Alaska notified the WCHA on Friday afternoon that it will opt out of the 2020-21 hockey season, effective immediately. The announcement on hockey was made in conjunction with a decision to suspend competition in men’s and women’s basketball at the school as well due to health and safety concerns. “We realize this was a challenging … Read more
The WCHA announced Friday announced a date change for two series slated for the opening weekend of league play in January. The Bowling Green at Ferris State and Minnesota State at Northern Michigan series originally scheduled for Jan. 1-2, 2021 will now be played Jan. 2-3, 2021. Both games of the BGSU-FSU series will start … Read more
Save Seawolf Hockey has collected donations and pledges worth more than $1 million to date, according to a news release sent Friday afternoon. With about 65 days remaining to raise funds, the group continues to make good progress to keep the Alaska Anchorage hockey program in operation for many years to come. Alaska Anchorage announced … Read more
When former Omaha coach Mike Kemp became the school’s associate athletic director for events and facilities in March of 2019, he couldn’t have anticipated the kinds of hours he’s working these days. Under normal circumstances — remember those? — Kemp would keep regular weekday hours at his Baxter Arena office and show up a couple … Read more
Minnesota State has announced that the Dec. 12-13 nonconference series between the Mavericks and NCAA D-III Milwaukee School of Engineering has been cancelled due to recent COVID-19 testing results within the MSOE hockey program.
This weekend’s Robert Morris-Niagara home-and-home men’s hockey series has been postponed. A decision regarding potential makeup dates for the games has not been made at this time. No reason was given for the postponements, but a Robert Morris news release said, “The health and safety of the RMU and Moon Township community remains paramount as … Read more
No one should be terribly surprised Boston College is off to the start it is. A 9-0 win over a decent Providence squad, without Alex Newhook, though, tends to stand out. For the first time in 18 years, the Eagles are 4-0 to start a season. It’s a weird time to be celebrating anything, especially … Read more
As Michigan was preparing to host Minnesota in a marquee Big Ten match early this week, Wolverines coach Mel Pearson had a thought or two about his young, talented, and inconsistent team. “We’ll be fine,” said Pearson. “We’ll be more than fine. Just give us another month together as a team, and we’ll be alright.” … Read more
ECAC Hockey announced Wednesday its men’s and women’s schedules for 2021, with league games featuring the four participating schools – Clarkson, Colgate, Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence – beginning in January. The schedules feature six games against each team for the men’s programs (18 total), and four games against each team for the women’s programs (12 … Read more
The WCHA nonconference game between Alabama Huntsville and Ferris State scheduled for today at 5:07 p.m. EST will not be played due to COVID-19 concerns. The two schools were slated to play on Tuesday night at the Ewigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids, Mich. However, daily testing on Tuesday of the Alabama Huntsville men’s hockey … Read more
The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance announced Wednesday the league’s intent to return to play, starting in January 2021. “The New England Women’s Hockey Alliance is moving forward with plans to play a condensed conference schedule starting in January,” said NEWHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio in a statement. “Administrative representatives from each member institution have met … Read more
Hockey East announced Wednesday the following schedule updates: The men’s series between New Hampshire and Maine on December 11-12 will now take place in Durham, N.H. Both games will be aired live on NESN+ at 7 p.m. from the Whittemore Center The UConn at Boston College men’s game on Friday, December 11 will be aired … Read more
The Air Force home-ice advantage is a mythical piece of Atlantic Hockey lore. The geographical outlier in the conference is nestled more than 7,000 feet above sea level, and the very real impact of Cadet Ice Arena and its legendary altitude enabled six consecutive seasons with nine regular seasons in league play. That changed three … Read more
As Michigan Tech and No. 6 Minnesota State took the ice Sunday, neither team had played a game in at least two weeks, which appears to be part of a new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. The Mavericks lost the chance to play the second game of their season-opening series with Bemidji State due to … Read more
McKade Webster (pictured) opened the scoring and rookie Carter Savoie scored a late game-winning goal as No. 9 Denver knocked off No. 1 North Dakota, 3-2 (photo: Mark Kulhmann)
Rivier has named Chris Czarnota as the first head coach for its new NCAA Division III women’s hockey program that will start play in the fall of 2021. A D-III assistant for the past five years, Czarnota has spent the last three seasons at his alma mater, Norwich, serving as an assistant coach with the … Read more
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Jim: Each week, Paula, as more teams get underway, we are learning a lot more. This week, as the NCHC pod kicked off and each of the teams (expect for Colorado … Read more
The WCHA nonconference game between Alabama Huntsville and Ferris State in Big Rapids, Mich., scheduled for today, Dec. 8, has been postponed and is tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow, Dec. 9. The two schools were slated to play on Tuesday evening. However, daily testing this morning of the Alabama Huntsville men’s hockey team produced a presumptive … Read more
Canisius has paused all hockey team activities following a positive coronavirus test result among the program’s Tier 1 personnel, the school announced Tuesday. Tier 1 individuals include student-athletes, coaches, managers and selected support staff. The results were detected during regular coronavirus testing, which is being conducted three times a week in accordance with NCAA guidelines. … Read more
North Dakota remains at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll after garnering 27 first-place votes in the Dec. 7 rankings. Second-ranked Boston College picked up the other 13 first-place votes. Minnesota Duluth stays No. 3, followed by Minnesota, up one to No. 4, and Michigan, up two to sit No. 5 this … Read more