Men’s D-I in general
On a team with this year’s Hobey Baker winner Matt Gilroy and another Hobey finalist, Colin Wilson, Boston University sophomore defenseman Colby Cohen seemed an unlikely candidate to score a game-winning goal for a national championship. In his first season last year, Cohen had three goals and 13 assists, putting him 10th among BU’s scorers. … Read more
Boston University goalie Kieran Millan was named the third annual Hockey Commissioners’ Association national Rookie of the Year, it was announced Friday. In 2008-09, Millan set a new program record for goaltender wins in a season with 27, breaking the old mark of 25 shared by Jack Ferreira (1964-65) and Cleon Daskalakis (1983-84). He entered … Read more
At this point, there’s just one thing left for Matt Gilroy to accomplish, and he’ll have that opportunity Saturday night. Gilroy, a senior defenseman for Boston University, was named the 2009 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner Friday night at the Verizon Center, beating out Northeastern’s Brad Thiessen and teammate Colin Wilson. In a season that … Read more
Air Force senior forward Mike Phillipich is the winner of the third annual Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award, announced Friday by the Hockey Commissioners’ Association. The award was established by the HCA in honor of former Army player Derek Hines, who was a “consummate team player and team builder.” Hines played at Army from 1999-2003 … Read more
Three-time selection Matt Gilroy of Boston University headed up the AHCA/Reebok All-American teams, announced Friday at the Frozen Four. Boston University led all schools with three selections, including two on the East First Team. Michigan and Notre Dame each had two honorees. Noteworthy among the selections: • Only two players had been so honored before. … Read more
On Monday, March 30 the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Selection Committee had a spirited debate as to who should win the 2009 award. Listed below are the three candidates who are up for the honor, to be announced Friday evening. The votes from the committee were done last week. In my opinion — others may … Read more
When people talk about Boston University’s superior talent, the objects of their affection are the same names over and over. Colin Wilson and Matt Gilroy, the Hobey Baker Hat Trick Duo. Wilson and Nick Bonino, the two dominant centers and leading scorers who anchor the Terriers’ “two number-one lines.” Kieran Millan, the freshman goaltender who … Read more
Brent Brekke joined the Miami staff last offseason knowing the challenge that lay before him. He would be working with four freshman defensemen on a team that lost plenty on that side of the ice, and would be charged with keeping the RedHawks’ identity intact. That Miami will play for the national championship on Saturday … Read more
He’s considered one of the deans in a game filled with legendary coaches. Even Jack Parker’s counterpart in Saturday’s national-title game jokes about the elder coach’s age. “A couple of guys asked me how old [Parker] was,” said Miami coach Enrico Blasi, himself 37 years young. “I said somewhere between 80 and 100.” Truth be … Read more
Why is this night different from all other nights? As I watched Vermont’s Justin Milo knock a power-play rebound past Kieran Millan to tie the UVM-Boston University game, I couldn’t help but think of those words. After all, I’d heard Milo ask that exact question just a few hours earlier. This year’s Frozen Four coincides … Read more
For a Bemidji State fan in the nation’s capital, the sights and sounds must have been awe-inspiring. Said to a fan wearing an Alaska Anchorage jersey and a North Dakota hat: “Hey WCHA! Root for the Beavers!” A sign near the Bemidji State student section: “SIOUX FOR BEAVERS” The George Mason pep band adopted Bemidji … Read more
Boston’s National Team Crosstown rival Northeastern’s head coach, Greg Cronin, recently called BU “the best professional team playing college hockey.” Professional? Try national. The Terriers boast seven players who were recruited out of the U.S. National Team Development Program in Ann Arbor, Mich., including standouts Colin Wilson, Jason Lawrence and Brian Strait. Strait captained the … Read more
There is always a lot of noise about “experience” every postseason. No matter the sport, fans, coaches and players alike can’t get enough of it. Who’s got it, who needs it, where it came from. What it means, what it’s worth, what it fosters on the ice. Cody Reichard proves that pundits can posit what … Read more
If there was an undoing for Bemidji State this season, it was exactly what played out Thursday on the Verizon Center ice. Not being outplayed, like coach Tom Serratore and his players said they were in a 4-1 loss to Miami in the Frozen Four semifinals. Not a shortfall of scoring like the Beavers experienced … Read more
After a scoreless first period in the national semifinals, the Miami RedHawks emerged from the second with a 3-1 lead on goals by Tommy Wingels, Alden Hirschfeld and Bill Loupee. Miami was the first team to score, at 3:54 on the second RedHawk power play of the game. Matt Read scored for Bemidji State, but … Read more
Colors Both games, for all intents and purposes, feature teams with the same color schemes (green for Bemidji and Vermont, red for Miami and Boston University. Fours This game marked the first time two number four seeds met in the Frozen Four. The only other four seed to make the Frozen Four was Notre Dame. … Read more
Vermont’s Drew MacKenzie went from the heights to the depths during the third period of their game against BU in the Frozen Four.
In the growing tale of how Bemidji State got here to be the darlings of the Frozen Four, don’t forget how close the Beavers got to having their season end. In the CHA tournament’s championship game, Robert Morris took the Beavers to overtime before succumbing on Matt Read’s second goal of the night. One bad … Read more
A 22-win season and a trip to the Frozen Four are a long way from where the Vermont Catamounts’ program was when Kevin Sneddon arrived. In his first season, Vermont posted a dismal 9-22-4 mark in the ECAC. Adding strife was the fact that the club was just four years removed from a hazing scandal … Read more
They’re loose as a goose. Or more properly said, as geese. The Boston University Terriers looked by far like the loosest, most relaxed team at practice on Wednesday. Things were going so well that head coach Jack Parker decided to cut short practice and let his team relax. “We liked what we saw out there,” … Read more