Men’s D-I in general
Colgate forward Ethan Cox won the 15th annual BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented at center ice of Ford Field’s ephemeral rink on Friday. Established to acknowledge extraordinarily conscientious NCAA hockey players, the award considers all divisions and genders. The senior co-captain was honored for his outstanding charity work in the greater Hamilton, … Read more
Merrimack forward Stephane Da Costa has been named the 2010 winner of the Hockey Commissioners’ Association Rookie of the Year award. Stephane Da Costa (photo: Melissa Wade) Da Costa helped lead the Warriors to their best finish since the 1993-94 season, with their first Hockey East appearance since 2004 and their first playoff victory since … Read more
Denver led the way with three first-team selections when the Division I men’s All-Americans were announced Friday. New Hampshire had one East first-team choice and two so honored on the second team. Twenty different D-I programs are represented. Only one player is a return winner. Junior defenseman Erik Gustafsson of Northern Michigan repeated on the … Read more
Wisconsin used a balanced attack to throttle RIT in the first Frozen Four semifinal game Thursday in Detroit. Jim Connelly reports.
Fans speak out about the Ford Field Frozen Four.
No matter how the regular season finishes, Boston College has found a way to be dangerous in the postseason. Dave Hendrickson reports.
Thursday’s Frozen Four semifinals featured a combined 13-goal differential. Brian Sullivan reports that and other notes from the second semifinal.
Miami has lived by its physical play all season. Against Boston College Saturday, it proved its undoing.
Marc Cheverie signs with Florida and forgoes his final year at Denver.
The powerhouse got the better of the upstart Thursday. Dave Hendrickson reports on the end of a memorable run for RIT.
Wisconsin jumped out on RIT with a quick strike. Candace Horgan reports.
North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo are one step closer to being officially retired. The North Dakota Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the State Board of Higher Education has the authority to change the school’s nickname at any time. the Grand Forks Herald reported. The court ruled on a case brought by members … Read more
After their first practices on the Ford Field ice, the four teams playing at the Frozen Four react to their environment. Paula C. Weston reports.
North Dakota recruit Derek Forbort is the highest ranked North American skater connected to a college team on the final NHL Central Scouting rankings for the 2010 draft. Forbort, a defenseman who plays for the U.S. National Team Development Program, is ranked ninth, up two spots from the midterm rankings. He’s scheduled to join the … Read more
Goaltender Bryce Christianson is leaving Alaska-Anchorage after three seasons. He signed with the ECHL’s Stockton Thunder as an emergency backup. Related link: Early departures in 2010 offseason Christianson played in 11 games this season, posting a 3-8 record with a 4.37 goals against average and a .838 save percentage. His departure leaves only Dusan Sidor, … Read more
Western Michigan has hired Jeff Blashill as the fifth head coach in the program’s 37-year history. Blashill, a former assistant coach at Ferris State and Miami, is the head coach and general manager of the Indiana Ice of the USHL. Jeff Blashill is the new head coach at Western Michigan (photo: Melissa Wade). He won’t … Read more
Michigan Tech assistant coach Chris Tok has been named the head coach of the new NAHL team in Austin, Minn. Tok spent four seasons with the Huskies after working as an assistant with Waterloo of the USHL.
From the beginning of the season, Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves has built a team that is well-balanced and relaxed, relying on a potent offense and a dangerous defense in front of decent — but not spectacular — goaltending. The results have worked out well, propelling the Badgers to second place in the WCHA and now … Read more
While most RIT fans would have liked to see the Tigers jump right back into action after their stunning wins in Albany — the team’s 11th and 12th straight victories — the players would rather take the extra time off at the expense of possibly cooling off. It’s been a media frenzy for the school … Read more
By now, everyone knows the personal tragedy that Miami hockey endured this year. In early February, team manager Brendan Burke, the 21-year-old son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke, was killed in an auto accident on an icy road near the Indiana-Ohio border. It’s the reason the RedHawks wear the shamrock patch on … Read more