UMass-Lowell uses ‘never-give-up kind of mindset’ to rally for first-round win
The River Hawks hadn’t won this season when they trailed after the second period until they beat Yale in the East Regional semifinals.
The River Hawks hadn’t won this season when they trailed after the second period until they beat Yale in the East Regional semifinals.
Quinnipiac plays Rochester Institute of Technology, while UMass-Lowell plays Yale.
The East Regional in Albany, N.Y., will reunite three teams from the 2013 Frozen Four and return a fourth — Rochester Institute of Technology — to the venue where its improbable 2010 Frozen Four run began.
ECAC Hockey announced Friday the winners of its annual postseason awards and All-League teams as selected by the league’s 12 head coaches. This season’s winners came from three schools – Harvard, Quinnipiac and Yale and featured three repeat winners from a year ago. For the second consecutive season, Harvard captain Jimmy Vesey earned the league’s … Read more
From an initial list of nearly 30 goalies comes Wednesday’s announcement of the top five finalists for the 2016 Mike Richter Award. The final five: Candidates for the award were determined by nominations from all 60 NCAA Division I men’s head coaches. The finalists and winner are selected by a committee of coaches, scouts and … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Wednesday that Yale senior defenseman Rob O’Gara has been assessed a one-game suspension as the result of his actions in the Yale-Harvard game from Feb. 6. The league action was taken after review of an incident that occurred in the third period in the Bulldogs-Crimson contest. O’Gara was given a game disqualification … Read more
The teams play Friday and Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.
Defenseman Rob O’Gara and goaltender Alex Lyon are among the best in the country at their positions.
Ryan Donald, the captain of the 2009-10 Yale team that won the ECAC Hockey regular-season championship, has returned to the Bulldogs as an assistant coach. Donald, who had recently been named assistant coach and assistant general manager of the Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League, jumped at the chance to return to … Read more
Two first-team All-Americans from last season return at the position.
Nine goalies who were awarded with All-American or all-conference honors last season are back.
The ECAC Hockey coaches and media each participated in separate preseason polls that were released Tuesday. Coaches chose Harvard to finish atop the standings, while the media picked Yale to end the season on top. ECAC PRESEASON COACHES’ POLL ECAC PRESEASON MEDIA POLL The coaches and media also chose preseason All-Conference Teams. ECAC PRESEASON COACHES’ … Read more
Mark White is becoming an amateur scout for the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets, while Jason Guerriero is the second member of the Yale staff to leave the school this offseason.
Arizona State announced Wednesday that four Sun Devil hockey games and two additional NCAA games will be played at Gila River Arena during the 2015-16 season. “The Phoenix community has embraced Sun Devil hockey with open arms and the Arizona Coyotes are great ambassadors for the sport of ice hockey in the Valley,” said ASU … Read more
Josh Siembida, who served as a volunteer goalie coach for Yale the last three seasons, has been named a full-time assistant for the Bulldogs. “We are thrilled to be adding a coach of Josh’s caliber to our program,” Yale coach Keith Allain said in a news release. “We have seen firsthand his knowledge, his ability … Read more
Arizona State will host the Desert Hockey Classic the weekend of Jan. 8, 2016, as Yale, Michigan Tech and Connecticut will travel to Arizona to compete in the four-team tournament. The tournament will feature the first NCAA Division I hockey games in the state of Arizona since 1985, when Northern Arizona sponsored NCAA hockey. “We … Read more
He has been the Bulldogs’ associate head coach for two seasons following four years as a Yale assistant.
When the first 17 players were named this week to the United States team for the 2015 IIHF World Championship that starts in May, four players were named that skated in the NCAA ranks during the 2014-15 season. Forwards Dylan Larkin (Michigan) and Jimmy Vesey (Harvard), defenseman Mike Reilly (Minnesota) and goaltender Alex Lyon (Yale) … Read more
Boston University’s offense, tops in the nation at 3.89 goals per game, faced Yale, whose defense, at a microscopic 1.59 goals allowed per game, was similarly the country’s best.
Boston University, Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota and Yale play in Manchester, N.H.