2009-10 Providence Season Preview

Possibly the biggest question mark in Hockey East this season is the Providence Friars. Last season, to say the team struggled would be an understatement. An early-season injury to top goaltender Ryan Simpson left the club in the lurch early. That translated to a 3-12-1 record at the break and a hill that seemingly could … Read more

Defending Champ Boston University Favored to Win Hockey East

Defending league and national champion Boston University is the favorite in this year’s race for the Hockey East championship, a vote of league coaches shows. The Terriers, coming off a school-record 36-win season that ended with an overtime win over Miami in the national championship game, earned six of the 10 first-place votes. UMass-Lowell and … Read more

13 of 23 on Women’s National Team Played Collegiately Last Season

Three-time Olympians Jenny Potter and Angela Ruggiero were announced Monday as part of the 23-player United States Women’s National Team roster. PICTORIAL: The U.S. Women’s National Team The team, based in the Minneapolis area, will take part in a 10-game, nine-city national tour ahead of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Twenty-one players will make … Read more

2008-09 Providence Season Preview

If the college hockey regular season ended in the first week of February rather than March, last year’s campaign for the Providence Friars would likely have been considered a glowing success. It was those final 30 days, though, that took things from a banner year for the Friars to one of mediocrity. The turning point … Read more

The All-Around

For those who fear that athletics and academics, strength and service no longer go together like they used to, Mike Scandura has a counterpoint: Providence co-captain Kyle Laughlin.

Feeling Black and Blue

Traditional rivals in women’s college hockey are hard to come by, but the enmity between Providence College and New Hampshire goes back as far as any of them. It predates the six-year existence of the Women’s Hockey East Association. And stretching, as it does, all the way back to 1977, it predates the births of … Read more

Great Lakes Invitational Preview

Site: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Friday-Saturday, Dec. 28-29, 2007 Participants: Providence, Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech Game 1: Providence vs. Michigan, 4:35 p.m. ET Providence Friars (6-6-2, 4-3-2 Hockey East) Head coach: Tim Army Leading scorers: Sr. Jon Rheault (8-8 — 16), Jr. Matt Taormina (5-11 — 16) Leading netminder: Sr. Tyler Sims (5-5-1, 2.16 … Read more

2007-08 Providence Season Preview

When Tim Army first returned to his alma mater two seasons ago, the Friars turned out to be the biggest surprise in the league for the first half of the season before faltering in the stretch. Last season was a different story, as the Friars never really got all cylinders firing together on a regular … Read more

Friar Alum Keefe To Helm Westfield State

Westfield State College has announced the hiring of Jerry Keefe as the head coach of its men’s ice hockey team. Keefe’s college career was at Providence and he played professionally for five years. He was an assistant coach at Mass.-Boston last season, and coached the U.S. Select Under 17 team at the National Festival in … Read more

2006-07 Providence Season Preview

Providence was the surprise story in the early going, going 9-2-1 in its first 12 Hockey East games last season and cracking the national top ten. With first-year coach Tim Army emphasizing offense, the team proved to be vastly entertaining as well as successful. But the Friars faltered during the stretch run, going 3-7-2 in … Read more

Hockey East’s Twin Bill

Short in stature but big in heart, grit and leadership, twin brothers Tony and Brad Zancanaro make quite an impression on-ice and off, Joe Haggerty finds.

2005-06 Providence Season Preview

When new Providence coach Tim Army was a senior, the Friars won the Hockey East championship in the legendary 1985 title game, a double-overtime 2-1 win over Boston College. Getting PC back into the Hockey East title picture is Army’s goal. “Our challenge is great,” Army says. “We are in a great conference and the … Read more

Providence Taps Berard, Moore As Assistants

Providence today announced the appointment of David Berard and Stan Moore as assistant coaches. Berard has been on the Friar coaching staff for nine years, while Moore, who was an assistant coach for the Friars from 1988-92, most recently was the associate head coach at Colgate. Berard has spent the past 13 seasons in college … Read more

Providence Names Army

Providence introduced Tim [nl]Army as the school’s men’s ice hockey coach in a press conference on Friday morning. Army succeeds Paul Pooley, who announced his resignation earlier this month to take the assistant coach job at Notre Dame. Army has a long-time history and association with Providence hockey. After playing three seasons with the Friars … Read more