College Hockey Inc. Adds Former Yale Player Dwyer

Former Yale player Jeff Dwyer has been named director of education and recruitment at College Hockey Inc. Dwyer, who played for the Bulldogs from 2000 to 2004, will develop an education and marketing campaign aimed at prospective student-athletes and their families. College Hockey Inc. was formed last year by the commissioners of the six Division … Read more

This Week in the CCHA: March 4, 2010

The Photo Finish Going into the last weekend of regular-season CCHA play, we knew several things. Miami had taken the regular-season title. Neither Bowling Green nor Western Michigan could move much. There was a lot of real estate, however, that was yet to be claimed. With the regular-season wrapped up and the first round of … Read more

This Week in the CHA: March 4, 2010

The regular season wraps up this weekend and soon enough, we’ll know the seeds for the last-ever CHA tournament, to be held next weekend at Niagara. It’s definitely a bittersweet time for the CHA. Really, it feels like a funeral where everybody is bawling their eyes out, but the priest wants everyone to celebrate the … Read more

This Week in the WCHA: March 4, 2010

Look at that date. March. We’re finally nearing spring, which means warmer weather and more sun. The cold, dreary days of winter are finally coming to a close. More importantly, we’re now in the last week of the regular season and just one month away from the end of college hockey. So, let’s do this … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: March 4, 2010

Tourney Time Thanks to a less-than-impressive showing outside of Atlantic Hockey, no AHA teams are in contention for an at-large NCAA berth. That means for the 10 Atlantic Hockey teams, the NCAA tournament starts this weekend. Win and move on; lose and go home. The opening round of the AHA playoffs has Connecticut at Bentley … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: March 4, 2010

Last season’s final column started with a quote from wily St. Lawrence coach Joe Marsh. (And really, is there a better way to describe Marsh in a coaching context? If so, I’d love to hear it.) “In the playoffs there’s almost the mentality that you have to go twice as hard to go half as … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: March 4, 2010

Standings, Standings and More Standings I’m not enough of a Hockey East historian to know whether this officially is the tightest logjam entering the final weekend of play in league history. If it’s not, I can’t imagine the math that pundits were going through in the past. At this point in the season, the league … Read more

Pearl Gets 3-Year Extension at Holy Cross

Holy Cross coach Paul Pearl and the school have agreed to a three-year contract extension, the school announced Wednesday. Pearl has a 225-224-54 record in nearly 15 full seasons with the Crusaders. He became the school’s all-time winningest coach in 2006 with his 168th victory. Related link: Paul Pearl’s coaching history “I am happy that … Read more

Wisconsin’s Plans for Secondary Rink Stall

Wisconsin has halted planning on a project that would give its women’s hockey team a new home rink that would double as a practice rink for the school’s men’s team. The proposed facility was to be built adjacent to the Kohl Center and include new locker rooms for both teams. “This project has been very … Read more

NCAA Commissions First Men’s Frozen Four Film

Rival Films, the company that last year produced a documentary on the Boston College-Boston University rivalry, will craft the first official film of the men’s Frozen Four in Detroit this season. Plans for the film call for it to follow a player from each team through the week and include behind-the-scenes footage. “The Men’s Frozen … Read more

Seven Finalists Named for Hockey Humanitarian Award

Seven finalists are up for the 2010 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The group includes Colgate senior Ethan Cox, Amherst senior Kirsten Dier, Alaska senior Dion Knelsen, Adrian junior Sam Kuzyk, Williams senior Zachary Miller, Connecticut College junior Brigid O’Gorman and Denver senior Brandon Vossberg. The award, given annually to the college hockey … Read more

WCHA’s Punishment to St. Cloud State’s Marvin: Three Games

The WCHA has suspended St. Cloud State forward Aaron Marvin for three games, intimating in a statement that the junior was careless in safe play at Wisconsin on Feb. 20. Marvin delivered an open-ice check to Wisconsin captain Blake Geoffrion in that game, and Marvin’s shoulder appeared to make contact with Geoffrion’s head. Geoffrion reportedly … Read more

Alaska-Anchorage Disciplines Shyiak After Ejection

Alaska-Anchorage has reprimanded coach Dave Shyiak for throwing a water bottle from the bench while arguing with officials last Saturday, an action that led to his ejection. Shyiak was given an unsportsmanlike conduct minor and a game misconduct after an argument, the Fairbanks News Miner reported. The newspaper also reported that Shyiak stepped onto the … Read more

This Week in the CHA: Feb. 25, 2010

Bemidji State closed out the Glas Fieldhouse in style last weekend by sweeping aside Niagara and in the process, won the Peters Cup as CHA regular season champions. The Beavers have been on top of the league all season and by last weekend, it seemed winning the regular season was a mere formality. “It was … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Feb. 25, 2010

How spectacular is this? One weekend left, two games apiece, and almost nothing is predetermined. ECAC Hockey has only one team that is locked into its seed, and only three that know their “grouping” (first-round bye, in this case) … and those three are all fighting for the Cleary Cup. Everybody else is fighting to … Read more

This Week in the WCHA: Feb. 25, 2010

I hate February. February is, in many ways, the Monday of months. The one good thing about February is that it’s a short month and thankfully, it has flown by this year. I took a look at the schedule and realized we only have two weekends left in the regular season and there’s only a … Read more