Prior to the announcement of Northeastern coach Greg Cronin’s suspension (along with assistant Albie O’Connell), I was going to offer the following words to Huskies fans still in shock over how close they came to ending their Beanpot drought. The words still apply, albeit with an asterisk. Red Sox fans prior to 2004 heard a … Read more
A change in plans for the 2011 Ice Breaker Tournament has the event moving to Grand Forks, N.D., where North Dakota, Boston College, Michigan State and Air Force will make up the field. The Oct. 7-8 tournament was originally scheduled for a second straight season in St. Louis, but a conflict with the NHL schedule … Read more
THIRD STAR Danny Biega, Harvard: The Crimson have been busy, playing three games in five days, and the sophomore defenseman has been busy finding his way to the score sheet. He had a goal in each of those games, at Cornell, at Colgate and at Brown, and added three assists for a six-point week. :: … Read more
How will the suspensions of Northeastern’s coach and an assistant impact the Huskies this season and beyond? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski get into that and more in this week’s edition.
The punishment to the Northeastern coach and his assistant is troubling for a couple of reasons, Jim Connelly writes.
Northeastern has suspended coach Greg Cronin and assistant coach Albie O’Connell indefinitely amid an investigation into potential NCAA violations. The school is looking into the possibility that Huskies coaches violated telephone and text message rules in recruiting, issues that were discovered during routine internal compliance monitoring, the school announced Friday. Assistant coach Sebastien Laplante will … Read more
With three weeks left in the regular season, I’m left with a puzzling question that I’ve had a difficult time answering: How good is Northeastern? In days prior to the Beanpot, which saw NU advance to the championship game and put up six goals, only to lose to No. 1 Boston College, which netted its … Read more
THIRD STAR Tyler Gron, Northern Michigan: The Wildcats junior brought his team back from a 4-1 deficit with a hat trick last Saturday in a game NMU won 6-5. He added an assist on Saturday and a goal on Friday for a five-point weekend. :: Tyler Gron’s player page SECOND STAR Joe Cannata, Merrimack: The … Read more
After the Eagles’ overtime victory over Northeastern, the days of the Beanpot being known as the BU Invitational may be over. Dave Hendrickson reports.
Going into last weekend, New Hampshire had the toughest remaining schedule of Hockey East’s top five teams. The Wildcats had six league games remaining against nationally ranked opponents (two each against Maine, Merrimack, and Boston College) compared to four for Merrimack and Maine, two for BC, and none for Boston University. Well, the Wildcats took … Read more
All three goals against the Terriers netminder in the Beanpot semifinals came off his own team’s sticks. Scott Weighart reports.
Two years after the what-ifs, the Huskies junior scores twice in the Beanpot semifinals. Dave Hendrickson reports.
Hockey East announced on Friday that three former league administrators have been chosen to receive the league’s Founder’s Medal Award. Bob DeGregorio, Stu Haskell and Brendan Sheehy will be honored during the season for their contributions to the league over their professional careers. DeGregorio served as athletic director at Merrimack for 19 years and was … Read more
It has been 23 years since the Huskies won the tournament, and they’re hungry. Jim Connelly reports.
According to an NBC affiliate in Connecticut, Connecticut’s home rink, the Freitas Ice Forum, has been closed due to an over-abundance of snow and ice on the roof of the arena. Structural concerns led the school to move Saturday’s game against Army to the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. It will start at 7 p.m. … Read more
Hockey East suspended Maine sophomore forward Joey Diamond for Friday night’s game at New Hampshire. The league said the suspension was levied after a review of contact with Boston University goaltender Kieran Millan in last Friday’s game at Alfond Arena.
As I sit here surrounded by feet upon feet of snow, lack power and heat and am ready for the groundhog’s prediction of an early spring to come true, here are some random musings about Hockey East: • The Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks, who have been cannon fodder for this column this year, are seemingly playing … Read more
There’s a new No. 1, and Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski break down the change in this week’s edition.
Boston College is back where it started the season — atop the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Eagles, winners of 10 of their last 11 games, received 41 of 50 first-place votes to displace Yale as the nation’s top-ranked team. Yale slipped to third after losses at Union and Rensselaer. Denver moved up one … Read more
After being abrubtly cut from the Boston University squad earlier this month, junior forward Andrew Glass gave his side of the story to the Boston Hockey Blog. BU coach Jack Parker said he dismissed Glass for violating team rules, but Glass rebuffs that, saying he missed two meetings and missed a pre-holiday practice, later changed … Read more