With Northeastern players, coach on World Junior stage, Huskies stars gaining memorable experience
If you’re the average person, you likely spent New Year’s Eve toasting a goodbye to 2018 (photo: Omar Phillips).
Men’s D-I: Hockey East
UMass adds former Cornell defenseman Bliss as graduate transfer for second half of ‘18-19 season
Massachusetts has added graduate transfer Ryan Bliss to the roster for the second semester of the 2018-19 season. Eligible immediately, the defenseman played two seasons at Cornell from 2014 to 2016 before missing time due to injury. Bliss has one and a half seasons of eligibility remaining. “We are excited to add defenseman Ryan Bliss … Read more
Looking back, looking ahead: UMass’ exciting first-half run a boon for Hockey East moving forward
We’ve reached the halfway point in the Hockey East season, so what better time to look back at some of the biggest surprises from the first half across the league (photo: Thom Kendall/UMass Athletics).
Providence adds Koopman twins – one a forward, one a defenseman – for second half of ’18-19 season
Providence announced Monday that twin brothers Matt and Kyle Koopman will join the team for the second half of the season (photos: Stephanie Lyn, Tami Quan).
Playing sub-.500 hockey as a group, Hockey East teams ‘not where we expect to be,’ says Bertagna
I remember, back in the good old days, when Hockey East was the “Beast of the East.” We could thump our chests because our boys did the thumping on the ice (photo: Melissa Wade).
USCHO.com GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 1 UMass rebounds, downs No. 8 Quinnipiac in front of sold-out Mullins Center crowd
It took a while for Massachusetts to give the home crowd something to cheer about Saturday night, but when it did, the Mullins Center erupted (photo: Thom Kendall/UMass Athletics).
Looking at Hockey East coaches’ letters to Santa Claus this holiday season
We’ve once again intercepted mail from Hockey East arenas to the North Pole and are sharing it with you (photo: Melissa Wade).
Maine adding NAHL defenseman Sirota for second semester of ’18-19 season
Maine is adding a defenseman mid-season from the NAHL (photo: Lone Star Brahmas).
Massachusetts nets first-ever No. 1 ranking in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll
With 26 first-place votes this week, Massachusetts has earned its first-ever No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll (photo: Thom Kendall/UMass Athletics).
Northeastern announces contract extensions for Madigan, Keefe through ’22-23 season
Northeastern head coach Jim Madigan has agreed to a multi-year contract extension that will keep him at the school through the 2022-23 season (photo: Melissa Wade).
New on-campus rink in the works for Connecticut, but is seating capacity an issue?
A few weeks ago when Connecticut announced its plans to build a new, on-campus facility for ice hockey, it was met with cheers from some but criticism from many (photo: Melissa Wade).
With another Friendship Four on tap, teams taking in sights and sounds Belfast has to offer
This week, for the fourth straight year, two teams from both Hockey East and the ECAC travel to Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the Friendship Four tournament, a four-team event played at SSE Arena in downtown Belfast where the winner receives the Belpot Trophy (photo: Boston University Athletics).
Hockey East suspends New Hampshire’s Gildon one game for cross checking penalty against UMass
Hockey East announced Monday that New Hampshire sophomore defenseman Max Gildon has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 12:24 of the third period on Sunday, Nov. 18 at Massachusetts. On the play, Gildon was assessed a five-minute major for cross checking and a game misconduct. Gildon will miss the game on … Read more
Tortora leaves Boston College ‘to pursue other opportunities,’ possibly bound for OHL
Boston College sophomore forward Jacob Tortora has elected to depart the men’s hockey program “to pursue other opportunities,” according to a BC-issued news release (photo: Melissa Wade).
Early Hockey East season showing teams know how to come from behind to gain a ‘W’
The comeback. In some sports, like basketball, rallying from a deficit in a game is no big deal, but hockey is a different animal (photo: Melissa Wade).
Cavanaugh has UConn trending in positive direction as school ‘making that commitment’ to hockey program
When Mike Cavanaugh left the comfortable confines of Boston College in 2013 to take over the head coaching position at Connecticut, he hoped to eventually lead that program to the same lofty heights he was leaving behind (photo: Melissa Wade).
Souza, New Hampshire gain first notch in 2018-19 win column with ‘never-say-die attitude’
When Benton Maass buried a perfect feed from Charlie Kelleher in overtime last Saturday night, giving New Hampshire a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Vermont, it marked the first win for Mike Souza (photo: UNH Athletics).
UMass’ Trivigno suspended one game by Hockey East for incident Oct. 27 at Merrimack
Hockey East announced Tuesday that Massachusetts freshman forward Bobby Trivigno has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 12:48 of the second period on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Merrimack.
Hockey East suspends Merrimack’s Tavernier one game for incident versus UMass
Hockey East announced Monday that Merrimack junior forward Sami Tavernier has been suspended one game stemming from an incident at 16:05 of the first period on Saturday, Oct. 27 against Massachusetts.
With Boston College, Boston University still winless, both clubs optimistic fortunes will turn around
The reason we have entered Bizarro World is because Boston College and Boston University have both opened the season 0-3. Care to guess when the last time those two unlikely occurrences collided? (photo: Melissa Wade).