Chuck Kobasew, the Hockey East Rookie of the Year and NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player this past season, apparently could not resist the chance to play close to home, and play a 72-game schedule. He is leaving Boston College after just one season to play in major juniors for Kelowna.
Boston College’s Chuck Kobasew, the 2000-01 Hockey East Rookie of the Year and 2001 NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player, is poised to leave school for Major Juniors, according to a report by Kevin Conway in today’s Eagle-Tribune (Lawrence, Mass.). According to the article, Kobasew, who is currently participating in the Canadian National Junior Team tryout … Read more
Boston College star forward Krys Kolanos is closer than ever to leaving school and signing with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes, according to a report in today’s Arizona Republic. Kolanos Kolanos, who scored the game winning goal in last spring’s NCAA championship game, has told The Republic that he is “leaning towards turning pro.” The newspaper … Read more
Chuck Kobasew is ranked below some of his fellow freshmen college hockey phenoms in the current CSS report. But with draft day around the corner, Kobasew, fresh off a season filled with accolades, could see his name added to the list of recent BC first-round picks.
Boston College’s 2001 NCAA championship team made a visit to the White House on Thursday, where the players and coach Jerry York were recognized by President Bush for their recent accomplishments. Bush, who once co-owned baseball’s Texas Rangers, but is not known as a big hockey fan, joked with York that the White House lacked … Read more
For four years, Scott Clemmensen has been the key in goal for Boston College. Often underappreciated and rarely the center of the storm, Clemmensen put to rest questions about his big-game credentials Saturday. Jim Connelly reports.
After three straight years of near-misses in the Frozen Four, Boston College’s players, coaches and fans could have been excused for seeing the nightmare starting anew Saturday night. Instead, the Eagles exorcised the demons of a half-century. Dave Hendrickson reports.
Boston College’s senior class, already appearing in its fourth Frozen Four, will have one last chance at the national title that has eluded the Eagles since 1949. Jim Connelly reports.
With Chuck Kobasew scoring twice in Boston College’s 4-2 win over Michigan and Ben Eaves adding another conventional goal along with an empty-netter, the game’s headliners were easy to identify. Just a shade behind the two was goaltender Scott Clemmensen, who stopped 31 of 33 shots to set an all-time Frozen Four career save record. … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award won’t be handed out until Friday, April 6, but the identity of the winner may be decided this weekend. Dave Hendrickson reviews three of the top candidates in the context of the NCAA regionals.
Fox Sports Net New England will offer a live telecast of Saturday’s second-round NCAA East Regional playoff between No. 1 East seed Boston College and the winner of Friday’s Maine-Minnesota match. Faceoff for Saturday’s contest is 8:30 p.m. If Maine advances past Minnesota to play against BC, Fox will blackout its telecast in Maine to … Read more
All season, Boston College’s Tony Voce has labored in the shadows of his fellow Eagle rookies, thanks to one of the deepest and most talented freshman classes in the nation. Well, that changed this weekend. Dave Hendrickson reports.
Boston College forward Brian Gionta and University of New Hampshire goaltender Ty Conklin have been named co-winners of the 49th Walter Brown Award, given annually by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston to New England’s outstanding American-born college hockey player. The award will be presented to the two seniors at the New England Hockey Writers’ … Read more
They’re eight players with one number separating them from receiving the acclaim they probably deserve. That number: 1949. The Boston College senior class is close to making school history — but a few weeks from what could be their fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four. That alone is plenty an accomplishment, as only … Read more
Boston College’s 5-3 win over Boston University marked the end of an era of Terrier dominance at the Beanpot.
Boston College’s newly-made all-time leading goal scorer, Brian Gionta, is enjoying fast starts lately. And Monday’s Beanpot semifinal victory over Harvard was no exception. For BC’s third straight game, Gionta opened the scoring. Anyone that hasn’t been hibernating for the last couple of weeks knows that Gionta opened with five goals on his first five … Read more
USA Hockey has named Boston College coach Jerry York its 2000 National Coach of the Year. USA Hockey was among 44 Olympic and Pan American sport federations to name their National and Developmental Coaches of the Year. Each will be honored at the fifth annual National Coaching Recognition Weekend in New York City today, where … Read more
It’s been over 28 years since Jerry York chalked up his first win as a collegiate head coach. Since that time, disco, Watergate, the VCR, Iran-contra, a 12-team NCAA tournament, Tiger Woods and the CD player have all come, and in some cases, gone. But one thing doesn’t change: York keeps on winning. On the occasion of York’s 600th victory, Dave Hendrickson looks in.
It’s the first BroadcastSports.com Game of the Week, and it’s a doozy as No. 1 Wisconsin visits No. 2 Boston College in the rematch of last season’s NCAA quarterfinal. Scott Brown reports.
Is the glass half empty or half full? Do BC fans torture themselves with woulda-coulda-shoulda possibilities involving national championships the last three years? Or do they draw pride and satisfaction in the fact that during that stretch their team is the only one in the country to have reached the Frozen Four each time? Do … Read more