Michigan and Boston College each placed three players on the All-USCHO teams, while Denver, North Dakota, and Wisconsin each placed two players. Leading the way on the first team was the Hobey hat trick of Miami’s Andy Miele (USCHO’s player of the year and the Hobey Baker Award winner), North Dakota’s Matt Frattin, and Boston … Read more
According to a report on TSN, Merrimack sophomore forward Stephane Da Costa has signed with the Ottawa Senators, leaving two years on the table at Merrimack. Da Costa inked a two-year free agent deal after posting 90 points (30 goals, 60 assists) in his two years with the Warriors. The Paris, France native led Merrimack in … Read more
Loss ends the Warriors’ best season in its Hockey East era.
Boston College senior goaltender John Muse is this year’s winner of the Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. Muse, who was the Eagles’ goaltender for their NCAA championships in 2008 and 2010, topped a slate of 15 semifinalists for the award, the nation’s oldest nationally-recognized college hockey honor. … Read more
Miami, Merrimack, Notre Dame and New Hampshire square off in Manchester, N.H.
The Warriors didn’t beat Boston College, but they were right in it.
Flexibility stands to help the Warriors as they continue through the postseason.
The teams that will be sweating out the conference tournaments, waiting to see whether they get into the NCAA tournament, have earned that position, Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski write in this week’s edition.
The CBS College Sports Network, the national home of college hockey, will announce the winners of the third annual Starzies this weekend during the ECAC championship tournament in Atlantic City, N.J. There are eight awards which are given out and each award is the namesake of a former great college player or coach. The awards, … Read more
Eight of the 11 first-round series (or, in Atlantic Hockey’s case, games) went in favor of the road team last weekend. How will things shake out this weekend? Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski break things down in this week’s edition.
THIRD STAR Tyler Gron, Northern Michigan: The Wildcats junior brought his team back from a 4-1 deficit with a hat trick last Saturday in a game NMU won 6-5. He added an assist on Saturday and a goal on Friday for a five-point weekend. :: Tyler Gron’s player page SECOND STAR Joe Cannata, Merrimack: The … Read more
Merrimack and Boston University have postponed Wednesday’s game because of an incoming winter storm. The game, scheduled for Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass., will be played at 7 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at the same arena.
Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski talk World Juniors, Ohio State, Merrimack and more in this week’s edition.
The holiday tournaments are done, and Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look back at the big events.
Just how significant was the 2009-10 season for the Merrimack Warriors? Consider this: • Last year’s sixth place finish was the best league finish for Merrimack since the 1996-97 team that finished fifth in a nine-team league. • Merrimack’s playoff win over Boston University was the team’s first since an eighth-place Warriors team upset top-seeded … Read more
Defending national champion Boston College is as unanimous a favorite as possible in the Hockey East preseason poll. The Eagles got nine first-place votes to finish atop the balloting. Coaches are not able to vote for their own school, and Maine received the first-place vote from BC coach Jerry York. Maine finished second, followed by … Read more
Undrafted free agent Stephane Da Costa got the expected attention from NHL teams after his breakout rookie season at Merrimack. His answer to those offers may have been unexpected, considering recent trends. Da Costa is returning to school for his sophomore season, he told the Eagle-Tribune this week. “I always thought that I was coming … Read more
The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee gets this chance only once every two years, so there’s a little more emphasis to get it right. In the next month, leading up to and through the committee’s meeting June 8-11 in Indianapolis, the dialogue about potential rules changes will lead to debate and then … Read more
It took Stephane Da Costa just two games to make a name for himself in college hockey. In the second game of his freshman season at Merrimack, Da Costa scored five times on 11 shots on goal in a 6-3 victory over Army. He had a natural hat trick in the game’s first 13:36. Related … Read more
Merrimack forward Stephane Da Costa has been named the 2010 winner of the Hockey Commissioners’ Association Rookie of the Year award. Stephane Da Costa (photo: Melissa Wade) Da Costa helped lead the Warriors to their best finish since the 1993-94 season, with their first Hockey East appearance since 2004 and their first playoff victory since … Read more