Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Jan. 2 fared over the Jan. 5-8 weekend. No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth – tied, lost to Colorado College No. 2 Denver – swept Arizona State No. 3 Penn State – split with No. 11 Ohio State No. 4 … Read more
The New Hampshire men’s game at Brown originally scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. EDT has been postponed until Sunday, Jan. 8 at 4 p.m. due to the impending Winter Storm Helena.
Saturday’s Frozen Fenway Hockey East doubleheader at Fenway Park has been postponed due to the winter storm forecast for Saturday in the Fenway area. The games will be made up on Sunday, Jan. 8, with Boston University and Massachusetts set to take the ice at 1:30 p.m., and Boston College and Providence scheduled to play … Read more
ECAC Hockey schools Rensselaer, Clarkson, Yale and Union and Hockey East’s Providence, Maine, Boston University and Connecticut are slated to compete in the next two iterations of the annual Northern Irish Connections Friendship Four Tournament to be held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The announcement was made Friday from Boston’s historic Fenway Park. The 2017 and … Read more
Three people whose varied involvement in hockey has helped stimulate the growth and recognition of the sport in the community will be honored with the Motto McLean Service to Hockey Award on Jan. 20 at the Omaha Hockey Hall of Fame luncheon at Ralston Arena. Terri Phillips, now in her 28th season with the USHL’s … Read more
The U.S. rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits and Troy Terry (Denver), for the second straight night, scored the game winner in the shootout as the U.S. National Junior Team beat Canada 5-4 to win the gold medal at the 2017 World Junior Championship Thursday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal. [scg_html_wjc2017]Goaltender Tyler … Read more
Niagara announced Thursday the signing of forward Christian Cakebread. A 6-foot, 195-pound forward from Gilbert, Ariz., Cakebread will join the Purple Eagles in Massachusetts as the team takes on Holy Cross this weekend. “Christian comes to us with a ton of experience at the junior level, and he will add high-end speed and skill … Read more
Princeton sophomore forward Max Véronneau, who led the Tigers to a 5-2-0 record last month, which included the program’s first five-game win streak since the 2010-11 season, was named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for December. The HCA National Rookie of the Month for December is Minnesota State forward … Read more
Merrimack will honor a veteran of the Global War on Terror, and father of a current Merrimack student, at Saturday night’s home game against Cornell. Navy Reserve Lt. Cmdr. Robert Dunne of Peabody, Mass., will be recognized in a brief ceremony at center ice Jan. 7 at Lawler Rink. His daughter Sarah, a Merrimack junior, … Read more
Troy Terry (Denver) netted three shootout goals, including the game winner in the seventh round, to lead the U.S. National Junior Team past Russia 4-3 in the semifinals of the 2017 World Junior Championship Wednesday night in Montreal at the Bell Centre. [scg_html_wjc2017] Team USA will play in the gold medal game Thursday at the … Read more
[scg_html_wjc2017]Jeremy Bracco (OHL’s Kitchener Rangers) and Jordan Greenway (Boston University) each tallied a goal and an assist to lead the U.S. National Junior Team past Switzerland 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the 2017 World Junior Championship Monday night at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. “We were fortunate to get the win,” said Team USA … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 19 fared over the Dec. 28-Jan. 1 weekend. No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth – was idle No. 2 Denver – tied, lost to Providence No. 3 Penn State – was idle No. 4 Harvard – defeated Rennselaer No. … Read more
Boston College goaltender Joseph Woll made 25 saves for the U.S.
Boston University sophomore goaltender Max Prawdzik will take the second semester of the 2016-17 season off to play junior hockey and freshman Nico Lynch will take his spot on the roster, the school announced Friday. Prawdzik, who will join the NAHL’s Lone Star Brahmas, has not appeared in a regular-season game during his time with … Read more
Boston College junior defenseman Toni Ann Miano will be unavailable to the Eagles women’s team during its 2016-17 second-semester schedule. According to a brief news release, Miano will miss the second half of the season “because of a violation of team policies” and “she will be eligible to return when the team begins preparations for … Read more
[scg_html_wjc2017]Clayton Keller (Boston University) tallied a goal and an assist Thursday night as the U.S. National Junior Team edged Russia 3-2 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre in its third preliminary-round game of the 2017 World Junior Championship. Tyler Parsons (OHL’s London Knights) made 25 saves in goal for the win, which guaranteed the Americans a … Read more
Wisconsin announced Thursday the return of Shane Connelly to the program as the former Badgers goaltender takes over as interim director of hockey operations. “It is great to bring in another one of our own,” Wisconsin coach Tony Granato said in a statement. “He’s always been a loyal Badger, and he had great success when … Read more
Five different players scored and 12 players in total tallied points to lead the U.S. National Junior Team to a 5-2 victory over Slovakia Wednesday night in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre in its second preliminary-round game of the 2017 World Junior Championship. [scg_html_wjc2017]”Our guys came to play and it was nice to see … Read more
Massachusetts has added sophomore forward Brett Boeing to the roster for the second half of the 2016-17 season. Boeing played one semester at Michigan Tech last season where he totaled six points on a goal and five assists over 11 games. He is eligible immediately for the Minutemen. “Brett is a player that is great … Read more
Merrimack sophomore forward Mathieu Foget and sophomore defenseman Ethan Spaxman will not be returning to the team for the second half of the 2016-17 season. A school-issued press release Tuesday evening stated “head coach Mark Dennehy and his staff were informed separately” by the two players. “Obviously we were disappointed by both players’ decisions, but … Read more