Minnesota Duluth blueliner Perunovich chosen ’19-20 NCHC Player of the Year
The NCHC announced Thursday its final three award winners of the 2019-20 season (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Men’s D-I in general
The NCHC announced Thursday its final three award winners of the 2019-20 season (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Sunday night was supposed to have been when Cornell would find out the next step in its hockey journey. It was supposed to be the Big Red’s year, according to some quarters in the northeast and, perhaps, the nation. It sure looked like it through the end of February and the beginning of March (photo: Roman J. Uschak).
North Dakota junior Jordan Kawaguchi is the NCHC Forward of the Year, while UND freshman Shane Pinto picked up NCHC Rookie of the Year honors and Minnesota Duluth junior Justin Richards was tabbed NCHC Defensive Forward of the Year for the second straight season, the first player to win that honor twice (photo: Candace Horgan).
Western Michigan sophomore defenseman Mattias Samuelsson on Wednesday agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres, giving up his last two seasons of NCAA eligibility (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
The BCHL’s Cranbrook Bucks announced Tuesday that current Yale assistant coach Ryan Donald has been named head coach and general manager, agreeing to terms on a four-year contract starting with the 2020-21 season.
The 10 semifinalists for the 2020 Mike Richter Award were announced Tuesday. The award is given to the top goaltender in Division I hockey and is named after Mike Richter, the former Wisconsin goalie and 1994 Stanley Cup winner with the New York Rangers (photo: Omar Phillips).
A pair of Minnesota Duluth standouts have repeated as NCHC individual award winners in 2019-20, while North Dakota senior defenseman Colton Poolman also received league recognition on Tuesday (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Massachusetts junior forward Mitchell Chaffee has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility (photo: Rich Gagnon).
The NCHC announced Monday that Minnesota Duluth junior forward Kobe Roth is the 2019-20 Sportsmanship Award winner, while North Dakota junior forward Jordan Kawaguchi and UMD junior defenseman Scott Perunovich split the NCHC’s Three Stars Award as co-winners. In addition, Dave Starman of CBS Sports Network was named the conference’s third annual Media Excellence Award winner (photo: Candace Horgan).
After a season that abruptly ended almost two weeks ago, Cornell finishes the year ranked No. 1 in the final USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of the 2019-20 season with 25 first-place votes (photo: Omar Phillips).
Sean Dhooghe, who played the past three seasons for Wisconsin, will play his final season of NCAA eligibility at Arizona State (photo: UW Athletics).
Western Michigan junior forward Austin Rueschhoff signed a free-agent, entry-level contract with the New York Rangers on Friday afternoon, giving up his last season of NCAA eligibility (photo: Ashley Huss).
The Calgary Flames announced Friday that they have signed Minnesota State junior defenseman Connor Mackey to a free-agent contract, who will forego his senior season in Mankato (photo: David Faulkner/SPX Sports).
Coming off back-to-back seasons of not qualifying for the NCAA tournament, there were a lot of questions facing North Dakota this season. Perhaps the biggest revolved around offense. Who was going to score? (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
St. Cloud State assistant coach Mike Gibbons has announced his plans to retire prior to the start of the 2020-21 season (photo: SCSU Athletics).
Having already completed his bachelor’s degree and working towards his master’s, Denver senior defenseman Erich Fear has been selected as the recipient of the NCHC’s fifth annual postgraduate scholarship (photo: Candace Horgan).
Last June, the name Alex Newhook became internationally-known in the world of hockey when the 18-year-old was selected in the first round (16th overall) by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2019 NHL Draft. To say that Newhook entered Boston College with high expectations on his shoulders as part of a highly-touted freshman class would be an understatement (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Hockey East announced Thursday that Maine junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman is the 2020 Hockey East Player of the Year. In addition, Boston College forward Alex Newhook has been named Hockey East Rookie of the Year and Maine’s Red Gendron is the Hockey East Coach of the Year (photo: Maine Athletics).
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee announce Wednesday the top 10 candidates for the 2020 award honoring college hockey’s top player (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Atlantic Hockey announced Wednesday the conference’s individual award winners for the 2019-20 season (photo: Mike Miller/Sacred Heart Athletics).