Men’s D-I in general
The 2021 men’s and women’s Beanpot championships have been canceled for the first time in the history of the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beanpot committee announced on Friday. “The Beanpot, TD Garden’s annual college hockey tournament, will not be played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” reads a statement from TD … Read more
North Dakota captured 39 first-place votes this week to remain the top team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Second-ranked Boston College, No. 3 Minnesota Duluth, No. 5 Minnesota State and No. 6 Michigan all garnered first-place votes as well. USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll – Nov. 16, 2020 The USCHO.com Poll consists of … Read more
Vermont announced Sunday evening that it will delay the start of competition in men’s and women’s hockey and basketball until December 18. “After discussions with President Garimella and the Vermont Department of Health, it became clear that delaying the start of our seasons was the most responsible course of action,” said UVM director of athletics … Read more
Army West Point home hockey games scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 against LIU and Friday, Nov. 20 against Holy Cross have been postponed because of the suspension of Black Knight hockey activities due to a small number of COVID-19 cases and subsequent contact tracing. “The health and safety of our team, Corps of Cadets and … Read more
Alaska Anchorage notified the WCHA on Friday that the Seawolves will opt out of the 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision from UAA was part of a larger announcement by the school that it would suspend competition for all of its indoor winter sports – men’s hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, … Read more
Hockey East announced Friday the results of the coaches polls for both the men’s and women’s conferences. MEN’S POLL Points, with first-place votes in parentheses 1. Boston College, 95 (8) 2. Massachusetts, 87 (2) 3. Providence, 77 4. UMass Lowell, 71 (1) 5. Northeastern, 68 6. Boston University, 55 7. UConn, 48 8. New Hampshire, … Read more
The AHL’s Hershey Bears announced Thursday that the team has hired Emily Engel-Natzke as video coach. Engel-Natzke joins the Bears from Wisconsin where she served as the assistant director of operations/video coordinator. With the Badgers, she worked with both the men’s and women’s hockey teams from 2015 to 2017, and exclusively with the men’s team … Read more
North Dakota hockey icon Reg Morelli died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. He was 84. Morelli was a trailblazer for North Dakota hockey, scoring what could be argued as the most significant goal in the school’s history, the game winner for UND’s first national title. “The North Dakota hockey family was saddened today to hear the … Read more
The Ivy League released an announcement Thursday evening cancelling the hockey seasons for men’s and women’s hockey. Consistent with its commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of student-athletes, the greater campus community and general public, the Ivy League Council of Presidents has decided that league schools will not conduct intercollegiate athletics competition in winter … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation has announced that the nomination period for 26th annual Hockey Humanitarian Award is now open (photo: Jim Stankiewicz).
With the support of prominent alumni as well as the university administration and the Huntsville community, Alabama Huntsville is working to continue the UAH Division I hockey program on a long-term basis. Goals of the group include alignment with a major conference and future plans to build a multi-purpose facility on the UAH campus that … Read more
Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey home games will be played this season without fans in the stands for an indefinite period of time, the school announced Wednesday. Similar to the approach Wisconsin Athletics is taking with Camp Randall Stadium, fans will not be allowed into the Kohl Center for basketball or LaBahn Arena for hockey … Read more
Hockey East announced today details for its return to play plan for the 2020-21 season, including composite league schedules, featuring a double round-robin format. League play will begin on Friday, Nov. 20 for both the men’s and women’s leagues. Hockey East also announced its NESN schedule through Jan. 1 and news that other games streamed … Read more
Michigan freshman Owen Power has a shot to be a top pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. But the Wolverines aren’t permitting the 6-foot-4 defenseman to attend the start of Hockey Canada’s World Junior selection camp this month. “After ongoing discussions with the University of Michigan, Hockey Canada has been informed that Owen Power will … Read more
Yale announced on Tuesday the passing of longtime administrator Wayne Dean, who passed on Sunday, Nov. 8. He was 65. No cause of death was disclosed. Dean served the Bulldogs since 1986 and recently retired this past July from his role as deputy athletic director. Dean had served as the NCAA Hockey Committee chair as … Read more
Outside of immediate family members of the participating players, there will be no spectators in attendance for Notre Dame’s weekend series Nov. 13-14 against Wisconsin at Compton Family Ice Arena. Friday night’s game will be broadcast on NBCSN at 7 p.m. ET and Saturday’s game will be streamed online at NBCSports.com at 7 p.m. ET. … Read more
A brand-new $115-million, 5,000-seat arena at Arizona State has been approved by the university’s Board of Regents’ Finance, Capital and Resources Committee, according to ArenaDigest.com. Final approval for the dual-sheet facility could come as soon as next week. The new arena, which would be the home rink for the Sun Devils’ hockey program, would be … Read more
Defending WCHA regular-season champion Minnesota State is the unanimous favorite to repeat as league champions, garnering all 10 first-place votes in the WCHA preseason media poll. The media poll voting board was made up of one representative from each of the league’s 10 markets. Minnesota State junior goaltender Dryden McKay was the media pick as … Read more
Minnesota has been tabbed the favorite in the 2020-21 Big Ten hockey preseason coaches’ poll. The coaches also selected Preseason All-Big Ten teams, highlighted by a pair of 2019-20 individual award winners. ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM Sammy Walker, F, Minnesota Alex Limoges, F, Penn State Cole Caufield, F, Wisconsin Cam York, D, Michigan Dennis Cesana, … Read more
After releasing its plans and format for the 2020-21 season on Oct. 16, the NCHC on Monday unveiled the updated conference schedule for the season. All eight NCHC teams will play a 26-game conference slate for a total of 104 conference games in 2020-21. The NCHC season will be divided into two portions. The first … Read more