Men’s D-I in general
Having a player come home to play college hockey is becoming commonplace in the game these days, and it’s on display twice as much in Detroit as Adam and Matt Krug are teammates on Wayne State. Adam, a sophomore forward, and Matt, a freshman defenseman, haven’t been teammates since the 1999-2000 school year when both … Read more
Legendary coach Herb Brooks will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Thursday (Dec. 8) in a ceremony at the Harris Theatre in Chicago. Brooks, a native of St. Paul, Minn., was the coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake … Read more
With a road sweep of Minnesota last weekend, Wisconsin picked up one last first-place vote to be this Monday’s unanimous No. 1 pick in the USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. The Badgers, who have not lost in 14 games, were followed by Miami, which swept Michigan to finish up six spots at No. 2, … Read more
Problems in Buffalo … Again It was nearly a year to the day since head coach Brian Cavanaugh was fired by Canisius College. Things seemed like they were on track for the Griffs, which boasted a new head coach, new athletic director and new attitude. But the housecleaning at Canisius following months of discipline problems … Read more
Wisconsin goaltender Brian Elliott, who backstopped the No. 1 Badgers to an unbeaten month with a 7-0-1 record while surrendering a total of only 11 goals, was named the CSTV/Hockey Commissioners’ Association national Division I Player of the Month for November on Friday. A 6-foot-3, 187-pound junior from Newmarket, Ont., Elliott started all eight games … Read more
Clarkson and St. Lawrence are enjoying a resurgence this season, as Timothy Muir McDonald was able to see for himself.
Canisius announced Friday that sophomore forward Mike Ruberto, sophomore defensemen Matt Ruberto and Craig Nooyen and freshman goalie Ryan Hatch have been dismissed from the hockey team for violations of that college’s athletics department policies. “The Department of Athletics has a clear set of expectations for all of our student-athletes,” said Canisius director of athletics … Read more
For ECACHL fans, this weekend and early next week represent a great opportunity to assess four of the league’s teams from the warmth and comfort of your own living rooms. There’ll be no need for traveling, and no need for tickets because starting Saturday, December 3, three ECACHL games will be broadcast by local and … Read more
One week after proudly announcing his daughter’s engagement, Dave Hendrickson is taking the week off. After researching the cost of weddings these days, Dave is now being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder. We wish him a speedy — and inexpensive — recovery. Catamount Climbers The big story in Hockey East right now has to be … Read more
Now in its seventh season, the CHA has a not-too shabby 214-297-44 record against nonconference teams, (.425 winning percentage), including this season’s 15-26-2 mark. Not bad at all for a league that has its share of critics who continually say the CHA is a pseudo-league and the sixth-best of the six Division I leagues. League … Read more
The Reason for the Season The weather has finally turned nippy, the Thanksgiving turkey is a carcass, the days shorten, and several local radio stations are playing Christmas music round the clock. This can only signal one thing: it’s time to shop. While the day after Thanksgiving, a.k.a. “Black Friday,” is touted as the single … Read more
Winning the Recruiting Battle Ask any college hockey coach. The biggest day-to-day worry generally isn’t how their team is playing on the ice. Nope, the top concern of most teams is building for the future. College hockey recruiting at the Division I level has become a business for most programs. Assistant coaches spend weeks, if … Read more
First things first: • It’s rivalry week in the WCHA, with Colorado College and Denver squaring off while Minnesota hosts Wisconsin. But there are also some pretty important series in terms of points for teams lower in the standings who are looking to make a jump before the holiday break. • In saying that, there’s … Read more
Don Lucia will be staying at Minnesota for the foreseeable future — and maybe beyond. The Golden Gopher head coach, who led Minnesota to back-to-back NCAA championships in 2002 and 2003, has signed a three-year contract extension, the school announced Tuesday. That would keep Lucia behind the Gopher bench at least until the end of … Read more
It’s a College Hockey Showcase showcase for Scott Brown, who muses on the four teams in last weekend’s edition of the annual standoff.
A sweep of then-No. 1 Michigan and Michigan State in the College Hockey Showcase extended Wisconsin’s unbeaten streak to 12 games and propelled the Badgers to the top of Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. The Badgers received all but one of 40 first-place votes to reach No. 1, with No. 2 Colorado College … Read more
After a stellar rookie season at Wayne State, an injury sent Derek MacKay down a path about which he has no regrets, Matt Mackinder finds.
Sophomore Victor Oreskovich has left Notre Dame to play with the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers, head coach Jeff Jackson announced Sunday. Selected in the second round, 55th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, Oreskovich played in nine games with Notre Dame in 2004-05, scoring two goals and adding one … Read more
On Thanksgiving weekend, coaching and scouting veteran Dave Starman offers up his observations from around the nation.
So this year’s Frozen Four will include a skills competition? Well, Mike Volonnino’s got other ideas.