Men’s D-I in general
Of the ten major awards in Hockey East, Boston College and Boston University picked up eight of those awards. The conference leading Terriers of Boston University picked up the Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year and Best Defensive Forward Awards. Boston College picked up the Player of the Year, Scoring Champion, Goaltending Champion, … Read more
First things first: • We’ve had time to digest that two-time defending champion Denver isn’t going to be around when the NCAA tournament field of 16 is announced on Sunday. But what of Matt Carle’s candidacy for the Hobey Baker Award? For the record, two players from teams that didn’t make the NCAA tournament have … Read more
Entering the CCHA playoffs as the three seed, the Michigan hockey team has something neither top-seeded Miami nor second-seeded Michigan State can lay claim to — the Mason Cup, the trophy awarded to the winner of the CCHA Tournament. And that is why, despite a rollercoaster season in which the Wolverines failed to produce a … Read more
There may be only one weekend left before Selection Sunday, but there are still plenty of possibilities out there. Scott Brown separates the likely from the unlikely.
With just days to go before Selection Sunday, Jayson Moy is back with his next-to-last look at the NCAA’s field of 16.
After 22 league games, Colgate and Cornell were separated by just a point in the ECACHL standings. On the season, the Red (20-7-4) has scored 2.97 goals per game, while the Raiders (20-11-6) have netted 3.00 per contest. Despite the fact that Cornell scores at a slightly less frequent pace than Colgate, the Red edges … Read more
Their names read like a hit list because, frankly, that’s what it is. Mike Hamilton, Nov. 6 in Orono, Maine; Eric Przepiorka, Dec. 10 in Hanover, N.H.; Pat Gannon, Feb. 13 at the TD Banknorth Garden; Daniel Winnik, Feb. 17 at Agganis Arena. One by one, these college hockey players fell. One moment they’re skating … Read more
With the final hour ticking down to the NCAA selection show, something has gone horribly wrong. Only one man can save the day, and Joe Bertagna knows who: counter-espionage expert Jack Bauer of TV’s “24.”
The St. Louis Blues haved signed Minnesota State junior forward David Backes to a National Hockey League contract beginning for the 2006-07 season. Backes will join the Peoria Rivermen, the Blues’ affiliate in the American Hockey League, for the remainder of the season as an amateur tryout. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. … Read more
This weekend, Michigan freshman defenseman Jack Johnson showed why he was the third pick overall in last year’s NHL Draft. Besides his physical gifts, Johnson’s ability to step up his game when it matters most has the Wolverines riding high heading into Joe Louis Arena for the CCHA Semifinals next weekend.
The grunt work is done for these Terriers, and it was done well. After their businesslike disposal of UMass-Amherst on Jack Parker’s 61st birthday, the third-ranked Icedogs are done with home games and sub-.500 teams. It is now time to put up or shut up. To win championships or go home. And we know what … Read more
A decisive sweep of Alaska-Anchorage in the first round of the WCHA playoffs kept Minnesota at No. 1 in the USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll for a sixth straight week Monday. The Gophers again received 39 of 40 first-place votes, followed by Miami, which swept away Western Michigan in the CCHA quarterfinals, at No. … Read more
On a roster replete with high-octane performers, Boston University defensemen Dan Spang and Matt Gilroy still stand out, Scott Weighart finds.
In a conversation months and miles in the making, UAF sophomore Kyle Greentree tells Paula C. Weston all about Nanook hockey, Fairbanks, and goalie fashion.
Michigan head coach Red Berenson has settled on his starting netminder to open the Wolverines’ CCHA playoff run: veteran Noah Ruden.
It was a banner year for netminders in the CHA, as two goaltenders shared the league’s Player of the Year award. Alabama-Huntsville senior Scott Munroe and Niagara senior Jeff Van Nynatten were honored as co-Players of the Year at the CHA’s annual awards banquet Thursday evening at the Hall of Legends at Ford Field in … Read more
It’s tournament time in the Motor City! This weekend, Wayne State will host the seventh annual CHA tournament at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum. As the venue is also hosting the women’s portion of the tournament, it’s the first time in college hockey history that the men’s and women’s tournament titles will be decided at … Read more
Too Close for Comfort Several leagues had close races to the finish this season. None, though, could touch Atlantic Hockey. It took the final minutes of the final games of the regular season this past Saturday night in order for the league champion to be crowned. It was a Pierre Napert-Frenette goal with 1:03 remaining … Read more
A wild weekend full of intense overtime action and surprising upsets marked the start of the ECACHL Tournament; in only one series did the higher seed sweep its opponents, and the series that is usually judged to be the least competitive — the No. 5 versus No. 12 series — turned out to be the … Read more
First things first: • In the 25 WCHA first-round playoff series over the last five years, the home team has advanced 23 times. This may be a time of increasing parity in the league in the regular season, but that hasn’t carried over to the playoffs. • Even more stunning than both Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan … Read more