Men’s D-I in general
John Mayasich, considered by many to be the greatest American-born hockey player of all time, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2006 Lou Lamoriello Award. The award, named after the former Providence College player and coach — and current New Jersey Devils president and coach — honors a former member of the college … Read more
First things first: • If it seems like WCHA teams have been having a harder time than usual defending home ice, it’s not your imagination. Through 122 league games this season, the home team is 55-55-12. Should make for some interesting first-round playoff series two weeks from now. • One second, we’re ready to pencil … Read more
Down The Stretch So much can happen over these final two weeks — just ask Boston College on the negative side and Maine on the positive — but the Hockey East playoff picture has gotten a good deal clearer. Even though the potential exists for a five-way tie for first place. Yup, a five-way tie. … Read more
The Envelope, Please Given the mild January and February many CCHA fans have experienced, it’s hard to believe that winter is two-thirds over. It’s harder still to believe that this is the last weekend of regular-season CCHA play. The season was shortened by a week to accommodate the new playoff format, and I’ve yet to … Read more
Fact or Fiction? Frequent readers of this column know that I love playing the game “Fact or Fiction” at least once a year. It’s based on the ESPN segment of the same title that picks various sports topics, makes a statement about them, and then gives in-studio guests a chance to say whether they believe … Read more
Last weekend was an eventful one in the ECACHL, with a number of exciting games and a few surprise outcomes. Clarkson and St. Lawrence both recorded much needed sweeps of Brown and Yale. And among the quartet of league leaders — Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Harvard — that faced off, each came away with two … Read more
As the Princeton men’s hockey team gears up for the last weekend of the season, very little remains to be determined. Having lost both games last weekend, the Tigers have no chance at getting home ice in any of their playoff games. Since every team goes to the playoffs, however, they are still guaranteed a … Read more
Now all Air Force has to do is keep the momentum rolling. And keeping Peter Foster in net wouldn’t be a bad idea, either. The Falcons swept Alabama-Huntsville last weekend to serve notice they should not be taken lightly, especially with the CHA tournament coming up in two weeks in Detroit. Alabama-Huntsville was at the … Read more
The jockeying for position continues, but several teams’ hopes are fading fast as the regular season nears its end, Scott Brown says.
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team, already beset once by an injury to a key player this season, now find themselves without their most consistent forward. The team found out Monday that junior Andrew Joudrey will miss the next three to four weeks with a left knee injury. Joudrey’s injury occurred Saturday night against Michigan … Read more
The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey team dropped a 4-3 decision to Finland Wednesday before 6,691 at the Palasport Olimpico in quarterfinal action at the Olympics, ending the Americans’ chances of a medal at the 2006 Games. “I’m disappointed with the game and the way we played tonight,” said U.S. head coach Peter Laviolette. “We … Read more
With one of the sport’s historic buildings, two teams at the top of their conference and a passionate student section that blew the roof off the building, Cornell-Harvard was a sight worth seeing.
Who’s in and who’s out? Jayson Moy returns with another look at the NCAA tournament field as it stands today.
Jerry York is hoping that, like a fine wine, his Boston College men’s hockey team will get better with time. Boston College — the nation’s youngest team, with an average age of 20 years and 140 days — continued to be hampered by its youth last weekend, dropping two games to the University of Maine. … Read more
As the season nears its end, teams talk about wanting to control their own destiny. Minnesota now has just that power in the WCHA.
The U.S. men’s Olympic team qualified Tuesday for medal-round play despite losing its third straight game, this one a 5-4 decision to Russia in the Americans’ final preliminary-round game. With the score tied at 4 midway through the third period, the game-winner for Russia came off the stick of Alexei Kovalev at 11:52 from the … Read more
A weekend sweep of Denver firmed up Minnesota’s hold on the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. The Gophers earned 37 of 40 first-place votes to stay at No. 1 for the third straight week. Minnesota was followed by Wisconsin, which took three of four points from Michigan Tech to move … Read more
A lack of offense doomed the U.S. men for the second straight game at the Winter Olympics, as Sweden edged the Americans 2-1 Sunday to drop the U.S. to 1-2-1 in preliminary-round play at the Torino Esposizioni. After playing 40 minutes to a 1-1 draw, Sweden scored the game winner at 4:22 of the third … Read more
The United States watched its route to the Olympic quarterfinals get that much more difficult Saturday, as Slovakia edged the U.S. 2-1 in preliminary-group play at the Torino Esposizioni. Peter Bondra scored what proved to be the game-winning goal 1:48 into the third period when he took Miroslav Satan’s feed from the end boards out … Read more
Are you prepared for the world’s quadrennial sports showcase? Mike Volonnino is ready — with some ideas to improve the Winter Olympics.