Dartmouth and Vermont have postponed their women’s game scheduled for Wednesday in Burlington, Vt., because players on both teams were delayed in returning to school because of the East Coast snowstorm. The game has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18. A Dartmouth release said the game was postponed “instead of trying to … Read more
The USCHO staff compiles the essential info on the seven Division I men’s holiday tournaments.
The snowstorm blanketing parts of the East Coast Sunday into Monday has canceled one game and is impacting other teams’ travel plans. Holy Cross canceled its exhibition game against the Russian Junior United Team that was scheduled for Monday night. Travel delays are an annual issue around college hockey as players return to their teams … Read more
THIRD STAR Brandon DeFazio, Clarkson: He played only one game last week, but a hat trick plus an assist against Sacred Heart last Sunday caught some attention. Catching even more: It was his second straight hat trick, adding to one on Dec. 4 at Quinnipiac. :: Brandon DeFazio’s player page SECOND STAR Kent Patterson, Minnesota: … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth’s remarkable overtime history and Wisconsin’s forgettable track record are among the topics this week as Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski talk about the week in college hockey.
Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski weigh in on last weekend’s upsets at the top of the rankings and the differences between college hockey’s old and new arenas.
Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski take a look back at the start of the season and look ahead to this week’s games.
Dave Starman analyzes the teams he’s seen in the first weeks of this college hockey season — New Hampshire, Miami, Bowling Green, Michigan, Maine, Michigan State, Ferris State, Notre Dame, Boston University and Wisconsin.
A total of 20 NCAA men’s ice hockey student-athletes who excel both on and off the ice have been selected as candidates today for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in hockey. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must have achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym … Read more
The first full weekend of the regular season provided enough to shake up the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Michigan moved up two spots to third, and Boston University entered the top 10 after each won a pair of games. The Wolverines swept a series at Bowling Green; the 10th-ranked Terriers won the Ice Breaker … Read more
Attention Maine fans: You may remove the paper bags from your heads. The team that you’re used to seeing has returned. Sure, maybe that’s a bold statement, but for a school that expects its team to compete for a national championship year in and year out, the well-document struggles of Maine hockey in the 2007-08 … Read more
Defending national champion Boston College is as unanimous a favorite as possible in the Hockey East preseason poll. The Eagles got nine first-place votes to finish atop the balloting. Coaches are not able to vote for their own school, and Maine received the first-place vote from BC coach Jerry York. Maine finished second, followed by … Read more
Defending champion Boston University is the favorite for the 2010-11 Hockey East women’s regular-season title, according to league coaches. The Terriers received six of the eight first-place votes in the preseason balloting, with second-place Boston College taking the other two. Providence, New Hampshire, Northeastern, Connecticut, Vermont and Maine were picked to finish third through eighth, … Read more
Athletic director Blake James is leaving Maine to join the athletic department staff at Miami (Fla.). James, who has served as the Maine AD since July 2005, will be the senior associate athletic director for external affairs at Miami. He joined Maine’s athletic department in 2003 as a senior associate athletic director, then became the … Read more
Cammi Granato, three-time ECAC Player of the Year, two-time Olympian and 15-year member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, was today announced as one of the first two female members in the 65-year history of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Granato will be formally inducted into the Hall on Nov. 8 as part of the … Read more
Maine goaltender Scott Darling, suspended by the team three times in 16 months, has been dismissed from the Black Bears roster, the Portland Press Herald reported. Coach Tim Whitehead told the Press Herald that the sophomore, a Phoenix Coyotes draft pick, planned to start a professional career. “He’s not going to be back with the … Read more
Maine coach Tim Whitehead, set to enter the final year of his contract, will instead receive a three-year extension, the Portland Press Herald reported. Whitehead is 275-219-47 in 13 seasons as a head coach, the past nine of them with the Black Bears. “I evaluated the situation and with him coming into the final year … Read more
The sixth concussion of his hockey career was enough for Maine’s Kyle Solomon. Solomon is retiring from hockey after suffering a concussion late in the season, he told the Bangor Daily News. In 42 games for the Black Bears over two seasons, Solomon had one goal and six points. He was known for his physical … Read more
The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee gets this chance only once every two years, so there’s a little more emphasis to get it right. In the next month, leading up to and through the committee’s meeting June 8-11 in Indianapolis, the dialogue about potential rules changes will lead to debate and then … Read more
NCAA runner-up Wisconsin has two players on the All-USCHO First Team, a set of awards determined by USCHO staff writers and editors at the conclusion of the Frozen Four. Maine’s Gustav Nyquist is a first-team selection (photo: Melissa Wade). Forward Blake Geoffrion, the Hobey Baker Award winner and USCHO’s national player of the year, and … Read more