According to the Lowell Sun, UMass Lowell sophomore defenseman Nolan Sawchuk sustained a broken vertebrae after getting hit from behind during a 6-4 victory over Merrimack on Jan. 18 (photo: UMass Lowell Athletics).
The doubters have been proven wrong. Massachusetts was not a one-year wonder that last year rode Cale Makar’s coattails to the national championship game only to predictably settle back this year into their accustomed position in the lower half of the Hockey East standings. The clock hasn’t struck midnight, turning them back into pumpkins. UMass is for real (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Connecticut has added Northeast Generals (NAHL) goaltender Matt Pasquale for the second semester (photo: NAHL).
Certainly, you don’t have to be a Hockey East superfan to know the name Tyce Thompson. But if you we asked who he was, say, on Oct. 1, what would you know about him? (photo: Rich Gagnon).
New Hampshire freshman forward Robby Griffin has left the team – and the game of hockey.
The career of New Hampshire forward Patrick Grasso is one that resembles a roller coaster (photo: UNH Athletics).
Arizona State captured the inaugural Fortress Invitational, then called the Ice Vegas invitational. This year’s event kicks off on Friday with four nationally-ranked teams battling and a city hoping to attract a Frozen Four (File photo: ASU Athletics)
In the spirit of boundless possibilities and no limits, then, let’s look at 12 Have-It-All New Year’s Resolutions for Hockey East (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Boston University has added forward Wilmer Skoog and goaltender Ashton Abel for the second half of the 2019-20 season (photo: Boston University Athletics).
As we look back on the last decade for Hockey East, one can certainly say that there was a very positive start (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
UMass Lowell sophomore goaltender Eric Green is leaving school to play for the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks.
Legendary Boston College coach Jerry York doesn’t pull any punches in talking about the last two seasons for his club. “We had a couple of struggling years,” admitted York (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Friday night’s Merrimack-New Hampshire game at New Hampshire has been postponed to Sunday at 7 p.m. due to poor ice conditions at the Whittemore Center.
There is a legacy associated with the 25-year tenure of commissioner Joe Bertagna that still, believe it or not, isn’t finished (photo: Rich Gagnon).
After all of the Thanksgiving turkey is devoured, Hockey East fans can put out their leftovers early on Friday to once again watch what has become one of the best events on the college hockey calendar: the Friendship Four (photo: William Cherry/Presseye).
On Monday, the rest of the hockey world acknowledged what college hockey has known for a long time. Namely, that Boston College coach Jerry York is truly exceptional (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Former Boston College All-American Brian Gionta will have his jersey retired during the Eagles’ home game against Merrimack on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. (photo: Boston College Athletics).
Hockey East has suspended Boston University coach Albie O’Connell for one game stemming from behavior following Saturday’s 4-1 loss at Massachusetts.
If you have watched college hockey – or any elite level of hockey – over the past decade or so, you understand that using the term “defenseman” to describe the two players on each shift who help protect the front of the net is probably selling the efforts of those players a little short (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Prior to the Hockey East season beginning, there was a lot of talk of goaltenders (photo: Rich Gagnon).