Michigan, Michigan State, Miami, Western Michigan to play at Soldier Field in 2015

According to Crain’s Chicago Business, the third-annual Hockey City Classic is slated for Soldier Field on Feb. 7, 2015. Michigan will play Michigan State and Miami will play Western Michigan at the event. The 2013-14 event was held at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Chicago-based sports and entertainment company Intersport is bringing the event back … Read more

Miami’s Barber named U.S. World Junior captain, Compher and Fitzgerald among cuts

Miami sophomore forward Riley Barber has been named captain of the 2014 U.S. National Junior Team. [scg_html_wjc2014]The alternate captains are Michigan sophomore forward Andrew Copp and Boston University sophomore defenseman Matt Grzelcyk. A year ago, Barber helped the U.S. capture the gold medal at the World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia, with three goals and … Read more

Ex-Miami goaltender Whitacre killed in plane crash

Former Miami goaltender Jon Whitacre was killed Thursday in a plane crash. He was 28. A small, single-engine plane Whitacre was flying with an instructor while working toward his pilot’s license crashed in a field in Louisiana. The instructor, Clarence Collins, also died in the crash. The cause has not yet been determined. Whitacre was … Read more