Men’s D-I in general
Robert Morris University’s Sports Management department will be hosting the first Hanson Brothers Lookalike Contest at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center, Saturday, February 17, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. as RMU’s Division I men’s hockey team takes on Miami. Dave Hanson, one of the famous Hanson Brothers from the movie Slap Shot, and also … Read more
Interesting Times At The Heights There were plenty of eyebrows raised when Boston College coach Jerry York stripped the captain’s and assistant captain’s letters off Brian Boyle and Joe Rooney, respectively. No doubt the rumor mills in some locations shifted into high gear. Drugs? Police charges? Barroom brawls? “It’s strictly an academic issue,” York explains. … Read more
The NHL Central Scouting Service (CSS) released its midterm rankings for the 2007 NHL Entry Draft Wednesday, with New Hampshire recruit James van Riemsdyk leading the list of players with college affiliations. Van Riemsdyk, currently a member of the U.S. National Team Development Program, led a list of seven current or incoming college players ranked … Read more
Massachusetts has done its part to shake up the Hockey East standings in the first half, but Joe Haggerty finds that more remains to be done.
Minnesota won two more games to stay atop the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll for the seventh straight time in Monday’s release. The Golden Gophers, who have been the unanimous pick for No. 1 for four straight polls now, swept Minnesota State over the weekend to run their unbeaten streak to 22 games. Minnesota has … Read more
After a pair of NCAA championships, more than 500 career wins and a quarter-century as a head coach in the collegiate ranks, Alabama-Huntsville head coach Doug Ross has decided to hang up his skates at the end of the 2006-07 season, retiring after 25 years as the Chargers’ skipper. “I have coached ice hockey for … Read more
As much time as Michigan’s hockey coaches spend drawing up the Xs and Os, they spend even more laying the foundation for recruiting success. One of the reasons for such a deep investment in the search for new players is a perpetual battle with Canadian junior leagues, namely the Ontario Hockey League, for the top … Read more
The United States earned a 2-1 victory over host Sweden to claim the bronze medal at the 31st annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Friday. It was the fifth medal for the U.S. in the event. “What you saw today is the culmination of a team coming together and representing themselves and their … Read more
Dave Hendrickson is currently in Europe. He said that it has something to do with watching his son, Ryan, play hockey for Wesleyan … but that may just mean that he plans to eat several seven-course meals in Paris to honor No. 7 for the Wesleyan Cardinals. Unhappy New Year Last weekend resulted in almost … Read more
A 4-1 loss to Michigan State at Joe Louis Arena made it a decade since the Michigan Wolverines last won the Great Lakes Invitational.
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2007, the Official Year of the CCHA! Yes, I just made that up. But it’s catchy, isn’t it? And every year has to have a slogan. It’s a rule. Sure, there were other candidates for this year’s slogan. There was “2007: Better Than 2006!” Has a nice ring to it, … Read more
Robert Morris junior winger David Boguslawski has scored four goals in his past four games, but less than two years ago, it looked like it could have been zero goals in zero games. During the summer of 2005, Boguslawski was initially diagnosed with cancer and with that came the obvious scares that included no more … Read more
Cliché New Year’s Resolution throwaway line: this year, I’ll pay better attention to the calendar. I made a rookie mistake, not realizing that my previous column was to be the last before the break. Hence, I lost the opportunity to make up valuable ground in my season’s predictions, which, to be fair, no one but … Read more
Off The Top Of My Head • Nothing like five league series in one weekend to open the second half of the WCHA season. • The question is, will it turn out to be a race for second? It would be surprising to see a team catch Minnesota, but don’t forget that people were asking … Read more
Midterms Several teams have already returned to action from the holiday break, but in the real world, it’s grades that are on student’s minds this time of year. With that in mind, let’s give out some high and low marks to the 10 Atlantic Hockey teams at the (nearly) midway point of the schedule. AIC: … Read more
Click for a pictorial by Melissa Wade The United States lost to two-time defending champion Canada, 2-1, in a seven-round shootout in the semifinals of the 31st annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. Team USA played on 18 hours rest after it defeated Finland in quarterfinal action Tuesday evening, while top-seeded Canada hadn’t … Read more
Otto Breitenbach, the former WCHA commissioner whose impact on college hockey transcended his conference, died Tuesday at a local hospital. He was 82. Breitenbach, a longtime athletics administrator at Wisconsin, served as the WCHA commissioner from 1983 to 1994, during which time the league added four teams and overhauled its playoff tournament. His tenure also … Read more
A championship at its own Dodge Holiday Classic ran Minnesota’s unbeaten streak to 20 games over the New Year’s weekend, assuring the Golden Gophers another term atop the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Tuesday. The Gophers were the unanimous pick of all 40 voters for the third straight time, and finished at No. 1 … Read more
Click for pictorial by Melissa Wade The United States used four power play goals in the third period on the way to a 6-3 victory over Finland in quarterfinal action at the 31st annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship at FM Mattsson Arena. The win propelled the United States into the semifinals against … Read more
Defenseman Jack Johnson’s power-play blast from the side of the left circle propelled the United States to a 3-2 overtime victory over Sweden in preliminary-round play at the 31st annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. The win vaulted the United States into Tuesday’s quarterfinal round, where Team USA will face Finland at 7:30 … Read more