Longtime assistant O’Connell joins Boston University coaching staff

Former Boston University captain Albie O’Connell has returned to the school to serve as an assistant coach. O’Connell, who officially starts at BU on May 1, has previously been an assistant at Northeastern, Harvard, Holy Cross, Merrimack, Niagara and Colby. “We’re very excited to be adding Albie O’Connell to our staff,” said Terriers’ head coach … Read more

ECAC Hockey announces individual ’13-14 awards

ECAC Hockey on Friday night announced five more awards for the 2013-14 season. Union’s Shayne Gostisbehere and Greg Carey of St. Lawrence have been named co-players of the year. Topping all players in fan balloting, Gostisbehere was recently named a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award and led the conference in goals scored … Read more

National top rookie award renamed in honor of the late Tim Taylor

The Hockey Commissioners Association announced Monday that is plans on naming its Division I men’s national rookie of the year award the Tim Taylor Award, starting with the 2013-2014 season. “Coach Taylor spent a good deal of his career identifying and developing young hockey players, whether during his time at Yale or through his many … Read more

Gibson leaves Harvard for Merrimack AD post

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.

Four Harvard players leave team amid ‘academic scandal’

According to a story in Harvard’s student newspaper, The Crimson, four players have reportedly left the team, with one returning to junior hockey. The four players — defensemen Max Everson, Patrick McNally and Mark Luzar and goaltender Stephan Michalek, who left school in early November for the USHL’s Cedar Rapids RoughRiders — did not play … Read more