Hockey East approved an expansion of its playoff format during its recent league meetings in Naples, Fla. With Connecticut joining the conference for the 2014-15 season, the conference directors voted to include all 12 teams in the postseason tournament as well as use a best-of-three format in both the opening round and quarterfinal rounds. Those … Read more
Atlantic Hockey handed out its individual year-end awards Thursday night at the league’s annual championship reception at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. Mercyhurst goaltender Jimmy Sarjeant took home top honors as he was tabbed the AHA player of the year after going 14-0-5 with a 2.00 GAA, a .943 save percentage and one … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced its three All-Conference Teams on Thursday as 18 players were honored. 2014 AHA All-Conference First Team 2014 AHA All-Conference Second Team 2014 AHA All-Conference Third Team
Each week, Tuesday Morning Quarterback looks at the big events and big topics in Division I men’s college hockey.
Here’s a look at the college hockey holiday tournaments that start Sunday.
The Associated Press has reported that a former unnamed Connecticut women’s hockey player was kicked off the team in 2011 after reporting that she was raped by a player on the UConn men’s team. The plaintiff has joined a federal civil rights lawsuit that alleges the school mishandled allegations of sexual assaults on campus. According … Read more
Goaltender Matt Grogan headlines a team that returns the majority of its offense for its last season in Atlantic Hockey and first under coach Mike Cavanaugh.
Joe Connor hands out some awards and ranks his top five venues from a whirlwind tour through the Northeast.
Providence has named David Berard coordinator of men’s ice hockey operations. Berard is rejoining the Friars to assume the newly created position, having also served two stints as an assistant coach after playing for the Friars from 1988-92. Most recently, he spent the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons with Connecticut, where he served as interim head … Read more
The new Connecticut leader spent the last 18 years working with college hockey’s all-time winningest coach. Dan Hickling reports.
Longtime Boston College assistant Mike Cavanaugh, who has served on the Eagles’ coaching staff for the past 18 seasons and last nine as associate head coach, has been named the head coach at Connecticut. Cavanaugh becomes only the fourth head coach in UConn history, dating back to the start of the program back in 1960. … Read more
Longtime Boston College assistant coach Mike Cavanaugh will be the next head coach at Connectoict, according to the Hartford Courant. The report notes that Cavanaugh has entered final negotiations to become the Huskies’ fourth head coach, but that the formal job offer must go through the state and involve background checks and an official agreement … Read more
According to the Hartford Courant, Connecticut is expected to announce the hiring of a new men’s coach early next week and has whittled down its candidates to three individuals. More than 40 people applied for the job, the report read, and the three finalists are interim coach David Berard, Boston College assistant Mike Cavanaugh and … Read more
The Huskies were 14-5-1 after Dave Berard took over as interim coach. Chris Lerch reports from the Atlantic Hockey Championship.
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.
Former Connecticut head coach Bruce Marshall confirmed to the Hartford Courant that the reasons he stepped down as the Huskies’ coach this season revolved around a divorce from his wife and a trip to alcohol rehabilitation. According to the story, Marshall’s wife, Kathy, filed divorce papers last July 11. Marshall then entered rehab, but said … Read more
Did the Bobcats miss out on the top spot in the poll because they haven’t long been a traditional power? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss that and more in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Connecticut head coach Bruce Marshall, the all-time winningest coach in program history with 337 wins, has resigned from his position, effective immediately. Marshall had been on medical leave since last November. Assistant coach Dave Berard will continue to serve as the team’s head coach for the remainder of the 2012-13 season and a national search … Read more
Summaries of the seven tournaments that run Friday through Monday.
Connecticut coach Bruce Marshall is taking a medical leave of absence, the school announced Tuesday. No timeline for his return was included in a three-sentence statement issued by the school. Assistant coach David Berard will coach the Huskies in Marshall’s absence. Marshall is in his 25th season at Connecticut and has a 332-377-69 career record. … Read more