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This Week in the WCHA: Jan. 23, 2003

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Incoming! Some thoughts this week, while suddenly leery of things falling from the sky: • The first period last Saturday night was so long for Michigan Tech goaltender Cam Ellsworth, the scoreboard operator might just now be getting caught up with the saves. • You know it had to happen: Days after being highlighted in … Read more

This Week in the CHA: Jan. 23, 2002

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Time to go around the horn to see how the CHA stacks up for the stretch run. Alabama-Huntsville is in the drivers seat right now, but there is still much more to come. Correspondent Geof Morris breaks it all down in this week’s CHA report.

Sauer, Mason Head List of 2003 AHCA Award Winners

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Former Wisconsin and Colorado College coach Jeff Sauer was named winner of the 2003 John “Snooks” Kelley Founders Award, one of six awards announced today by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Sauer won 655 games (4th all-time) in 31 seasons as head coach at Colorado College (1971-1982) and Wisconsin (1982-2002), before retiring from coaching. He … Read more

Black Bears Stay No. 1 For Second Week

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With a three point weekend over conference foe Merrimack, Maine retained first place in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for the second consecutive week. The Black Bears also hold the first place position in the USCHO.com PairWise Ranking (PWR), winning comparisons with all other teams under consideration. The PairWise Ranking is a system which … Read more

BC’s Patrick Eaves Likely Out For Season

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Boston College freshman Patrick Eaves, who fractured a vertebra in his neck on Dec. 7, will likely miss the rest of the season, according to BC coach Jerry York. Doctors have decided to keep Eaves in the neck brace he has worn since the accident for another three weeks. “He’s probably out the rest of … Read more

This Week in the CCHA: Jan. 16, 2003

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Michigan State looks ready to make its move — and just in time for the Games of the Week against Nebraska-Omaha, Paula C. Weston says. Also: the Ohio Cup games continue, while Bowling Green and Western Michigan pay visits to Upset City.

Director of Championships Leaving NCAA

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Tom Jacobs, the director of championships for the NCAA who oversaw the Division I hockey tournament, is leaving the association this month, according to The NCAA News. Jacobs will be the general manager of Badger Sports Properties, a division of Learfield Sports that produces broadcasts for the University of Wisconsin. Acting as the primary liasion … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Jan. 16, 2003

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Hockey East’s member teams display their top-down strength — to one another; Massachusetts sits on the brink of a breakthrough; Providence wins the big ones, but Merrimack isn’t quite as fortunate; and more. Dave Hendrickson reports.

5 Humanitarian Award Finalists Named

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Five finalists have been pared down from the 15 nominees for the 2003 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented anually to “college hockey’s finest citizen” during Frozen Four weekend. The announcement of this year’s recipient will be made Friday, April 11 in Buffalo, N.Y. The five are John Flint, senior, St. Michael’s; Chanda Gunn, junior, Northeastern; Bryan … Read more

This Week in the WCHA: Jan. 16, 2003

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Last weekend’s OT jaw-dropper between Minnesota State and Michigan Tech sets Todd D. Milewski to thinking about the ol’ extra frame. Also: Colorado College storms out of the break; Minnesota-Duluth moves up — cautiously; and Wisconsin misses something on offense.

This Week in the ECAC: Jan. 16, 2003

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Cornell and Colgate visit Union and Rensselaer in the Capital District this weekend, and with three of the four teams mired in winless or near-winless streaks, something’s gotta give. Becky Blaeser and Jayson Moy round up a short week in the ECAC.

Caron Headed Back to UNH

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NHL second round pick Ed Caron, who left New Hampshire after his freshman year in 2001-2002 and transferred to Yale, will head back to UNH and enroll in classes this spring. Caron, who had already sat out one semester at Yale because of NCAA transfer rules, would need to sit out another full year at … Read more

Black Bears New No. 1 Team

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While Maine captured the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll by a comfortable margin, earning nearly 40 points over the nearest competitor and getting 25 first-place nods, voting was extremely close for many of the remaining spots. At the top of the poll, No. 2 Colorado College and No. 3 North … Read more

Gophers’ Koalska Out Three Weeks

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Minnesota center Matt Koalska is expected to be out three weeks after surgery to repair a hernia. The Gophers expect him to return for their Feb. 7-8 series at Colorado College. Koalska has been playing for the past few weeks with the hernia under the approval of team doctors, who recommended surgery soon. With Minnesota … Read more