Massachusetts head coach Greg Carvel has had his contract extended through the 2025-26 season. The new five-year rolling contract for the reigning USCHO Coach of the Year comes on the heels of the Minutemen’s first NCAA and Hockey East tournament championships in 2020-21. “We are very pleased to grow our investment in Greg Carvel and … Read more
Massachusetts goaltender Filip Lindberg has elected to forgo his senior season, withdrawing from school to pursue a career in professional hockey. Lindberg, the NCAA leader in goals-against average and save percentage in 2020-21, helped guide the Minutemen to the program’s first NCAA and Hockey East tournament titles as a junior and earned an All-USCHO Second … Read more
When one thinks of big-time college hockey, 1998 was the Year of the Arena. Four different schools opened new, highly-touted buildings, all significantly increasing their capacity. Two were monstrosities – Wisconsin opened the Kohl Center seating 15,237 for hockey and Ohio State christened the Shottenstein Center, even larger with as many as 18,809 seats available. … Read more
Massachusetts hockey has announced the addition of Steve Trachtenberg as the team’s director of hockey operations. Trachtenberg, a 2018 UMass graduate, previously served as a hockey operations assistant for the Minutemen while working towards his sport management degree. “We are excited to name Steve Trachtenberg as our new director of hockey operations,” said UMass coach … Read more
College hockey coaching veteran Matt Lindsay has joined Massachusetts as an assistant coach. Lindsay, who replaces Ben Barr after he took the Maine head coaching job, comes to Amherst following 10 seasons at Penn State, where he was an assistant coach under Guy Gadowsky. “We are very excited to welcome Matt Lindsay to our program,” … Read more
Massachusetts associate head coach Ben Barr has been named the fifth head coach in Maine history, agreeing to terms on a four-year contract. The 39-year-old Barr has served in his role at UMass since 2016 and helped lead the Minutemen to their first national championship this past season. “We are thrilled to welcome Ben Barr … Read more
USA Hockey announced on Monday that Providence coach Nate Leaman has been named to the staff of the 2021 U.S. Men’s National Team as an assistant coach. Leaman joins a staff comprised of Jack Capuano (head coach), Adam Nightingale (assistant coach), Kevin Reiter (goaltending coach) and Mike King (video coach). The U.S. Men’s National Team … Read more
Providence announced Monday the hiring of David Berard as associate athletic director for men’s and women’s hockey. Berard will provide leadership, management, and administrative oversight to the men’s and women’s hockey programs, as well as day-to-day supervision of Schneider Arena programs and events. He replaces Rico Blasi, who resigned last month to take the head … Read more
Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel, who guided the Minutemen to the 2021 national championship, the school’s first in hockey, will be the commencement speaker at the university’s undergraduate ceremonies on Friday, May 14 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Carvel is in his fifth season as UMass’ coach and is also a UMass graduate, earning a master’s degree … Read more
UConn trustees have given the go-ahead to build a highly anticipated new hockey rink on the Storrs campus, where it would open in fall 2022 if all remains on schedule. The trustees voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize university officials to sign contracts for design, architectural and construction activities for the 2,600-seat arena, which will … Read more
His team created so much history in a year no one in Amherst, Mass., and across the Commonwealth will ever forget, winning both a Hockey East postseason championship and the NCAA Division I men’s national championship. Those are among the many reasons that Massachusetts head coach Greg Carvel has been named USCHO Coach of the … Read more
Massachusetts junior defenseman Marc Del Gaizo has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators that will begin in the 2021-22 season, forgoing his final season of NCAA eligibility. The Basking Ridge, N.J., native was originally selected by Nashville in the fourth round (109th overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft. “We are very excited … Read more
All six conferences are represented on USCHO.com’s All-USCHO Teams for the 2020-21 college hockey season. Voting was conducted by USCHO.com staff members. First Team All-USCHO F: Cole Caufield, Wisconsin F: Shane Pinto, North Dakota F: Odeen Tufto, Quinnipiac D: Cam York, Michigan D: Zac Jones, Massachusetts G: Dryden McKay, Minnesota State Second Team All-USCHO F: … Read more
The Nashville Predators announced Thursday that the team has signed UConn junior goaltender Tomáš Vomáčka to a two-year, entry-level contract. In signing, Vomáčka forgoes his senior year with UConn. Vomáčka closed out his junior season playing in all 23 of the Huskies’ games in 2020-21, suiting up for 1333:43, the fourth-most minutes played among NCAA … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the final monthly honorees for NCAA men’s hockey for the 2020-21 season. The co-players of the month are Massachusetts junior forward Bobby Trivigno and junior goaltender Filip Lindberg. Trivigno collected points and MVP awards, earning such trophies in both the Hockey East and NCAA tournaments. Overall, he collected three … Read more
Maine announced Wednesday that the school has named Ben Guite interim head coach of the men’s hockey team, effective immediately. Guite fills the head coaching role after Dennis “Red” Gendron passed away last Friday. “We are fortunate to have someone of Ben Guite’s experience and character to guide our program through this difficult time,” said … Read more
The New York Rangers announced Tuesday that the team has agreed to terms with Massachusetts sophomore defenseman Zac Jones on an entry-level contract. In signing the contract, Jones gives up his last two seasons of NCAA eligibility with the Minutemen. Jones skated in 29 games with UMass this season, registering nine goals and 15 assists … Read more
Fresh off its first national championship in the school’s hockey history, Massachusetts wraps the 2020-21 season a unanimous No. 1 in the final USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of the season. The Minutemen, up five spots from the last poll on March 22, received all 40 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. National runner-up St. … Read more
The waiting is over for UMass. The Minutemen are national champions for the first time.
Trivigno scored the goal that capped off UMass’ 5-0 victory against St. Cloud State in the NCAA championship game at PPG Paints Arena.