Massachusetts junior forward Mitchell Chaffee has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Last June, the name Alex Newhook became internationally-known in the world of hockey when the 18-year-old was selected in the first round (16th overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2019 NHL Draft. To say that Newhook entered Boston College with high expectations on his shoulders as part of a highly-touted freshman class would be an understatement (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Hockey East announced Thursday that Maine junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman is the 2020 Hockey East Player of the Year. In addition, Boston College forward Alex Newhook has been named Hockey East Rookie of the Year and Maine’s Red Gendron is the Hockey East Coach of the Year (photo: Maine Athletics).
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee announce Wednesday the top 10 candidates for the 2020 award honoring college hockey’s top player (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Hockey East announced Wednesday its three 2019-20 all-star teams as voted by the league’s 11 head coaches (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Maine announced Tuesday via Twitter that junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman has left school to sign an entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins (photo: Mark Tutuny/Maine Athletics).
The staff of USCHO.com is proud to announce the three All-USCHO teams for the 2019-20 season. These teams were voted on by all 12 conference columnists and any 2020 playoff games that were contested were taken into consideration.
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Tuesday that Maine junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman is the winner of the 68th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England (photo: Maine Athletics).
Hockey East announced Tuesday the 2019-20 All-Rookie Team and six other individual awards. The awards were voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Atlantic Hockey, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, NCHC and WCHA conferences announced Thursday that all are cancelling their respective postseason tournaments due to concerns over the COVID-19 health situation (photo: Omar Phillips).
Little more than a month ago, Northeastern and Providence were riding high (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Providence coach Nate Leaman has been named head coach of the 2021 U.S. National Junior Team (photo: Omar Phillips).
Hockey East associate commissioner Kathy Wynters and the conference’s athletic directors jointly announced Friday that she will be stepping down from Hockey East on June 30, 2020.
New Hampshire is not too far removed from a 7-3-1 stretch that took the Wildcats from a club with no postseason hopes up to a spot where earning home ice seemed realistic. But back-to-back losses to Boston University followed by a series a week ago against UMass Lowell where the Wildcats probably played well enough to take more than the single point that they did, and suddenly, it is the midnight hour for this UNH team (photo: Rich Gagnon).
The inaugural Holiday Face-Off college hockey tournament will be held at Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, from Dec. 28-29, 2020.
Truly the team that has been the biggest surprise in a positive way is Connecticut. The Huskies, by projections, were to finish either eighth or ninth, but a 7-1-0 record in their last eight Hockey East games has UConn not just in position to clinch a playoff spot, but also to possibly grab home ice (photo: Stephen Slade/UConn Athletics).
In the summer of 2007, when Marty Meehan put aside his 14-year career as a United States congressman to return to his alma mater, UMass Lowell, as its chancellor, there were a number of uphill battles he faced (photo: Rich Gagnon).
For months now, Hockey East, along with an executive search firm, have looked high and low for its next commissioner, someone who will replace 23-year Hockey East veteran Joe Bertagna (photo: New Hampshire Athletics).
Steve Metcalf, who has spent over two decades in athletic administration at New Hampshire, has been named the fifth commissioner of Hockey East (photo: New Hampshire Athletics).
If the season ended today, and games in hand were ignored, Northeastern would miss the Hockey East playoffs after finishing in ninth place. The Huskies, however, would qualify for the NCAA tournament as an at-large team based on being 12th in the PairWise (photo: Rich Gagnon).