Minnesota sophomore goaltender Adam Wilcox heads up the inaugural Big Ten year-end awards as he was named the conference’s player of the year and goaltender of the year on Monday. Wilcox is 23-4-6 this season with a 1.91 GAA and a .934 save percentage with three shutouts. Gophers’ sophomore defenseman Mike Reilly was selected defensive … Read more
Writer Joe Connor takes an off-beat look at some of the atmospheres created in college hockey rinks.
The roster has included six goalies because of a departure, an injury, emergency fill-ins and a second-half reinforcement.
There are four teams on the wrong side of the bubble that might surprise some: Denver, North Dakota, Western Michigan and Miami.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Goaltender Collin Olson, a sixth-round NHL draft pick, has left Ohio State, citing a lack of playing time.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
The Buckeyes lean on a veteran group of forwards but have to replace All-American Brady Hjelle in goal.
Now that free agency has opened a few spots on Boston’s defensive depth chart, Matt Bartkowski might just earn a full-time NHL gig this season. Tim Sullivan reports in our occasional series checking in with college hockey personalities, past and present.
Minnesota announced Tuesday that it will host the 2014 Hockey City Classic outdoor doubleheader Jan. 17 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
More than two-thirds of the players selected for the camp that will help select the 2014 U.S. men’s Olympic team come from college hockey roots. Of 48 players named to the U.S. Men’s National Team Orientation Camp in August, 33 played in college. Minnesota had seven former players chosen, with Wisconsin right behind at six. … Read more
Brett Larson has been named associate head coach at Ohio State. Larson, who played at Minnesota-Duluth from 1991-95, captaining the team as a senior, and was later an assistant coach with the Bulldogs, spent the last two seasons as the head coach and general manager of the Sioux City Musketeers in the United States Hockey … Read more
An emotional roller coaster ended with Steve Rohlik leading Ohio State’s program. J. Justin Boggs reports.
Ohio State did not waste any time finding a new head hockey coach. After third-year coach Mark Osiecki was dismissed by the university due to a disagreement in management last week, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith tab Osiecki’s former right-hand man Steve Rohlik, who was named as the squad’s head coach Wednesday. “I am … Read more
In 2012, Boston College had four players on the All-USCHO teams. A year later, things were much more spread out. Five teams had two players selected for the 2012-13 All-USCHO teams, with no repeat honorees from last season. Frozen Four semifinalists Massachusetts-Lowell and St. Cloud State were among those teams, along with Boston College, North … Read more
With the Ohio State men’s hockey squad headed to a new hockey conference, athletic director Gene Smith decided that it was time for a new coach. Smith announced Monday that third-year head coach Mark Osiecki has been dismissed from his position at Ohio State. Ohio State will buy out the remaining two years of Osiecki’s … Read more
Mark Osiecki said he was “very surprised” to learn he would not be continuing as Ohio State coach. The school fired Osiecki on Monday after a three-year stint as coach of the Buckeyes. “They came in this morning and told me at 8 a.m.,” Osiecki said. “We didn’t know anything.” Ohio State was 16-17-7 this … Read more
Ohio State junior forward Chris Crane has signed an entry-level contract with the NHL’s San Jose Sharks, forfeiting his final year of eligibility. Crane was selected by the Sharks in the seventh round (200th overall) of the 2010 NHL draft. “This is a great opportunity for Chris,” OSU coach Mark Osiecki said in a news … Read more
Ranked teams Dartmouth, Cornell, Union and St. Cloud State combined to go 0-9 last week. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss the impact in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Summaries of the seven tournaments that run Friday through Monday.