Shane Soderwall, a sophomore goaltender from Curry, is the recipient of the 2025 Sid Watson Award. The award, voted on by the nation’s Division III head coaches, is presented to the best player at the men’s NCAA Division III level by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Soderwall is the first player from Curry to receive … Read more
For leading Curry to the top seed of the NCAA men’s Division III Frozen Four, Peter Roundy has been named winner of the 2025 Edward Jeremiah Award as the CCM/AHCA Division III Men’s Coach of the Year. He is the first Curry coach to earn this honor and the first from the Conference of New … Read more
Bailey Olson, a senior forward from Wisconsin-River Falls, is the recipient of the 2025 Laura Hurd Award. The award, voted on by the nation’s Division III head coaches, is presented to the best player at the NCAA women’s Division III level. Olson is the fourth player from UWRF to be so honored and third in … Read more
For leading her team to a 24-3-1 record heading into the semifinals of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament, Elizabeth Bauer of Augsburg has been chosen by her peers as the 2025 CCM/AHCA Women’s Division III Coach of the Year. It is the first time that an Augsburg coach has been so honored and just … Read more
After leading the Broncos to a historic season, Western Michigan coach Pat Ferschweiler has been named the recipient of the 2025 Spencer Penrose Award, presented annually to the CCM/AHCA Division I men’s hockey national coach of the year. Ferschweiler garners the honor for the first time and becomes the first WMU head coach to claim … Read more
Rensselaer has announced the hiring of Eric Lang as the Engineers’ men’s hockey head coach. Lang, who replaces Dave Smith, comes to Troy, N.Y., after serving as the head coach at American International since 2016. Lang won 155 games at the helm of AIC and captured the Atlantic Hockey regular-season championship or postseason title seven … Read more
North Dakota announced on Tuesday the hiring of Bryn Chyzyk as the program’s assistant coach/general manager. Chyzyk becomes the first general manager to have coaching/recruiting capabilities in college hockey, as he will join the program following a successful run as the general manager of the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks. “I am so excited to welcome … Read more
This is the fourth of four previews for teams playing in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four this week in St. Louis. Click here for all of USCHO’s Frozen Four coverage. Boston University Terriers Season record: 23-13-2 How they got to St. Louis: Won the Toledo Regional, beating Ohio State 8-3 and Cornell 3-2 (OT) … Read more
Among the many outstanding first-year players at the D-III level this season, two clearly rose to the top of the list with their exceptional play on the ice and helping their teams to both conference and NCA tournament success. Ryan Burke from Oswego and Landry Schmuck from Aurora are this year’s winners of … Read more
Nearly 50 women who played NCAA women’s hockey this season or are committed to play in the future are rostered with the 10 nations competing at the top level IIHF Women’s World Championships that start Thursday in České Budějovice, Czechia. Every woman on the US and Canadian rosters is a current or former NCAA players. In … Read more
This is the third of four previews for teams playing in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four this week in St. Louis. Click here for all of USCHO’s Frozen Four coverage. Denver Pioneers Season record: 31-11-1 How they got to St. Louis: Won the Manchester Regional, defeating Providence 5-1 and Boston College 3-1 Top players: … Read more
NCAA Division II-III men’s hockey head coaches have recognized the top 31 hockey players in their division by selecting them as CCM Hockey/AHCA All-Americans for 2024-25. First Team East Shane Soderwall, SO, Curry College (Algonquin, IL) Goalie Austin Mourar, GR, Hobart College (Spring City, PA) Defense James Philpott, SR, Hamilton College^ (Calgary, AB) Defense Nate … Read more
NCAA Division III women’s hockey head coaches have recognized the top 32 hockey players in their division by selecting them as CCM Hockey/AHCA All-Americans for 2024-25. First Team East Natalie Stott, JR, Amherst College*^ (Franklin, MA) Goalie Gretchen Dann, JR, Amherst College (Hanover, NH) Defense Sabrina Kim, SR, Middlebury College (Los Angeles, CA) Defense Samantha … Read more
This is the second of four previews for teams playing in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four this week in St. Louis. Click here for all of USCHO’s Frozen Four coverage. Western Michigan Broncos Season record: 32-7-1 How they got to St. Louis: Won the Fargo Regional, defeating Minnesota State 2-1 and Massachusetts 2-1 Top … Read more
We all just needed to take a little breather after that amazing season and sensational national tournament, but no worries the intrepid East/West duo of myself and Brian Lester have come up with this season’s All-USCHO teams and the representation of talent on the ice is nothing short of spectacular. This year we have fifteen … Read more
This is the first of four previews for teams playing in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four this week in St. Louis. Click here for all of USCHO’s Frozen Four coverage. Penn State Nittany Lions Season record: 22-13-4 How they got to St. Louis: Won the Allentown Regional, beating Maine 5-1 and Connecticut 3-2 (OT) Top players: F … Read more
The NHL’s Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the team has agreed to terms on a three-year, entry-level contract with Boston College sophomore goaltender Jacob Fowler. Fowler also signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract for the remainder of the 2024-25 season with the Laval Rocket. The Melbourne, Fla., native played 35 games with Boston College … Read more
Thousands of hockey players rotated through Cornell’s New York-based campus over Mike Schafer’s three decades of head coaching. From an on/ice perspective, their legacy is long entrenched as a piece of the Big Red’s history of building successful champions. Even in this last year, raising the Whitelaw Cup for a second straight season handed the … Read more
Cornell junior forward Dalton Bancroft has signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s Boston Bruins. Bancroft will report to the AHL’s Providence Bruins for the remainder of the season on an amateur tryout contract. Ending the 2024-25 season with 27 points (15 goals, 12 assists), Bancroft led the Big Red in short-handed goals (2) … Read more
Massachusetts junior forward Kenny Connors has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. Connors, who forgoes his final season of collegiate eligibility, was originally taken by the Kings in the fourth round (103rd overall) of the 2022 NHL Draft. “Kenny has been a top-line player for us since the day he … Read more