CSTV Game of the Week: Maine vs. New Hampshire

As another Friday night of hockey on CSTV approaches, New Hampshire fans are breaking out their whites, as it’s time for the “Whiteout at the Whittemore Center.” Personally, with the wild weather we’ve had lately, I’m glad it’s going to be a whiteout inside and not outside. Of course, with Maine coming to Durham to … Read more

CSTV Game of the Week: BU at New Hampshire

This week, CSTV’s Friday Night Hockey heads to what some people call “God’s Country,” as we’ll be in Manchester, N.H., for a Hockey East showdown between Boston University and No. 8 UNH. Legend has it that Daniel Webster personally chased the devil out of his home state once upon a time, and the Wildcats would … Read more

2004-05 New Hampshire Season Preview

After two straight seasons atop Hockey East, New Hampshire fell to fourth place last year. Although that hardly ranks as a catastrophe, the surprise was not in the result but in the details. The Wildcats, consistently among the league leaders in team defense, fell to fifth overall, eighth in league games. Eighth? Next to last … Read more

UNH Favored in Women’s Hockey East

For the first time in Hockey East women’s history, someone other than Providence is ranked No. 1 in the league’s preseason poll, even though the Friars are coming off winning the league’s first two postseason crowns. Defending regular champion New Hampshire, the bridesmaid in each of the Friars’ championship wins, ranked No. 1 with four … Read more

Caron Leaving UNH (For Good)

New Hampshire forward Eddie Caron will forego his final two seasons of eligibility after signing a professional contract with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. Though he would have been a senior this upcoming season, Caron still had two years of college eligibility remaining because of two transfers. “I support Eddie’s decision,” said … Read more

Winnik Thrilled With NHL Draft Attention

It doesn’t really matter if his boyhood favorites — the Toronto Maple Leafs — come calling on NHL draft day, New Hampshire center Daniel Winnik is just excited to think about the possibilities. “The dream would be to play in Toronto, but I’m not really one of those guys who cares where they play,” said … Read more

Stafford Out of Hospital Following On-Ice Incident

Former New Hampshire defenseman Garrett Stafford was seriously injured Friday night in the latest incident of severe on-ice hockey violence. Stafford Stafford, now playing for the Cleveland Barons of the AHL, the top minor-league affiliate of the San Jose Sharks, was hit across the face with a two-hander from Hamilton’s Alexander Perezhogin. Stafford was kneeling … Read more

Saviano Wins Walter Brown Award

New Hampshire senior Steve Saviano has been named the winner of the 2004 Walter Brown Award as announced by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston on Friday. Saviano, a Hobey Baker Award finalist and Hockey East Player of the Year, was picked from among 14 finalists. Saviano is the fifth UNH player –- and second … Read more

York Finally Named Top Coach; Saviano POTY

It only took him 10 seasons, 228 wins, three Hockey East regular-season championships and three Hockey East tournament championships. At last, Boston College head coach Jerry York has received the Bob Kullen Award as Hockey East Coach of the Year. A unanimous selection by his peers, York steered the Eagles to a 17-4-3 record in … Read more

Dodge Holiday Classic

Mariucci Arena, Minneapolis, Dec. 20-21 New Hampshire vs. Miami, 4:05 CT Saturday Princeton at Minnesota, 7:05 CT Saturday New Hampshire/Miami vs. Princeton, 4:05 CT Sunday New Hampshire/Miami vs. Minnesota, 7:05 CT Sunday Television: Fox Sports Minnesota (DirecTV Ch. 641). Derek Edwardson, the nation’s leading scorer, brings first-place Miami to Minneapolis. No. 13 Miami (10-6-2) Players … Read more

Two of a Kind

The bond between New Hampshire’s Steve Saviano and Sean Collins is crucial to their, and the Wildcats’, success.

UNH Suspends 8 In Aftermath of Campus Riot

New Hampshire has suspended eight players for two games, and they will not travel to this weekend’s Punch Imlach College Hockey Showcase tournament in Buffalo. The eight players — seniors Nathan Martz and Tyler Scott, juniors Matt Hoppe, Tyson Teplitsky, and Robbie Barker, sophomores Andrew Leach and Mark Kolanos, and freshman Brett Hemingway — were … Read more

2003-04 New Hampshire Season Preview

New Hampshire lost some big-time players from the squad that advanced to the national championship game last year — All-Americans Lanny Gare and Colin Hemingway are Exhibits A and B — but still returns plenty of talent for another serious run at it. The motherlode crouches between the pipes. Michael Ayers recorded seven shutouts last … Read more

UNH’s Caron Cleared to Play This Fall

Eddie Caron, who transferred from New Hampshire to Yale and then back to New Hampshire, has been cleared by the NCAA to play immediately. Caron played for New Hampshire as a freshman in 2001-02, then left for Yale where NCAA transfer rules required him to sit out a year before becoming eligible to play for … Read more

Ayers, Ruggerio Win USA Hockey Awards

USA Hockey has named Harvard’s Angela Ruggerio as its women’s player of the year and New Hampshire’s Mike Ayers as its men’s college player of the year on Wednesday. The award goes to those deemed the top U.S.-born players. They’ll be honored June 13-14 at the USA Hockey’s annual meeting in Colorado Springs. Ruggiero, a … Read more