Scott Sandelin, who was earlier named the assistant coach of the 2004-05 U.S. World Junior Championships team, has been named to replace Dean Blais as head coach. Blais resigned from the position last week after recently leaving his job as head coach at North Dakota for the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. The 2005 IIHF World … Read more
Hobey Baker winner Junior Lessard signed a one-year contract Thursday with the Dallas Stars. Lessard, coming off a Frozen Four appearance with Minnesota-Duluth, led the nation in scoring this past season with 63 points in 45 games, including two goals in the NCAA semifinal loss to Denver. A 6-foot native of St. Joseph deBeauce, Que., … Read more
On Wednesday, the American Hockey Coaches Association named Scott Sandelin of Minnesota-Duluth the winner of the 2004 Spencer Penrose Award as national coach of the year. Sandelin, a 1987 graduate of North Dakota, was a Hobey Baker finalist as a senior and served seven years as an assistant coach there under Dean Blais. The Hibbing, … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award is named for a college hockey legend who died a tragic, accidental death in a plane crash during the waning days of World War I. Junior Lessard overcame adversity this season to win the Hobey Baker Memorial Award (photo: Pedro Cancel). Minnesota-Duluth’s Junior Lessard almost emulated the award’s namesake a … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth forward Junior Lessard was honored Friday at historic Faneuil Hall in Boston with the 2004 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, presented annually to college hockey’s top player. Lessard, a native of St. Joseph deBeauce, Que., led the nation in goals this season with 32, in power-play goals with 14, and in points with 63. He … Read more
UMD’s skating cheerleaders entertained thousands of fans and at least one member of the press.
Minnesota-Duluth was oh-so-close, but it wasn’t meant to be for the Bulldogs — at least not this season.
Junior Lessard shook off a near-death experience to have a great season, and a knee injury to have a great NCAA. Now, he’s close to a Hobey and a national title.
Two players that recently went pro, including one that left early, plus one player still playing are the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2004 Hobey Baker Award. The three finalists are: Minnesota-Duluth forward Junior Lessard, the nation’s leading scorer, will lead his team into the Frozen Four, starting next Thursday with the Bulldogs’ … Read more
It has taken four years, but Junior Lessard and the UMD Bulldogs are ready to return to the national stage.
Bowling Green and Minnesota-Duluth meet for the first time since their epic 1984 NCAA championship game.
The risk a team runs after a successful season is the misguided notion that the next season’s success will be easy to come by. Offseason conditioning and preseason training usually are fueled more by bad memories than good ones. So Minnesota-Duluth coach Scott Sandelin, fresh off the Bulldogs’ first trip to the WCHA Final Five … Read more
WCHA associate commissioner Sara Martin affirmed that written league policy did not guarantee Minnesota-Duluth coach Shannon Miller a tape of the Minnesota-Wisconsin semifinal during the women’s WCHA Final Five tournament in March, despite Miller’s claims last week that she had been victimized by league officials after waiting until 1:15 a.m. the morning of the final … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth women’s coach Shannon Miller will serve a one game suspension to open the 2003-04 season. The decision was made by the WCHA and the league’s Executive Committee. According to the WCHA, the suspension comes as a result of “unsportsmanlike conduct” during the league’s Final Five tournament in March 2003. Miller will miss the season … Read more
On Wednesday, Minnesota-Duluth’s Shannon Miller was named Coach of the Year in women’s Division I by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Miller, a native of Melfort, Sask., led UMD to a third straight NCAA title, winning the championship with a 4-3 double-overtime victory against Harvard before a crowd of 5,000-plus in Duluth. For the season, … Read more
Cornell ascended to the top of the college hockey heap, garnering 25 first-place votes and 583 points in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, the last poll of the 2002-2003 season. The Big Red finished first in the ECAC regular season and the postseason tournament, and was rewarded for a 28-4-1 season with the … Read more
Colorado College advanced to the WCHA Final Five by defeating Alaska-Anchorage in two games this weekend, and held onto the top spot in both the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll and the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR). The Tigers received 35 of 40 first-place votes, and will face the winner of the No. … Read more
Idle Minnesota-Duluth jumped into the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll after a shocking Harvard loss. Harvard had held the No. 1 position for 13 consecutive weeks, until a stunning 7-2 loss to No. 4 Dartmouth in the ECAC Championship game bumped the Crimson into second place. It was just the second … Read more
Harvard senior Jennifer Botterill, Minnesota-Duluth junior Jenny Potter, and Harvard defenseman Angela Ruggiero were named the three finalists for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced today by the USA Hockey Foundation. Botterill, a forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a finalist and the eventual winner of the 2001 award, while both Potter and Ruggiero were … Read more
Despite two wins this weekend, Harvard saw its lead over second-place Minnesota-Duluth erode ever so slightly in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. After a solid 4-0 win over Northeastern, Harvard squeaked out a 2-1 overtime win over No. 6 Providence on Sunday. Harvard received nine of 15 first-place votes, yet leads No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth … Read more