Northeastern Senior captain Mike Morris has undergone an appendectomy. It has been called “not serious” and the “surgery went fine” according to Northeastern University. The timetable for Morris’ return is not clear yet. He may be able to play as early as the Jan. 5 game versus Boston College but will have to be cleared … Read more
A second suspect pled not guilty Wednesday morning to multiple assault charges in connection with a Dec. 3 attack on four Boston University athletes.
Frank Cole, the NCAA’s National Coordinator of Officals, along with Col. James Knowlton, the chair of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee and Ty Halpin, the NCAA’s liasion to the Ice Hockey Rules Committee recently sent a memorandum to the Conference Commissioners and Hockey Coaches in regards to the Officiating Directive. Below is the text … Read more
Before The Frivolity Although much of this column will be light-hearted, the recent violence against hockey players begs comment. I speak, of course, of the attack on BU players and the murder of former [nl]Norwich captain Michael Serba. When someone is suckerpunched and then killed with a blow to the head with something like a … Read more
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