Dave Burkholder will not return as the head coach at Niagara, the school announced Monday. This decision was reached after discussions with Burkholder “and careful consideration and review,” according to a press release. The Purple Eagles upset RIT in the first round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs two weekends ago and were then swept by … Read more
Ferguson was the only player to reach 40 points in conference play, scoring 16 goals with 27 assists.
The Colonials are one win away from a 20-win season.
Atlantic Hockey on Friday announced the 2016-17 Gladiator Custom Mouthguards All-Rookie Team. The team is made up of six players from five teams, with only Army West Point placing more than one player on this year’s All-Rookie squad.
Every coach wants his team to be playing its best hockey at the end of the season. The ability to enter the postseason with momentum can never be underscored, and in a league like Atlantic Hockey, recent history has proven Cinderella can come out of the first round and dance the glass slipper right to … Read more
It’s a well-known cliché in sports. Taking it one day at a time. One game at a time. But Canisius coach Dave Smith says that’s what his team is doing as it rides an unprecedented unbeaten streak, currently at 14 games (11-0-3) going into the Golden Griffins’ final regular-season game on Thursday. “It sounds like … Read more
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Sacred Heart freshman defenseman Ruslan Rakhmatov for two games as supplemental discipline. Rakhmatov’s suspension comes after a review of his major penalty for contact to the head with 3:13 remaining in Sacred Heart’s 4-0 loss to Bentley on Friday, Feb. 17. Rakhmatov also received a game misconduct for his actions. After … Read more
In what’s turning into an annual rite of passage, Atlantic Hockey enters its final two weekends with nearly every playoff position fully up for grabs. Ten of the 11 slots in the playoff race are separated from someone else by one point, and, for yet another season, parity is turning the proverbial “mad dash to … Read more
Niagara and Robert Morris have announced that the regular-season finale between the two teams will be played outdoors on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7:05 p.m. at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The outdoor game will be the first college hockey game played at Heinz Field and third hockey game played at the venue, following the 2011 … Read more
It’s been an up-and-down year for the Mercyhurst Lakers, who sit in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Hockey standings at 10-10-4 in league play. The Lakers have spent most of the season straddling the .500 mark, winning consecutive games only twice, but never dropping more than three contests in a row. … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Monday that 23 NCAA Division I players are semifinalists for the 65th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. The nation’s oldest nationally-recognized college hockey honor, the Walter Brown Award was established in 1953 by the members of the 1933 … Read more
Every college hockey program has an identity. It’s what defines them in certain situations, and it’s what becomes the oft-seen hallmark of them through the years. It’s something each program embraces as a cornerstone, and it becomes the one thing to look for in every game. For years, Bentley embraced the concepts of blue-collar hockey. … Read more
It’s time for the annual fan ballot contribution to determine the winner of the 2017 Hobey Baker Award. Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker’s highly popular fan-voting opened on Monday, Jan. 30. College hockey fans can cast their vote by going to the Hobey Baker website. Follow the prompts to make … Read more
Canisius goaltender Charles Williams hasn’t taken a conventional path to where he is today, but his college hockey career started out the way they typically do for a Division I player. The Canton, Mich., native posted impressive numbers in the USHL, going 20-4-3 for the Lincoln Stars in his last year of juniors. He landed … Read more
Atlantic Hockey has issued a one-game suspension to Niagara sophomore forward Johnny Curran following Friday night’s game (Jan. 20) against American International. In addition, given that Curran received his third game misconduct of the 2016-17 season, he will be suspended an additional game, per NCAA rules. Curran received a major penalty for contact to the … Read more
Fans and analysts have a way of always looking for marquee matchups. They look for those games at the top of the standings between the best records in the league, games they hope could be instant classics. They have a way of overlooking some of those teams who seem to play everyone tough. Though their … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced Tuesday that Niagara sophomore forward Nick Farmer, who is already suspended for Friday’s contest against American International due to his disqualification penalty from last Saturday’s game, will be suspended an additional game as supplemental discipline. Farmer was whistled for a major penalty for roughing and a disqualification penalty four minutes into the … Read more
Before the season started, Air Force coach Frank Serratore told me that this year’s team may be the deepest he’s had in his 20 years behind the Falcons’ bench. It looks like he was right. Despite a rash of injuries, Air Force swept Mercyhurst last weekend to move into first place in Atlantic Hockey, holding … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Jan. 2 fared over the Jan. 5-8 weekend. No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth – tied, lost to Colorado College No. 2 Denver – swept Arizona State No. 3 Penn State – split with No. 11 Ohio State No. 4 … Read more
Niagara announced Thursday the signing of forward Christian Cakebread. A 6-foot, 195-pound forward from Gilbert, Ariz., Cakebread will join the Purple Eagles in Massachusetts as the team takes on Holy Cross this weekend. “Christian comes to us with a ton of experience at the junior level, and he will add high-end speed and skill … Read more