According to NHL.com, the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday signed Michigan junior defenseman Jon Merrill to a three-year, entry-level contract. Merrill was a second-round pick (38th overall) of the Devils in the 2010 NHL draft. “I’m leaning towards it’s going to be time for Jonny to move,” Michigan coach Red Berenson said Tuesday to annarbor.com. … Read more
The Badgers are 21-5-5 since Nic Kerdiles returned from a 10-game NCAA suspension. Daver Karnosky reports.
Steven Summerhays was a brick wall in crunch time, stopping all 11 shots that came his way. Matt Nye reports from the CCHA Championship.
The Badgers won 20 of their last 27 games and three games in three days at the Final Five to win the championship. Matthew Semisch reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Minnesota head coach Don Lucia will coach the 2014 U.S. National Junior Team in an announcement made Saturday at the WCHA Final Five at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. “We’re extremely pleased to have Don as the head coach of our National Junior Team,” said national team GM Jim Johannson in a … Read more
A power-play goal helped put the Irish into the CCHA title game. Matt Nye reports from the CCHA Championship.
Was the stick dropped or thrown? A questioned call is big in Wisconsin’s win over St. Cloud State. Tyler Buckentine reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Four of Jefferson Dahl’s seven goals this season have come against Minnesota State. Tyler Buckentine reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look at victories by Brown and Colorado College, and the emergence of Michigan as a CCHA tournament championship contender in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Matt Herr, who helped Michigan to the 1996 and 1998 national titles, has been named a regional manager of USA Hockey’s American Development Model. He will begin his duties on June 3.
Despite getting just 22 first-place votes, Minnesota has unseated Quinnipiac at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Minnesota, ranked No. 2 last week, advanced to the WCHA Final Five with a series win over Bemidji State last weekend, while Quinnipiac, now at No. 2 after getting 27 first-place votes, heads to the … Read more
Northern Michigan senior forward and leading scorer Matt Thurber will not play in this weekend’s CCHA first-round playoff series against Michigan or the rest of the postseason after suffering a broken right ankle at practice Tuesday, according to the Mining Journal.
Coaching veteran Jeff Sauer has been named by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation as its 2013 Legend of Hockey recipient. A veteran of 31 years coaching in the WCHA where he is also the conference’s winningest coach, Sauer is the only person in league history to coach 30 seasons. After his playing career at … Read more
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Quinnipiac got the No. 1 spot and promptly lost its first game afterward. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss that and more in this week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss the Bobcats’ rise to No. 1, St. Cloud State and the Beanpot in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Notre Dame junior defenseman Jared Beers has been suspended from the team indefinitely due to an off-campus incident that occurred on Sunday, Feb. 3. According to the South Bend Tribune, the 22-year-old Beers was booked in the St. Joseph County Jail early Monday on suspicion of battery, trespass, resisting law enforcement, disorderly conduct and public … Read more
A first-round pick, the freshman defenseman still believes in his decision to play for the Wolverines. Josh Getzoff reports.
With 30 first-place votes this week, Minnesota, despite being idle last weekend, remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Quinnipiac, currently riding a 19-game unbeaten streak after tying Brown and beating Yale last weekend, garnered the other 20 first-place votes and is again No. 2 this week. Miami jumps one to … 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