For college hockey fans that may not enjoy the increase in numbers of penalties called early in the college hockey season, there is only one way it will change and that is for players and coaches to adjust.
Mark Morris’ first win as St. Lawrence’s head coach came against a school that didn’t even a have Division I hockey program during his last stint as a collegiate coach. The Saints’ 6-3 win over Penn State on Oct. 7 was Morris’ first NCAA win since 2002. He spent the 14 years since then as … Read more
For Quinnipiac brothers Tim and Connor Clifton, returning to school for their senior seasons is shaping up to be a smart decision.
Two top tier teams met for a rematch on Saturday, with a much different result than the hard-nosed tie the night before, as the Quinnipiac Bobcats pushed five goals past Ryan Ruck en route to a 5-2 win against the Northeastern Huskies. Quinnipiac scored a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes of a … Read more
What can we expect in ECAC Hockey during the 2016-17 season? Our columnists have the rundown of all the teams, in alphabetical order: Brown Brown had a rough go of it last season. The Bears’ five wins marked the third straight year the program’s win total had dropped since appearing in the conference championship game … Read more
Departures are inevitable in college hockey, but the top ECAC Hockey teams seemed to have been hit especially hard last offseason. Most notable were Harvard’s Jimmy Vesey, who ended his four-year career in Cambridge by winning the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s top player, and Yale goalie Alex Lyon, who signed a professional contract … Read more
Jason Karnosky makes his picks as to which standout players will be the top 10 forwards in the men’s D-I ranks this season.
Mercyhurst recently announced that Joey Mormina has been hired to join the coaching staff, beginning with the 2016-17 season. Mormina replaces former assistant John Ronan, who took a position at Union. “We think he’s going to bring a lot of great perspective to the game,” said Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin in a statement. “He has … Read more
Defending ECAC champion Quinnipiac is once again the top team in the conference, according to two polls released Monday. The Bobcats came in the top slot in both the coaches and media polls. ECAC Preseason Coaches Poll ECAC Preseason Media Poll In addition, the media also selected a preseason all-conference team. ECAC Preseason All-Conference Team
Alaska-Anchorage announced Wednesday that assistant coach Josh Ciocco is leaving the Seawolves’ program after three seasons for “a job opportunity at Brown,” according to a UAA news release. “This was a difficult decision for me because I put in a lot of work in at UAA and I know we are in the process of … Read more
Hobey Baker Award winner Jimmy Vesey of Harvard became an NHL free agent on Tuesday, and a number of teams are lining up to make a pitch.
Union associate head coach Joe Dumais is expected to be named assistant coach at Quinnipiac, according to the Daily Gazette. Dumais will replace Reid Cashman, who is reported to be leaving for an assistant’s job with the AHL’s Hershey Bears. “Joe and I met yesterday morning, and Joe informed me that he was leaving Union … Read more
Quinnipiac has announced that head coach Rand Pecknold has signed a contract extension through the 2020-21 season. Pecknold was recently named the Spencer Penrose National Coach of the Year as well as the Tim Taylor ECAC Hockey Coach of the Year. “My wife, Nikki, and I would like to thank John Lahey, Mark Thompson and … Read more
St. Lawrence announced Thursday that Matt Deschamps will join the men’s staff as an assistant coach for the 2016-17 season. Deschamps spent the last two years in Austria with EC Red Bull Salzburg Hockey Club as the head coach of the RBS U18 team while also serving the club in director and development coordinator roles. … Read more
A collection of memories of Mason, who passed away at age 76.
Former Lake Superior State, Bowling Green and Michigan State coach Ron Mason passed away overnight at the age of 76. Mason also played at St. Lawrence in the early 1960s. He won 924 games over 36 seasons at LSSU (1966-73), BGSU (1973-79) and MSU (1979-2002), retiring as the all-time winningest college hockey coach. Mason led … Read more
Clarkson has announced the addition of Tony Maci as an assistant coach for the women’s team. Maci, who replaces Meghan Duggan, will join head coach Matt Desrosiers and fellow assistant coach Britni Smith behind the Clarkson bench next season. A former player at St. Lawrence, Maci comes to Clarkson from Princeton, where he served as … Read more
Sean Flanagan has been named an assistant coach for Cornell and joins the Big Red after serving as Massachusetts-Lowell’s director of hockey operations during the 2015-16 season. “Sean is an up and coming coach in college hockey,” said Cornell head coach Mike Schafer in a statement. “He has a great reputation for tireless work ethic … Read more
Mercyhurst assistant coach Greg Gardner has been named a Maccabi USA head coach for the Maccabiah Games that will take place July 2017 in Israel. Gardner played in the event for Team Canada in 1997. With 10 NCAA seasons of coaching behind him, Gardner aims to become the first head coach of Maccabi USA’s Open … Read more
Cornell and New Hampshire are set to play at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in a game being branded “The Frozen Apple.” The nonconference game will mark the sixth consecutive season and the eighth time in the last 10 years that Cornell has played on the storied ice in Manhattan. Tickets for … Read more