The rule proposal was released, the coaches were repulsed and that’s it, right? Wrong. Nothing is finished in the case of the controversial proposed change to the icing rule. Brian Sullivan reports on how we got to this point and what comes next.
The NCAA is getting tough on contact-to-the-head penalties and getting creative in an effort to promote scoring when it comes to other rules changes. Contact to the head will result in a major penalty and either a game misconduct or game disqualification under proposals by the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee unveiled Friday. The proposals … Read more
Connecticut will host a doubleheader of men’s and women’s hockey games at its football stadium next season. The Huskies men will play Sacred Heart and the women will play Providence at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn., on Sunday, Feb. 13 as part of the Whalers Hockey Fest. The announcement came Wednesday as part of … Read more
RIT defenseman Chris Tanev has forfeited his final three years of eligibility to sign with the Vancouver Canucks. Tanev, 20, was RIT’s leading freshman scorer with 28 points (10-18-28) and four penalty minutes in 41 games. He also led his team in plus/minus (plus-34). Related links: Tanev career stats RIT team page Early Departures 2010 … Read more
After leading RIT to the Frozen Four in just its fifth season at Division I, coach Wayne Wilson has been rewarded with a contract extension through the 2014-15 season. RIT president Dr. Bill Destler made the news public on Monday when the RIT hockey team was honored before a Rochester Red Wings International League baseball … Read more
The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee gets this chance only once every two years, so there’s a little more emphasis to get it right. In the next month, leading up to and through the committee’s meeting June 8-11 in Indianapolis, the dialogue about potential rules changes will lead to debate and then … Read more
NCAA runner-up Wisconsin has two players on the All-USCHO First Team, a set of awards determined by USCHO staff writers and editors at the conclusion of the Frozen Four. Maine’s Gustav Nyquist is a first-team selection (photo: Melissa Wade). Forward Blake Geoffrion, the Hobey Baker Award winner and USCHO’s national player of the year, and … Read more
Wayne Wilson has become the first person to win national coach of the year honors by the American Hockey Coaches Association in both the Division I and Division III ranks. Wayne Wilson The RIT coach earned the Spencer Penrose Award this season after taking the Tigers to the Frozen Four for the first time, in … Read more
It was an interesting idea, but when it took place, having the Frozen Four at Ford Field just didn’t work out, Dave Starman writes.
Denver led the way with three first-team selections when the Division I men’s All-Americans were announced Friday. New Hampshire had one East first-team choice and two so honored on the second team. Twenty different D-I programs are represented. Only one player is a return winner. Junior defenseman Erik Gustafsson of Northern Michigan repeated on the … Read more
Wisconsin used a balanced attack to throttle RIT in the first Frozen Four semifinal game Thursday in Detroit. Jim Connelly reports.
Fans speak out about the Ford Field Frozen Four.
Cornell forward Colin Greening, the ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year, has been selected as the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner for men’s ice hockey. The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I men’s coaches, national hockey media and fans, is awarded annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in NCAA Division I … Read more
The powerhouse got the better of the upstart Thursday. Dave Hendrickson reports on the end of a memorable run for RIT.
Wisconsin jumped out on RIT with a quick strike. Candace Horgan reports.
After their first practices on the Ford Field ice, the four teams playing at the Frozen Four react to their environment. Paula C. Weston reports.
While most RIT fans would have liked to see the Tigers jump right back into action after their stunning wins in Albany — the team’s 11th and 12th straight victories — the players would rather take the extra time off at the expense of possibly cooling off. It’s been a media frenzy for the school … Read more
RIT has no scholarships, no draft picks and has never had an alum play in the NHL. Yet just five years into Division I status — and three years after becoming eligible for postseason play — the Tigers are playing on college hockey’s biggest stage. Chris Lerch reports.
The score was the same, and the goal outburst eerily identical, but this time, RIT made UNH live it from the losing side.
For the third time in five seasons, an Atlantic Hockey team has pulled a first-round upset. Nate Owen reports.