Hockey East announced today that it has signed a two-year deal with Fox Sports Net New England. It includes nine regular season contests during the 2000-01 season and two to three Hockey East quarterfinal matches, as well as the semifinals and the championship game at the FleetCenter in mid-March. The pact extends a three-year relationship … Read more
It’s been over 28 years since Jerry York chalked up his first win as a collegiate head coach. Since that time, disco, Watergate, the VCR, Iran-contra, a 12-team NCAA tournament, Tiger Woods and the CD player have all come, and in some cases, gone. But one thing doesn’t change: York keeps on winning. On the occasion of York’s 600th victory, Dave Hendrickson looks in.
How many powerhouse teams does Hockey East have? If the answer’s not immediately clear to you, don’t feel bad, because Dave Hendrickson agrees. Also: UMass-Amherst charges out of the gate, and an opportunity seized at Northeastern.
The top four in Hockey East may have to make room for a colleague, an HEA freshman gets a little added motivation, and Dave Hendrickson‘s vaunted trivia contest continues!
The emotions flowed freely Friday, Oct. 27, as head coach Shawn Walsh returned to the Maine bench just days after immunotherapy treatment for kidney cancer. Dave Hendrickson writes that little — and much — has changed for the man synonymous with Black Bear hockey.
Just five days removed from his last immunotherapy treatment for kidney cancer, Maine coach Shawn Walsh will return to the Black Bear bench for tonight’s contest against Ohio State. It marks Walsh’s first game this season. Walsh missed the team’s season-opening series against North Dakota, and then last weekend’s Black Bear Classic tournament, while at … Read more
Hockey East continued its dominance of the collegiate scene last, and Dave Hendrickson was there. Also: a marquee interconference matchup Friday, the PC ‘D’ steps it up, trivia questions asked and answered, and a great day for the author.
It’s the first BroadcastSports.com Game of the Week, and it’s a doozy as No. 1 Wisconsin visits No. 2 Boston College in the rematch of last season’s NCAA quarterfinal. Scott Brown reports.
It’s not easy playing behind an All-American — just ask BU’s Jason Tapp, who pulled that duty twice as the backup to Michel Larocque and then Rick DiPietro. This season, however, might be a very different story. Scott Weighart profiles the Terrier reserve-cum-starter.
Hockey East is off and running again this season, with big games dotting the schedule. Boston College is coming off a pair of nice wins at the Maverick Stampede, while Maine contends with the loss of two players and its coach to give defending-champion North Dakota a run for its money in two games. Meanwhile, Merrimack, UMass-Amherst and Northeastern are once-struggling teams vowing to make some noise this year. Dave Hendrickson looks at the week ahead.
Gutterson Fieldhouse is known for its vocal crowds and undying devotion to Vermont hockey. But for nine months the silence was deafening, after a hazing scandal led to the mid-season cancellation of the remaining Catamount schedule. Dave Hendrickson examined the pulse of the crowd on the night hockey returned to The Gut.
Maine freshman Colin Shields has been declared ineligible for the season as a result of a standard eligibility check by the school’s compliance office.
UNH reigns out West, mathematics turned on its ear, predictions … and poetry? Dave Hendrickson rounds up Hockey East.
Merrimack‘s Volpe Center renovation, though slightly behind schedule and expected to cost more than initial estimates, is still on track, according to school officials. The three phase project, originally announced in August, 1999, was slated to enter phase two this past summer, but construction elsewhere on campus and changes in plans forced the work to … Read more
On the face of it, the Warriors lost a lot of players at key positions. No doubt that led to their distant dead-last position in the Hockey East Coaches’ Preseason Poll. Nonetheless, there’s still room for optimism. Countering a lack of experience — particularly on defense — will be an upgrade in team speed as … Read more
The Friars displayed pronounced schizo tendencies last year. They opened with only two wins in their first eight games, then won nine out of 10. They followed that hot streak with a 1-6-1 stretch only to turn things around yet again and win six of eight. “It was a roller coaster year for us emotionally,” … Read more
Is the glass half empty or half full? Do BC fans torture themselves with woulda-coulda-shoulda possibilities involving national championships the last three years? Or do they draw pride and satisfaction in the fact that during that stretch their team is the only one in the country to have reached the Frozen Four each time? Do … Read more
Hockey East’s only new coach, Don Cahoon, arrives from Princeton, where he took a difficult recruiting situation and brought that program to heights never before achieved. (Among other notable accomplishments, Princeton won its first-ever ECAC title and made its inaugural NCAA tournament appearance in 1997-98.) UMass-Amherst fans are hoping that Cahoon can work that same … Read more
If the Tin Man only had a heart… if the Scarecrow only had a brain… if the Cowardly Lion only had courage… And if Ricky DiPietro had only stayed at BU for one more year. It was a proud moment for college hockey when DiPietro became the first goaltender and the first collegian to be … Read more
Even though UMass-Lowell finished in the cellar last year, it was only by a single point. It won’t take much to make a significant move in the standings. “We recognize Hockey East is the strongest league in the country right now,” says coach Tim Whitehead. “For anyone that finished in the bottom half last year, … Read more