Nearly nine months after the abrupt end to the 2019-20 college hockey season, ECAC Hockey will officially commence its 2020-21 campaign this weekend. Clarkson, Colgate, Quinnipiac, and St. Lawrence will represent the league this year, as the other eight ECAC Hockey members announced they will not compete due to COVID-19 concerns. RPI and Union announced … Read more
Union College today announced the cancellation of its men’s and women’s 2020-21 hockey seasons, one day after ECAC Hockey rival Rensselaer made a similar announcement and following last week’s Ivy League decision not to play this season.
Union forward Parker Foo will not be back with the Dutchmen for his senior season in 2020-21 after signing a two-year contract this past week with the KHL’s Kunlun Red Star (photo: Amanda Lopez/Union Athletics).
Following 11 years with Union, associate head coach Jason Tapp has stepped down to take a new position at Dartmouth (photo: Union College Athletics).
Union has added goaltender Josh Graziano for the second half of the 2019-20 season (photo: Rebekah Bing).
Union sophomore forward Sam Morton has left school and returned to the BCHL’s Wenatchee Wild, according to the Wild (photo: Russ Alman/Digital Media Northwest).
According to the Daily Gazette, Union forward Liam Morgan, who completed his sophomore season in 2018-19, has signed with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom.
Ohio State stayed atop the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for a second straight week on Monday, while Wisconsin and Union joined the rankings with undefeated starts (photo: Melissa Wade).
Union has announced the upcoming arrival of a new Daktronics video scoreboard for Union men’s and women’s hockey teams inside Messa Rink at the Achilles Center (photo rendering: Union College Athletics).
ECAC Hockey on Monday announced its preseason coaches’ and media polls and the six-member preseason All-League Team. ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll – Coaches’ ECAC Hockey Preseason Poll – Media ECAC Hockey Preseason All-League Team
Union has extended the contract of head coach Rick Bennett through the 2022-23 season. Bennett, who once again was tabbed as the ECAC Hockey Tim Taylor Coach of the Year for the second time in his career, guided the Dutchmen to a share of their fourth Cleary Cup title with a conference record of 16-4-2 … Read more
Union junior defenseman Nick DeSimone has signed a two-year contract with the San Jose Sharks. DeSimone also signed an AHL amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2016-17 season and will play for the San Jose Barracuda. “I am thankful for all that Union College has done for me, from the professors to the coaching … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award on Thursday announced the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2017 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are: Zach Aston-Reese, senior forward from Northeastern, Will Butcher, senior defenseman from Denver, and Mike Vecchione, senior forward from Union. The three finalists were selected from the … Read more
Top-seeded Denver joins three other teams in Cincinnati at the U.S. Bank Arena this weekend for the Midwest Regional.
Denver, Union, Penn State and Michigan Tech will play in Cincinnati.
Notre Dame has announced the addition of veteran coach John Micheletto as a special assistant to the coaching staff. A 24-year coaching veteran, Micheletto most recently served as the head coach at Massachusetts from 2012 to 2016. Prior to UMass, he was an associate head coach at Vermont for five seasons and also was an … Read more
Union senior forward Mike Vecchione has been named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for October. The HCA National Rookie of the Month for October is Patrick Grasso from New Hampshire. Union’s captain, Vecchione finished the month as the Division I leader in goals (10) and multi-point games (5), ranking … Read more
Two top tier teams met for a rematch on Saturday, with a much different result than the hard-nosed tie the night before, as the Quinnipiac Bobcats pushed five goals past Ryan Ruck en route to a 5-2 win against the Northeastern Huskies. Quinnipiac scored a pair of goals in the first 10 minutes of a … 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
Union associate head coach Joe Dumais is expected to be named assistant coach at Quinnipiac, according to the Daily Gazette. Dumais will replace Reid Cashman, who is reported to be leaving for an assistant’s job with the AHL’s Hershey Bears. “Joe and I met yesterday morning, and Joe informed me that he was leaving Union … Read more