According to a story published in the Eagle Tribune, an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education will see Merrimack add six new women’s athletic teams after a Title IX probe found that the college’s number of male athletes significantly outnumber its female athletes. Of the six sports to be added, the college has already … Read more
Who are the top forwards this season? Our preview coverage continues with a look at 10 to watch. Dan Hickling reports.
Our 2012-13 preview series continues with a look at the best returning defensemen in college hockey. Daver Karnosky reports.
The season is right around the corner, and our preseason coverage begins with a look at 10 returning goaltenders to keep an eye on this season. Roman J. Uschak reports.
Hockey East announced the 2012-13 men’s preseason coaches’ poll on Tuesday. Boston College is favored for the fifth consecutive season with 90 points and nine first-place votes. Massachusetts-Lowell is second and Boston University sits third. New Hampshire is fourth and received the other first-place vote. In addition, the Hockey East media also picked BC to … Read more
Hockey East announced Tuesday that USCHO’s Jim Connelly has been named the 21st recipient of the Joe Concannon Hockey East Media Award. Connelly begins his 15th year covering the league in 2012-13 and is the third current or former member of the USCHO staff to receive the award, joining Mike Machnik in 2011 and Dave … Read more
Greg Brown has been promoted to associate head coach at Boston College. “I am happy to elevate Greg to this new title,” Boston College head coach Jerry York said in a statement. “It is well deserved. He has played a key role in our success over the past eight seasons. I look forward to his … Read more
Details of the investigation into the culture of the Boston University men’s hockey team didn’t make the report that was made public on Wednesday. The Boston Globe, however, obtained those not-intended-for-public-consumption items Thursday and published them Friday. They include word of a bawdy Agganis Arena celebration of the team’s 2009 national championship and reports that … Read more
A “celebrity culture” exists among Boston University men’s hockey players, one that can lead to “unacceptable and destructive behavior,” according to the report of a school task force released Wednesday. The task force was put together last spring by BU president Robert Brown after two men’s hockey players were charged with sexual assault last season. Its … Read more
Glenn Hofmann has resigned as Merrimack athletic director, a school source said Tuesday, eight weeks after being put on paid leave. Also Tuesday, interim athletic director Dean O’Keefe promoted men’s hockey coach Mark Dennehy and women’s basketball coach Monique LeBlanc to associate athletic director positions. Both will keep their coaching responsibilities. Hofmann was on paid … Read more
Massachusetts announced Tuesday that 2009 Vermont graduate John Gobeil will join the staff as the director of hockey operations, completing new head coach John Micheletto’s staff. Gobeil held a similar post at Vermont from 2009-12.
Damian DiGiulian has been hired as Saint Michael’s men’s head coach, becoming just the third bench boss since the program went to varsity status prior to the 1982-83 season. During the past three seasons, DiGiulian was the head coach and director of hockey for the Rice Memorial High School prep program in South Burlington. “I … Read more
Vermont has announced the hiring of Kevin Patrick and Kyle Wallack as assistant coaches for the upcoming 2012-13 season. “It is an honor for me to introduce our new University of Vermont men’s hockey staff,” said Vermont head coach Kevin Sneddon in a news release. “We are extremely fortunate to add two of the nation’s … Read more
Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo has announced his retirement effective Sept. 30. Senior associate athletic director John Kane will fill the position in an interim basis starting Oct. 1. Since DeFilippo was named BC’s athletic director in 1997, the Eagles have won four men’s hockey national championships. “My wife Anne and I have been … Read more
Hockey East has announced that 2012 Northeastern grad Kristen Blake has been hired as the conference’s graduate intern for the upcoming 2012-2013 season. She will assist in event management, marketing and media relations in both the men’s and women’s leagues in the Wakefield, Mass., office.
Joey Gasparini has joined the Massachusetts hockey staff as an assistant coach. “The University of Massachusetts is a program rich with tradition and history and I am honored to become a part of it,” said Gasparini in a statement. “I am extremely excited to join John [Micheletto’s] staff and the entire UMass family. I plan … Read more
The Boston Globe has reported that former Boston University forward Corey Trivino has pleaded guilty to drunkenly assaulting a woman in a BU dorm room last December. Trivino was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation where he must be tested randomly for alcohol use, attend weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, receive a mental health evaluation and … Read more
Hockey East has announced the hiring of Dan Schachte as the league’s first coordinator of officials. Schachte recently finished a 30-year career as an NHL linesman, working more than 2,000 regular-season games and 221 Stanley Cup playoff games, which ranks eighth all-time among NHL linesman. He worked five Stanley Cup finals, including Game 7 of … Read more
The New Haven Register has reported that former Quinnipiac, Connecticut and Yale assistant coach Kyle Wallack will replace John Micheletto as an assistant coach at Vermont. Wallack was an assistant at Yale through the 2010-11 season when he left to become head coach with the USHL’s Indiana Ice. The Ice fired Wallack at the tail-end … Read more
Hockey East announced Thursday that it has extended the contract of commissioner Joe Bertagna an extra year through the 2014-15 season. Bertagna, who is starting his 16th season with the conference, is the longest serving commissioner in conference history and when the extension expires, Bertagna will have served 18 years as Hockey East commissioner, or … Read more