Wilkes University will add men’s and women’s hockey to its list of NCAA Division III varsity sports, effective for the 2017-18 school year, and also announced an affiliation with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins organization that will allow Wilkes to practice and compete at the Toyota SportsPlex at Coal Street Park. Wilkes University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., … Read more
Sandelin and the Bulldogs went on a late-season run to qualify for the NCAA tournament as an at-large team, and made it to the Northeast Regional final after beating top seed Providence in the first round.
Minnesota-Duluth sophomore goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo has given up his final two years of NCAA eligibility to sign a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I feel like I’m ready,” Kaskisuo said to the Duluth News Tribune. “UMD has given me two awesome years and time to develop, but now I feel like the opportunity … Read more
Providence plays Minnesota-Duluth, while Boston College plays Harvard.
Boston College, Harvard and Minnesota-Duluth join the defending champion Friars in Worcester, Mass.
An offensive turnaround was led by freshman Frozen Faceoff MVP Mikey Eyssimont, who scored St. Cloud’s first two goals and had scored a goal Friday against Denver.
North Dakota has been at the top of the national rankings and the NCHC for most of the season, something no one seemed to tell Minnesota-Duluth.
On the eve of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the annual NCHC Awards Celebration took place Thursday night at the Muse Event Center in Minneapolis. A total of 12 awards were presented, three of which were won by St. Cloud State senior defenseman Ethan Prow, including NCHC Player of the Year, while North Dakota’s Brad Berry … Read more
Denver, North Dakota and St. Cloud State have two players each on the NCHC All-Conference First Team announced Wednesday. The conference also revealed the All-Conference Second Team and a team of All-Conference honorable mentions. 2015-16 NCHC First Team All-Conference 2015-16 NCHC Second Team All-Conference 2015-16 NCHC Honorable Mention All-Conference
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation has announced its 2016 Legend of College Hockey recipient is Bill Selman. Selman is the only man to serve as head coach of four Division I programs and is widely acknowledged as having either built or rebuilt three of the four programs he coached. Selman’s coaching career began at … Read more
The NCHC on Monday issued a one-game suspension to Minnesota-Duluth junior defenseman Brenden Kotyk. The suspension stems from an illegal hit during UMD’s game against Colorado College on Feb. 6. Kotyk was suspended after a review of a play in which his stick was used to deliver a hit to the head of a Colorado … Read more
Minnesota, Michigan Tech and Union will join the Bulldogs for the annual event.
The Bemidji State-Minnesota-Duluth game originally scheduled to take place Oct. 9 before a power outage at AMSOIL Arena forced a postponement has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016 at 7:07 p.m. CST at AMSOIL Arena. All tickets purchased for the Oct. 9 game will be honored Feb. 9.
The NCHC has issued a one-game suspension to Minnesota-Duluth junior defenseman Carson Soucy for an illegal hit during the Bulldogs game against Bemidji State on Oct. 10. Soucy was suspended after a review of a play in which a hit was delivered to the head of a Bemidji State player, who was not in possession … Read more
No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth’s home opener against Bemidji State on Friday was postponed. A power outage Friday afternoon at Amsoil Arena caused poor ice conditions, the UMD athletic department said in announcing the postponement just after 6 p.m. A make-up date has not been determined, but tickets for Friday’s game will be honored at that game. … Read more
The Bulldogs return an older team after making it to the NCAA regional final last season.
Two first-team All-Americans from last season return at the position.
With the NCHC introducing a new overtime format for conferences games beginning with the upcoming 2015-16 season, the conference has also slightly adjusted its conference standings format to reflect the new procedures. Although the point distribution and column point values within the standings are not changing, the look of the standings will be slightly altered. … Read more
Move over Brett Hull, Keith “Huffer” Christiansen and Bill Watson. You’ll soon have some company. On Oct. 30, Minnesota-Duluth will officially retire Glenn “Chico” Resch’s No. 1 jersey during a first intermission ceremony at AMSOIL Arena, making the UMD Athletic Hall of Fame charter member the fourth Bulldog male in any sport to be so … Read more
In a vote of 30 local and regional media members, Minnesota-Duluth was picked to win the NCHC this season. The Bulldogs garnered 17 first-place votes. Denver earned seven, North Dakota four and Miami the remaining two.