College hockey is once again coming to New York City. Madison Square Garden will host two games during the 2013-14 season as Boston University plays Cornell on Nov. 30 and then Harvard and Yale skate on Jan. 11, 2014. Cornell has played at Madison Square Garden in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012, while Yale and … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Thursday that four of its teams – Yale, Harvard, Colgate and Cornell – will play exhibition games during the 2013-14 season against an All-Star team from the Minor Hockey League of Eastern Europe as part of its 22-game tour. The games are scheduled at Yale (Dec. 27 at 7 p.m.), Harvard (Dec. … Read more
Jeremy Gibson, former senior associate athletic director at Harvard, is the new director of athletics at Merrimack and will begin in his new position July 1. At Harvard, Gibson had oversight of many varsity programs, including men’s and women’s hockey.
Dennis “Red” Gendron has been named Maine’s new head coach. The news was originally reported by the Bangor Daily News on Friday. Gendron was an assistant coach at Maine during the 1992-93 NCAA championship season and was most recently an assistant at Yale since 2011, winning another national title this past April. He was reportedly … Read more
The college hockey community is remembering former Yale coach Tim Taylor, who passed away Saturday. Here are some thoughts from USCHO’s Jayson Moy and Dave Starman.
Tim Taylor, whose tenure as Yale coach lasted 30 years and included two sabbaticals to coach the U.S. Olympic team, died Saturday, the New Haven Register reported. He was 71. Taylor had been battling cancer recently but continued to serve in a prominent role with USA Hockey. He was the director of player personnel for … Read more
Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold was fond of telling those who were interested in judging Bobcats goaltender Eric Hartzell’s qualifications for individual awards about the rest of the team. Namely, that the Bobcats’ top scorer was hovering around 100th in the country in points per game yet the team was ranked No. 1 in the country. … Read more
The Rochester Americans players’ wives and girlfriends will be having a fundraising raffle to benefit the family of Nazareth coach George Roll, whose wife has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, during the Amerks’ game versus the Hamilton Bulldogs on Saturday, April 20 at the Blue Cross Arena. The efforts are being spearheaded by Amerks’ … Read more
In 2012, Boston College had four players on the All-USCHO teams. A year later, things were much more spread out. Five teams had two players selected for the 2012-13 All-USCHO teams, with no repeat honorees from last season. Frozen Four semifinalists Massachusetts-Lowell and St. Cloud State were among those teams, along with Boston College, North … Read more
In the final USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of the 2012-13 season, national champion Yale takes the top spot with 47 of 50 first-place votes after blanking Quinnipiac 4-0 in the national title game on April 13. Yale was ranked 15th in the last poll, conducted on March 25. Quinnipiac finishes second in this week’s … Read more
The Hobey Baker Award finalist says he felt fine in the crease in the Bobcats’ loss. Nate Owen reports.
No one had ever beaten three No. 1 seeds in the same NCAA tournament until the Bulldogs’ national championship. David H. Hendrickson reports.
The Bulldogs were 27th nationally in defense entering the title game but they allowed only 1.25 goals per game in the NCAA tournament. Paula C. Weston reports.
The Bulldogs goaltender stopped all 36 shots and saved his best for last. Tyler Buckentine reports.
According to the Denver Post, Jim Montgomery will be named the new head coach at Denver, succeeding George Gwozdecky. Denver has announced a press conference for Monday, but a press release would only say that the eighth head coach in program history would be unveiled. Gwozdecky’s two assistant coaches, Steve Miller and David Lassonde, will … Read more
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced Saturday that head coach Seth Appert’s contract has been extended through the 2020-21 season. Appert was reportedly a finalist for the Denver head coach position. “I am thrilled to be at RPI, where we continue to build our program the right way,” Appert said in a statement. “I am humbled by … Read more
The teams last met in the ECAC Hockey consolation game, and Saturday’s Frozen Four championship atmosphere will be quite different. Jim Connelly reports.
The Bulldogs allowed two goals in 14 seconds and nothing else in their semifinal win. Paula C. Weston reports.
Dave Starman gets into what makes the Frozen Four teams tick.
It’s the first time in this spotlight for everyone, and the little things make memories. Jim Connelly reports.