With the departure of Connecticut to Hockey East, pod-based scheduling is no more, replaced by unbalanced draws. Programs will play four league opponents four times, the rest twice.
The Pioneers return their top eight forwards and four defensemen from a year ago.
The Colonials won last season’s Atlantic Hockey playoff title, but they started with just two wins before Christmas.
The Tigers finished ninth in Atlantic Hockey last season after a seventh-place finish the year before.
The Purple Eagles expect a tough road last season to have benefits in 2014-15.
After a 21-win season that included a league championship, the Lakers have 12 seniors on the roster.
The Crusaders return a solid defense but have questions to answer on offense.
The Golden Griffins open the HarborCenter this season but lost three key players from last year’s team.
The Falcons scored 341 goals over the past three seasons, but they know play in their own end is the final hurdle to the top of Atlantic Hockey.
The Yellow Jackets finished 11th last season and are picked for the bottom in 2014-15.
Twelve newcomers join a team looking for a new goaltender after the departure of four-year starter Jason Torf.
The Black Knights were able to split their final two weekends with Connecticut and Holy Cross, then took a game from Robert Morris before bowing out to the eventual league champion in three games.
A total of 20 goaltenders were named to the first Mike Richter Award watch list on Friday. The award, which was presented for the first time last season to Massachusetts-Lowell’s Connor Hellebuyck, honors the top netminder in NCAA Division I hockey. The list does not include freshman and according to a press release, additions and … Read more
Last season’s top goaltender is playing pro hockey, but a number of successful netminders are back.
The crop of college defensemen who will make the biggest marks this season is a diverse one.
Size doesn’t always matter when it comes to the forwards that could make a difference in college hockey this season.
Mercyhurst, which won the Atlantic Hockey regular-season championship in 2013-14, has been picked to once again finish atop the standings after the conference released the results of the preseason coaches’ poll on Wednesday. The Lakers took home six first-place votes in the balloting.
Ben Kaplan helped develop mobile app WiGo to connect students, but he had to make the tough decision to leave the Crusaders team.
Northeastern announced on Thursday that Jason Smith as been promoted to assistant coach after previously serving as the director of hockey operations for the Huskies. Smith replaces Patrick Foley, who resigned in August after three seasons at Northeastern. “We are thrilled to add Jason as an assistant coach on our staff,” Northeastern coach Jim Madigan … Read more
St. Lawrence has named former RIT goaltender and Nazareth assistant coach Jared DeMichiel its new assistant coach. DeMichiel, who has been the assistant coach at Nazareth since January 2012, replaces Kris Mayotte, who took an assistant position at Providence in mid-summer. “I am very excited to announce the hiring of Jared as our new assistant … Read more