Holy Cross sees gains from focus on team defense, newcomers contributing on offense
First-year coach David Berard’s team is allowing just 1.75 goals per game in Atlantic Hockey play.
Men’s D-I: AHA
Bentley sees some positives in an uneven first half
The Falcons lead the nation with the man advantage, but injuries have taken a toll overall.
Niagara starts the long road back from injury-filled 0-9 start
The Purple Eagles have won three straight games, but they have only four more games before the holiday break.
Snowstorm postpones Friday’s Mercyhurst-Canisius game, rescheduled for Jan. 13
Friday’s Mercyhurst home game against Canisius has been postponed because of the snowstorm in Western New York.
Air Force takes a look in the mirror and corrects some flaws
After losing to and tying Alabama-Huntsville, the Falcons needed to tighten up their defensive-zone coverage. They did that in a successful weekend at Robert Morris.
Goaltending tandem gives Sacred Heart measure of success
Seniors Alex Vazzano and Andrew Bodnarchuk are in a virtual timeshare for the Pioneers.
Holy Cross AD, former player, coach Bellerose to retire on Dec. 31
Holy Cross associate director of athletics and business manager Bill Bellerose announced Thursday that he will retire, effective Dec. 31, 2014. Bellerose has been with Holy Cross for 37 years, including the last 23 in his current role. From 1988 through 1993, Bellerose served as the head coach of the Crusaders’ team after previously spending … Read more
American International sees how much of a boost a couple of wins can provide
Beating Niagara twice last weekend pushed the Yellow Jackets from 11th to a tie for fourth in the early Atlantic Hockey standings.
Bentley gets back to its preferred style, and a road sweep is the result
The Falcons lost their cool in a loss to Sacred Heart but rebounded with two wins at Rensselaer.
Mercyhurst to host Ohio State at Erie Insurance Arena in January 2015
Mercyhurst announced on Tuesday afternoon that its originally-scheduled men’s games against Ohio State on Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, 2015, will be played at the Erie Insurance Arena as part of the “Snowtown Throwdown.” Game time on Friday, Jan. 2 is slated for 7:05 p.m. EDT, while the following day’s game will begin at 2:35 … Read more
Robert Morris’ defense takes its turn in the spotlight
The Colonials allowed only three goals in sweeping Niagara to improve to 4-0.
Despite sitting idle, Minnesota remains top-ranked team in D-I men’s poll
Minnesota was off last weekend, but still earned 39 first-place votes in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll to stay the top-ranked team in the country. Union remained No. 2 with a sweep of Maine and garnered the other 11 first-place votes. With a sweep of Colorado College, North Dakota stays third, while Colgate swept … Read more
Atlantic Hockey suspends Bentley’s Deresky one game for boarding penalty against Sacred Heart
Atlantic Hockey announced Tuesday that Bentley sophomore Tyler Deresky has received a one-game suspension for his boarding penalty during the Falcons’ game on Saturday, Oct. 18 against Sacred Heart. Deresky was assessed a minor for boarding at the 18:25 mark of the third period, but after a review of the game footage, AHA supervisor of … Read more
TSN partners with College Hockey Inc. to broadcast NCAA games in Canada
TSN announced Friday a new partnership with College Hockey Inc. that will see 37 NCAA men’s Division I games broadcast this season, including the Frozen Four. The expanded coverage of NCAA hockey is also available for live streaming and on-demand viewing to TSN subscribers through TSN GO. “This partnership will allow TSN to deliver Canadian … Read more
Feeling more at home, Atlantic Hockey teams improve slightly on nonconference record
The league had a .246 winning percent outside of league play in the last 11 seasons but was 4-8 last weekend for a .333 winning percentage.
At RIT, new Gene Polisseni Center shows program’s growth
The new, 4,000-seat arena cost $38 million and replaces Frank Ritter Arena, which hosted the Tigers for 46 years.
Rotolo having eligibility questioned by NCAA; RIT goalie may sit or play
The Rochester Institute of Technology may lose sophomore goaltender Mike Rotolo for the first half of the season — or not at all. The Democrat and Chronicle has reported that Rotolo is sidelined because of an NCAA question regarding his eligibility. “I haven’t got anything new,” RIT coach Wayne Wilson said in the report. “Everything … Read more
Robert Morris freshman Ghantous handed one-game suspension by Atlantic Hockey
Atlantic Hockey announced Tuesday that Robert Morris freshman defenseman Elias Ghantous has received a one-game suspension for his contact to the head major penalty during the Colonials’ exhibition contest on Saturday, Oct. 4 against Ryerson. Ghantous was assessed five-minute major and game misconduct penalties at the 6:17 mark of the third period. He will serve … Read more
RIT’s Schuler may miss 2014-15 season with concussion symptoms
According to the Democrat and Chronicle, RIT junior forward Dan Schuler, who led the team with 13 goals last season, is out indefinitely with concussion symptoms. “He could be out for the year,” Tigers coach Wayne Wilson said in the report. “We just don’t know.” Schuler suffered a concussion during a game late in the 2013-14 season … Read more
Your team lost to a CIS school? Here’s why you shouldn’t read too much into it
Last year, four teams lost their opening weekend exhibition games, and three went on to have winning records at the end of the season.