When Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy looked at the schedule at the beginning of the year, his team’s three consecutive mid-January games against Maine stood out as potential playoff-caliber contests. After all, the two schools had faced each other in back-to-back Hockey East fourth-seed-vs.-fifth-seed quarterfinal series and although both had suffered significant losses to attrition, they … Read more
Hockey East announced on Tuesday that Boston University junior defenseman Garrett Noonan has been assessed an additional one-game suspension after receiving a game disqualification against Massachusetts-Lowell on Saturday, Jan. 19. Noonan will sit out a total of two games, which includes the automatic one game after getting the DQ penalty. He will be eligible to … Read more
The River Hawks could take a dip in the PairWise when they get one more game against a team under consideration. That and a look at Notre Dame’s struggles in this week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback with Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski.
Two repeat nominees are among the 11 college hockey players up for the 18th annual Hockey Humanitarian Award. St. Anselm’s J. Tucker Mullin and Alaska’s Kaare Odegard, both seniors, have been nominated again for the award, which recognizes college hockey’s top citizen. The full list of nominees: Jason Beattie, Niagara senior Brett Beebe, Western Michigan … Read more
While it has been easy to talk about Boston College, New Hampshire and Boston University this season, the fourth spot in Hockey East remains up in the air. One team that put a stake in the ground last weekend in hopes of gaining the final home ice spot — if not more in the Hockey … Read more
The Gophers go into a series against No. 6 North Dakota this weekend after a three-win week. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
In a school-issued statement, it was announced that Boston College head coach Jerry York is resting comfortably at home after undergoing a follow-up procedure Monday morning to repair a detached retina. York underwent an initial procedure last Thursday and missed BC’s weekend series against New Hampshire. Boston College’s celebration to honor York for becoming college … Read more
Boston College head coach Jerry York underwent outpatient eye surgery to repair a detached retina on Thursday morning, the school announced in a press release. York is now home and expected to miss both games against New Hampshire this weekend, the release added. BC associate head coaches Mike Cavanaugh and Greg Brown will run the … Read more
Most people figured this would be a rebuilding year for Maine, but last place hardly seemed a part of the equation. In the preseason, Hockey East coaches picked the Black Bears to finish fifth. Yours truly also picked them for fifth; Jim Connelly pegged them for fourth. All of those projections seemed reasonable despite the … Read more
Ranked teams Dartmouth, Cornell, Union and St. Cloud State combined to go 0-9 last week. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss the impact in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Connecticut head coach Bruce Marshall, the all-time winningest coach in program history with 337 wins, has resigned from his position, effective immediately. Marshall had been on medical leave since last November. Assistant coach Dave Berard will continue to serve as the team’s head coach for the remainder of the 2012-13 season and a national search … Read more
Games played right after the holiday break can be unpredictable. As a coach, you hope your players stay in tip-top shape during a time that may include a big Christmas dinner, a few family holiday parties, etc. You also hope that a number of days without practice don’t lead to sloppy play on the ice … Read more
Boston College may lose defenseman Patch Alber for the rest of the season after a pregame injury Saturday in Minneapolis. Alber, a senior who played in each of the No. 1 Eagles’ first 14 games this season and all 44 last year, was injured during the team’s soccer warmup before the first game of the … Read more
‘College hockey’s gentleman’ is also its winningest coach after earning No. 925, passing Ron Mason. Jim Connelly reports.
Summaries of the seven tournaments that run Friday through Monday.
The first half of the season has seen its share of surprises, peaks and valleys. The top stories? Boston College coach Jerry York tied Ron Mason for the all-time winningest coach, but he’ll have to wait until after Christmas to try to break the mark at the Mariucci Classic. BC and New Hampshire swapped the … Read more
Maine sophomore right wing John Parker has been dismissed from the Black Bears for what coach Tim Whitehead told the Bangor Daily News was “several alcohol-related infractions.” “It’s a shame,” said Whitehead in the report. “We were really looking forward to having him on the team. He had the potential to be an impact player … Read more
Given that the national scoring leaders are usually front and center when thoughts turn to the Hobey Baker Award finalists, it’s time to learn who they are. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski talk about the first half’s top performances in this week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
The top six teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll remain the same as last week, including top-ranked Boston College, which received 44 of 50 first-place votes this week. No. 2 New Hampshire garnered four first-place votes, while third-ranked Notre Dame had the other two first-place nods. Minnesota stays No. 4, as does Miami … Read more
Few people around Hockey East will deny that this was one pretty crazy first half of the season. We mentioned weeks ago that the league began separating into two parts: a top three and a bottom seven. Truth be told, at some point a middle will almost inevitably be defined. And the leader of that … Read more