Rensselaer is the latest school to cancel its 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “As we navigate the global pandemic, we must make every effort to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the institute community, and unfortunately, cancelling the hockey seasons is prudent as we attempt to achieve that objective,” said Dr. … Read more
The 2021 men’s and women’s Beanpot championships have been canceled for the first time in the history of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beanpot committee announced on Friday. “The Beanpot, TD Garden’s annual college hockey tournament, will not be played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” reads a statement from TD … Read more
The Ivy League released an announcement Thursday evening cancelling the hockey seasons for men’s and women’s hockey. Consistent with its commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of student-athletes, the greater campus community and general public, the Ivy League Council of Presidents has decided that league schools will not conduct intercollegiate athletics competition in winter … Read more
Yale announced on Tuesday the passing of longtime administrator Wayne Dean, who passed on Sunday, Nov. 8. He was 65. No cause of death was disclosed. Dean served the Bulldogs since 1986 and recently retired this past July from his role as deputy athletic director. Dean had served as the NCAA Hockey Committee chair as … Read more
The BCHL’s Salmon Arm Silverbacks announced last week the signing of forward Zach Dubinsky, who played the 2019-20 season at Rensselaer. Dubinsky is still enrolled at RPI and is taking classes remotely. He’ll return to campus when it is deemed safe to do so, much like several other college hockey players who still have junior … Read more
One conference plans to begin its season in a bubble.
Two others will be adding teams as part of a scheduling alliance.
And another is at the mercy of half of its members and their all-sports conference on when play can begin.
According to the Yale Daily News, six players from the Bulldogs men’s hockey team have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting all school athletics to be shut down until at least Oct. 21.
The USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks have added forward John Farinacci to their 2020-21 roster (photo: Harvard Athletics).
SNY announced last week the cancellation of the 2021 Connecticut Ice Festival due to risks associated with COVID-19 (photo: Stephen Slade/UConn Athletics).
Former New Hampshire forward Bobby Miller passed away recently at the age of 64, according to a UNH news release (photo: UNH Athletics).
Union forward Parker Foo will not be back with the Dutchmen for his senior season in 2020-21 after signing a two-year contract this past week with the KHL’s Kunlun Red Star (photo: Amanda Lopez/Union Athletics).
College hockey icons Dean Blais, Tony Granato, Jenny Potter and Jerry York will make up the United States Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2020.
The BCHL’s West Kelowna Warriors have announced the signing of forward Matthew Stienburg for the 2020-21 season. Stienburg played the 2019-20 season as a freshman at Cornell, but it is unclear if he is deferring or leaving school altogether (photo: Peter Raider/Cornell Athletics).
The Hockey Commissioners Association announced today that the start of the 2020-21 NCAA season will be delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 (photo: Tealin Robinson/Wisconsin Athletics).
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Wednesday the signing of Cornell defenseman Alex Green to an NHL entry-level contract starting with the 2020-21 season (photo: Dave Burbank/Cornell Athletics).
St. Olaf announced this week the addition of Ben Russell as an assistant coach for the men’s hockey team.
Massachusetts has added forward Carson Gicewicz as a graduate transfer from St. Lawrence for the 2020-21 season (photo: St. Lawrence Athletics).
John Hughes, a tri-captain of the national champion 1970 Cornell men’s hockey team and member of the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame, passed away on Aug. 18 (photo: Cornell Athletics).
Forward Shane Sellar, who played from 2016 to 2019 at Dartmouth before missing the 2019-20 season with an injury, will play the 2020-21 season at Rensselaer as a graduate transfer (photo: Gil Talbot/Dartmouth Athletics).
Harvard defenseman Reilly Walsh has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils, forgoing his senior season with the Crimson (photo: Harvard Athletics).