Men’s D-I in general
Miami makes a statement and Michigan stays in stride with the College Hockey Showcase looming, while Niagara gets number 22, but Boston College and Maine have fallen on tough times as new names move up the Hockey East ladder. Jim Connelly and Scott Brown return with their weekly gabfest.
One week after narrowly holding onto the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, Miami was the runaway choice of voters impressed by the RedHawks’ road sweep of then-No. 3 Michigan State Thursday and Friday. Miami received 48 of 50 first-place votes to retain the No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight week, … Read more
Clarkson: No, of course I don’t want to break up! It’s just … Colgate: Then what is it? Why are you pulling away so much, so soon? I don’t understand! Clarkson: I’m sorry, I’m not trying to be mean here … Colgate: It’s too early for this! We are destined to be so much more … Read more
College Hockey America is hardly the ugly stepchild of the college hockey community when it comes to moving its players onto professional hockey in North America. In taking a look at current rosters of six minor leagues (American Hockey League, ECHL, Central Hockey League, International Hockey League, Southern Professional Hockey League and the new Mid-Atlantic … Read more
Splitsville There have been 12 weekend series so far this season in Atlantic Hockey, and in all but two, both teams have come away with points. Seven series have ended in splits, with the other three resulting in one team taking three points in the two games. “You have to take points every weekend to … Read more
Chatter Is the sky falling? Can the center hold? For the first time in living memory — okay, so perhaps not that long, but you know what I mean — the top three spots in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men’s Poll belong to the CCHA. Honestly, on the heels of the second Red Sox World … Read more
The quick breakdown: The Gophers finally won, the Sioux are playing like they usually do this time of year, the Badgers have an offense, the Sioux and Badgers renewed their rivalry and the Tigers found someone to fill Zaba’s skates with great success. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive … Read more
Not Your Father’s League Hockey East has long prided itself on its top-to-bottom strength, but the fearsome foursome of Boston College, Boston University, Maine and New Hampshire has been a tough nut to crack at the top. Yet if the season’s opening night was a stunner as only Merrimack emerged with a win, so too … Read more
Brett Motherwell, the highest-scoring defenseman in Hockey East last season as a sophomore and one of the integral pieces of this season’s Boston College hockey club, opted to leave the team and sign a contract with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL Thursday afternoon. Motherwell, an undrafted free agent, and Brian O’Hanley were in the … Read more
Coming off a Hobey Baker-winning campaign, Ryan Duncan eschewed the lure of the pros to help give North Dakota its best shot at the national title, Candace Horgan reports.
Three CCHA teams atop the national polls, some surprising early Hockey East results, fisticuffs and suspensions. Jim Connelly and Scott Brown again take on the latest news from the world of college hockey.
Despite its first loss of the season, Miami hung onto the No. 1 spot in the latest USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Monday. The RedHawks lost Friday to Notre Dame before recovering Saturday for a split with the Fighting Irish, while No. 2 Michigan won a pair against Alaska, leaving the teams with identical … Read more
Atop The League Many people, yours truly included, expected Maine to get off to a slow start this year. In addition to graduating stalwart defenseman Mike Lundin, the Black Bears lost six of their eight top-scoring forwards. You don’t lose that much firepower without a few resulting bumps in the road. So when Maine opened … Read more
Not a Cliché Coaches in Atlantic Hockey constantly talk about the balance in their league — how “on any given night …”. Well, we’re barely into the season, with each team playing anywhere from two to five league games, and everybody already has at least one loss in league play. “Every team has good goaltending … Read more
Let’s play word-association. Albany … tournament. Daylight savings … glorious. Season … winter. Harvard … Crimson. ECAC Hockey … parity. Talk to any coach in the league for more than two minutes, and I’d bet you top dollar (Canadian now, please) that he would say that word. To put it simply, out of 13 league … Read more
We’ve finally completed our first full weekend of WCHA action (well, save for Minnesota State’s weekend against Alabama-Huntsville, of course) and at the end of it, we’ve got some surprises. Granted, it’s still early (how many times have I said that so far?), but by this point in the season, who would have expected Michigan … Read more
Tyler Gotto came to Niagara last season as a player head coach Dave Burkholder envisioned could play in all situations and eventually run the defense from an offensive standpoint. The Calgary native made the CHA All-Rookie Team and ranked sixth in defenseman and rookie scoring (16 points) while playing in all but one game. This … Read more
The University of Maine men’s hockey team will be missing a center until the university can review facts surrounding charges against him of assault and unlawful sexual touching.
Another World The CCHA and Buckeye football are conspiring to ruin my life. The two-week on-site playoff system forces weeknight games, while Ohio State avoids playing on Saturdays when the pigskin boys are home, giving us Thursday night contests and Sunday afternoon games when the Buffalo Bills are actually on local television because they’re playing … Read more
The Hockey East Association has extended the contract of Commissioner Joe Bertagna through the 2010-2011 season, it was announced Tuesday by Dana Skinner, Director of Athletics at Massachusetts-Lowell. Bertagna, 56, came to Hockey East in 1997 after 15 years with the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). He is the longest-serving commissioner in Hockey East’s 24-year … Read more