Dartmouth tri-captain Michael Byrne feared that his career was coming to an end. Then Kent Gillings gave it new life. With 13.1 seconds left in regulation, Gillings dumped his 11th goal of the season past Vermont netminder Shawn Conschafter, tying the ECAC preliminary game at two and completing Dartmouth’s comeback from an early 2-0 deficit. … Read more
Four of the top five teams in the season-ending USCHO.com poll meet this weekend in the NCAA Division III Frozen Four at Rochester Institute of Technology. The top Eastern seed, RIT, hosts second West seed Wisconsin-River Falls in one semifinal, while the top seed from the West, Wisconsin-Superior, takes on third Eastern seed Plattsburgh. The … Read more
Ever read the picks in one of our conference columns and wonder, “What the heck are they thinking?” Well, so do we. And to find out just who is the best at this, we present USCHO.com’s Ultimate Picks Challenge, a.k.a. “Meet the Frauds.”
The best Final Five ever? With every contender nationally ranked and the possibility of five NCAA bids for one league being bandied about, that is the expectation. Todd D. Milewski shines a spotlight on the WCHA.
Around 2:30 p.m. Eastern time Saturday, the first bid to the 2001 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament will be handed out — to the MAAC playoff champion. And with the conference’s top four seeds all on hand in Storrs, Conn., expect a dogfight. Jim Connelly reports.
The nation’s number-one team; the squad with the longest current streak of appearances; the upstarts with title-game experience; and the history-making underdogs are the suspects at Joe Louis Arena this weekend. Paula C. Weston previews the action.
The ECAC championship looks like a free-for-all once again, and with only one team likely to reach the NCAAs, there’s equal motivation all around. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy run down the contenders.
Going to Rochester, N.Y., for the D-III Frozen Four this weekend? USCHO.com’s Ed Trefzger provides the lowdown on the Flower City’s food, shopping, nightlife and more.
How BC could go West for the NCAAs — and why the Eagles won’t; UNH rises (partly) from the tournament dead; the latest on a 16-team national championship; previews of Friday’s Hockey East semifinals; and much more. Dave Hendrickson reports.
After a shocking pair of losses by defending national champion Minnesota, it’s anybody’s guess what the NCAA tournament committee will do with its four bids — though one of them is all but guaranteed to go to No. 1 Dartmouth, which goes after the ECAC playoff title this weekend. Zevi Gutfreund reports.
Tickets for the 2001 NCAA Division III tournament at RIT this weekend have sold out. About 70 two-day tickets remained this morning, but those had all been sold by 10:00 a.m. today. Tickets went on sale at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning at RIT. Plattsburgh received 200 tickets for the weekend, while Wisconsin-Superior and Wisconsin-River Falls … Read more
In its third overtime game in four playoff contests, Northern Michigan could not get the puck past Bowling Green goalie Tyler Masters as Masters backstopped his team to a 2-1 overtime win. The Falcons (16-18-5) will now advance to Joe Louis Arena for Friday’s Central Collegiate Hockey Association semifinal against Michigan State. Bowling Green — … Read more
The finalists for the 2001 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced by The USA Hockey Foundation, are Harvard junior forward Jennifer Botterill, Minnesota senior defenseman Courtney Kennedy, and Harvard senior forward Tammy Shewchuk.
If you’re ready for a return to college hockey’s roots — not just talent, but spirit, hard work, the love of the game — then Russell Jaslow has just the thing for you: the women’s game, Division III-style.
Concordia’s Bryan Howard was named the MIAC Player of the Year. The complete list of award recipients is below. All-Conference Team Name Year School HometownChad Anderson Jr. Bethel BloomingtonBrady Burgess Jr. Concordia MoorheadBrian Cashman Jr. Bethel Red WingJaro Cesky So. Augsburg Prague, Czech RepublicMike Gast Sr. Concordia Fargo, N.D.Jared Gustafson Sr. Bethel SalolJason Haider Sr. … Read more
Elmira College and Glenn Thomaris jointly announced his resignation today as head coach of the Soaring Eagles. Thomaris, who gave no reason for his departure, leaves after 14 seasons behind the Elmira bench, where he amassed a 271-122-14 record, including five ECAC West championships and seven appearances in the NCAA tournament.
An unforgettable weekend of playoff action ended Sunday with four overtime finishes, every one with NCAA tournament implications. Adam Wodon relives one of the most nail-biting days in college hockey history.
After three years, Mike Bonelli has stepped down as head coach of the Plymouth State men’s program due to “financial reasons.”
It was potentially the final game of his collegiate career. In his four years, he’d never been a marquee name. In fact, he’d scored only four goals at Providence, none in the last two years.
Freshman Patrick Sharp scored the winning goal in overtime as 10th-seeded Vermont defeated regular-season champion Clarkson 3-2 in the third game of the ECAC quarterfinals before 1,899 fans at Cheel Arena Sunday night. The loss left Clarkson likely to miss the NCAA tournament, as the Knights stand 12th in the Pairwise Rankings, which mimic the … Read more