The Atlantic Hockey postseason semifinals and finals will remain at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., through the 2018-19 season after operating on a year-to-year basis the last few seasons. The tournament semifinal and championship games have been played at the rink since 2007, with campus sites serving as the championship location prior to … Read more
ECAC Hockey on Sunday announced that Dartmouth junior defenseman Tim Shoup has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of his actions in the Dartmouth-Robert Morris game from Saturday, Nov. 26. The league action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 11:55 mark of the third period in the Big … Read more
Robert Morris alum Brandon Blandina has joined the Colonials coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach. Blandina played in 133 games for the Colonials from 2008 to 2012, scoring 11 goals and 27 assists. Following his RMU career, Blandina played professional hockey in the ECHL for two seasons, playing 117 games, scoring 15 goals and … Read more
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In a poll of 19 media members covering Atlantic Hockey, RIT earned 12 first-place votes to finish atop the media poll on the eve of the 2016-17 season. Air Force (four), Holy Cross (two) and Mercyhurst (one) also garnered first-place votes. In addition, two preseason All-Star Teams were announced. AHC Preseason First All-Star Team AHC … Read more
The Robert Morris University men’s team announced Tuesday he promotion of Michael Gershon to assistant coach and the addition of Kyle Pettit to the staff as the team’s hockey operations coordinator. Gershon served as coordinator of hockey operations during the 2015-16 season after spending three years as head coach, president and general manager of teams … Read more
Castleton announced Monday the hiring of DJ Fimiani as the head coach of the Spartans’ women’s team. Fimiani comes to Castleton after building the women’s program at Daniel Webster from scratch starting in April 2014. He was able to recruit young women from all over North America for the inaugural season of 2015-16, bringing in … Read more
RIT earned eight first-place votes in the annual preseason Atlantic Hockey preseason coaches poll and is looked at as the team to beat this season in the conference. Air Force (two) and Holy Cross (one) also earned first-place votes.
Following Atlantic Hockey’s annual directors meeting, the league has announced that the scholarship limit will once again increase in the conference. A major move regarding the future of Atlantic Hockey, the directors voted to move to 18 scholarships, the maximum allowed per the NCAA. “This is another step forward for our league” said Atlantic Hockey … Read more
In an email to USCHO.com Thursday, a Robert Morris spokesperson said that RMU associate head coach Mark Workman “is no longer with Robert Morris Men’s Hockey.” A search is underway for his replacement. “I would like to thank Mark Workman for his seven years of service to Robert Morris hockey,” said Colonials coach Derek Schooley … Read more
Robert Morris has added former Massachusetts-Lowell forward Michael Louria to the team’s roster. Louria will not play until the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer rules. With UMass Lowell the last two seasons, Louria skated in 51 games and registered 10 goals and 14 assists for 24 points. During his freshman season, Louria led UMass … Read more
Robert DeGregorio has signed a three-year contract extension to remain as commissioner of Atlantic Hockey through the 2018-19 season. “We are pleased to secure Commissioner DeGregorio’s leadership of the Atlantic Hockey Conference for the next three years” said Atlantic Hockey executive committee chair Lou Spiotti, Jr., in a statement. “His contributions to our growth and … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced its major team and individual award winners for the 2015-16 season at the league’s annual awards ceremony Thursday in Rochester, N.Y. Winning the Player of the Year Award was Robert Morris senior forward and Hobey Baker top-10 finalist Zac Lynch, who also received the Scoring Trophy in recognition of his 39-point conference … Read more
Atlantic Hockey on Wednesday announced its three All-Conference Teams. 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey First Team All-Conference 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey Second Team All-Conference 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey Third Team All-Conference
The 2016 Senior CLASS Award nominees have been trimmed to 10 from the original list of 20. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be classified as NCAA Division I seniors and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of finalists follows this release. An … Read more
The teams play Saturday and Sunday in Hanover, N.H.
The teams play in the fourth-annual tournament in Pittsburgh.
Atlantic Hockey has announced one-game suspensions for Robert Morris sophomore forward Timmy Moore and Holy Cross sophomore forward Ryan Ferrill. Both players were assessed suspensions following their actions in their respective games on Dec. 5. Moore was issued the suspension after the league reviewed footage from last Saturday’s game at Rochester Institute of Technology. Moore … Read more
Robert Morris senior forward Greg Gibson has been selected as the Hockey Commissioners Association Player of the Month for October, while Connecticut’s Max Letunov is the HCA National Rookie of the Month. Gibson has recorded a point in each of Robert Morris’ first six games and multiple points in five of the six games. He … Read more
With nine first-place votes, Robert Morris finished atop the preseason Atlantic Hockey media poll going into the 2015-16 season. Rochester Institute of Technology, Bentley and Canisius also garnered one first-place nod apiece. In addition, the media also chose an Atlantic Hockey preseason all-star team.