The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced Wednesday the five finalists for the 2022 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins and Andrew Walker, junior forwards, UMass Boston The duo that dubbed itself the “Men in Blades” is a repeat finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award … Read more
Last weekend marked pair of impressive milestones for Quinnipiac. Bobcats coach Rand Pecknold coached in his 1,000th career game Saturday, a 1-0 win against Rensselaer. That game was also Quinnipiac’s 13th shutout of the season, an NCAA men’s hockey Division I record. Now the Bobcats head on the road this weekend looking for another milestone: … Read more
The second annual Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off will return to Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum Dec. 28-29, 2022. The field for the event consists of Clarkson, Lake Superior State, UMass and Wisconsin. Semifinal play will take place on Wednesday, December 28 with the championship game and third-place game on Thursday, December 29. Matchups will be announced at … Read more
Rensselaer announced Monday the establishment of the C. Lloyd Bauer ’55 Endowed Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey Coach. The $2 million gift will be funded by Rensselaer alum and former men’s varsity hockey player Lloyd Bauer, class of 1955. “Rensselaer athletics are the cornerstone of community on our campus and at the heart of providing an … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its men’s players of the month for January 2022. Michigan sophomore forward Matty Beniers and St. Cloud State senior defenseman Nick Perbix are the co-players of the month, while Quinnipiac freshman Yaniv Perets and Ohio State freshman Jakub Dobeš are co-goaltender of the months and Yale sophonore forward Ian … Read more
For the past several games, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer has not been behind the Big Red bench. Associate head coach Ben Syer has been running the bench of Cornell men’s hockey games since Jan. 8. Related to his absence from games, Schafer released a statement Wednesday evening. “Over the past several weeks, with the … Read more
With a month left in the regular season, the top four teams in ECAC Hockey have started to pull away from the rest of the pack. Quinnipiac, Clarkson, Harvard and Cornell are clearly the top dogs in what has been a mostly underwhelming year for the conference. It would be an upset if any of … Read more
Union men’s hockey coach Rick Bennett resigned his position Jan. 28, effective immediately. Assistant coach John Ronan has been named interim head coach and will lead the team for the remainder of the current season. Bennett’s resignation follows “an allegation about his coaching style and practices that was substantiated through an investigation by the college,” … Read more
With the exception of Harvard and the Beanpot, it’s not often that ECAC Hockey teams get the chance to compete in a late-season multigame tournament. But that’s what Quinnipiac and Yale will take part in this weekend, when the two schools join UConn and Sacred Heart in the second annual Connecticut Ice Collegiate Hockey tournament … Read more
The NCAA Division III membership Saturday voted to allow all multi-divisional institutions including Rochester Institute of Technology and Union College to apply Division I rules to their Division I programs, including financial aid. The vote came during the NCAA’s annual meeting in Indianapolis. The vote was 388-18, with 39 abstentions. The vote immediately allows a … Read more
According to the Daily Gazette, Union men’s hockey coach Rick Bennett has been placed on paid administrative leave as the college investigates an allegation that was received late Wednesday evening. Union assistant coach John Ronan will run the team this weekend as the Dutchmen host Brown Friday at 7 p.m. and Yale Saturday at 7 … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced a watch list of 28 goalies who will compete for the Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. The 28 goalies come from the United States (16), Canada (8), Sweden (2), Czech Republic (1) and Slovakia (1). Of the … Read more
Sean Farrell and Nick Abruzzese have been at the center of Harvard’s potent offense all season. Now the Crimson teammates will get a chance to shine on a bigger stage. The duo was named the U.S. Olympic team last week and will represent the United States at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, China next … Read more
On Saturday evening, New England Hockey Journal contributor Mark Divver tweeted that the University of New Hampshire men’s program looked into using one of the UNH women’s team goalies as their backup but couldn’t fulfill NCAA requirements in time to make it happen. While New Hampshire looked into the option of dressing a women’s … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced schedule changes to the upcoming men’s hockey league weekend. The changes impact the travel partner series between Clarkson-St. Lawrence and RPI-Union. The updated schedule for the weekend is below: Friday, Jan. 14 Union at St. Lawrence — 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15 Union at Clarkson — 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16 … Read more
It’s Hobey Baker time. Beginning at noon ET today, fan balloting opened for the 2022 Hobey Baker Award. Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker’s tremendously popular fan voting will run from now until Sunday, March 6 at midnight. College hockey fans can cast their vote by going to the voting website. … Read more
The journey is much shorter, and the crowd won’t be nearly as raucous, but Cornell hits the road looking for another successful weekend away from Lynah Rink. The Big Red swept North Dakota last weekend at Ralph Engelstad Arena, in the process becoming the first ECAC Hockey team ever to accomplish that feat. Cornell will … Read more
Due to COVID-19 concerns and safety protocols within the Yale men’s hockey program, Cornell’s game against the Bulldogs scheduled for Friday, Jan. 14 has been postponed. ECAC Hockey and the two teams are continuing to explore alternative possibilities for contesting the game at a different point of the weekend.
Due to COVID-19 concerns and safety protocols within the Yale men’s hockey program, the games at Princeton and Quinnipiac on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 7-8, have been postponed. The games will be rescheduled for a date and time to be determined.
The start of the New Year means that the games are starting to get more amplified in the college hockey season. That’s especially the case in ECAC Hockey, where the margin of error for making the NCAA tournament is tight for several of the league’s contenders. While there’s still plenty of time left, Quinnipiac would … Read more