Hanowski, Agostino part of package for Iginla

St. Cloud State senior forward Ben Hanowski and Yale junior forward Kenny Agostino were part of the NHL trade Wednesday night that sent Calgary Flames’ captain Jarome Iginla to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the college pair and a 2013 first-round pick.

For half of the ECAC Hockey championship field, eyes are on a first title

Another March, another final ECAC Hockey notebook. Let’s save the sentimentalities for Twitter and get right down to brass tacks. Seventh-seeded Brown will take on regular-season champion Quinnipiac at 4 p.m. EDT on Friday, while third-place Yale will get the last change against fourth-seed Union at 7:30. Tons of information can be found here on … Read more

ECAC Hockey suspends Quinnipiac’s Van Brabant

Quinnipiac forward Bryce Van Brabant has been suspended for one game by ECAC Hockey and will miss Saturday’s Game 2 of a quarterfinal series against Cornell. Van Brabant was suspended after a league review of a first-period incident in Friday’s Game 1. He was given a minor elbowing penalty. The sophomore has played in all … Read more

Rensselaer’s resurgence extends beyond current 9-1 stretch, Appert says

The schedule says Rensselaer’s hot streak began Feb. 1, when the Engineers blanked Harvard 3-0 to start a 9-1 stretch that helped lock up the program’s first-ever bye in the ECAC Hockey tournament. But that’s not how coach Seth Appert sees it. “These things are never one moment,” Appert said. “Despite what everybody thinks, that’s … Read more

Quinnipiac maintains top spot in D-I men’s poll

With 39 first-place votes this week, Quinnipiac remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Bobcats were idle last weekend and play Cornell in the ECAC tournament this coming weekend. Minnesota stays No. 2 after sweeping Bemidji State and received the other 11 first-place votes. Idle Miami is again third, while … Read more

Union defenseman Vasaturo possibly done for season with knee injury

Union sophomore defenseman Charlie Vasaturo suffered a possible season-ending knee injury early in the first period of the Dutchmen’s 5-1 win over St. Lawrence on March 1. The Daily Gazette reports Vasaturo may be done for the foreseeable future with Union coach Rick Bennett telling the paper that Vasaturo is “day to day until September.” … Read more

Quinnipiac gets 36 first-place votes in D-I men’s poll, still sits atop rankings

Despite losing to Harvard in overtime and then beating Dartmouth last weekend, Quinnipiac is once again the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, garnering 36 of 50 first-place votes. Minnesota stays No. 2 after splitting with Denver and earned 12 first-place votes this week. Final CCHA regular-season champion Miami stays third with … Read more