First phase of Hobey Baker Award fan balloting now open

It’s time for the annual fan ballot contribution to determine the winner of the 2017 Hobey Baker Award. Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker’s highly popular fan-voting opened on Monday, Jan. 30. College hockey fans can cast their vote by going to the Hobey Baker website. Follow the prompts to make … Read more

Autonomy Five conferences unveil details of meeting to ‘improve the experiences of students who play sports’

Representatives of the Autonomy Five conferences met in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 20, to take additional action to “improve the experiences of students who play sports,” according to a press release sent out Friday by the Big Ten. Over the last three years, the Autonomy Five conferences have passed significant reforms to help student-athletes … Read more

Frozen Fenway games Jan. 14 to be moved up 2 1/2 hours due to NFL playoff game

In consideration of Saturday night’s AFC Divisional Round matchup between the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans, Fenway Sports Management and Hockey East announced Tuesday that Saturday’s Capital One Frozen Fenway doubleheader will start two and a half hours earlier. Maine will take on Connecticut at 1:30 p.m. EDT, moved up from the originally … Read more

Teams announced for 2017, 2018 Northern Irish Connections Friendship Four Tournaments

ECAC Hockey schools Rensselaer, Clarkson, Yale and Union and Hockey East’s Providence, Maine, Boston University and Connecticut are slated to compete in the next two iterations of the annual Northern Irish Connections Friendship Four Tournament to be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The announcement was made Friday from Boston’s historic Fenway Park. The 2017 and … Read more