Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter, who was seriously injured a week and a half ago in a collision with Boston College’s Patrick Eaves, has been upgraded from serious to fair condition, according to representatives from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on Tuesday. There was no word whether Exter is out of the coma he’s been in … Read more
As the college hockey community rallies around Joe Exter, Mike Machnik stops to say thanks.
HEA final: Great game, bad ending.
BU does it again.
UMass loss can’t spoil progress.
Tyson Teplitsky? wins it for UNH.
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
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
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.
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
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
As a tragedy unfolds before your eyes, keeping focused on the game is hard for everyone.
Boston University and Providence are no strangers to each other in the HEA playoffs.
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
Clarkson has narrowed the candidates for its vacant head coaching position to four finalists, all of whom are former assistants.
Merrimack goalie Joe Exter was in critical condition Friday night after a collision with BC’s Pat Eaves in their quarterfinal round game.
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.
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
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.
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