Hockey East Semifinals Notebook

Age vs. Experience The first semifinal featured two teams with two different strengths. New Hampshire relies on an experienced core of players, three of which — goaltender Mike Ayers, and forwards Colin Hemingway and Lanny Gare — landed on the Hockey East All-Star Team. Massachusetts’ strength lies in underclassmen, showcased by freshman Stephen Werner, a … Read more

Top Hockey East Honors Split

Balance was the operative word at this year’s Hockey East banquet. Ben Eaves and Mike Ayers were named co-winners of the KOHO Player of the Year Award while Massachusetts coach Don “Toot” Cahoon earned CCM/Bob Kullen Coach of the Year honors. Eight of the nine schools placed representatives on the All-Hockey East teams while the … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: March 13, 2003

Dave Hendrickson previews this weekend’s Hockey East action at the FleetCenter, detours to consider Providence’s NCAA hopes and makes a VCR recommendation for next month — but not before a salute to Joe Exter and the high class of the Merrimack hockey program.

BU Doctor On Exter Injuries; HEA Completes Review Of Incident

Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter remained in serious condition Tuedsay at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Tuesday with multiple fractures sustained in a collision during last Friday’s Hockey East quarterfinal game at Boston College. According to hospital officials, there is no change in Exter’s condition, and nothing further is expected before Wednesday morning. The injury … Read more

Exter’s Condition Remains ‘Serious’

Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter remains in serious condition with multiple skull fractures at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center today following a collision in last Friday’s opening game of the Hockey East quarterfinal series at Boston College. (Original story) According to hospital spokespersons, Exter’s condition is unchanged in the last 24 hours, and unless there … Read more

Serino Addresses Media About Exter

With his star goalie Joe Exter still in the hospital in serious condition with a fractured skull — the result of a nasty head-first collision with Boston College freshman Patrick Eaves — Merrimack coach Chris Serino addressed the media Saturday afternoon. Serino spoke candidly and emotionally about Exter, the ugly melee that followed the incident, … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: March 6, 2003

Dave Hendrickson hands out the hardware, looks over the Hockey East quarterfinals, examines The Hit on Merrimack’s Marco Rosa, offers bouquets (to HEA coaches) and brickbats (to the NCAA), and wraps up with the usual dose of trivia and literature.

BU-PC, MC-BC Postponed

Game one of the Boston University-Providence Hockey East Quarterfinal series has been postponed from Thursday to Friday due to white-out conditions in the area. The series was originally scheduled to run from Thursday to Saturday, but now will be pushed back to run from Friday to Sunday. Fox Sports New England was to have aired … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Feb. 27, 2003

Providence and Maine head in opposite directions; Northeastern and Massachusetts-Lowell fight for the playoffs while BC, UNH and Maine hash out the title; Nolan Schaefer makes a final splash; and Dave Hendrickson takes issue with the veil of secrecy around the NCAA’s new “bonus” system.

UMass May Go Private

One of Massachusetts’ two state-funded Division I hockey programs could soon be privatized; if Massachusetts’ new governor, Mitt Romney, has his way. As part of an overwhelming state restructuring plan that Romney will institute in hopes to pull the state from extreme debt, he unveiled Wednesday a plan that would privatize the state’s main campus … Read more

Sabo Arraigned on Assault Charges

Boston University senior John Sabo was arraigned Monday on charges that he assaulted a fellow BU student outside a nightclub on Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue last September. The forward, with 10 goals and 12 assists this season, continues to play for the Terriers. The school investigated the incident last fall, and determined that no internal discipline … Read more

Tigers Earn Fourth Straight No. 1

Colorado College took a 5-2 exhibition victory over the U.S. Under 18 Team, and that was enough to preserve the No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. While the win doesn’t count in CC’s overall record of 23-4-5 and will not be considered by the NCAA for tournament selection, the Tigers … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Feb. 20, 2003

The penalty shot stirs excitement — and controversy; Hockey East officiating comes under the microscope; the PairWise Rankings misbehave; Maine’s Gray Shaneberger puts it all together; and amidst it all, Dave Hendrickson relates some news of a family nature.