Rensselaer men’s, women’s college hockey teams latest to cancel ’20-21 seasons due to pandemic

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Rensselaer is the latest school to cancel its 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “As we navigate the global pandemic, we must make every effort to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the institute community, and unfortunately, cancelling the hockey seasons is prudent as we attempt to achieve that objective,” said Dr. … Read more

Ongoing pandemic cancels men’s, women’s Beanpot college hockey tournaments for 2020-21 season

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The 2021 men’s and women’s Beanpot championships have been canceled for the first time in the history of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beanpot committee announced on Friday. “The Beanpot, TD Garden’s annual college hockey tournament, will not be played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” reads a statement from TD … Read more

Wisconsin, Michigan off to strong starts; Eight teams cancel seasons: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 1

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Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger look back at the first weekend of college hockey for the 2020-21 season.

Wisconsin picked up six points in the Big Ten with a weekend road sweep at Notre Dame while Michigan won both ends of a home series against Arizona State.

Eight teams have cancelled their 2020-21 campaigns, including the Ivy League as a whole, and others have seen delays and postponements.

Alabama Huntsville has $17 million contributed to fund operations for the next decade, while Long Island University has defied critics and is ready to get its new program underway this week.

And the training camp for the Canadian World Juniors team has three NCAA programs facing a dilemma.

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North Dakota stays No. 1 in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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North Dakota captured 39 first-place votes this week to remain the top team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Second-ranked Boston College, No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, No. 5 Minnesota State and No. 6 Michigan all garnered first-place votes as well. USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll – Nov. 16, 2020 The USCHO.com Poll consists of … Read more

Vermont delays start of men’s, women’s hockey seasons to Dec. 18 due to increase in state’s COVID-19 cases

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Vermont announced Sunday evening that it will delay the start of competition in men’s and women’s hockey and basketball until December 18. “After discussions with President Garimella and the Vermont Department of Health, it became clear that delaying the start of our seasons was the most responsible course of action,” said UVM director of athletics … Read more

‘Risks are far too great’ as MASCAC makes decision to cancel 2020-21 hockey season

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The NCAA has released winter sport guidelines and the state of Massachusetts recently updated their winter sport policies. After an in-depth review of the information from the state and NCAA, consultation among the MASCAC presidents, athletic directors, and athletic trainers and after exhausting all possibilities, including a review of the risks involved, the eight MASCAC … Read more

Alaska Anchorage, already cutting hockey program in 2021, opts out of 2020-21 season due to COVID concerns

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Alaska Anchorage notified the WCHA on Friday that the Seawolves will opt out of the 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision from UAA was part of a larger announcement by the school that it would suspend competition for all of its indoor winter sports – men’s hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, … Read more

Hockey East unveils coaches polls for men’s, women’s conferences ahead of ’20-21 campaigns

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Hockey East announced Friday the results of the coaches polls for both the men’s and women’s conferences. MEN’S POLL Points, with first-place votes in parentheses 1. Boston College, 95 (8) 2. Massachusetts, 87 (2) 3. Providence, 77 4. UMass Lowell, 71 (1) 5. Northeastern, 68 6. Boston University, 55 7. UConn, 48 8. New Hampshire, … Read more

Wisconsin hockey coordinator Engel-Natzke hired by AHL’s Bears as video coach

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The AHL’s Hershey Bears announced Thursday that the team has hired Emily Engel-Natzke as video coach. Engel-Natzke joins the Bears from Wisconsin where she served as the assistant director of operations/video coordinator. With the Badgers, she worked with both the men’s and women’s hockey teams from 2015 to 2017, and exclusively with the men’s team … Read more

Ivy League, which includes men’s, women’s ECAC Hockey teams, cancels winter sports

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The Ivy League released an announcement Thursday evening cancelling the hockey seasons for men’s and women’s hockey. Consistent with its commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of student-athletes, the greater campus community and general public, the Ivy League Council of Presidents has decided that league schools will not conduct intercollegiate athletics competition in winter … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten: Nov. 13-15

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Remember this? Published March 5, it was the last Big Ten column before the playoffs last season. Remember this? Published March 6, it was Drew Claussen’s B1G picks blog for the Big Ten playoffs. So abrupt was the end of last season, so momentous the months in between, that March 2020 feels like a lifetime … Read more

Alumni, administration put forth multi million-dollar commitment to preserve Alabama Huntsville hockey

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With the support of prominent alumni as well as the university administration and the Huntsville community, Alabama Huntsville is working to continue the UAH Division I hockey program on a long-term basis. Goals of the group include alignment with a major conference and future plans to build a multi-purpose facility on the UAH campus that … Read more