Joe Howe, a goalie at Colorado College who went on to win a national championship on the staff at Denver, has joined the Yale men’s hockey team as an assistant coach. Howe spent the last three winters at Alaska, where he worked with all three positions as well as the power play for the Nanooks. … Read more
Ben Smith, who has been part of the USA Hockey staff for the past 25 years, including leading the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team to the gold medal in the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, is retiring from the organization after a decorated career. “The sport of hockey has done so much for me and I’m … Read more
The inaugural Holiday Face-Off college hockey tournament will be held at Fiserv Forum, home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, Dec. 28-29, 2021, and will include Bowling Green, Providence, Wisconsin and Yale. Semifinal play will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 28 with the championship game and third-place game on Wednesday, Dec. 29. Matchups and game times … Read more
The Edmonton Oilers have agreed to terms with Yale defenseman Philip Kemp on a three-year, entry-level contract through the 2022-23 season. Kemp, who had been named Yale’s captain, gives up his senior season with the Bulldogs. The Greenwich, Conn., native appeared in 32 games with Yale during the 2019-20 season, recording 11 points (three goals, … Read more
Denver has added graduate transfer goalie Corbin Kaczperski to its 2020-21 roster. Kaczperski transfers from Yale where he went a combined 29-22-4 with a 2.53 GAA, .911 save percentage and three shutouts from 2017 to 2020. The China Township, Mich., native started 29 of 30 games last season, going 14-13-2 with a 2.77 GAA and … Read more
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
The Ivy League released an announcement Thursday evening cancelling the hockey seasons for men’s and women’s hockey. Consistent with its commitment to safeguard the health and wellbeing of student-athletes, the greater campus community and general public, the Ivy League Council of Presidents has decided that league schools will not conduct intercollegiate athletics competition in winter … Read more
Yale announced on Tuesday the passing of longtime administrator Wayne Dean, who passed on Sunday, Nov. 8. He was 65. No cause of death was disclosed. Dean served the Bulldogs since 1986 and recently retired this past July from his role as deputy athletic director. Dean had served as the NCAA Hockey Committee chair as … Read more
According to the Yale Daily News, six players from the Bulldogs men’s hockey team have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting all school athletics to be shut down until at least Oct. 21.
SNY announced last week the cancellation of the 2021 Connecticut Ice Festival due to risks associated with COVID-19 (photo: Stephen Slade/UConn Athletics).
Paul Kirtland has joined the Yale staff as an assistant coach after spending the last two seasons as an assistant at Sacred Heart (photo: Sacred Heart Athletics).
Wayne Dean, a former NCAA hockey committee chair who ran numerous regional tournaments, has retired (photo: Yale Athletics).
The BCHL’s Cranbrook Bucks announced Tuesday that current Yale assistant coach Ryan Donald has been named head coach and general manager, agreeing to terms on a four-year contract starting with the 2020-21 season.
Yale’s Ingalls Rink will have a new CheckFlex board system in place for the 2019-20 season (photo: Yale Athletics).
Yale forward Andrew Gaus will join Colorado College this fall as a graduate transfer (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
At a press conference Monday, SNY announced its plans for a first-of-its-kind weekend hockey festival, Connecticut Ice (photo: John McCreary).
ECAC Hockey announced Tuesday that an exhibition game featuring Yale against the KRS National Development Team from China has been canceled (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
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
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
Yale junior Alex Lyon, one of five finalists for the Mike Richter Award as the top goaltender in Division I men’s hockey, has signed with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers.