Former Vermont coach Mike Gilligan has been selected as the recipient of the 2005 John MacInnes Award by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Established by the AHCA in 1982 to honor former Michigan Tech coach John MacInnes, the award “recognizes those people who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey and youth programs. … Read more
Massachusetts-Dartmouth freshman Adam Keeler was killed just before 5 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
Brett Tryder has been named head coach at Plymouth State. The top assistant under previous coach Chris Hudon is the seventh coach in the program’s 33-year history.
New Hampshire goaltender Mike Ayers was named winner of the 51st annual Walter Brown Award, given annually to New England’s best American-born Division I college hockey player. Salem State senior defenseman Nick Stauder will receive the Gridiron Club’s third annual Joe Concannon Award, given to the top American-born hockey player from NCAA Division II and … Read more
One of Massachusetts’ two state-funded Division I hockey programs could soon be privatized; if Massachusetts’ new governor, Mitt Romney, has his way. As part of an overwhelming state restructuring plan that Romney will institute in hopes to pull the state from extreme debt, he unveiled Wednesday a plan that would privatize the state’s main campus … Read more
Robert Lavin is leaving Salve Regina to become men’s hockey coach at Framingham State College. Lavin will be the eighth head coach in Framingham history. Lavin spent three years at Salve Regina and was named ECAC Northeast Coach of the Year in 1999-2000. His teams earned a berth in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Northeast … Read more
A trio of new Division III coaching hires were recently announced. Lake Forest has tabbed Susan Bellizzi to lead the women’s program. Bellizzi replaces T.R. Bell, who resigned after the 2000-01 season. The Foresters finished last season with a 10-13-1 overall record, including a 4-11-1 mark and fourth-place finish in the NCHA. It was Lake … Read more
After three years, Mike Bonelli has stepped down as head coach of the Plymouth State men’s program due to “financial reasons.”
UMass-Dartmouth, RIT and Middlebury have been tabbed the preseason favorites by coaches in their ECAC leagues in polling released by the league office. UMass-Dartmouth took the inaugural coaches’ preseason poll in the revamped Northeast, earning 13 of 18 first-place votes and amassing 318 points. Rival Fitchburg State finished second, earning 306 points and four first-place … Read more