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Colorado College freshman Nick Olczyk is handling his first days of college and NCAA hockey and his father’s colon cancer diagnosis with strength and determination.
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Oct. 9 fared over the Oct. 13-15 weekend. No. 1 Denver – tied, defeated No. 4 Notre Dame No. 2 Boston University – swept by Minnesota State No. 3 Harvard – did not play No. 4 Notre … Read more
The Big Ten announced Saturday that Minnesota senior forward Leon Bristedt has been suspended for one game as a result of an incident that occurred in the game against Penn State on Oct. 13. The action was taken by the conference after a review of an incident that occurred near the 8:47 mark of the … Read more
North Dakota announced prior to its game on Friday night that junior forward Mike Gornall has elected to leave the program “in order to pursue other opportunities,” according to a statement. Gornall appeared in 20 games over his first two seasons at UND and registered three goals and one assist. He had not yet seen … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced Monday supplemental discipline suspensions for two players following last weekend’s games. American International freshman forward Tobias Fladeby and Niagara freshman forward Eric Cooley will be ineligible to participate in their respective teams’ next games. Fladeby was whistled for a kneeing major penalty at the 8:50 mark of the third period Saturday and … Read more
Ever since realignment in 2013, the WCHA has been the “Wild West” of college hockey conferences: It’s big. It’s volatile. And you never quite know what’s going to happen from one year to the next. Case in point: Bemidji State came from nowhere to win the MacNaughton Cup by 10 points last season. Nobody picked … Read more
The 20 goalies named to the watch list for the 2018 Mike Richter Award, which annually honors the most outstanding goaltender in NCAA Division I men’s hockey, were announced Thursday. The winner of the fifth annual award will be announced at the 2018 Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn., next April. Denver’s Tanner Jaillet won … Read more
Denver Pioneers has named Chase Hollander as a volunteer coach for the 2017-18 season. Hollander joins the Pioneers with eight years of coaching experience, recently serving as a goalie coach at Mike Valley’s Elite Goalies Camp, the Sweden Hockey Institute and Elite Hockey Training. During his coaching tenure, he has worked alongside Mike Valley, the … Read more
Media members who cover Atlantic Hockey have tabbed Air Force as the team to beat during the 2017-18 season. In addition, the media chose two preseason All-Star Teams, with Robert Morris forward Brady Ferguson the lone unanimous selection. First Team Second Team
Hockey East announced the results of the preseason coaches’ poll on Tuesday.
Pete Souris has been named the recipient of the prestigious Joe Concannon Award. The prestigious honor, named in 2001 in memory of popular Boston Globe sportswriter Joe Concannon, is bestowed annually upon an individual who has demonstrated an outstanding body of work in covering and promoting the interests of Hockey East. Souris becomes the first … Read more
Hockey East announced Tuesday the new playoff format for the 2018 Hockey East tournament. The playoffs will begin with two best-of-three series at campus sites before moving to the TD Garden for the 34th annual championship weekend March 16-17, 2018. “We return to the format last used in 2014,” said Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna … Read more
According to the Lowell Sun, UMass Lowell coach Norm Bazin has signed a contract extension through the 2021-22 season. Bazin confirmed the new deal Tuesday at the Hockey East media day at the TD Garden. Earlier this offseason, Bazin reportedly turned down a job offer from the Vancouver Canucks to coach their AHL team, the … Read more
Timm Walsh has been named the fourth annual recipient of the NCHC Mark Rudolph Officiating Achievement Award for the 2016-17 season. Walsh completed his fourth season as an NCHC referee last March and was presented with the award on Saturday night at a ceremony at NCHC Officiating Camp in Eagan, Minn., which was attended by … Read more
The Atlantic Hockey preseason coaches’ poll was released Tuesday and defending tournament champion Air Force has been chosen as the top team for the 2017-18 season.
Minnesota has announced two additions to the team’s coaching staff with John Hamre joining the program as director of hockey operations and Andy Kent coming aboard as the team’s volunteer goalie coach. Hamre replaces Ben Gordon, who stepped down as director of hockey operations to join the Chicago Steel as associate head coach in the … Read more
Minnesota State is the top choice in both the preseason WCHA coaches’ poll and media poll. Both the coaches and media also chose preseason All-WCHA Teams and preseason Players of the Year. WCHA Preseason Coaches’ Poll WCHA Preseason Media Poll All-WCHA Preseason Team – Coaches’ The coaches voted Minnesota State teammates Daniel Brickley and Marc … Read more
ECAC Hockey on Monday announced its preseason coaches’ and media polls and the six-member preseason All-League Team. ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll – Coaches’ ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll – Media ECAC Hockey Preseason All-League Team
The purpose of the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game is to showcase young talent in the draft year for the NHL scouts. To be selected to this game is an honor. Knowing your school is getting one of these players is exciting. Denver will be awaiting the arrival of defenseman Slava Demin.
Returning the majority of last season’s national championship team, Denver was unanimously selected by the media as the favorite to capture the 2017-18 Julie and Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup, awarded to the NCHC regular-season champion, for a second straight year as DU topped the 2017-18 NCHC preseason poll, which was released Tuesday.