The NCAA announced this week that video replay rules in hockey “may soon be amended regarding reviews of goals scored after infractions involving offsides or too many players on the ice.” The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee has a proposed adjustment in place that it hopes will limit lengthy reviews while maintaining … Read more
Michigan announced Tuesday the hiring of Bill Muckalt as the Wolverines’ new associate head coach. A four-year letter-winner (1994-98) and two-time national champion at U of M, Muckalt returns to his alma mater after spending the past two seasons as head coach and general manager of the Tri-City Storm of the USHL. Prior to his … Read more
Kevin Collins, Jack Parker, Ben Smith, Ron Wilson and Scott Young will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as the class of 2017. “Each of the inductees has contributed in extraordinary fashion to the growth and development of hockey in our country,” said USA Hockey president Jim Smith in a statement. … Read more
Colorado College junior defenseman Teemu Kivihalme has left the Tigers one year early, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette. Kivihalme would have been CC’s lone senior for the 2017-18 season. “It is an important thing in life to get your degree,” Tigers coach Mike Haviland told the paper. “But he, his family and his family … Read more
Niagara announced on Friday the hiring of Matt Nicholson as the Purple Eagles’ new assistant coach. Nicholson spent the past two seasons as the head coach of the Amarillo Bulls in the NAHL. No stranger to the college ranks, Nicholson is also familiar with Atlantic Hockey, having spent six seasons on the Robert Morris staff. … Read more
Rensselaer announced Friday the hiring of Dan Jewell as an assistant men’s hockey coach. Jewell, a 2011 graduate of Cortland, where he played three years for the Red Dragons, will assist first-year head coach Dave Smith. “We are excited to have Dan join our staff,” said Smith in a statement. “With his experience as general … Read more
The five remaining Division III women’s schools that operated under the ECAC West name will be known as the Northeast Women’s Hockey League in 2017-18. Tom Cranfield, the senior associate athletic director at Cortland and the president of the NEWHL, made the announcement on Thursday, indicating the league will begin official operations on July 1. … Read more
Williams coach Bill Kangas will be taking a sabbatical during the 2017-18 academic year and current assistant coach Mike Monti will serve as the Ephs’ interim head coach. Kangas will return to coach the Ephs for the 2018-19 season. Kangas’ 28-year run as the Ephs’ head coach began in the fall of 1989. “As faculty … Read more
Wisconsin associate head coach Don Granato has accepted an offer to become an NHL assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks. Granato was hired prior to the 2016-17 season. “We came here with three head coaches and there’s only one head coach on each bench,” UW head coach Tony Granato said in a news release. “The … Read more
New England College has named Maria Lewis the new head coach of the women’s hockey team. Lewis comes to NEC with nearly 20 years of coaching experience in both Division I and Division III. Most recently, she was the head coach at Johnson and Wales, where she started the program from scratch and led the … Read more
Scott Bell has returned to Minnesota as an assistant coach for the Gophers. A former Gophers captain, Bell has spent the last five seasons as an amateur scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins, helping the organization claim back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017. “I am pleased to announce Scott Bell as our next assistant … Read more
Arizona State announced Thursday the addition of transfer forward Andrew Taverner from Quinnipiac. Taverner joins the Sun Devils after spending the last three seasons with Quinnipiac, which included a NCAA tournament championship game appearance. During his three years, he totaled 15 goals and 17 assists in 93 games for the Bobcats, including three goals and … Read more
The NCHC’s leadership bodies are transitioning to the 2017-18 season. Having completed the conference’s annual meetings in Florida and Board of Directors meeting in Colorado Springs over the past month and a half, the 2017-18 leadership for the NCHC board and NCHC athletic council has been approved. Colorado College president Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler is the … Read more
Michigan Tech has announced the hiring of Dallas Steward as an assistant coach. Steward comes to Tech from the Chicago Steel where he was an associate head coach with the team that won the Clark Cup as USHL champions in 2016-17. “We’re very excited to have an individual the caliber of Dallas join our program,” … Read more
Chris Baudo has been named head women’s coach at Nazareth. Baudo is currently the director and head coach at Selects Academy in Rochester, N.Y. “We are pleased to have attracted a coach with Chris’ credentials for our first-year women’s hockey program,” said Nazareth athletic director Pete Bothner in a statement. “He comes equipped with strong … Read more
Former Alaska goaltender Doug Descorie is the first inductee of the Nanook Hall of Fame’s Class of 2017. Descorie was member of the Nanooks from 1982 to 1984. In only the program’s third year of existence in the NCAA, Desorcie transferred to the Nanooks as a junior in the fall of 1982 after a two-year … Read more
The Denver Post is reporting that Denver coach Jim Montgomery has withdrawn from the Florida Panthers’ coaching vacancy. Montgomery took the Pioneers to a national championship this past April in his fourth season with the team. “My family and I are very happy here,” Montgomery said in a text message Friday to the Post. Montgomery, … Read more
University of New England has announced that VP of student engagement and director of athletics Jack McDonald will step down, effective Sept. 1, 2017. McDonald is stepping down for personal reasons. “The past two years have been two of the best of my career due to the outstanding leadership of President Danielle Ripich, UNE’s talented … Read more
Wilkes University has announced the hiring of Brett Riley as the first head coach of the Colonel men’s program. The men’s program will begin competition in 2018-19, giving Riley a full year of recruiting in order to prepare the program for its first season of NCAA Division III play. “I would like to thank Wilkes … Read more
Niagara announced on Thursday the hiring of Andy Boschetto as the Purple Eagles’ new assistant coach. Boschetto joins the Purple Eagles after spending the past seven seasons as the head coach at Salve Regina. Boschetto led the Seahawks to three ECAC Northeast championship games in the past five seasons, winning the 2015-16 league title and … Read more