
The upstart Badgers left it all in Albany, falling an OT goal short of the Frozen Four, and now look to next year.
Hobey Baker Award finalist Zach Parise has left school to sign a three-year deal with the Devils.
BC stands by its “winner” goalie.
Wendell, Darwitz, Stephens explode as Gophers win it all.
In the end, Harvard coach Katey Stone came to the same conclusion as everyone else who had played Minnesota since the line of U.S. Olympians Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell and Kelly Stephens was reunited — they’re good, very good. Minnesota rushes to celebrate the title (Photos: Timothy M. McDonald) The Gopher top line tallied four … Read more
Gunn and Ruggiero help build the future of women’s hockey — in the Golden State?
Maine has fired women’s coach Rick Filighera, the only coach the program has known since its inception in 1997-98. “We have spent a great deal of time this past year evaluating our women’s ice hockey program and considering its potential for further growth,” said Maine athletic director Patrick Nero. “The results of this evaluation have … Read more
There will not be a three-peat. Minnesota-Duluth knocked off the two-time national champion Golden Gophers of Minnesota, 3-1, to advance to the 2004 NCAA Frozen Four. It was the fifth win this season by the Bulldogs over their cross-state rival. Luke Stauffacher had the game-winning goal at 1:37 in the third. Isaac Reichmuth, the Midwest … Read more