Last year’s defending ECAC Champion, Dartmouth, was chosen as the favorite in the ECAC Women’s Hockey League – North Coaches’ Preseason Poll. The Big Green received six of the nine first place votes. The Big Green captured the ECAC Championship last season and lost in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. The national runners-up, St. … Read more
USCHO.com added to its recent hardware list when it was named winner of this year’s Murray Kramer/Scarlet Quill Memorial Award by the Boston University Athletic Department during its annual Hall of Fame Banquet. USCHO.com’s Dave Hendrickson and Scott Weighart accept the Scarlet Quill Award at the recent Boston University Hall of Fame Banquet. The award, … Read more
Russ Kelley scored with 1:44 left in overtime to lift The University of Findlay to a 3-2 victory over the University of Windsor in an exhibition tilt at the Clauss Ice Arena Sunday evening. Chris Wyzgowski made a great centering pass and found Kelley in front of the net, who then beat Windsor goaltender Ryan … Read more
Jeff Campbell scored three goals and freshman goaltender Mike Mantua provided 29 minutes of shutout hockey as Western Michigan defeated the University of Toronto, 6-2, in exhibition action at Lawson Arena. Campbell also recorded the game-winning goal, top shelving a backhander with just one second left in the first period. Toronto built a 2-1 lead … Read more
The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees squared off with Merrimack College Warriors today in front of a sparse crowd in the newly renovated Volpe Complex at Merrimack College. The exhibition game ended in a 2-2 tie. “A Gee-Gee,” explained University of Ottawa Head Coach Mickey Goulet, “is a horse that leads the way.” Ottawa goalie Jordan … Read more
Last April, a lot of coaches and fans could probably have filled in Boston College as Hockey East’s favorite for 2001-2. But that was before massive losses of underclassmen added to the sting of graduation for the Eagles, leaving Maine and Providence as contenders on at least an equal footing.
Minnesota-Duluth used a seven-goal second period to turn a close, tight-checking affair into an offensive showcase Saturday night, as the Bulldogs beat the University of Regina 9-4 in front of 3,332 at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. Junior Lessard turned out to be UMD’s top dog. The sophomore winger registered a five-point night, scoring … Read more
Guy Loranger scored three goals to lead St. Francis Xavier to a 5-3 victory over the UMass-Amherst in an exhibition game Saturday at the Mullins Center. Loranger opened the scoring with his first goal on a power play 4:56 into the game. Patrick Grandmaitre (four assists) and Yanick Evola got the helpers. UMass tied the … Read more
Over the last 12 years, BU hockey has experienced only two losing seasons. Unfortunately, those have come in two of the last three years. Has the Terriers’ reign of dominance come to an end or only hit a couple bumps in the road? Or something in between? Most likely something in between. It’s hard to … Read more
When you finish in last place and then graduate your top goaltender, one of your top two scorers and four other forwards, you’d better have a vision for where the program is going because there may not be a lot of instant gratification in the offing. Fortunately for UMass-Amherst, second-year coach Don “Toot” Cahoon has … Read more
Ohio State, ranked No. 10 in the preseason, fell, 3-1, to the Toronto Varsity Blues in an exhibition contest Saturday at the OSU Ice Arena. Rookie right wing Jeni Creary scored for the Buckeyes at the 18:26 mark of the second period. Jill Savin put the Varsity Blues on the board first with a power-play … Read more
The defending national champion Boston College Eagles opened up the 2001-2002 season in style as Tony Voce netted the hat trick in a 5-1 win over Vermont.
It’s anyone’s guess how well the Maine team will cope with the death of its long-time leader, Shawn Walsh. “It’s a huge impact,” says assistant coach Grant Standbrook. “We loved the guy. [Anyone who] saw the team at the funeral would know what I was referring to. They were all in tears and devastated by … Read more
Northern Michigan scored twice in the game’s first four minutes and went on to defeat Lakehead University, 9-0, in an exhibition game Saturday night. Freshman Alan Swanson and junior Bryce Cockburn each scored two goals for the Wildcats. NMU’s first goal came shorthanded as Chris Gobert found the back of the net from Mike Stutzel … Read more
After falling to Michigan Tech, 11-0, on Thursday night, the USA-Under 18 team tied Lake Superior State 3-3 on Saturday night after 65 minutes of hockey at the Taffy Abel Arena. “We didn’t have the passionate jump that we are going to need to have to in order to win,” said LSSU coach Frank Anzalone, … Read more
Amidst all the preseason focus on expected wins and losses, the one W the entire league hopes for is in coach Chris Serino’s battle with throat cancer. If Serino defeats the disease, it will be a successful season no matter what the standings say. That said, Merrimack fans can hope for a huge victory off … Read more
Bemidji State University rebounded from Friday night’s tie at Manitoba, rallying from a 3-2 first-period deficit and blowing the game open with five third-period goals en route to a 7-4 victory in exhibition play Saturday. Caesare Stimson led the BSU offensive effort with a hat trick. She scored BSU’s second goal, a shorthanded effort at … Read more
Peter Fregoe and Peter Zingoni scored 2 goals each to lift Providence over Western Ontario, 6-1, in an exhibition game on Saturday. Although the game started with a moment of silence to reflect the recent events that have shaken Hockey East and the world, it did not slow the pace of scoring early on. Providence … Read more
The University of New Hampshire rode six special team goals and a four goal first period to down The University of Ottawa, 9-1, in exhibition play. Lanny Gare led the scoring parade with two goals and three assists. Jim Abbott chipped in with a goal and three assists and Darren Haydar added two goals. The … Read more
The biggest change in Lowell, of course, isn’t the usual departure of graduating players and influx of freshmen, but rather the arrival last spring of new coach Blaise MacDonald. Arguably, former coach Tim Whitehead should have been treated better and still be at the River Hawk helm. He was, after all, a finalist for national … Read more