According to the Denver Post, Denver freshman defenseman Will Butcher has been suspended for Friday’s game at Colorado College for breaking one of DU coach Jim Montgomery’s unofficial rules. “For not doing the right thing,” Montgomery said to the Post. “It wasn’t a team rule, but more of one of my obvious unwritten rules.” Butcher … Read more
Wisconsin and North Dakota are no longer WCHA rivals, but starting with the 2014-15 season, the two schools will play a two-game series in four of the next five seasons. Wisconsin joined the Big Ten this year, while North Dakota is a founding member of the NCHC. “We are excited to announce a long-term scheduling … Read more
The Schenectady Daily Gazette reported Wednesday that Rensselaer sophomore goalie Jason Kasdorf will have shoulder surgery, likely ending his season. Kasdorf dislocated his right shoulder during practice two weeks ago. “I would say it’s a strong likelihood that he’s going to have surgery and be out for the year,” RPI coach Seth Appert said to … Read more
Forward Peter Quenneville is leaving Quinnipiac just nine games into his freshman season.
Here’s how the 20 teams in the Oct. 28, 2013, USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll fared in games from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3.
Goaltender Collin Olson, a sixth-round NHL draft pick, has left Ohio State, citing a lack of playing time.
St. Anselm was picked first among six schools in the Northeast-10 Conference’s preseason coaches’ poll released on Thursday. The Hawks, who received five first-place votes, have won the last four Northeast-10 conference championships. Franklin Pierce garnered the other first-place vote.
Northeastern’s Kevin Roy and Notre Dame’s Vince Hinostroza have earned monthly national awards for October from the Hockey Commissioners Association.
Minnesota and North Dakota have agreed to terms on a two-year contract for nonconference games in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
While not made official by Maine, the Bangor Daily News reported Wednesday that women’s head coach Maria Lewis will resign her position Thursday. Lewis has been on paid administrative leave since Sept. 16, when an investigation began focusing on potential NCAA violations. “It’s good to have it resolved,” said Maine athletic director Steve Abbott in … Read more
Ten finalists have been named in bidding to host men’s Frozen Fours from 2015 to 2018, the NCAA announced Wednesday.
After capturing their fourth ECAC East tournament title in the past five seasons, the Norwich women have been tabbed the favorite this season in the preseason coaches’ poll that was unveiled Tuesday. The Cadets garnered 143 out of a possible 144 points, receiving first-place votes on all but one ballot. St. Anselm finished second with … Read more
Norwich received 93 out of a possible 100 points in the 2013-14 ECAC East preseason coaches’ poll released Tuesday. Massachusetts-Boston was picked to finish in second place, edging out the defending ECAC East tournament champion Babson by just two points.
Atlantic Hockey has suspended Army freshman forward Kyle Plageman for one game under the league’s supplemental discipline policy. Plageman was given a major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct at the 19:58 mark of the first period against Merrimack on Oct. 26. Upon further review by AHA commissioner Bob DeGregorio and … Read more
Joe Battista, the longtime Penn State employee and associate athletic director for Pegula Ice Arena and hockey development, announced Tuesday that he will leave the school, effective Nov. 8, and will take a new role with Pegula’s East Management Services as its vice president of hockey related businesses. “Joe Battista has been an integral part … Read more
With a tie and a win last weekend over Boston College, Minnesota earned all 50 first-place votes and retains the No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Not since the first-ever USCHO.com polls on Oct. 6, Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, 1997, has a team been a unanimous top-ranked team in the … Read more
The undefeated Minnesota women’s team is again the top-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota (8-0-0) earned all 15 first-place votes as it has all season long. Wisconsin stays second, while Cornell is again in the No. 3 slot. North Dakota moves up two spots to No. 4, Clarkson retains the … Read more
According to the Omaha World-Herald, the summertime fight that led to two Nebraska-Omaha players being booted off the team came to a legal end Monday as a Douglas County judge dismissed the last of the misdemeanor charges filed against the accused assailants when the alleged victim in the fight failed to show for the court … Read more
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota sophomore forward Christian Horn has left school to play for the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League. Horn did not see any game action with the Gophers this year or in 2012-13.
Hockey East announced Monday that it has suspended Northeastern senior forward Cody Ferriero for two games as a result a slashing incident on Saturday, Oct. 26, at St. Lawrence. Ferriero, who has a goal and three assists with 39 penalty minutes in four games this season, will miss this coming weekend’s home-and-home set with Boston … Read more