Boston University senior defenseman Kevin Schaeffer suffered a fractured orbital bone and some other small fractures when a group of individuals attacked several BU hockey players with a baseball bat, hammer, and billy club outside of an Allston apartment early on Sunday morning. “The motive was retaliation for a bit of an altercation that took … Read more
A raucous capacity crowd at Boston College’s Kelley Rink made for an incredible atmosphere as the Eagles faced their most hated rival, Boston University, on Friday night. Unfortunately, it also helped force the postponement of the game. As temperatures reached close to 70 degrees outside, the indoor mark soared upwards of 80 degrees, forcing a … Read more
Down in the valley, the valley so low… This week’s featured teams have recently hit the skids after enjoying exceptionally hot stretches, collectively going winless in their last 10 games after a stretch of 22 contests with only a single loss. That’s not to kick teams when they’re down. Longtime readers know that this column … Read more
Dave Hendrickson is not available this week because he is facing off against international competitive eating champions Takero Kobayashi and Sonya Thomas (“The Black Widow”) to see who can consume the most turkey in the course of one period of hockey. Gobble, gobble, Dave! Catamounts On The Climb Back on November 4, Vermont had a … Read more
Like so many other young girls, Molly Schaus grew up playing pond hockey in her backyard. “I always wanted to play hockey with my older brother so one day he said ‘O.K. You can play if you’re the goalie,’” she said. The Natick, Mass. native has parlayed that slight into the beginnings of a distinguished … Read more
The Sky Isn’t Falling Based on some reactions to Boston College’s 6-3 start, you’d think the Eagles are on the brink of disaster. While it’s true that there have been some surprising losses, most notably the lopsided scores in Notre Dame’s 7-1 win and Harvard’s 4-0 shutout, there isn’t a team in college hockey that … Read more
Michel Leveille has always known how to play the game of hockey. Now the entire country knows what he can do, Joe Haggerty reports.
Still Undefeated Going into last weekend, Boston College had just lost to Providence, Boston University to Massachusetts-Lowell, and New Hampshire to Massachusetts. With the Hockey East mantra of “toughest league top to bottom” being chanted in rinks throughout New England, you had to figure Maine had no chance against Merrimack. The Black Bears, however, had … Read more
Dave Hendrickson is not available this week because he is modeling for a statue that will stand alongside the Statue of Liberty in recognition of his many accomplishments. While reports have confirmed that he will be holding his laptop case to his chest with his left hand, we have not been able to confirm whether … Read more
Number One In The Country! Maine roared into a number one ranking this week following a road sweep of North Dakota. The wins pushed the Black Bears to a 5-0-0 record that also includes a victory at Minnesota. Arguably, it may be time to call for drug testing of any pollsters who didn’t put Maine … Read more
One More Time! Welcome back, my friends, to the column that never ends. A year ago, the season’s first missive celebrated USCHO’s 10-year anniversary with a top 10 list of reasons why the year promised to be a good one. We’ll reprise that theme to open this season, but decline to move to a Top … Read more
Chandy Kaip has been named the first women’s ice hockey coach at Adrian College. The announcement was made today by interim athletic director Mike Duffy. Adrian recently announced plans and broke ground for the Arrington Ice Arena, which will be located on its campus and house intercollegiate ice hockey and synchronized skating teams. Kaip will … Read more
New Hampshire men’s hockey coach Dick Umile has announced that former Yale head coach Tim Taylor has joined the men’s hockey coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach. “We are very excited to have someone with his background and experience involved with our hockey program and at our University. Tim is not only a well … Read more
Brian McCloskey has finally got it his own way. In his fifth year at the helm of the New Hampshire women’s hockey program, his first recruiting class is now the team’s senior core. Since he left his post as men’s assistant coach to inherit a struggling program, his tenure has been marked by a steady … Read more
Six and Four This year, Hockey East looks like a two- or perhaps three-tier league. It will, of course, continue to feature great top-to-bottom strength and those teams on the bottom trying to move up will strike down the Goliaths on plenty of occasions. That said, there should be a significant gap between the top … Read more
Vermont’s inaugural season in Hockey East proved to be a rollercoaster ride. The Catamounts won their first seven games, giving them major attention in the national polls for quite some time. However, the season ended with only a single win after Feb. 3. Unfortunately for the league rookie, its stellar 8-1 record out of conference … Read more
For Husky head coach Greg Cronin, the return to college hockey was not exactly an easy ride on the welcome wagon. The team started off 0-6-2, and a stretch of a win and two ties in late fall was about as good as it got in terms of consistently picking up points. Cronin readily admits … Read more
It was a storybook season for Boston University last year in Hockey East. After an inconsistent first half with seniors David Van der Gulik and Jekabs Redlihs sidelined, the Terriers went into the heart of the season looking up at a seemingly insurmountable lead by Boston College in the standings. BU proceeded to go 17-1-2 … Read more
Providence was the surprise story in the early going, going 9-2-1 in its first 12 Hockey East games last season and cracking the national top ten. With first-year coach Tim Army emphasizing offense, the team proved to be vastly entertaining as well as successful. But the Friars faltered during the stretch run, going 3-7-2 in … Read more
And so it goes. Another year opens with Boston College as the top preseason pick within Hockey East, fresh off a great run at the national title followed by the departure of considerable talent. Have we heard this song before? The lyrics may change from year to year, but the beat remains the same. The … Read more