Rochester Institute of Technology has canceled all winter sports, including men’s and women’s hockey, for the 2020-21 season due to what it says are “ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.” In addition to hockey – RIT’s only D-I sports – wrestling and men’s and women’s basketball, swimming and diving, and indoor … Read more
Defending WCHA regular-season champion Minnesota State is the unanimous favorite to repeat as league champions, garnering all 10 first-place votes in the WCHA preseason media poll. The media poll voting board was made up of one representative from each of the league’s 10 markets. Minnesota State junior goaltender Dryden McKay was the media pick as … Read more
Minnesota has been tabbed the favorite in the 2020-21 Big Ten hockey preseason coaches’ poll. The coaches also selected Preseason All-Big Ten teams, highlighted by a pair of 2019-20 individual award winners. ALL-BIG TEN FIRST TEAM Sammy Walker, F, Minnesota Alex Limoges, F, Penn State Cole Caufield, F, Wisconsin Cam York, D, Michigan Dennis Cesana, … Read more
With seven first-place votes, Wisconsin is the No. 1 team in the preseason USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Also with seven first-place votes is No. 2 Cornell, which finished last season No. 1 in the USCHO.com rankings. Third-ranked Northeastern garnered the other first-place vote. In order, the rest of the top 10 are Minnesota, Ohio … Read more
After releasing its plans and format for the 2020-21 season on Oct. 16, the NCHC on Monday unveiled the updated conference schedule for the season. All eight NCHC teams will play a 26-game conference slate for a total of 104 conference games in 2020-21. The NCHC season will be divided into two portions. The first … Read more
Bowling Green and USA Hockey announced Saturday morning that the exhibition game between the Falcons and NTDP scheduled for tonight, Nov. 7, has been postponed. The two teams are working to reschedule. The exhibition was set to be the first full competition for the Falcons since March 7, who will now begin their 2020-21 slate … Read more
The WCHA women’s conference will start the 2020-21 schedule the weekend of Nov. 20-22. WCHA schools will play eight league games from November 20 to December 19 before breaking for the holidays. League play will resume as early as Jan. 1. The post-holiday schedule will be released in the coming weeks. “We look forward to … Read more
The Big Ten announced Thursday the first half of the schedule for the 2020-21 hockey season, which is slated to start Nov. 13 with Notre Dame hosting Wisconsin. The full schedule will feature 24 conference games for each team, plus an additional four games per school against Arizona State at Big Ten venues. The Sun … Read more
The BCHL’s Salmon Arm Silverbacks announced last week the signing of forward Zach Dubinsky, who played the 2019-20 season at Rensselaer. Dubinsky is still enrolled at RPI and is taking classes remotely. He’ll return to campus when it is deemed safe to do so, much like several other college hockey players who still have junior … Read more
American International announced Friday the hiring of Matthew Woodard as a new assistant coach.
Just one day after the Arizona Coyotes officially renounced Mitchell Miller’s NHL draft rights, North Dakota announced Friday that the team has cut ties with the freshman defenseman. Earlier this week, it was uncovered that Miller had bullied and assaulted a black developmentally-disabled classmate during his eighth grade year four years ago in Sylvania, Ohio. … Read more
Travis Roy, who was paralyzed by an injury on his first shift playing for Boston University in 1995 and became a celebrated motivational speaker, died Thursday, his foundation announced.
The WCHA has finalized an 18-game league schedule for the abbreviated 2020-21 men’s hockey season. Each WCHA team will play a single series against the other nine league schools with all but three of the games slated to be played in January and February 2021. Additionally, league teams will play a total of 38 non-league … Read more
North Dakota freshman defenseman Mitchell Miller was involved in bullying and assaulting a black and developmentally-challenged schoolmate four years ago when he was 14 years old, according to a report in AZCentral.com. Miller was also selected by the Arizona Coyotes in the fourth round (111th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft earlier this month. The … Read more
Former All-American goaltender Bobby Goepfert has been named the volunteer assistant coach of the Boston University men’s hockey team.
One conference plans to begin its season in a bubble.
Two others will be adding teams as part of a scheduling alliance.
And another is at the mercy of half of its members and their all-sports conference on when play can begin.
With 28 first-place votes, North Dakota begins the 2020-21 season as the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Preseason Division I Men’s Poll (photo: Russell Hons).
The NEWHL announced Friday that the women’s conference has made the decision to cancel its 2020-21 conference schedule and league championship.
Lindenwood announced the addition of assistant coach Mike Venezia to the women’s hockey coaching staff for the 2020-21 season (photo: Castleton Athletics).
Tim McAuliffe has been hired as the interim head coach of the Castleton women’s hockey team (photo: Castleton Athletics).