Miami head coach Enrico Blasi is a man of few words. “We return 19 letterwinners from a year ago, including offensively our leading scorer Pat Leahy, and two gentlemen who missed the bulk of the season due to injury, Jason Deskins and Gregor Krajnc. “Defensively we return six starters. We add three freshmen to that … Read more
In meetings held this week, the ECAC approved the realignment of two teams currently playing in the ECAC Northeast. Beginning with the 2001-2002 season, St. Michael’s will become a member of the ECAC East, while Tufts will join the NESCAC.
You’ll pardon Mike Kemp if he seems effusive. In their first year of league play, the Mavericks–then a program just three years old–defeated or tied every team in the CCHA at least once, and finished second to Michigan State in the tourney’s Championship game. “Our experience at this point in time in the CCHA has … Read more
Freshman Mark Wires scored two goals and Bowling Green defeated York 8-4 on Friday at the BGSU Ice Arena. Tyler Masters stopped 16 shots in just over 31 minutes for the Falcons. He was relieved by Shawn Timm, who stopped 20 shots. Each allowed two goals. Bowling Green’s Phil Barski opened the scoring 4:40 into … Read more
Junior Alex Kim scored both Colorado College goals Friday night as the No. 15 Tigers defeated Calgary 2-1 in an exhibition at the World Arena. Kim, a transfer from Miami playing his first game for the Tigers, scored on the power play in the second period and added an even-strength goal in the third. The … Read more
In an unbelievably wild game at the Kohl Center, Wisconsin defeated UMass-Amherst 9-6 in the season opener for both teams. “Well, it was exciting to the fans,” Badgers coach Jeff Sauer said. “Lot of goals, lot of horns.” Wisconsin defenseman Alex Brooks put the Badgers ahead from the beginning with a shot from just below … Read more
Another second-year coach, Jim Culhane, is pleased with the progress his Broncos made last season. “Last year was a very exciting year for us in that we finally made it back to the CCHA tournament with a young team and a young staff. It was the first time in three years that we made it … Read more
Entering his second year as head coach, Guy Gadowski says, “I’m very excited–as I think everybody in Fairbanks is–to see which of these freshmen are going to come in and step up.” It’s not that the Nanooks lack veteran talent, but some freshmen are bound to “step up” for UAF this season; there are 13 … Read more
Everyone seemed to want No. 1 North Dakota and No. 2 Michigan go at it in this weekend’s Ice Breaker Cup. Well, the two WILL play Saturday, but not at the time everyone thought they would. Two shootouts, two underdogs advance. First, New Hampshire beats North Dakota on a shootout, then Michigan loses out the … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha hopes the door on the stable has been blown off the hinges. The Mavericks opened their 2000-2001 season with a 6-1 exhibition victory over Manitoba on Friday. “It’s good to be back here,” Mavericks coach Mike Kemp said. “This was a good opportunity for us to get out and play somebody besides ourselves.” Omaha … Read more
OSU head coach John Markell recently quipped, “Michigan State lost their best goaltender last season–Mike Weaver.” Gone from the Spartan ranks is Weaver (0-8–8, +17), the last of a long line of great stay-at-home defenders that included Jeff Kozakowski and Tyler Harlton. Even head coach Ron Mason can read some of this writing on the … Read more
Forwards Joe Goodenow and Sean Patchell each scored a goal and had two assists Friday night as Michigan State blanked Western Ontario 7-0 in an exhibition game at Munn Ice Arena. “We had a better effort overall,” said coach Ron Mason. “We had more attention to detail and our guys had some emotion going into … Read more
“I’m looking forward to this season after such a disappointing season last year,” says John Markell. “It’s definitely a rebuilding year for us, one in which you might see 10 freshmen on the ice.” Rebuilding? Ohio State’s season could be further subtitled, “Oh, How the Mighty with the New Rink Have Fallen.” It was just … Read more
Rick Comley is a happy man. He’s no longer Athletic Director at Northern Michigan University. “It’s like a rebirth for me–25th year of the program, silver anniversary, and I’m back to being a full-time coach again. I can’t tell you how much that means to me, how much better I feel. “It’s great to go … Read more
“There’s not much new in Michigan,” says head coach Red Berenson. Wouldn’t every team in the league love to have Berenson’s brand of same old, same old? The Wolverines, ranked No. 2 in the preseason USCHO.com poll behind defending national champion North Dakota, return a tremendous senior class and a stellar goaltender, with minor losses … Read more
The first game of the Ice Breaker Cup was definitely a shootout. Defenseman Garrett Stafford’s goal on the 13th try of a tiebreaking shootout, normally seen in juniors or the Olympics, put the finishing touches on a New Hampshire comeback over North Dakota on Friday. Under NCAA rules, a 2-2 tie will actually count in … Read more
Buddy Powers has a way with words. “I feel overall in the league…goaltending, staying healthy, and getting a break here and there is going to determine an awful lot of the final standings. Depending on those three categories, [especially] who stays healthy, and who gets the hot guy in the net.” If those are the … Read more
In a game that made one almost question whether the United States and Canada are allies, Boston University and the University of Toronto beat up on each other for a total of 92 penalty minutes while the Terriers beat the Varsity Blues 5-3 in an exhibition game on Friday. Carl Corazzini, Mike Pandolfo and Brian … Read more
The Boston College Eagles, fresh off their third consecutive Frozen Four appearance last year, opened the 2000-2001 season in style with a 6-2 exhibition win over Acadia University on Friday at the Conte Forum. According to Eagles coach Jerry York, the game was as good as he could have expected for an exhibition contest. “I … Read more
On the face of it, the Warriors lost a lot of players at key positions. No doubt that led to their distant dead-last position in the Hockey East Coaches’ Preseason Poll. Nonetheless, there’s still room for optimism. Countering a lack of experience — particularly on defense — will be an upgrade in team speed as … Read more