Former Middlebury player and assistant coach Julia Ireland has been named an assistant coach for the Bowdoin women’s team. Ireland followed a playing career that included a 78-13-8 record by joining Bill Mandigo’s staff for the last two seasons. She replaces Holly Lorms on the Bowdoin staff under head coach Marissa O’Neil.
Former coach Ron Mason and three former college hockey players were among the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2013 announced Thursday. Cindy Curley (Providence, 1981-85), Bill Guerin (Boston College, 1989-91) and Doug Weight (Lake Superior State, 1989-91) joined Mason and Carolina Hurricanes owner Peter Karmanos Jr. in the group. Mason won 924 … Read more
More than two-thirds of the players selected for the camp that will help select the 2014 U.S. men’s Olympic team come from college hockey roots. Of 48 players named to the U.S. Men’s National Team Orientation Camp in August, 33 played in college. Minnesota had seven former players chosen, with Wisconsin right behind at six. … Read more
College Hockey Inc. will stage the season-opening Ice Breaker Tournament at Notre Dame in 2014 and in Portland, Maine, in 2015. The organization announced those locations on Tuesday, when it also unveiled that the 2014 field would include the host Fighting Irish, Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth and Rensselaer. Maine will host the 2015 event at the Cumberland … Read more
Former Miami goaltender Jon Whitacre was killed Thursday in a plane crash. He was 28. A small, single-engine plane Whitacre was flying with an instructor while working toward his pilot’s license crashed in a field in Louisiana. The instructor, Clarence Collins, also died in the crash. The cause has not yet been determined. Whitacre was … Read more
The NCAA will have decent representation on the U.S. team that will participate in the Maccabiah Games July 19-26 in Metulla, Israel. Penn State forward Jacob Friedman, Vermont forward Pete Massar, ex-Boston University forward/defenseman Ben Rosen, Air Force goalie Jason Torf and Bentley defenseman Steve Weinstein will don the red, white and blue at the … Read more
According to a Nebraska-Omaha news release, goaltender Dayn Belfour has left the team. Belfour appeared in 10 games over the past two seasons, going 1-1-0 with a .911 save percentage and a 2.17 GAA.
Nebraska-Omaha defenseman Tony Turgeon has signed a contract with the American Hockey League’s San Antonio Rampage and will forgo his senior season with the Mavericks. Turgeon tallied six assists in 62 career games in Omaha – two assists each of the past three seasons. The Grand Forks, N.D., native signed with the Rampage as an … Read more
Penn State has announced that Alex Dawes, former Utica assistant coach and student video coordinator and director of hockey operations at Vermont, will take over as the director of operations for the PSU women’s team on July 29. Dawes replaces Mo Stroemel, who accepted an offer from Penn State-Altoona as an academic instructor in the … Read more
Gordon Stevenson has been named the CHA media relations intern for the 2013-14 season. Stevenson graduated with a degree in journalism from Lehigh in May 2012 and interned with the ECHL’s Trenton Titans during the 2012-13 season.
Nebraska-Omaha has added Alex Todd, former head coach at Castleton, as the Mavericks’ new assistant coach, replacing Steve Johnson. Todd, a defenseman in his playing days, will coach the UNO blueliners. Todd took over at Castleton in 2005-06 and guided the Spartans to a 22-4-1 record in 2010-11, 19-7-2 the following year and 15-10-2 this … Read more
After initially being ruled academically ineligible for the fall semester, Western Michigan defenseman Garrett Haar has been released from the team. “Garrett has not lived up to his commitment to his academics and his Bronco hockey teammates and we have decided to part ways with him,” said WMU coach Andy Murray in a news release … Read more
Michael McCarron won’t be playing for Western Michigan after all. After getting selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round (25th overall) of the NHL draft back on June 30, McCarron signed with the club Thursday, forgoing his commitment to Western Michigan. McCarron is expected to play for the London Knights of the Ontario … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville announced on Monday the hiring of Mike Corbett as the Chargers’ new head coach. Corbett replaces Kurt Kleinendorst, who stepped down earlier this offseason after one season at UAH. Corbett spent the past 10 years as an assistant coach at Air Force, including serving as the team’s associate head coach during the 2012-13 season. … Read more
Guy Gosselin, a regional manager of USA Hockey’s American Development Model, will be enshrined into the Minnesota-Duluth Athletic Hall of Fame. Gosselin played parts of five seasons (1982-87) on the blue line with the Bulldogs, helping the team to its first two Frozen Fours (1984, 1985), as well as its first two WCHA regular-season (1983-84, … Read more
USA Hockey announced Monday that Tom Minton has been named as the fourth recipient of the Brendan Burke Internship. Minton worked last season as both the director of hockey operations for the Neumann men’s team and as an assistant coach for the Saint Joseph’s men’s team.
Former Boston University player Steve Greeley has returned to the Terriers to serve as the associate head coach on first-year head coach David Quinn’s staff. Greeley, who spent the last seven years as a scout for the Los Angeles Kings’ organization, replaces Mike Bavis, who resigned after serving on the BU hockey staff for 15 … Read more
Army announced Tuesday that Eric Lang has been named the Black Knights’ new assistant coach. Lang, who replaces Mike Warde, spent the 2012-13 season as a volunteer assistant coach with Army. Lang spent three seasons as the women’s head coach at Manhattanville and one season as the men’s head coach before moving to Army last … Read more
Western Michigan will be without junior defensemen Garrett Haar for the first half of the upcoming season due to academic and athletic ineligibility. “At this point, he’s not going to be playing until at least Christmas,” WMU coach Andy Murray told MLive.com. “He did not live up to Bronco hockey athletic and academic standards.” Haar, … Read more
The NCHC announced Monday that longtime Miami administrator Josh Fenton has been named conference commissioner and will begin his appointment on July 15. Fenton replaces Jim Scherr, who resigned as commissioner in May to accept the position of chief operating officer with the European Games. Fenton played an integral role in the formation and development … Read more