Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that Providence sophomore defenseman Jake Walman and Boston University sophomore defenseman Brandon Hickey have been invited to Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp. Walman is a dual Canadian/United States citizen who calls Toronto home, while Hickey is from Leduc, Alta. A total of 30 players (the other 28 are from the … Read more
Hockey East on Saturday suspended Boston University freshman defenseman Charlie McAvoy for one game.
Travis Roy was paralyzed 11 seconds into his first shift for Boston University but he still dreams the same dreams of many hockey players.
The Terriers lost Hobey Baker Award winner Jack Eichel and goaltender Matt O’Connor after coming oh-so-close to the national title.
Two first-team All-Americans from last season return at the position.
As one group of talented forwards departs college hockey, it’s time for another set of players to take their place.
Bentley has hired former Colgate goaltender Steve Silverthorn as the program’s newest assistant coach. A 2005 graduate of Colgate, Silverthorn played in the Dallas Stars system with the AHL’s Texas Stars and ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads. Silverthorn had been a volunteer goaltending consultant for Brown the past two seasons and replaces Chris Dyment, whose tenure at … Read more
Boston College is the coaches’ pick to win Hockey East in 2015-16, getting seven of 12 first-place votes to edge Boston University by just eight voting points. The poll results were announced at Hockey East media day Monday in Boston. The Eagles were also the Hockey East media pick, with those results announced Sunday. At … Read more
Boston College was selected by the Hockey East media to win the league’s regular-season title for 2015-16 in the sixth annual poll of the Hockey East Writers & Broadcasters Association. The Eagles received 20 of a possible 35 first-place votes and five teams in all were named on ballots for first place. Last year’s regular … Read more
Former Boston University co-captain and All-American defenseman Chris Dyment has returned to the program to serve as the director of hockey operations. Earlier this summer, Dyment was hired as Bentley’s new assistant coach. Dyment spent the past two seasons as head coach of the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs of the United States Premier Hockey League. … Read more
ISS Hockey, a top scouting service, has come out with its list of the top 30 NCAA freshmen for the 2015-16 season. A total of 15 schools are represented by the list, including North Dakota with five selections and Michigan with four players listed.
Boston University announced Wednesday that Albie O’Connell will be the program’s associate head coach and director of hockey operations Scott Young will now serve as an assistant coach. “It’s great to have two guys working here who love BU the way they do,” BU head coach David Quinn said in a news release. “This university … Read more
The New York Rangers announced Thursday that the team has named Steve Greeley as assistant director of player personnel and Nickolai Bobrov as director of European scouting. Greeley joins the Rangers after serving as associate head coach at Boston University for the last two seasons. Prior to joining BU, Greeley served as a scout in … Read more
The lanky winger, a second-round pick by the Minnesota Wild this summer, heads to the Terriers with the experience of the evaluation camp in Lake Placid.
The OHL’s London Knights will be the next destination for Boston University forward J.J. Piccinich. In a press release Wednesday, the Knights announced the signing of Piccinich, who posted a goal and three assists for the Terriers in 25 games as a freshman in 2014-15. Piccinich was also a fourth-round pick (103rd overall) of the … Read more
According to the Hartford Courant, Maxim Letunov, a highly-touted recruit originally from Russia, has committed to play hockey at UConn after his initial plans to attend Boston University fell through due to what the Courant called “complications with the admissions process.” Letunov, a 19-year-old forward, was a second-round draft pick of the St. Louis Blues … Read more
The trio joined standout NHL defenseman Mathieu Schneider as the group that’ll be inducted on Dec. 17 in Boston.
The second overall pick won the Hobey Baker Award in his only season with the Terriers.
Michigan had the most with six; Boston College, Boston University, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin had four each.
A.J. Greer and recruits Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson and Jordan Greenway were second-round picks Saturday, joining No. 2 overall pick Jack Eichel.