Just eight games into its women’s team’s first season, Robert Morris has fired its head coach. Kevin McGonagle was dismissed Thursday, effective immediately, will be replaced on an interim basis by assistant Jody Katz for the remainder of the 2005-06 season. Current men’s assistant coach Nate Handrahan will then take over on a permanent basis. … Read more
The colors of Robert Morris are red, white and blue — and after last season’s surprising inaugural season with a cast of freshmen, the Colonials are hoping for an all-American turnaround in 2005-06. Last year, RMU featured a lineup of 18 freshmen, a sophomore and a junior and though the Colonials finished in the CHA … Read more
USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program has announced the schedule for its 2005-06 U.S. National Under-17 Team, and it will include two college hockey teams. For the first time in the nine-year history of the NTDP, the U.S. National Under-17 Team will face two NCAA Division III opponents in games at SUNYAC members Plattsburgh on … Read more
Robert Morris University Director of Athletics Susan K. Hofacre, Ph.D., who was instrumental in the Colonials’ joining the Division I ice hockey ranks this season, passed away Jan. 8 after a battle with cancer. She was 54. Hofacre, one of just 26 female athletic directors at the Division I level, led the Robert Morris athletic … Read more
Kurt Wright started his college career at New Hampshire, then joined ill-starred Findlay. Now the veteran is helping anchor Robert Morris’ fledgling squad.
Derek Schooley knows exactly what Tom Petty meant when he sang “the waiting is the hardest part.” The Robert Morris head coach has been counting the days until the first-year Division I program finally takes to the rink. “Our players are excited about being here. The community’s excited, the campus is excited about us being … Read more