Mercyhurst is finally back home, and a sweet home it is after a grueling 10-game road trip; Sacred Heart meets its initial goals with a fast start; and Atlantic Hockey looks poised to make expansion official. Jim Connelly reports.
According to Atlantic Hockey commissioner Bob DeGregorio, the league’s athletic directors will have a conference call Friday morning. DeGregorio could not confirm the agenda, but the question of RIT’s potential membership is a possible topic of discussion after DeGregorio and Canisius AD Tim Dillon made an official visit to the school last weekend. “They’re great … Read more
Atlantic Hockey commissioner Bob DeGregorio and Canisius athletic director Tim Dillon paid a weekend visit to Rochester Institute of Technology as part of that university’s bid to become a member of the league as early as the 2006-07 season. The tour of RIT and meetings with RIT officials, including AD Lou Spiotti and coach Wayne … Read more
Q: When is third place almost like a championship? A: When, like Holy Cross, your offense has been struggling and you’ve upset the pre-tournament favorite. Also, the AHA gets serious about expansion, and Quinnipiac hits the road. Jim Connelly reports.
Niagara goaltender Jeff Van Nynatten will miss the next eight weeks after injuring to his index finger in practice on Monday, it was announced by head coach Dave Burkholder. The injury will require surgery, which is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Van Nynatten led all College Hockey America netminders with 18 wins last season and earned … Read more
Dartmouth and UNH look to start a new women’s hockey showcase for the state of New Hampshire.
Continuing an annual tradition, USCHO.com’s Jim Connelly takes a partly tongue-in-cheek look at holiday thankfulness around Atlantic Hockey.
Kurt Wright started his college career at New Hampshire, then joined ill-starred Findlay. Now the veteran is helping anchor Robert Morris’ fledgling squad.
It’s no ordinary team, because the Air Force Academy is no ordinary school. And the force binding the Falcons together? Head coach Frank Serratore.
American International’s improvement hasn’t shown in the standings — yet; Holy Cross and Boston College renew a decades-old rivalry; and Bryan Worosz reaches a milestone in net for Canisius, according to Jim Connelly.
Mercyhurst’s Rick Gotkin hits a milestone as head coach of the Lakers, and Holy Cross finds out just how tough it is to repeat. Jim Connelly rounds up the happenings in Atlantic Hockey.
Atlantic Hockey has picked up some big wins in the early going, but Jim Connelly wonders when victories over the “Big Four” will cease to be news. Also, Holy Cross starts its title defense, and injured Army sees new faces start to contribute.
Connecticut pulls off the nonconference upset and then looks ahead, while Sacred Heart builds momentum in league play and Mercyhurst gets off the schneid. And were there a couple of baseball games this week? Jim Connelly sounds off.
Take Me Away! Maybe that was the cry of Canisius before boarding a plane from Buffalo (with connections through Atlanta and Salt Lake City) to Anchorage for last weekend’s Nye Frontier Classic. The Griffs traveled a total of 17 hours including layovers but when they arrived on the ground in Anchorage, were without the necessary … Read more
Business, Not Hockey No, this isn’t the NHL. We’re not talking about a collective bargaining agreement, a salary cap or players buying one-way tickets to Europe. Still, as we open the Atlantic Hockey season, the second year of the league’s existence under that name, business is on the top of many minds as much as … Read more
The ECAC West will switch to a three-game format for its regular season beginning as soon as 2005-06, and is considering expanding its conference playoffs. The schedule change was agreed to during a conference call on Monday. Under the new format, each team would play each other team in the conference three times, with two … Read more
Last season’s national runner-up, St. Norbert, and a team that narrowly missed the NCAA playoffs, St. John’s, each placed three players on the men’s preseason D-III All-USCHO team as announced Monday by USCHO.com. St. Norbert first-team All-Americans Jason Deitsch and Ryan Tew were selected for the All-USCHO first team, with second-team All-American Spencer Carburry joining … Read more
When you’re at the top of the heap, everyone comes gunning for you. And after a 21-win campaign, a post-season conference championship and a trip to the NCAA tournament, Niagara University figures to have a big, purple target painted on its back. The Purple Eagles finished with the second-best record in the team’s nine-year history … Read more
Plans for Quinnipiac’s new athletic complex, which will house a new on-campus hockey facility, are well under way after Thursday’s announcement that Hudson United Bank has agreed to a $5 million sponsorship of the project. The building will be known as the Hudson United Bank Center. “Over the last 30 years, Hudson United Bank has … Read more
It seems hard to believe that a coach in Atlantic Hockey whose team went 20-14-2, upset Ohio State and Western Michigan and tied Cornell on the road, could call that season anything but a success. But for Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin, that’s exactly what happened last year. “We had some good success last year, but … Read more