St. Lawrence junior goaltender Kyle Hayton has been named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for November, while Penn State freshman forward Denis Smirnov is the HCA National Rookie of the Month. Hayton led the Saints to a No. 19 national ranking last month and finished November tied among all … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Tuesday that Quinnipiac senior defenseman Connor Clifton and St. Lawrence junior defenseman have each been assessed one-game suspensions as a result of their actions in last weekend’s Friendship Four event in Belfast. The action on Clifton was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 13:26 mark of the first … Read more
Defending ECAC champion Quinnipiac is once again the top team in the conference, according to two polls released Monday. The Bobcats came in the top slot in both the coaches and media polls. ECAC Preseason Coaches Poll ECAC Preseason Media Poll In addition, the media also selected a preseason all-conference team. ECAC Preseason All-Conference Team
St. Lawrence announced Thursday that Matt Deschamps will join the men’s staff as an assistant coach for the 2016-17 season. Deschamps spent the last two years in Austria with EC Red Bull Salzburg Hockey Club as the head coach of the RBS U18 team while also serving the club in director and development coordinator roles. … Read more
A collection of memories of Mason, who passed away at age 76.
Former Lake Superior State, Bowling Green and Michigan State coach Ron Mason passed away overnight at the age of 76. Mason also played at St. Lawrence in the early 1960s. He won 924 games over 36 seasons at LSSU (1966-73), BGSU (1973-79) and MSU (1979-2002), retiring as the all-time winningest college hockey coach. Mason led … Read more
Clarkson has announced the addition of Tony Maci as an assistant coach for the women’s team. Maci, who replaces Meghan Duggan, will join head coach Matt Desrosiers and fellow assistant coach Britni Smith behind the Clarkson bench next season. A former player at St. Lawrence, Maci comes to Clarkson from Princeton, where he served as … Read more
Sean Flanagan has been named an assistant coach for Cornell and joins the Big Red after serving as Massachusetts-Lowell’s director of hockey operations during the 2015-16 season. “Sean is an up and coming coach in college hockey,” said Cornell head coach Mike Schafer in a statement. “He has a great reputation for tireless work ethic … Read more
“I’ve never lost my passion for college hockey and I never wanted to leave,” the new Saints coach said. “My next best option was to try and work my way back.”
St. Lawrence announced Tuesday that Mark Morris has been named the Saints’ new head coach, effective immediately. Currently, Morris serves as head coach for the American Hockey League’s Charlotte Checkers. Morris was selected for the position with the assistance of a 13-person search committee that included three current students on the men’s hockey team, members … Read more
After five years behind the bench at St. Lawrence, including the past four as head coach, Greg Carvel is leaving the Saints to take over as head coach at Massachusetts. ESPN’s John Buccigross tweeted earlier today that the hiring was official. Sources tell me UMass AD Ryan Bamford has worked out a 5-yr deal with … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Friday the winners of its annual postseason awards and All-League teams as selected by the league’s 12 head coaches. This season’s winners came from three schools – Harvard, Quinnipiac and Yale and featured three repeat winners from a year ago. For the second consecutive season, Harvard captain Jimmy Vesey earned the league’s … Read more
College hockey will once again head to Northern Ireland this coming November. ECAC Hockey’s St. Lawrence and Quinnipiac, along with Massachusetts and Vermont from Hockey East, are slated to compete in the second annual Friendship Four Tournament in Belfast, Northern Ireland Nov. 25-26, 2016. The teams will first compete against their conference rival in a … Read more
In the midst of his 31st season coaching at Wesleyan, Jim Langlois died unexpectedly on Jan. 24. Langlois was 70. A 1968 graduate of St. Lawrence where he lettered in hockey, Langlois coached the Wesleyan’s women’s team from 1980 to 1984 before joining the men’s ranks in 1985. He also coached in the Middlesex (Conn.) … Read more
The goalie set Saints season records for GAA, save percentage and shutouts as a rookie.
Ryan Durocher has joined the St. Lawrence men’s hockey staff in a hockey operations capacity as the team’s videographer. Durocher replaces Brennan McHugh who has taken a hockey position at the Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y. A Canton native and former Cortland player, Durocher will handle the video breakdown and coaching duties for the … Read more
Two first-team All-Americans from last season return at the position.
Nine goalies who were awarded with All-American or all-conference honors last season are back.
The ECAC Hockey coaches and media each participated in separate preseason polls that were released Tuesday. Coaches chose Harvard to finish atop the standings, while the media picked Yale to end the season on top. ECAC PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL ECAC PRESEASON MEDIA POLL The coaches and media also chose preseason All-Conference Teams. ECAC PRESEASON COACHES’ … Read more
When the first 17 players were named this week to the United States team for the 2015 IIHF World Championship that starts in May, four players were named that skated in the NCAA ranks during the 2014-15 season. Forwards Dylan Larkin (Michigan) and Jimmy Vesey (Harvard), defenseman Mike Reilly (Minnesota) and goaltender Alex Lyon (Yale) … Read more