As CCHA rejects Alabama Huntsville membership, Atlantic Hockey yet to respond, UAH suspends operations immediately

As of May 5, 2021, Alabama Huntsville as not secured a conference home for the upcoming 2021-22 season, and has announced that the program will suspend its hockey operations, effective immediately. If UAH ultimately secures conference membership, it plans to promptly reinstate its hockey program. However, UAH will not be eligible for conference play for … Read more

Holy Cross taps longtime Quinnipiac assistant Riga as Crusaders’ new men’s hockey coach

Holy Cross announced Tuesday that the school has named Bill Riga as the next head men’s hockey coach. Riga, who joins the Crusaders after 13 years at Quinnipiac, the last seven as the Bobcats’ associate head coach, replaces David Berard, who stepped down in April before being named Providence’s associate athletic director for men’s and women’s … Read more

Former Holy Cross coach Berard takes new job as associate AD for men’s, women’s hockey at Providence

Providence announced Monday the hiring of David Berard as associate athletic director for men’s and women’s hockey. Berard will provide leadership, management, and administrative oversight to the men’s and women’s hockey programs, as well as day-to-day supervision of Schneider Arena programs and events. He replaces Rico Blasi, who resigned last month to take the head … Read more

USCHO.com Coach of the Year Carvel to speak at May 14 UMass commencement ceremonies

Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel, who guided the Minutemen to the 2021 national championship, the school’s first in hockey, will be the commencement speaker at the university’s undergraduate ceremonies on Friday, May 14 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Carvel is in his fifth season as UMass’ coach and is also a UMass graduate, earning a master’s degree … Read more

Leading the efforts to create NCHC pod, organize NCAA tournament, Omaha’s Kemp selected winner of 2021 NCHC Commissioner’s Award

For his service to the NCHC and NCAA men’s hockey during a difficult 2020-21 season, Omaha senior associate athletic director Mike Kemp has been honored with the 2021 NCHC Commissioner’s Award. During a turbulent and trying 2020-21 season, Kemp spearheaded two of the most important events for the NCHC and NCAA this season in leading … Read more

UConn to start construction on new $70 million arena for men’s, women’s college hockey teams, set to open fall of 2022

UConn trustees have given the go-ahead to build a highly anticipated new hockey rink on the Storrs campus, where it would open in fall 2022 if all remains on schedule. The trustees voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize university officials to sign contracts for design, architectural and construction activities for the 2,600-seat arena, which will … Read more

With 30-goal season for Wisconsin, Hobey Baker winner Caufield wins 2020-21 USCHO Player of Year honors

Even in a pandemic-dominated season, there was no slowing down Wisconsin’s Cole Caufield. The sophomore forward registered 30 goals and 52 points in 31 games, one of the most dominating offensive performances in recent memory. He helped lead Wisconsin to its first regular-season title since 2000 and the program’s first NCAA bid since 2014. Those … Read more

Wisconsin extends contracts of women’s coach Johnson, men’s coach Granato through 2025-26 season

The Wisconsin Athletic Board met Friday and approved contract extensions for both hockey coaches. Women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson’s five-year agreement was extended through June 30, 2026, while men’s hockey coach Tony Granato’s five-year agreement was also extended through June 30, 2026. Johnson led UW to a 17-3-1 record in 2020-21, culminating with the Badgers’ … Read more

National freshman scoring leader, Michigan forward Bordeleau chosen USCHO Rookie of Year for ’20-21

You likely feel like you’re dating yourself, but if you remember 1990s college basketball, you’ll likely also remember the “Fab Five,” a talented group of freshmen at Michigan in the 1991-92 season that helped lead the Wolverines to the national championship game. Those who had a chance to watch Michigan’s hockey team this season witnessed … Read more

Carvel tabbed USCHO Coach of the Year after guiding UMass to Hockey East, national titles in 2021

His team created so much history in a year no one in Amherst, Mass., and across the Commonwealth will ever forget, winning both a Hockey East postseason championship and the NCAA Division I men’s national championship. Those are among the many reasons that Massachusetts head coach Greg Carvel has been named USCHO Coach of the … Read more

UMass national champ Del Gaizo leaves Minutemen blue line after junior season, signs NHL contract with Nashville

Massachusetts junior defenseman Marc Del Gaizo has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators that will begin in the 2021-22 season, forgoing his final season of NCAA eligibility. The Basking Ridge, N.J., native was originally selected by Nashville in the fourth round (109th overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft. “We are very excited … Read more

Michigan Tech coach Shawhan, ‘committed to excellence in all areas of the program,’ gets three-year contract extension from Huskies

Michigan Tech announced Tuesday that coach Joe Shawhan has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Huskies. Shawhan was named the 22nd head coach of the Huskies on May 30, 2017 and has gone 74-64-13 since then. “I am pleased to announce that Coach Shawhan has agreed to continue to lead Michigan Tech hockey,” … Read more

Corkum steps down, Minnesota women’s hockey assistant Johnson named interim coach for U.S. national women’s team

Minnesota women’s team associate head coach Joel Johnson, who brings more than two decades of coaching experience and has been involved with the U.S. Women’s National Team program since 2015, was named interim coach of the team Friday night by USA Hockey. Bob Corkum, who served as head coach of the team since the 2018-19 … Read more

RIT announces Andriano, Bruce, Hamacher, Willett returning for fifth college hockey seasons in ’21-22

The RIT men’s hockey team will welcome four familiar faces back to the program next season. Goalie Ian Andriano, forward Nick Bruce and Jake Hamacher and defenseman Dan Willett will all be returning to use their extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are excited to welcome back … Read more

Hobey Baker winner Caufield, national champ Jones highlight 2020-21 All-USCHO First Team honorees

All six conferences are represented on USCHO.com’s All-USCHO Teams for the 2020-21 college hockey season. Voting was conducted by USCHO.com staff members. First Team All-USCHO F: Cole Caufield, Wisconsin F: Shane Pinto, North Dakota F: Odeen Tufto, Quinnipiac D: Cam York, Michigan D: Zac Jones, Massachusetts G: Dryden McKay, Minnesota State Second Team All-USCHO F: … Read more

Alaska announces second part of schedule for 2021-22 season, will return to Carlson Center for home games

Alaska announced Thursday its second wave of games for the 2021-22 hockey season. On Feb. 12, 2021, Alaska announced the first wave of games against Arizona State, Boston University and Maine, with plans to fill out a complete 34-game schedule as an independent school. The Nanooks have now added Clarkson, Denver and the Minnesota Duluth … Read more

Predators sign UConn goaltender Vomáčka, who forgoes senior season with Huskies for NHL deal

The Nashville Predators announced Thursday that the team has signed UConn junior goaltender Tomáš Vomáčka to a two-year, entry-level contract. In signing, Vomáčka forgoes his senior year with UConn. Vomáčka closed out his junior season playing in all 23 of the Huskies’ games in 2020-21, suiting up for 1333:43, the fourth-most minutes played among NCAA … Read more