After announcing earlier Thursday that the NCHC Frozen Faceoff will no longer be at the Target Center, the league announced that the annual championship weekend is heading to Saint Paul, Minn., beginning this upcoming 2017-18 season. The NCHC Board of Directors recently approved the move to make Xcel Energy Center the future home of the … Read more
The Target Center and the NCHC announced Thursday that the parties have reached a mutual and amicable agreement to waive the final year of their existing contract, which had the 2018 NCHC Frozen Faceoff tournament scheduled to take place at the arena. “Target Center is proud to have been a part of one of the … Read more
Western Michigan has announced the hiring of J.J. Crew as the program’s director of player development. Crew replaces David Killip, who recently took an assistant coaching position with Salmon Arm of the British Columbia Hockey League. In his new position, Crew will assist the staff in analyzing the development of the student-athletes, recognition of skill … Read more
Western Michigan junior forward Frederik Tiffels has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins, giving up his final season of NCAA eligibility. Originally drafted by Pittsburgh in the sixth round (167th overall) in the 2015 NHL Draft, Tiffels leaves WMU after three seasons, appearing in 105 career games with 59 points on 27 goals and 32 assists. … Read more
Former Western Michigan forward David Gove was found shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday in Pittsburgh and was pronounced dead less than a half-hour later. He was 38. KDKA-TV reported that Gove died at a men’s shelter in Uptown, while the Daily Mail reported that Gove died as the result of a heroin overdose. Gove played … Read more
The Vancouver Canucks announced Tuesday the signing of Western Michigan sophomore forward Griffen Molino to a two-year contract. Molino is coming off the best season of his collegiate career, scoring 33 points on 15 goals and 18 assists in 40 games. “I couldn’t be more grateful for my past two years at Western Michigan,” said … Read more
Four teams from four different conferences will converge on the Dunkin’ Donuts Center this weekend in Providence, R.I., for the East Regional. Do the hometown Friars have home-ice advantage?
The Friars join Harvard, Western Michigan and Air Force in Providence.
The CCHA may have dissolved four years ago, but memories live on via the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye.
Western Michigan sophomore defenseman Oliwer Kaski has signed with HIFK of the Finnish Elite League. Kaski leaves WMU after playing in 32 career games, scoring four goals and adding eight assists for 12 points. The Pori, Finland, native appeared in one game in the 2016-17 season. “I’m really grateful for the opportunity I got here,” … Read more
Joe Sullivan has been named the third annual recipient of the NCHC’s Mark Rudolph Officiating Achievement Award for the 2015-16 season. The award is named in honor of Mark Rudolph, a long-time official and distinguished administrator who resides in Colorado Springs and established USA Hockey’s National Officiating Program, among many other accomplishments. The award was … Read more
North Dakota was chosen as the favorite to capture the 2016-17 Julie and Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup as NCHC regular-season champions in the league’s preseason media poll. UND, also the defending national champion, received 25 of the 30 first-place votes to total 235 points in the poll, while Denver was chosen second with 200 points and … Read more
Four teams are represented on the NCHC preseason All-Conference Team – Denver, Miami, North Dakota and Omaha. The team is selected by local and national media members. UND sophomore forward Brock Boeser was the only unanimous pick, getting votes on all 30 submitted ballots.
Recent news that Minnesota State and Arizona State have applied for membership in the NCHC prompted conference commissioner Josh Fenton to release a statement today. “After careful consideration and a thorough vetting process, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s Board of Directors announced the Conference will not move forward with membership expansion at this time. We … Read more
Wilkes University will add men’s and women’s hockey to its list of NCAA Division III varsity sports, effective for the 2017-18 school year, and also announced an affiliation with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins organization that will allow Wilkes to practice and compete at the Toyota SportsPlex at Coal Street Park. Wilkes University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., … Read more
Western Michigan announced Thursday the hiring of Todd Krygier as an assistant coach. Most recently, Krygier was the head coach of the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks and led the team to the USHL Clark Cup finals during the 2014-15 season. Current Broncos players Frederik Tiffels, Griffen Molino, Matheson Iacopelli and Corey Schueneman all played under Krygier … Read more
On the eve of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff, the annual NCHC Awards Celebration took place Thursday night at the Muse Event Center in Minneapolis. A total of 12 awards were presented, three of which were won by St. Cloud State senior defenseman Ethan Prow, including NCHC Player of the Year, while North Dakota’s Brad Berry … Read more
The NCHC has issued a one-game suspension to Western Michigan freshman forward Jade McMullen after an illegal hit during the Broncos game at Clarkson on Saturday, Oct. 24. McMullen was suspended after a review of a play in which a hit was delivered to the back of a Clarkson player at 14:40 of the second … Read more
The Broncos were the most penalized team in the NCHC last season.
With the NCHC introducing a new overtime format for conferences games beginning with the upcoming 2015-16 season, the conference has also slightly adjusted its conference standings format to reflect the new procedures. Although the point distribution and column point values within the standings are not changing, the look of the standings will be slightly altered. … Read more