Massachusetts Hockey announced Tuesday the five newest members of the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame, including Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna. The 2017 class will be joining a roster of past and current hockey greats recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to the sport in Massachusetts. The members being inducted include Bertagna, Paul Hurley (player), … Read more
Pat Kelleher, who has guided USA Hockey’s efforts in development since 2008 and prior to that was recruited to launch what is today known as the United States Ice Rink Association, has been named executive director of USA Hockey. He will officially begin his duties on June 10 and replaces Dave Ogrean, who is retiring … Read more
Union junior defenseman Nick DeSimone has signed a two-year contract with the San Jose Sharks. DeSimone also signed an AHL amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2016-17 season and will play for the San Jose Barracuda. “I am thankful for all that Union College has done for me, from the professors to the coaching … Read more
National champion Denver has placed two players on the 2017 All-USCHO first team. Pioneers senior defenseman Will Butcher, the Hobey Baker Award winner, and junior goaltender Tanner Jaillet, this season’s Mike Richter Award winner, were among the six first-team selections. Butcher was a second-team pick in 2016. Northeastern senior Zach Aston-Reese and Union senior Mike Vecchione, … Read more
NHL Central Scouting released its final rankings on Tuesday for the 2017 NHL Draft and the rankings are heavy on current NCAA players and recruits. NA: North American skaters NA-G: North American goaltenders LV: Limited Viewing The 2017 NHL Draft is scheduled for June 23-24 in Chicago.
“We’re all pretty heartbroken,” Devin Tringale said after Harvard’s 2-1 loss to Minnesota Duluth.
Smith spent the last 12 seasons in the same position at Canisius, compiling a 172-223-59 record and an Atlantic Hockey tournament championship and NCAA tournament appearance in 2013.
Minnesota Duluth, Harvard, Denver and Notre Dame discussed how they stay in the moment at Wednesday’s Frozen Four media day.
The Bulldogs play the Crimson at 5 p.m. CDT Thursday in Chicago.
It’s been a while since Harvard has been to the Frozen Four. To be exact, it has been 23 seasons and before that, current Crimson coach Ted Donato was on the only Harvard men’s team to win the national championship back in 1989. He’s not going to be looking at his past experience preparing for … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award on Thursday announced the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2017 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are: Zach Aston-Reese, senior forward from Northeastern, Will Butcher, senior defenseman from Denver, and Mike Vecchione, senior forward from Union. The three finalists were selected from the … Read more
As the college hockey season embarks on its biggest weekend of the year, the biggest question has come out of the East Regional: What can’t Harvard do?
Some of USCHO’s conference writers pick the teams they think will advance to the Frozen Four in this weekend’s regionals.
Two Hockey East teams, including conference champion UMass Lowell, meet up with a pair of other talented squads at the Northeast Regional this weekend in Manchester, N.H.
Top-seeded Denver joins three other teams in Cincinnati at the U.S. Bank Arena this weekend for the Midwest Regional.
Four teams from four different conferences will converge on the Dunkin’ Donuts Center this weekend in Providence, R.I., for the East Regional. Do the hometown Friars have home-ice advantage?
Denver, Union, Penn State and Michigan Tech will play in Cincinnati.
The Friars join Harvard, Western Michigan and Air Force in Providence.
UMass Lowell won the Hockey East championship on Saturday night by defeating Boston College at TD Garden. It won’t have to go far to contend for the Frozen Four.
ECAC Hockey announced Friday the winners of its annual postseason awards and All-League Teams as selected by the league’s 12 head coaches. Player of the Year honors went to Union’s Mike Vecchione, who returned for his senior season re-writing the Dutchmen record book as he became the program’s all-time leading scorer with 171 points on … Read more