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
Not too hot. Not too cold. This week it’s time to look at two teams that aren’t in the national rankings but are on pace to make the Hockey East playoffs, albeit as road teams. Massachusetts: Back to square one? Absolutely not They’re almost certainly not going to earn home ice in the playoffs, but … Read more
A record 25 players have been unveiled as the nominees for the 2011 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The list includes returning nominees Sam Kuzyk of Adrian, Mario Mjelleli of Augsburg and Brigid O’Gorman of Connecticut College. Finalists will be announced in mid-February, with the award scheduled to be presented on Friday, April … Read more
Miami and Notre Dame showed last weekend how teams need to respond to losses, Dave Starman writes.
As more results come in, we’re starting to see some teams stake their claim for tournament spots. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski break down the week gone by.
Two weekends ago, the Maine Black Bears walked into Merrimack a confident team. They were returning two key players — Jeff Dimmen and Will O’Neill — from injury and were ready to tackle the league schedule down the stretch. That Black Bears team left Lawler Arena dejected and shaking its collective heads after losing, 7-1, … Read more
Wahsontiio Stacey, Vermont’s leading scorer, will not finish his senior season with the Catamounts as the Burlington Free Press reported today he has quit the hockey program. “Wahs has informed the coaches (Tuesday) afternoon that he was quitting the team,” Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon told the paper. “He spoke with the team right before practice … Read more
THIRD STAR Tommy Grant, Alaska-Anchorage: The senior first-line left winger posted two goals, five points and was plus-2 in the Seawolves’ wins over Colorado College — their first home sweep since October 2007. He gave Alaska-Anchorage a 2-0 lead with his ninth and 10th goals of the season on Friday. :: Tommy Grant’s player page … Read more
Yale’s first loss in a while, Brown’s bubble and the week ahead are the topics for this week’s edition.
Their record stands at 10-1-2 inside the conference and they hold at least two games in hand over their closest competition in the Hockey East standings. With a strong offense, defense, and special teams, they have no perceptible weakness. I speak, of course, of the New Hampshire Wildcats. Their only league loss came on Nov. … Read more
Merrimack and Boston University have postponed Wednesday’s game because of an incoming winter storm. The game, scheduled for Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass., will be played at 7 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at the same arena.
Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski talk World Juniors, Ohio State, Merrimack and more in this week’s edition.
According to a blog post by the Daily Free Press, Boston University has dismissed junior forward Andrew Glass from the team. BU coach Jack Parker suspended Glass indefinitely prior to last weekend’s Shillelagh Tournament for what the paper reported as “missing meetings and being late.” After Friday’s practice, Parker added that “it’s a whole bunch … Read more
The attention paid to this year’s Merrimack team has been so great that coach Mark Dennehy admits his friends are sick of reading about it. “We’ve got a lot of attention because we’re kind of the darlings right now,” Dennehy said. The headlines, though, haven’t slowed down the Warriors, who began the second half of … Read more
The holiday tournaments are done, and Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look back at the big events.
The Boston College defenseman is a big reason why the Americans share the tournament lead with four goals allowed through four games. Russell Jaslow reports.
Dartmouth and Vermont have postponed their women’s game scheduled for Wednesday in Burlington, Vt., because players on both teams were delayed in returning to school because of the East Coast snowstorm. The game has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18. A Dartmouth release said the game was postponed “instead of trying to … Read more