The odds didn’t seem to favor New Hampshire in Thursday’s NCAA semifinal. The opponent? Top seed and No. 1 ranked Cornell, which had succeeded in shutting down the potent Boston College offense in the East Regional in Providence little more than a week ago. UNH’s top scorer? On the shelf, as Lanny Gare, with his … Read more
David LeNeveu compiled eye-popping stats, but Mike Ayers plays for an NCAA title.
UNH’s Lanny Gare has been a pleasant surprise, but the sparkplug may miss Thursday’s semifinal.
Thanks to Ayers & Co., UNH isn’t just about offense anymore.
For UNH, Josh Prudden does the little things that win games.
With a big hole to fill this year, UNH has relied on the emergence of Preston Callander and Justin Aikins.
New Hampshire goaltender Mike Ayers was named winner of the 51st annual Walter Brown Award, given annually to New England’s best American-born Division I college hockey player. Salem State senior defenseman Nick Stauder will receive the Gridiron Club’s third annual Joe Concannon Award, given to the top American-born hockey player from NCAA Division II and … Read more
In 1996, she won Minnesota’s first Ms. Hockey. It’s been a strange ride since, but Winny Brodt has earned many plaudits along the way.
NHL second round pick Ed Caron, who left New Hampshire after his freshman year in 2001-2002 and transferred to Yale, will head back to UNH and enroll in classes this spring. Caron, who had already sat out one semester at Yale because of NCAA transfer rules, would need to sit out another full year at … Read more
An early match-up of the nation’s top-rated teams led to uncertainty in the latest USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, as six different teams garnered first-place votes. Boston College, which was No. 1 last week, held onto the top spot, but only by a very narrow margin. A Tuesday night match-up between the No. 1 Eagles … Read more
Rod Langway spent two memorable seasons at New Hampshire, then dominated the defense position in the NHL for 15 seasons. Now he’s a Hall of Famer.
New Hampshire held onto the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but with a tie against unranked Northeastern on Friday night, lost its commanding lead over the rest of the pack. The Wildcats garnered 20 of the 40 first-place votes. The remaining first-place votes were split evenly between the next two … Read more
Of the six coaches in Hockey East, five of them have been with their programs for at least two years. The only new guy in town is New Hampshire’s Brian McCloskey, who steps over from the associate men’s coach position to become just the third coach in the 25-year history of the women’s program. McCloskey … Read more
If you’re a college hockey coach and your only significant question mark is your backup goaltender, then life is good. For UNH coach Dick Umile, life is indeed very good. In this writer’s eyes, New Hampshire enters the season as the number one team in the country. Depth and skill abound on the roster. It’ll … Read more
New Hampshire senior defenseman and assistant captain Garrett Stafford has been ruled academically ineligible to play during the fall semester of the 2002-03 season by the school. Garrett Stafford will miss the first half of UNH’s season for academic reasons. Stafford is considered one of the top returning defensemen in Division I and was named … Read more
Brian McCloskey, who has served as men’s assistant coach at New Hampshire for 10 of the past 11 seasons, has been named head coach of the women’s program.
Three candidates remain in the search for a new women’s ice hockey coach at New Hampshire. The school says the search committee will interview three three finalists over the next two weeks. The three are: Current UNH associate men’s coach Brian McCloskey. Julie Sasner, who recently completed a two-year stint as assistant coach of the … Read more
New Hampshire freshman forward Ed Caron has requested, and has been granted, his release from the University and the hockey program at semester’s end. Caron According to a New Hampshire television station, Caron is planning to transfer to another Division I school. Attempts to reach Caron on Tuesday evening were unsuccessful. A native son, Caron … Read more
The contract of New Hampshire women’s coach Karen Kay has not been extended for the 2002-03 academic year.