Quinnipiac’s Shawn Mansoff and Canisius’ Sean Weaver headline the preseason All-MAAC First Team. Mansoff enters his senior season as Preseason Player of the Year, while Sean Weaver gets the nod as Preseason Goalie of the Year.
The 2000-01 edition of the ECAC appears minus some familiar faces, but still capable of producing another down-to-the-wire finish as NCAA semifinalist St. Lawrence guns for a second straight title.
MAAC coaches have chosen Quinnipiac as the preseason favorite to capture this year’s regular season championship. In the poll, the Braves received six first place votes and 113 total points. The 11 MAAC head coaches did the voting.
Let’s be honest. The chances of Harvard finishing eighth this season are pretty slim, but if there is one thing that we have all learned about the Crimson, it’s that you don’t always know what you are going to get. In his second year at the helm, Mark Mazzoleni has done everything in his power … Read more
After years of hearing about how young but promising Dartmouth’s teams are, could this finally be the year when all the premonitions come true? Head coach Bob Gaudet has been meticulously crafting this Big Green team for years. Two years ago, he brought in an offensively loaded freshman class that included such names as Frank … Read more
Is Jeff Hamilton what makes all the difference in New Haven? Despite the fact that the Eli lost five of its top scorers and its returning defensive corps is relatively unseasoned, some folks are still uncertain about how this Yale team will fare. Hamilton is the ultimate X-factor. “I believe that we are an enigma,” … Read more
With nine-year coach Don Cahoon leaving after a highly-successful stint, can Princeton graduate and long-time assistant Len Quesnelle fill the void that his mentor left behind?
College Hockey America coaches have tabbed Bemidji State as the favorite in the second CHA preseason poll. Bemidji received two first place votes and 22 overall points in the balloting of the six league coaches.
There probably isn’t a team in the league looking forward to its freshman class as much as Brown. After two consecutive disappointing seasons, head coach Roger Grillo is looking for something — anything — to kickstart his program. "We’re not going to finish in 12th." — Brown head coach Roger Grillo “Last year was certainly … Read more
It was an improvement, albeit a small one. Five more wins for the Union Skating Dutchmen and an appearance in the ECAC playoffs, where they lost twice to the eventual ECAC champion St. Lawrence Saints by one goal. Small steps — what head coach Kevin Sneddon said it would take. Sneddon hopes that 21 returnees, … Read more
It was a tough season last year for the Clarkson Golden Knights. Under intense heat as the number-one preseason pick in the ECAC Coaches Poll, the Knights didn’t get out of the gate very quickly. In the end, the Knights posted their 25th straight winning season and advanced to Lake Placid, remaining the only ECAC … Read more
So many questions in Troy, and some wonder if head coach Dan Fridgen has the answers. Item 1: just two of the top seven scorers on the Engineer squad return. Item 2: a four-year goaltending duo graduates, leaving as incumbent a junior who played six minutes last season. So many questions. In nets, the Engineers … Read more
“At Colgate this year we are going to find out what life is like after Andy McDonald,” head coach Don Vaughan said. “You just don’t replace a guy like that.” You certainly don’t replace a guy like McDonald. An All-American, Hobey Baker finalist and ECAC Player of the Year, McDonald captained last season’s Colgate squad … Read more
One week away from hosting Colgate, New Hampshire and North Dakota in the Ice Breaker Tournament, the Michigan hockey team brought in Wilfrid Laurier from across the border for an exhibition. But instead of a nice, friendly, easygoing scrimmage, the Golden Bears gave Michigan a chippy game with 38 penalties called. The Wolverines slapped through … Read more
Former UMass-Amherst coach Joe Mallen has been named head coach at UMass-Boston. Mallen, who coached the Beacons in the early ’80s, returns to where his collegiate head coaching career began.
Maine coach Shawn Walsh has always been a winner. But his current opponent is not easily intimidated. Between stages of immunotherapy treatments, Walsh spoke recently to USCHO’s Dave Hendrickson about hockey, cancer and family.
The top two teams in the 1999-2000 CCHA standings have been picked to repeat those positions in 2000-01, as Michigan and Michigan State earned the top spots in Wednesday’s preseason coaches and media polls, respectively.
The decision by the MAAC to force its member teams to cancel previously-scheduled games against Findlay has come under fire, not only by Findlay officials, but long-time conference commissioners Bruce McLeod and Joe Bertagna.
Niagara and Canisius are looking into the possibility of formally submitting an application to join the ECAC. The schools would be the 13th and 14th league members.
The ECAC announced its Division I men’s hockey television package today. The package delivers seven regular-season and four postseason games and features all 12 teams in the ECAC. The package will once again appear on NESN with Empire also picking up coverage. The premiere of the telecast will be the rematch of last season’s ECAC … Read more