WCHA Cancels All-Star Trip To Italy
The WCHA has pulled the plug on its all-star tour of Italy just over two weeks before it was to begin.
Men’s D-I in general
The WCHA has pulled the plug on its all-star tour of Italy just over two weeks before it was to begin.
Michigan forward Mike Cammalleri has agreed to terms with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, foregoing his senior year with the Wolverines. “Michael was generally regarded as the best player in college hockey this past season,” said Kings general manager Dave Taylor. “He is a highly skilled, intelligent player who has excelled at all levels of … Read more
Ian McCaw has been named as the new athletic director by the University of Massachusetts. McCaw leaves Hockey East rival Northeastern University, where he held the same position for five years. McCaw McCaw was also recently named chairman of the NCAA Men’s Division I Ice Hockey Committee, which he has served on for the last … Read more
It’s been said that championships are won in the offseason. If Michigan teammates Mike Cammalleri and Mike Komisarek decide to stay on campus this summer, the Wolverines could prove that next April. While the Los Angeles Kings, who drafted Cammalleri in the second round of last June’s NHL Entry Draft, are content to leave the … Read more
There’s no question that Michigan State’s Ryan Miller wants to conclude the 2002-03 hockey season by playing in Buffalo’s HSBC Arena. All he has to decide is which team’s uniform he wants to wear. With top players and multi-million dollar contracts moving around the NHL’s free agent market in the weeks ahead, the Buffalo Sabres, … Read more
The NCAA Championships and Competition Cabinet has approved the choices of the Men’s Division I Ice Hockey Committee to have Providence, R.I. and Minneapolis, Minn. host NCAA regionals in 2003. “We selected cities that have a tradition of hosting successful events,” said Jack McDonald, outgoing committee chairman and Quinnipiac athletic director. “We are very excited … Read more
[nl]Providence, R.I. and Minneapolis, Minn. have been chosen as sites for the expanded 2003 NCAA Division I men’s regionals, according to the official recommendation report filed by the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee following its meeting in San Francisco earlier this month. They join Worcester and Ann Arbor, which were previously announced. The four … Read more
After no hockey players won the honor in its first 19 years, Minnesota defenseman Jordan Leopold became the second straight to capture the Jesse Owens Award as The Big Ten Conference’s Male Athlete of the Year. Leopold, the 2002 Hobey Baker Award winner as college hockey’s top player, follows Michigan State goalie Ryan Miller, who … Read more
The NHL Draft is always good for some surprises, but college hockey fans had to be pretty happy again. USCHO’s Jim Connelly gives his thoughts from Toronto.
Michigan’s Erik Nystrom has big shoes to fill if he wants to follow in dad’s footsteps. Bob was a veteran of 900 NHL games and four Stanley Cups. But after being taken 10th overall in this year’s NHL draft, for now Erik just wants to concentrate on developing in school.
In what was dubbed a weak year in prospects for the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, college hockey took advantage, sending four of its players to the top 14 picks on the draft board, and a total of 14 college or college-bound players in the first two rounds. At the top of the list, in no … Read more
A list of the top college prospects in this weekend’s NHL Draft in Toronto, and the Central Scouting Service’s report for each player. RYAN WHITNEY CSS Mid-season ranking: 4th CSS Final ranking: 3rd BOSTON UNIVERSITY 6-3 1/2, 202 lbs. Defense, Shoots Left Born: February 19, 1983 Ryan is a very strong skater with a long, … Read more
Though it may not receive the attention and the 24-hour media coverage of counterparts in football and basketball, the NHL Entry Draft is still a sports spectacle. Though broadcast in the U.S. as only a minor aside, it surprises no one that across the border in Canada, draft day is a major sports happening. So … Read more
Colorado College has signed head hockey coach Scott Owens to a new five-year contract effective through the 2006-07 season. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, other than it supercedes Owens’ previous pact, which had one year remaining. Owens “I very much look forward to the next five years and continuing to build upon a … Read more
The NCAA Men’s Frozen Four has sold out for the fourth consecutive year. The 56th annual event will be held at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York, April 10 and 12, 2003. It marks the sixth time in the last seven years that the event has sold out. “We are obviously thrilled that the … Read more
After 10 years at Lake Placid, the ECAC has decided to move its postseason tournament to Albany’s Pepsi Arena, a less historic, but more centralized arena. The move comes, however, with Lake Placid officials feeling mistreated.
There’s a brand new big arena in town, and one school is building a new facility of its own. That has created all sorts of speculation about whether Southern New Hampshire and/or St. Anselm has a future in Division I.
The NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee took careful note during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and noticed something it wants to add to the college game: speed. They’re not talking about better passing or quicker skating, but rather faster re-starts after whistles. Last week, during its annual meeting in San Francisco, the Committee voted … Read more
In a bold statement of its objection to regionalization, the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee, along with the committees of 13 other sports, has submitted a report to the NCAA’s Championships and Competition Cabinet. In doing so, the committee also provided an outline to the Cabinet for how it believes the NCAA tournament should … Read more
With the interview process finally completed on Wednesday afternoon, Northern Michigan athletic director Dan Spielmann wasted no time naming 1981 alumnus Walt Kyle as the program’s second head coach. He fills the spot left vacant when Rick Comley resigned in March to become the head coach at Michigan State. For the past two years Kyle, … Read more