The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee gets this chance only once every two years, so there’s a little more emphasis to get it right. In the next month, leading up to and through the committee’s meeting June 8-11 in Indianapolis, the dialogue about potential rules changes will lead to debate and then … Read more
Boston College’s big guns, Cam Atkinson, Brian Gibbons and Joe Whitney, exploded against Yale Sunday to lead the Eagles back to the Frozen Four.
Yale enjoys the underdog role as it wins its first NCAA game since 1952.
NORTHEAST REGIONAL DATA Venue: DCU Center, Worcester, Mass. Ticket info: Click here (opens new window). Schedule: Boston College vs. Alaska, 1:30 p.m. Eastern Saturday; North Dakota vs. Yale, 5 p.m. Saturday; semifinal winners, 5:30 p.m. Sunday. ABOUT THE TEAMS Boston College Record: 25-10-3 (16-8-3 Hockey East, 2nd place) NCAA tournament appearances: 29 (37-37, 3 national … Read more
USCHO national columnist Dave Starman checks out the game-by-game results for each of the 16 teams in the NCAA tournament and comes away with some observations.
There’s a good reason to cheer for each of the 16 teams in the 2010 NCAA tournament, and USCHO national columnist Dave Starman breaks them down.
Ivy League player of the year Sean Backman’s foot injury, one that is expected to end the Yale senior’s season, was suffered when he entered a school pool after hours, according to a school statement. Backman, who is third on the Bulldogs’ roster with 35 points this season, was injured last Sunday. A statement released … Read more
Recently honored ECAC Hockey first-team forward and Ivy League player of the year Sean Backman seriously injured his foot last Sunday, and is likely done for the year, according to reports by the New Haven Register and Yale Daily News. This would also mark the end of the senior’s NCAA experience, following a career highlighted … Read more
Former Yale player Jeff Dwyer has been named director of education and recruitment at College Hockey Inc. Dwyer, who played for the Bulldogs from 2000 to 2004, will develop an education and marketing campaign aimed at prospective student-athletes and their families. College Hockey Inc. was formed last year by the commissioners of the six Division … Read more
League champion Yale and second-place Cornell each placed two players on the all-ECAC Hockey League first team announced Tuesday. Forwards Sean Backman and Broc Little represent the Bulldogs, while defenseman Brendon Nash and goaltender Ben Scrivens carry the Big Red flag on the first team. Rensselaer forward Chase Polacek and Union defenseman Mike Schreiber also … Read more
Yale put itself back on the national map last season, and Sean Backman is working to keep the Bulldogs there. Roman J. Uschak reports.
National scoring co-leader James Marcou of Massachusetts, Massachusetts-Lowell senior Kory Falite and Yale senior Sean Backman are among the nominees for the Walter Brown Award for the second straight year. The award is presented to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. Sixteen players are on the list released by the Gridiron Club … Read more
A tie in the championship game of the Badger Hockey Showdown was enough to move both Wisconsin and Yale up three spots in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Related link: USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll: Jan. 4, 2010 The Badgers are up to fourth, their highest ranking since Oct. 23, 2006, the first … Read more
The Details Who: No. 11 Ferris State (13-3-2), Merrimack (7-8), No. 7 Wisconsin (11-5-2), No. 9 Yale (7-3-2) When: Saturday, Jan. 2 and Sunday, Jan. 3 Where: Kohl Center, Madison, Wis. Tickets: Click here (new window) Saturday’s games: Ferris State vs. Yale, 4 p.m. Central; Merrimack vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m. Sunday’s games: Ferris State/Yale vs. … Read more
C.J. Marottolo is getting his chance at a head coaching position after 13 seasons at Yale. Sacred Heart named Marottolo its fourth head coach Thursday, filling a vacancy created when Shaun Hannah resigned last month. “It is an honor and privilege to be named the next head hockey coach at Sacred Heart University,” Marottolo said … Read more
Last Year Yale was simply magical last season. The Bulldogs wrested their first-ever league championship in the same year that they claimed the regular-season crown. The Elis featured four 30-point scorers despite the abbreviated 34-game Ivy schedule, and three players who averaged better than a point per game. The Blue and White dropped consecutive games … Read more
The coaches and media agree: Yale is the team to beat in ECAC Hockey this season. The Bulldogs, who won the league’s regular season and playoff titles last season, picked up seven of 12 first-place votes from the coaches and 15 of 25 top spots in balloting by the ECAC Hockey Writers and Broadcasters Association. … Read more
If there’s one thing that defines the 2009 NCAA Tournament field, it’s new faces. With tournament regulars Boston College, Michigan State, Colorado College, Minnesota and Wisconsin all staying home this year, it opens the door for several teams whose players had never been to the NCAAs; Ohio State is back for the first time since … Read more
Offense The Bulldog offense was middling-to-poor last season, scoring four or more goals eight times but scoring fewer than two 11 times — including four shutouts. Fortunately for coach Keith Allain and his charges, the Eli’s top half-dozen scorers are back on Ingalls’ ice this season. They’re led by junior Backman (18-9-27) and sophomore Little … Read more
Offense: When your scoring chart is led by a pair of freshman, you’re probably sitting pretty for the following year. Sean Backman and Mark Arcobello would’ve earned a lot more attention if not for that Brandon Wong fella across town, and Bill LeClerc is the only double-digit scorer lost from the 2006-07 Bulldogs. “I think … Read more