Tampa Bay signs Nebraska-Omaha defenseman Sustr

Nebraska-Omaha junior defenseman Andrej Sustr has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, forgoing his senior season with the Mavericks Sustr tallied nine goals and 25 points in 39 games with Nebraska-Omaha in 2012-13 to go along with 53 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-8, 225-pound defender participated in the Lightning’s summer development camp … Read more

NCHC unveils logo, tournament schedule for debut season

The National Collegiate Hockey Conference has a logo and a postseason tournament structure in place for its inaugural season. The NCHC will debut in the 2013-14 season with Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Western Michigan as members. Four winners of conference quarterfinal playoff series will advance the 2014 … Read more

CCHA’s final All-Decade Team includes three Hobey winners

Three Hobey Baker Award winners are among 12 players selected to the CCHA’s All-Decade Team covering the stretch for 2000 to 2013. Forwards T.J. Hensick and Kevin Porter of Michigan and Chris Kunitz of Ferris State; defensemen Andy Greene of Miami and John-Michael Liles of Michigan State; and goaltender Ryan Miller of Michigan State were … Read more

London Knights get another as Nebraska-Omaha goalie Stolarz leaves school for OHL

The Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights have added their second collegiate player in a week as Nebraska-Omaha announced Monday that freshman goaltender Anthony Stolarz is leaving the Mavericks to play for the OHL-leading Knights. “I’m obviously disappointed by Anthony’s decision,” said UNO coach Dean Blais in a news release. “He has been making a very … Read more

Report: Nebraska-Omaha looking to get on-campus rink by 2015 or 2016

Nebraska-Omaha officials have proposed to build a 7,500-seat arena at the south end of UNO’s campus that would be the Mavericks’ new home for hockey, basketball and volleyball, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald. The report states that private donations or partnerships would pay for arena construction costs, which could range anywhere from … Read more

Nebraska-Omaha out to find ways to win with defense

An offseason of tumult that included two assistant coaching changes, the departure of two of the top three returning scorers and a prized recruit’s decision to head to Canada prompted the coaches and WCHA media to pick Nebraska-Omaha to finish eighth in the 12-team league. UNO assistant Mike Hastings left to take charge of the … Read more

NCHC adds business operations manager, media relations consultant

The administration for the National Collegiate Hockey Conference continues to develop this summer with new additions to the league office staff. Verna Toller was hired recently as business operations manager while Mike Moran, a former longtime spokesman for the United States Olympic Committee, signed a short-term contract as a media relations consultant, commissioner Jim Scherr … Read more