Colorado College assistant coach Mark Stuart is leaving his position with the Tigers to become an assistant coach with the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers. Stuart, a former CC All-American who played 12 years in the NHL, spent the 2021-22 season as part of Kris Mayotte’s first staff at Colorado College. “I could not be happier for … Read more
The NCHC and Xcel Energy Center announced Saturday that they have agreed to a three-year extension for the facility to remain the home of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The partnership will keep the NCHC’s championship weekend in Saint Paul through at least 2025. “We are thrilled to keep the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy … Read more
The NCHC announced its individual player awards Thursday night. After being named a Hobey Baker Award finalist on Wednesday, Denver junior forward Bobby Brink earned player of the year and forward of the year. Brink was the lone unanimous selection to the all-NCHC first team this season. The Philadelphia Flyers draft pick captured the NCHC … Read more
The NCHC on Wednesday announced its all-conference teams, with five different teams represented on the 2021-22 all-NCHC first team. Voting was conducted by the eight head coaches at each institution and eight media members, one covering each member school. Coaches and media voted for six forwards, four defensemen and two goaltenders, awarding first-team votes for … Read more
The NCHC announced Thursday that the conference has begun the search for its next commissioner, contracting with Parker Executive Search, who will facilitate the process to find the conference’s third full-time commissioner since being founded in 2011. The NCHC search committee consists of representatives from all eight member institutions. It is co-chaired by North Dakota … Read more
With its inaugural season winding down, firsts for Colorado College’s Ed Robson Arena are starting to come less regularly. Two more came last weekend, though, when the Tigers earned their first two overtime wins, and CC’s first weekend sweep, at the new on-campus facility. The Tigers (9-18-3) had lost five straight heading into last weekend’s … Read more
In addition to the Omaha at North Dakota series postponed earlier today, the NCHC has announced this weekend’s series between Western Michigan and Colorado College at CC’s Ed Robson Arena and the St. Cloud State at Denver series at DU’s Magness Arena, both slated for this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14-15, have been postponed. In … Read more
After more than eight years at the helm, NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton is stepping down from his role following the conclusion of the 2021-22 season. Fenton has been hired as the commissioner of the Summit League and will officially begin that role on April 11, 2022. Fenton will start his transition as a special consultant … Read more
Minnesota Duluth is the No. 4 team in the county and has reached the last four Frozen Fours, winning two of them. Seldom do the Bulldogs see scoring as a huge chore. Neither do other teams of that caliber, so what sets them apart from the rest are players who can do a bit of … Read more
Miami coach Chris Bergeron on Tuesday approached the dais at his weekly press conference appearing to have a point to make to his team. The good news for the RedHawks out of last weekend’s series at No. 9 Omaha was that Miami (2-5-1) earned a road split against a top-10 team. Still, Bergeron wasn’t exactly … Read more
Fans of several NHL teams may have been noticing the creation of land acknowledgements, in which teams publicly recognize that their facilities sit on land stewarded by Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Western Michigan is one of a growing list of universities also participating in this practice. In September 2019, the university’s trustees approved an … Read more
For Ralph Engelstad Arena general manager Jody Hodgson, looking back three years to North Dakota’s last destination game sometimes feels like it happened a decade ago. The world has changed immensely since the COVID-19 pandemic started, let alone since UND beat Minnesota 3-1 in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game three years ago this … Read more
Plenty of talk surrounded Michigan and St. Lawrence earlier this year, when COVID-19 cases saw those teams withdraw from the 2021 NCAA tournament before it began. Those moves soon became public information. What wasn’t public at the time of the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, though, was that St. Cloud State briefly worried over a false … Read more
October is basically hockey’s spring. Hope abounds for each new season, and this time around, that extends to what’s going on amid a pandemic that has affected all of us for a year and a half. NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton knows all about that. Lucky guy. When the conference began play eight years ago, he … Read more
A project in the making for five years became a reality on Saturday with a ribbon cutting ceremony for Ed Robson Arena and the Mike and Barbara Yalich Student Services Center on the campus of Colorado College. Former CC hockey player Ed Robson and Barbara Yalich joined Colorado College President L. Song Richardson, Colorado Springs … Read more
USA Hockey announced today that NCAA coaches Ted Donato (Harvard), Kris Mayotte (Michigan) and Steve Miller (Ohio State) will serve as assistant coaches, and Theresa Feaster (Providence director of hockey operations) as video coach, for the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team that will compete in the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship Dec. 26, 2021 to … Read more
Chris Demczuk has been named the director of hockey operations at Colorado College, replacing Travis Culhane, who took the same job at Denver on Monday. Demczuk served as the video analyst and assisted with team services for the AHL’s Stockton Heat the last two seasons. He led video operations, oversaw the team’s operational budget, coordinated … Read more
Denver has named Travis Culhane its director of hockey operations. “We are excited to welcome Travis Culhane and his fiancé Michelle to the Pioneer hockey family,” DU coach Davis Carle said in a statement. “Travis brings an elite ability to connect with people, great organizational skills and a vast knowledge base to execute the hockey … Read more
Colin Bailey has been named the executive director of Colorado College’s Ed Robson Arena. Bailey comes to Colorado College after serving as the assistant athletic director for event management and operations at St. Lawrence. His responsibilities at SLU included game management for the school’s 35 NCAA intercollegiate athletic programs, oversight of men’s and women’s Division … Read more
Colorado College announced Friday that Peter Mannino will join the Tigers as an assistant coach. Mannino recently completed a two-year stint as head coach of the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers. Prior to Des Moines, he spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Omaha. The following season, he was hired as the associate head coach … Read more