Men’s D-I in general
The Buffalo Sabres announced Tuesday that they have signed Minnesota State junior defenseman Casey Nelson to an NHL entry-level, free-agent contract. Nelson was named WCHA Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-WCHA First Team honors in 2015-16. This season, he registered six goals and 16 assists for 22 points in 40 games to rank … Read more
In a statement, the NCAA called it “inadvertent” but something that should have been caught before the hats were handed out.
Nebraska-Omaha announced Tuesday that junior center Jake Guentzel has signed an amateur tryout contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League and will forgo his senior season with the Mavericks. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton is the top affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. Guentzel was drafted by the Penguins in the third … Read more
Some teams enter the NCAA tournament on the high of winning a title. Others had last weekend off to rest up.
The Buffalo Sabres announced Monday that the team has signed Minnesota junior forward Hudson Fasching to an entry-level contract. In 37 games during the 2015-16 season, Fasching registered career-high totals in goals (20), assists (18) and points (38). His 20 goals, including his team-high seven game winners, led all Minnesota skaters along with Leon Bristedt, … Read more
The entire process took just 30-45 minutes, a little bit quicker than normal, and in establishing the four regional brackets the committee was able to accomplish one of its top goals — avoiding first-round matchups between conference opponents, particularly the six Hockey East schools.
Here’s the TV and time schedule for the 2016 Division I men’s NCAA tournament: Midwest Regional (Cincinnati) • North Dakota vs. Northeastern, 2 p.m. EDT Friday, ESPNU • Michigan vs. Notre Dame, 5:30 p.m. EDT Friday, ESPNU • Regional championship game: 6 p.m. EDT Saturday, ESPN2 Broadcasters: Allen Bestwick and Colby Cohen East Regional (Albany, … Read more
Quinnipiac, St. Cloud State, North Dakota and defending champion Providence are the No. 1 seeds for the 2016 Division I men’s NCAA tournament in brackets unveiled on Sunday. The ECAC Hockey champion Bobcats are the top overall seed and were sent to the East Regional in Albany, N.Y., where they’ll play on Saturday. St. Cloud … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Saturday that it has reached an agreement with the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority to continue its annual men’s championship at the 1980 Rink-Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid for a three-year term set to begin March 2017. The postseason tournament has been played at the arena since 2014. The … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Friday the winners of its annual postseason awards and All-League teams as selected by the league’s 12 head coaches. This season’s winners came from three schools – Harvard, Quinnipiac and Yale and featured three repeat winners from a year ago. For the second consecutive season, Harvard captain Jimmy Vesey earned the league’s … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced its major team and individual award winners for the 2015-16 season at the league’s annual awards ceremony Thursday in Rochester, N.Y. Winning the Player of the Year Award was Robert Morris senior forward and Hobey Baker top-10 finalist Zac Lynch, who also received the Scoring Trophy in recognition of his 39-point conference … Read more
On the eve of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the annual NCHC Awards Celebration took place Thursday night at the Muse Event Center in Minneapolis. A total of 12 awards were presented, three of which were won by St. Cloud State senior defenseman Ethan Prow, including NCHC Player of the Year, while North Dakota’s Brad Berry … Read more
Hockey East announced Thursday night that Massachusetts-Lowell senior goaltender Kevin Boyle and Boston College junior goaltender Thatcher Demko have been selected as the Hockey East Co-Players of the Year — just the third time players have been named co-players of the year and the first where two goaltenders share the honor. Additionally, Boston College freshman … Read more
Denver senior forward Gabe Levin has been named the inaugural recipient of the NCHC Post-Graduate Scholarship. Levin boasts a 3.96 GPA while majoring in finance with a minor in legal studies. He is a two-time NCHC Scholar-Athlete Team member and a three-time NCHC Academic All-Conference honoree. He is also one of only two finalists for … Read more
Hockey East announced its 2015-16 All-Rookie Team on Wednesday, in addition to a handful of individual awards. Massachusetts-Lowell’s Joe Gambardella won the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award, while Northeastern was awarded the Charlie Holt Team Sportsmanship Award. Lowell’s Kevin Boyle was named Goaltending Champion and the Three Stars Award winner and New Hampshire’s Andrew Poturalski took … Read more
From an initial list of nearly 30 goalies comes Wednesday’s announcement of the top five finalists for the 2016 Mike Richter Award. The final five: Candidates for the award were determined by nominations from all 60 NCAA Division I men’s head coaches. The finalists and winner are selected by a committee of coaches, scouts and … Read more
JT Compher, Kyle Connor and Tyler Motte became the first complete line to all be named to the list of finalists.
Providence announced on Wednesday that sophomore defenseman Jake Walman will undergo season-ending surgery due to an injury initially sustained in December. In 27 games this season, Walman has recorded 13 goals and 15 assists for 28 points. He currently tops all NCAA defensemen in goals (13), points per game (1.04), power-play goals (8) and game-winning … Read more
The Huskies were 2-12-3 in late November but have won 18 of 21 to get into contention for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
Jason Kasdorf, who just completed his senior season with Rensselaer, has signed an entry-level contract with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres. Kasdorf, who was originally drafted by the Winnipeg Jets and then had his contract rights traded to Buffalo, had a year of eligibility remaining due to a medical hardship. “I am extremely grateful for the … Read more