In a brief press release sent out Thursday, Boston University announced that sophomore defenseman Alexx Privitera has been suspended by head coach Jack Parker for the remainder of the season due to “on-ice discipline problems.” Privitera has played in 48 career games for the Terriers, totaling 26 points on six goals and 20 assists. His … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell’s announced Thursday that its athletic teams will move up to Division I, joining the America East Conference on July 1. The school’s hockey program already competes in D-I as part of Hockey East. With the move to America East, UML will join Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, already fellow members of Hockey East. “UMass … Read more
It was just a few weeks ago that Hockey East fans might have been thinking it would be possible for five league teams to qualify for this year’s NCAA tournament. And while that remains statistically possible, the truth is it is much more possible that the league will get just two teams into the tournament. … Read more
For the first time, the Eagles have won four straight Beanpot titles. David H. Hendrickson reports from TD Garden.
Being close to the Beanpot title a few times over the last has made the wait excruciating for Northeastern fans. Mike Trocchi revisits the past and says why this is the Huskies’ year.
Former Connecticut head coach Bruce Marshall confirmed to the Hartford Courant that the reasons he stepped down as the Huskies’ coach this season revolved around a divorce from his wife and a trip to alcohol rehabilitation. According to the story, Marshall’s wife, Kathy, filed divorce papers last July 11. Marshall then entered rehab, but said … Read more
Massachusetts’ home game scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Mullins Center against Northeastern has been postponed due to the impending snow storm. The game will now be played on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. The Minutemen’s road game at Merrimack on Saturday, Feb. 9 is still slated to be played … Read more
So much for that idea of Merrimack sinking under the weight of a brutal stretch-run schedule. A couple weeks ago, I described the thunderhead on the Warriors’ horizon: one nationally ranked foe after another. I didn’t come right out and say it, but I thought they’d mostly take their lumps and finish in sixth place, … Read more
Even in Atlantic Hockey and ECAC Hockey where the leader is running away, the next nine spots are tightly bunched. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski have more in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
The sophomore improved his collegiate total to five goals with a pair against Harvard. Brian Sullivan reports from the Beanpot semifinals.
The last time the Huskies beat the Terriers in the Beanpot was 1988. That’s also the last time Northeastern won the title. David H. Hendrickson reports from the Beanpot semifinals.
According to a school-issued press release, Boston University freshman forward Wesley Myron has left the program. Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth round of the 2012 NHL draft, Myron will “attempt to begin a professional career in hockey,” according to the press release. Myron tallied two goals and an assist in 21 games … Read more
Sometimes the word “upset” is thrown around college athletics far too loosely. If you look at college basketball this season, the top 10 teams have been a revolving door. But last weekend, anyone who openly predicted that last-place Maine would travel to Chestnut Hill and sweep then-No. 3 Boston College might have been checked into … Read more
Boston College coach Jerry York, who helped lead the Eagles to a Beanpot title as a player in 1965 and coached them to six more championships from 2001 to 2012, will be inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame on Monday, Feb. 4, at the TD Garden.
Providence is continuing its renovation project at Schneider Arena, the 40-year-old home of the Friar men’s and women’s teams, with an expansion and upgrading project that began in November and is slated to be finished in September 2013. The highlight of the project is a new 30,000 square foot addition that will house a new … Read more
Did the Bobcats miss out on the top spot in the poll because they haven’t long been a traditional power? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss that and more in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
When Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy looked at the schedule at the beginning of the year, his team’s three consecutive mid-January games against Maine stood out as potential playoff-caliber contests. After all, the two schools had faced each other in back-to-back Hockey East fourth-seed-vs.-fifth-seed quarterfinal series and although both had suffered significant losses to attrition, they … Read more
Hockey East announced on Tuesday that Boston University junior defenseman Garrett Noonan has been assessed an additional one-game suspension after receiving a game disqualification against Massachusetts-Lowell on Saturday, Jan. 19. Noonan will sit out a total of two games, which includes the automatic one game after getting the DQ penalty. He will be eligible to … Read more
The River Hawks could take a dip in the PairWise when they get one more game against a team under consideration. That and a look at Notre Dame’s struggles in this week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback with Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski.
Two repeat nominees are among the 11 college hockey players up for the 18th annual Hockey Humanitarian Award. St. Anselm’s J. Tucker Mullin and Alaska’s Kaare Odegard, both seniors, have been nominated again for the award, which recognizes college hockey’s top citizen. The full list of nominees: Jason Beattie, Niagara senior Brett Beebe, Western Michigan … Read more