Ohio State has added a trio of coaches to its staff. Buckeye alums Dustin Carlson and Dave Caruso will serve as the team’s volunteer assistant coach and goaltending consultant, respectively, while Lee Harris is the team’s conditioning coach. “We are excited to have Dusty, Dave and Lee join our program, and it is especially nice … Read more
Michigan announced its seven-member 2017 Dekers Club Hall of Fame class on Monday. Jason Boterill, Denny Felsner, Matt Herr, John Madden, Brendan Morrison, Bill Muckalt and Marty Turco join the prestigious group of Michigan hockey alumni. The seven players will be honored on Friday, Nov. 3, at Yost Ice Arena during U-M’s contest against Ferris … Read more
Four-time Big Ten champion Minnesota was tabbed the favorite in the 2017-18 Big Ten preseason coaches’ poll, the conference announced on Monday. The coaches also selected a 17-member Preseason Watch List, including a pair of unanimous honorees in Wisconsin forward Trent Frederic and Minnesota forward Tyler Sheehy. Last season, Minnesota claimed its fourth consecutive Big … Read more
The Erie Sports Commission and Mercyhurst have been chosen to host the 2018 Ice Breaker Tournament. The event will be hosted at Erie Insurance Arena Oct. 12-13, 2018, and will be the first time an Atlantic Hockey school has played host to the tournament. Notre Dame, Providence, Miami and Mercyhurst make up the four-team field. … Read more
Michigan has announced its seven-member 2017 Hall of Honor class and it includes former Wolverines goaltender Marty Turco. Turco led Michigan to two NCAA titles (1996 and 1998) and four Frozen Four appearances. He holds U-M records for career wins (127, an NCAA record), career shutouts (15) and wins in a season (34 in 1995-96). … Read more
Minnesota has announced the addition of forward Connor Hurley. Hurley, who spent the last three seasons at Notre Dame, will sit out the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules and will have one year of eligibility remaining. A native of Edina, Minn., Hurley skated in 98 career games for the Irish with 48 points … Read more
Legendary Maine assistant coach Grant Standbrook will be induced into the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2017 on Sept. 8. Standbrook spent 21 seasons behind the bench at Maine, serving as an assistant coach on Maine’s 1993 and 1999 national championship teams. The 1993 team will also be inducted into the hall of … Read more
Robert Morris has added Luke Regner to the men’s hockey staff in the role of hockey operations coordinator. Regner comes to the Colonials after serving as student assistant for four seasons with the men’s hockey program at Wisconsin. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in May 2017. Regner also worked in the … Read more
According to Fox 9 in Minnesota, the Gophers have received verbal commitments from brothers Chaz Lucius and Cruz Lucius. Chaz is 14 and Cruz a year younger. Both are forwards and both currently play at the Gentry Academy in Vadnais Heights, Minn. “Cruz is the best passer and Chaz is the best shooter,” said the … Read more
After first reported by the Wisconsin State Journal last month, St. Lawrence and Wisconsin made it official Friday by announcing that All-American goaltender Kyle Hayton has completed his bachelor’s degree at SLU and will continue his education by enrolling in a graduate MBA program at Wisconsin. Hayton will also use his remaining NCAA eligibility as … Read more
Penn State has announced the hiring of Kyle MacDonald as volunteer assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. MacDonald is a 2016 graduate of St. Lawrence, where he was a goaltender with the Saints. “I want to thank Coach Gadowsky and the entire Penn State hockey staff for this tremendous opportunity,” said MacDonald in a news … Read more
The Sioux City Musketeers acquired the USHL rights to goaltender Matt Jurusik from the Bloomington Thunder on Monday morning. Jurusik spent the last two seasons playing at Wisconsin, but according to the Musketeers, will be joining the USHL for the 2017-18 season. “Our team picked up an experienced collegiate goaltender that is very competitive and … Read more
Michigan Tech assistant coach Gary Shuchuk has been named head coach of the NAHL’s Janesville Jets. Shuchuk spent two years as an assistant at MTU, where he helped the Huskies win the 2016 McNaughton Cup as WCHA regular-season champions, and a 2017 Broadmoor Cup as WCHA playoff champions. He served five seasons as assistant coach … Read more
Former NHL forward and Olympian Corey Millen has been the named Air Force’s director of hockey. Millen comes to the Academy after spending the 2016-17 season as an undergraduate assistant coach at Minnesota while completing his undergraduate degree in recreation, park and leisure studies. “We are thrilled to add Corey to our staff,” Air Force … Read more
Mike York has joined the Lake Superior State hockey coaching staff. He’ll join head coach Damon Whitten, who was his teammate at Michigan State for two seasons in the 1990s. “We are thrilled to welcome Mike, Aimee and Ivy to Sault Ste. Marie and to Lake Superior State University,” said Whitten in a news release. … Read more
Michigan State forward Mason Appleton has signed an entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets. Appleton, who will give up his final two years of eligibility, was selected in the sixth round (168th overall) by Winnipeg in the 2015 NHL Draft. In two years at Michigan State, Appleton compiled 53 points (17 goals, 36 assists) in … Read more
Ohio State men’s hockey coach Steve Rohlik has named Steve Miller associate head coach, the team announced Friday.
Notre Dame officially became a sport affiliate member for Big Ten hockey on Saturday. The Fighting Irish join Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin to give the conference seven hockey programs for the 2017-18 season. Notre Dame, which had been in Hockey East since the 2013-14 season, will make its Big … Read more
Mark Strobel has been named the new associate head coach at Wisconsin. Strobel had previously been in the same role at Ohio State since the summer of 2015. “[Wisconsin is] where my heart has always been,” Strobel said in a news release. Strobel fills the void created June 13 when Don Granato left to become … Read more
Three former Wisconsin hockey standouts are among 10 former Badgers that will be inducted into the University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 29 at Union South. The hockey players include Sara Bauer, Brian Elliott and Bob Suter. One of the most honored women’s hockey players in program history, Bauer was the first … Read more