Colorado College junior defenseman Teemu Kivihalme has left the Tigers one year early, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. Kivihalme would have been CC’s lone senior for the 2017-18 season. “It is an important thing in life to get your degree,” Tigers coach Mike Haviland told the paper. “But he, his family and his family … Read more
Chris Wilkie, who played the last two seasons for North Dakota, will transfer to Colorado College. Wilkie will sit out the 2017-18 campaign due to NCAA transfer rules and will have two years of eligibility at CC beginning with the 2018-19 season. “I am extremely excited to join the Colorado College family,” Wilkie said in … Read more
Former Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer, who led the Badgers to two national championships, died Thursday morning. He was 73. Sauer had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, said Dan Brennan, the director of sled and inline national teams for USA Hockey. Sauer coached the Badgers from 1982 to 2002, winning NCAA titles in 1983 and 1990 … Read more
The NCHC has issued a one-game suspension to Colorado College head coach Mike Haviland for violating the conference’s sportsmanship and conduct policies. The suspension stems from comments and actions toward conference on-ice officials and staff that violated said policies following CC’s game against Omaha on Saturday, Jan. 14 at Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs. … Read more
Colorado College alumnus Edward J. Robson has given the college $8 million to build a new on-campus hockey arena. The facility, which will be located on the west side of Nevada Avenue between Dale and Cache La Poudre streets, is part of a campus master plan the college’s Board of Trustees approved in 2015. CC’s … Read more
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Joe Sullivan has been named the third annual recipient of the NCHC’s Mark Rudolph Officiating Achievement Award for the 2015-16 season. The award is named in honor of Mark Rudolph, a long-time official and distinguished administrator who resides in Colorado Springs and established USA Hockey’s National Officiating Program, among many other accomplishments. The award was … Read more
North Dakota was chosen as the favorite to capture the 2016-17 Julie and Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup as NCHC regular-season champions in the league’s preseason media poll. UND, also the defending national champion, received 25 of the 30 first-place votes to total 235 points in the poll, while Denver was chosen second with 200 points and … Read more
Four teams are represented on the NCHC preseason All-Conference Team – Denver, Miami, North Dakota and Omaha. The team is selected by local and national media members. UND sophomore forward Brock Boeser was the only unanimous pick, getting votes on all 30 submitted ballots.
Recent news that Minnesota State and Arizona State have applied for membership in the NCHC prompted conference commissioner Josh Fenton to release a statement today. “After careful consideration and a thorough vetting process, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s Board of Directors announced the Conference will not move forward with membership expansion at this time. We … Read more
Wilkes University will add men’s and women’s hockey to its list of NCAA Division III varsity sports, effective for the 2017-18 school year, and also announced an affiliation with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins organization that will allow Wilkes to practice and compete at the Toyota SportsPlex at Coal Street Park. Wilkes University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., … Read more
On the eve of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the annual NCHC Awards Celebration took place Thursday night at the Muse Event Center in Minneapolis. A total of 12 awards were presented, three of which were won by St. Cloud State senior defenseman Ethan Prow, including NCHC Player of the Year, while North Dakota’s Brad Berry … Read more
The NCHC announced Tuesday a two-game suspension to Colorado College freshman forward Trey Bradley stemming from an illegal hit at Alabama-Huntsville on Dec. 18. Bradley was suspended after a review of a play in which a hit was delivered to the head and neck area of a Huntsville player, who was not in possession of … Read more
The NCHC has issued a one-game suspension to North Dakota senior forward Drake Caggiula stemming from an illegal hit during UND’s game at Colorado College on Saturday, Oct. 31. Caggiula was suspended after a review of a play in which a hit was delivered to the head of a Colorado College player at 14:01 of … Read more
Colorado College is now down a forward and a defenseman as both Garrett Cecere and Jordan Berger left the program in two separate instances this week. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that Cecere, a sophomore defender, will head back to the United States Hockey League, where he last played for the Sioux Falls Stampede in … Read more
The Tigers have 14 freshmen on the roster after losing 10 players to graduation, the pros or a return to juniors.
With the NCHC introducing a new overtime format for conferences games beginning with the upcoming 2015-16 season, the conference has also slightly adjusted its conference standings format to reflect the new procedures. Although the point distribution and column point values within the standings are not changing, the look of the standings will be slightly altered. … Read more
In a vote of 30 local and regional media members, Minnesota-Duluth was picked to win the NCHC this season. The Bulldogs garnered 17 first-place votes. Denver earned seven, North Dakota four and Miami the remaining two.
On Tuesday, the NCHC announced its 2015 Preseason All-Conference Team as voted on by local and national media. The NCHC’s media day is scheduled for Thursday.
Denver announced Tuesday that former Colorado College goaltender Joe Howe has been hired as the Pioneers’ volunteer assistant coach for the 2015-16 season. Howe will primarily work with DU’s goaltenders, but will be involved in all aspects of the program from an on-ice perspective. “We’re very pleased to be bringing Joe on board as a … Read more