Cornell ascended to the top of the college hockey heap, garnering 25 first-place votes and 583 points in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, the last poll of the 2002-2003 season. The Big Red finished first in the ECAC regular season and the postseason tournament, and was rewarded for a 28-4-1 season with the … Read more
In what became a badly-kept secret, Clarkson has named George Roll men’s hockey coach, replacing the fired Mark Morris. He was formally introduced at a news conference on Monday. Roll, a former assistant at Clarkson under Morris, returns after seven years as head coach at Division III Oswego. Roll will begin his transition to Clarkson … Read more
Harvard’s Jennifer Botterill won the Kazmaier Award in 2001 and again in 2003. USCHO’s David De Remer finds out why that’s not enough.
A change of venue benefits the ECAC.
Sam Paolini gave Cornell the ECAC title.
Oswego State goaltender Tyson Gajda carried a towel into his team’s news conference after Saturday night’s NCAA Division III championship game. His coach was the one who needed it to wipe away tears. George Roll faced the media with red eyes minutes after the Lakers’ 2-1 loss to Norwich. The loss likely marked the end … Read more
Dartmouth senior goaltender Nick Boucher has been a leading force for the Big Green all season. It came as something of a surprise then that his team’s attempted comeback came with Boucher sitting on the bench. Dartmouth coach Bob Gaudet pulled Boucher after Brendan Bernakevitch’s unassisted power-play goal at 7:59 of the second. Boucher faced … Read more
Cornell’s depth shines again.
Brown returns to the fray.
The cupboard isn’t bare at Dartmouth.
The first back-to-back Coach of the Year, first co-Players of the Year, and first-ever Dartmouth award winner, on the eve of the first all-Ivy final four.
The WCHA and CCHA led the way with three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award each, and Colorado College has two of the 10 that will be considered for college hockey’s top individual award. Also, the CHA has its first Hobey finalist, Niagara forward Joe Tallari. Colorado College junior forward Peter Sejna and senior defenseman … Read more
A possible rematch of last season’s championship looms, but first Cornell and Harvard have semifinal opponents Brown and Dartmouth to worry about. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy preview the ECAC championship.
Idle Minnesota-Duluth jumped into the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll after a shocking Harvard loss. Harvard had held the No. 1 position for 13 consecutive weeks, until a stunning 7-2 loss to No. 4 Dartmouth in the ECAC Championship game bumped the Crimson into second place. It was just the second … Read more
Oswego coach George Roll confirmed Saturday that he is in discussion with Clarkson to replace fired coach Mark Morris. When asked if he had been offered the Clarkson job, Roll replied, “I have to be honest with you. They have called me, and I have talked to them. I asked them to continue our discussions … Read more
The ECAC’s new playoff format produced a few surprises last weekend; are more in store in the quarterfinals? Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy preview the weekend’s action.
Harvard advanced to the ECAC Semifinals with a pair of wins over Cornell, and stays first in both the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll and the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR). Harvard will face Brown, which upset No. 8 St. Lawrence in three games this weekend. Minnesota-Duluth finished at No. 2 in both … Read more
Clarkson has narrowed the candidates for its vacant head coaching position to four finalists, all of whom are former assistants.
Harvard senior Jennifer Botterill, Minnesota-Duluth junior Jenny Potter, and Harvard defenseman Angela Ruggiero were named the three finalists for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced today by the USA Hockey Foundation. Botterill, a forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a finalist and the eventual winner of the 2001 award, while both Potter and Ruggiero were … Read more
Cornell may be the ECAC’s regular-season champion for a second straight year, but this weekend the Big Red get a breather as attention turns to the first round of the newly-restructured ECAC playoffs. Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser round up the action.