Funny how the significance of the national championship trophy flips, just as the calendar flips into October. Starting one Saturday night in April and continuing through September, it’s a celebration and a sigh of relief — no use for lingering regrets from the last season. It’s the sign that you’re the tops in college hockey. … Read more
Wisconsin fans with a sense of history may tell you the last time the Badgers had a coaching change, the new coach won the national title in his first season. Reality will tell you Ronald Reagan isn’t in the White House, new episodes of M*A*S*H aren’t being produced and this isn’t a spinoff of the … Read more
Former Minnesota coach Doug Woog, former Hobey Baker Award winners Mark and Scott Fusco, Joe Riley have been inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, located in Eveleth, Minn. The formal induction ceremony will take place Wednesday, Dec. 4. In his 14-year coaching career with the Golden Gophers, Woog guided Minnesota to an … Read more
Notre Dame has moved the second game of a two-game weekend series with Yale to Allstate Arena in suburban Chicago. The game, to be played Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7:05 (CT), will be the Irish’s first game in Chicago since 1995-96. The game scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17 between Notre Dame and Yale will remain … Read more
Michigan, the reigning regular-season and conference tournament champions, received top billing from both the coaches and media, it was announced at the 2002-03 CCHA Media Day.
Wisconsin defenseman Dan Boeser is fighting a form of cancer, but he hopes to be ready for the Badgers’ Oct. 11 season opener.
Ryan Miller, one of just two goalies ever to win the Hobey Baker Award, will forgo his senior season at Michigan State after agreeing to a two-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres on Monday.
Ryan Miller is ready to forego his senior year to sign with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres.
Mike Eaves doesn’t yet know what to expect from his players in his first year as Wisconsin’s coach.
Michigan coach Red Berenson is college hockey’s most outspoken critic about players leaving school early. Now two more of his players have done just that.
Michigan forward Mike Cammalleri has agreed to terms with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, foregoing his senior year with the Wolverines. “Michael was generally regarded as the best player in college hockey this past season,” said Kings general manager Dave Taylor. “He is a highly skilled, intelligent player who has excelled at all levels of … Read more
Michigan sophomore defenseman Mike Komisarek has decided to sign a pro contract with the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens, passing up his final two seasons of collegiate eligibility. “We’re very disappointed to have Komisarek leave the team at this time,” said Wolverine coach Red Berenson of the 6-foot-4, 242-pound blueliner. “He has had two solid years at … Read more
It’s been said that championships are won in the offseason. If Michigan teammates Mike Cammalleri and Mike Komisarek decide to stay on campus this summer, the Wolverines could prove that next April. While the Los Angeles Kings, who drafted Cammalleri in the second round of last June’s NHL Entry Draft, are content to leave the … Read more
There’s no question that Michigan State’s Ryan Miller wants to conclude the 2002-03 hockey season by playing in Buffalo’s HSBC Arena. All he has to decide is which team’s uniform he wants to wear. With top players and multi-million dollar contracts moving around the NHL’s free agent market in the weeks ahead, the Buffalo Sabres, … Read more
After no hockey players won the honor in its first 19 years, Minnesota defenseman Jordan Leopold became the second straight to capture the Jesse Owens Award as The Big Ten Conference’s Male Athlete of the Year. Leopold, the 2002 Hobey Baker Award winner as college hockey’s top player, follows Michigan State goalie Ryan Miller, who … Read more
Michigan’s Erik Nystrom has big shoes to fill if he wants to follow in dad’s footsteps. Bob was a veteran of 900 NHL games and four Stanley Cups. But after being taken 10th overall in this year’s NHL draft, for now Erik just wants to concentrate on developing in school.
In what was dubbed a weak year in prospects for the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, college hockey took advantage, sending four of its players to the top 14 picks on the draft board, and a total of 14 college or college-bound players in the first two rounds. At the top of the list, in no … Read more
After 33 years, Michigan’s Yost Ice Arena will have a new voice next fall after public address announcer Glen Williams decided to step away from the mike with plenty of fond memories.
Jordan Leopold, fresh off a senior season at Minnesota that included a national championship and a Hobey Baker Award, signed with the Calgary Flames yesterday. According to the Calgary Herald, the deal was for two years for a total of $1.825 million. The breakdown of the deal includes a $625,000 signing bonus, $500,000 salary in … Read more
Mark Johnson, a former Wisconsin men’s assistant coach, was named the head coach of the Badgers’ women’s team Thursday. Johnson, the son of legendary coach “Badger” Bob Johnson, replaces Trina Bourget, who resigned in March. Bourget had been on medical leave for an undisclosed illness since Jan. 2, leaving the coaching to assistants Tracey Cornell … Read more