Bemidji State announced Tuesday that James Scanlan has been named the new head coach of the BSU women’s program and the fifth in school history. Scanlan, an 18-year high school educator, coach and administrator, was a two-time All-American goaltender at Bemidji State, leading the Beavers to a pair of NAIA national titles in 1979 and … Read more
Western Michigan junior defenseman Jordan Oesterle will forgo his senior year with the Broncos after signing a two-year, entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Monday afternoon. Oesterle played 113 games with WMU, scoring seven goals and tallying 27 assists for 34 points. This past year, he recorded two goals and 17 assists, doubling his … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — Scoring goals proved no problem for Denver. It was finding the right net that posed a challenge. Despite scoring on itself twice, Denver rallied for a 4-3 victory over Western Michigan on Friday evening at Target Center. [scg_html_nchc2014]Just 42 seconds into the opening frame, Denver goaltender Sam Brittain stepped out of his net, … Read more
The NCHC has issued a one-game suspension to Colorado College freshman forward Matt Hansen. The suspension is in addition to the automatic one-game suspension for a game disqualification penalty he received at the end of the Tigers’ game against Western Michigan on Feb. 15. Hansen was assessed the extra game after a review of the … Read more
There are four teams on the wrong side of the bubble that might surprise some: Denver, North Dakota, Western Michigan and Miami.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Here’s a look at the college hockey holiday tournaments that start Friday.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Goaltender Frank Slubowski and the defense were highlights for the Broncos last season but the team is looking for scorers.
The next four Great Lakes Invitational tournament fields have been announced and the event will have a definite Michigan feel through 2016. Western Michigan will join tournament mainstays Michigan Tech, Michigan State and Michigan outdoors this December at Comerica Park. Back inside at Joe Louis Arena for the 2014 tournament, Ferris State will join the … Read more
Western Michigan has announced the promotions of Rob Facca and Pat Ferschweiler to the positions of associate head coach. Both Facca and Ferschweiler joined the WMU program as assistants for the 2010-11 season under former head coach Jeff Blashill. “Rob and Pat have been vital to the resurgence and continuing success of Bronco hockey,” said … Read more
More than two-thirds of the players selected for the camp that will help select the 2014 U.S. men’s Olympic team come from college hockey roots. Of 48 players named to the U.S. Men’s National Team Orientation Camp in August, 33 played in college. Minnesota had seven former players chosen, with Wisconsin right behind at six. … Read more
After initially being ruled academically ineligible for the fall semester, Western Michigan defenseman Garrett Haar has been released from the team. “Garrett has not lived up to his commitment to his academics and his Bronco hockey teammates and we have decided to part ways with him,” said WMU coach Andy Murray in a news release … Read more
Michael McCarron won’t be playing for Western Michigan after all. After getting selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round (25th overall) of the NHL draft back on June 30, McCarron signed with the club Thursday, forgoing his commitment to Western Michigan. McCarron is expected to play for the London Knights of the Ontario … Read more
Josh Fenton said he has reached out to several commissioners or former commissioners to gauge what the life as a college hockey commissioner entails. Matt Mackinder reports.
Western Michigan will be without junior defensemen Garrett Haar for the first half of the upcoming season due to academic and athletic ineligibility. “At this point, he’s not going to be playing until at least Christmas,” WMU coach Andy Murray told MLive.com. “He did not live up to Bronco hockey athletic and academic standards.” Haar, … Read more
College fans had to wait a long time to have a player with college ties drafted at Sunday’s 2013 NHL Entry Draft at the Prudential Center.
Will Michael McCarron end up with Western Michigan in the fall? “”Ultimately, it’s up to me,” he says. Roman J. Uschak reports from the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference is losing its first commissioner before it plays its first game. Jim Scherr, who in early 2012 got a 4½-year contract to run the NCHC, is leaving the league to become chief operating officer of the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. The league made the announcement late Friday afternoon, … Read more
National Collegiate Hockey Conference commissioner Jim Scherr has been in discussions with organizers of the 2015 European Games about a job with the group, but he said a report that he has accepted the position is premature. Inside the Games reported that Scherr would become the chief operating officer for the organizing committee of the … Read more