Denver announced Wednesday that longtime Winnipeg Jets scout and former Alaska head coach Tavis MacMillan will be joining the Pioneers as an assistant coach. MacMillan replaces Joe Clark, who recently resigned his post due to family obligations. “We’re very excited to be adding Tavis to our staff,” said DU head coach Jim Montgomery in a … Read more
Michigan Tech’s outstanding year translated to Huskies’ senior forward Tanner Kero being named the WCHA’s Player of the Year after winning the league’s scoring crown with a 13-goal, 21-assist performance for 34 points in 28 conference games. Kero was also named Student-Athlete of the Year after maintaining a 3.72 GPA in mathematics with a concentration … Read more
The St. Louis Blues announced Tuesday that the club has signed Alaska defenseman Colton Parayko to a two-year, entry-level contract. Parayko has been assigned to the Blues’ American Hockey League affiliate in Chicago. Parayko spent the past three seasons with Alaska, totaling 17 goals and 49 assists for 66 points in 104 games. This season, … Read more
The one-game punishment was issued Saturday after Erickson was ejected from Friday’s 1-1 tie with the Mavericks for a contact-to-the-head major penalty in overtime.
The school was hit with a postseason ban and a loss of scholarships in penalties for a stretch where its teams played with academically ineligible athletes.
The University of Alaska-Fairbanks received notice Wednesday from the NCAA of a series of penalties from a series of eligibility infractions spanning the 2007-2008 through 2011-2012 academic years. The university discovered the infractions in 2011 and 2012 and self-reported them to the NCAA at the time, in addition to imposing some self-penalties. These new penalties … Read more
Each week during the season we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
The Nanooks have preseason all-conference picks Tyler Morley and Colton Parayko to build around.
The crop of college defensemen who will make the biggest marks this season is a diverse one.
Minnesota State is the top team in both the WCHA preseason coaches’ poll and media poll, while Ferris State was picked to finish second in both polls. The media poll was conducted by the Bemidji Pioneer and the coaches’ poll by the Mankato Free Press. The Mavericks are coming off a Broadmoor Trophy-winning campaign and … Read more
Alaska sophomore Justin Woods will miss the upcoming 2014-15 season after being diagnosed earlier this month with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Woods will begin chemotherapy on May 22 at the Seattle Children’s Hospital and will spend the next nine months there receiving treatment. “Although I am missing the 2014-15 season, I … Read more
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
The Nanooks return three of their top four forwards from a team that was in the hunt for an NCAA tournament spot until late last season.
Air Force will take part in this weekend’s Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, Alaska, after the host school worked out the Falcons’ travel accommodations during the government shutdown.
Sources indicated that the Black Knights would be able to make the trip to State College, Pa., despite a government shutdown that has put a number of personnel on furlough.
This year’s five BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award finalists all have unique stories to tell and come from four different conferences, including a pair of players from the CCHA. All five players have contributed significantly through off-ice causes and foundations, some even created from scratch. Western Michigan senior forward Brett Beebe established his … Read more
The CCHA announced Tuesday that Alaska sophomore forward Nolan Youngmun has been suspended one game as the result of an incident against Ohio State on Feb. 9. Youngmun delivered an illegal hit to the head of an OSU player at the 3:57 mark of the second period. He received a five-minute major and a game … Read more
A brief aside to start. Don Cherry seems to lower his IQ each time he opens his mouth. I cringed reading his quote about the recently fired Brian Burke when he said “All this guy did was go get Swedes, Finns and U.S. college kids.” Last I looked, since Canada last won gold at the … Read more
Did the Bobcats miss out on the top spot in the poll because they haven’t long been a traditional power? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss that and more in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.