Mercyhurst, which won the Atlantic Hockey regular-season championship in 2013-14, has been picked to once again finish atop the standings after the conference released the results of the preseason coaches’ poll on Wednesday. The Lakers took home six first-place votes in the balloting.
Atlantic Hockey handed out its individual year-end awards Thursday night at the league’s annual championship reception at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y. Mercyhurst goaltender Jimmy Sarjeant took home top honors as he was tabbed the AHA player of the year after going 14-0-5 with a 2.00 GAA, a .943 save percentage and one … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced its three All-Conference Teams on Thursday as 18 players were honored. 2014 AHA All-Conference First Team 2014 AHA All-Conference Second Team 2014 AHA All-Conference Third Team
Atlantic Hockey announced its 2013-14 All-Rookie Team on Thursday and Sacred Heart led the way with two selections. All players were nominated by their own coaches and then voted on by the remaining 11 coaches.
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Sacred Heart sophomore goaltender Alex Vazzano for two games under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. Vazzano was given a major for contact to the head and a game misconduct at the 1:37 mark of the second period last Saturday night (Jan. 18) against Air Force. According to an AHA press release, … Read more
Here’s a look at the college hockey holiday tournaments that start Sunday.
The Crusaders’ win over Boston College gave Atlantic Hockey, maligned for its poor nonconference record, another big upset.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Arguably among the biggest additions to this year’s team will be Alex Vazzano, a goaltending transfer from Vermont.
Former Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine has been named executive director of intercollegiate athletics at Sacred Heart. Valentine, who managed the Boston Red Sox in 2012, will take over in his new position July 1, replacing C. Donald Cook, who is retiring June 30. The Connecticut Post first reported the transaction on … Read more
According to the Connecticut Post, former Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine will be named the next athletic director at Sacred Heart. Current AD Don Cook is retiring, effective July 1. “An intriguing opportunity has been presented to me and it’s something I really feel I can enjoy doing and I feel could … Read more
Sacred Heart executive director of athletics C. Donald Cook has announced that he will retire, effective July 1, 2013. Cook has been at Sacred Heart for the past 20 years. “I have been truly blessed to have been in the same industry my entire career,” Cook said in a statement. “I couldn’t have imagined in … Read more
Due to Hurricane Sandy, Sacred Heart will host Mercyhurst at the Northford Ice Pavilion in Northford, Conn., on Friday, Nov. 2 at 7:05 p.m. due to no power at the Milford Ice Pavilion in Milford, Conn. The game on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. remains at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Conn.
The reasons for Sacred Heart’s lack of success last season were obvious: an average offense paired with a defense that was the worst in the league by almost a full goal per game (4.52 goals against average). Some of that was due to an ineffective penalty kill, and some to goaltenders struggling, especially early in … Read more
Former Sacred Heart captain Garrett Larson died in a motor vehicle accident over the weekend in his hometown of Rycroft, Alberta. A 2005 graduate of Sacred Heart, Larson was 31 and leaves behind his wife, Jen, and three children, Cohan (5), Chloe (1) and Lilly (one month). Larson played four seasons for the Pioneers from … Read more
The last two seasons have been a roller coaster ride for coach C.J. Marottolo and his Sacred Heart Pioneers. Picked to finish eighth out of 10 teams in 2009-10, the Pioneers came in second, earning Marottolo coach of the year honors. But last season Sacred Heart plummeted to 11th place. “I hope the opposite ends … Read more
Defenseman R.J. Boyd, the only NHL draft pick in Atlantic Hockey, has left Sacred Heart and signed with the Chicago Steel of the USHL. The 19-year-old Boyd, who was picked in the seventh round (183rd overall) by the Florida Panthers in last June’s NHL draft, last played for Sacred Heart on Dec. 3. He suited up … Read more
At the beginning of last season, the Sacred Heart Pioneers were coming off a disappointing 11-23-4 season and didn’t have a head coach. But C.J. Marottolo put the pieces together quickly and led his team to a 21-win season and a spot in the Atlantic Hockey championship game. “The group of seniors we had last … Read more
Defending champion and national semifinalist Rochester Institute of Technology has been picked to repeat as champions in the Atlantic Hockey coaches poll, announced Tuesday at the league’s media day, held at Blue Cross Arena, site of the 2011 league championships. Mercyhurst, which finished fourth last season, was picked to finish second and Air Force third. … Read more