Minnesota head coach Don Lucia will coach the 2014 U.S. National Junior Team in an announcement made Saturday at the WCHA Final Five at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. “We’re extremely pleased to have Don as the head coach of our National Junior Team,” said national team GM Jim Johannson in a … Read more
After successfully using video replay during its 2013 conference championship weekend, Atlantic Hockey will implement it incrementally across the league during the next two regular seasons. Atlantic Hockey will allow teams that are capable of producing video reviews to use them during 2013-2014 regular season. Subsequently, the use of video replay will become mandatory across … Read more
Amanda Kessel was honored Saturday as the winner of the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award is given annually to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey by the USA Hockey Foundation, recognizing outstanding and individual team skills. Selection is also made based on sportsmanship, clutch performance and a competitiveness and … Read more
Miami won player of the year, rookie of the year and coach of the year at Friday night’s CCHA awards banquet at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit. Hobey Baker finalist Austin Czarnik was named player of the year, while Riley Barber earned top rookie and RedHawks’ bench boss Enrico Blasi took top coaching honors. … Read more
Atlantic Hockey on Thursday announced its 10th Anniversary Teams, with 18 players making up the three teams. One current player, Bentley junior forward Brett Gensler, made the lists. AHA 10th Anniversary First Team AHA 10th Anniversary Second Team AHA 10th Anniversary Third Team
Nebraska-Omaha junior defenseman Andrej Sustr has signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, forgoing his senior season with the Mavericks Sustr tallied nine goals and 25 points in 39 games with Nebraska-Omaha in 2012-13 to go along with 53 penalty minutes. The 6-foot-8, 225-pound defender participated in the Lightning’s summer development camp … Read more
Hockey East announced its three major award winners Thursday and three All-Star teams. Boston College sophomore forward Johnny Gaudreau was named player of the year, Providence goalie Jon Gillies took home rookie of the year honors and Massachusetts-Lowell’s Norm Bazin was named coach of the year. Gillies was also runner-up for player of the year … Read more
The Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., will host the inaugural Liberty Hockey Invitational October 25-26, 2013. The two-day, four game tournament at the home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils has Princeton, Yale, Brown and Dartmouth competing for the Liberty Trophy. Over the next three years, the tournament will feature Princeton and Yale, who will … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced four major awards Thursday, with Niagara goalie Carsen Chubak, after being named a Hobey Baker finalist earlier in the day, taking home AHA player of the year honors. Air Force’s Adam McKenzie was named defenseman of the year, Niagara’s Dave Burkholder was named coach of the year, Niagara’s Marc Zanette was tabbed … Read more
The top 10 candidates for the 2013 Hobey Baker Memorial Award were announced Thursday night, with North Dakota and St. Lawrence each placing two players on the list. The 10 finalists were selected by voting from all 59 Division I head coaches and by online fan balloting at www.hobeybakeraward.com. Next, the 23-member selection committee and … Read more
Norwich senior forward Colin Mulvey has been named the winner of the 13th Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England playing at the Division II/III level. Mulvey, a Worcester, Mass., native, led all Division III hockey players in America with nine game-winning tallies and has also been … Read more
Rochester Institute of Technology’s men’s and women’s hockey teams will host an outdoor doubleheader at Frontier Field, Rochester’s minor-league baseball stadium, on Dec. 14, 2013. The men will face Atlantic Hockey rival Niagara in a late-afternoon game, while the women will open the day in a non-league tilt against Clarkson. Game times will be decided … Read more
Two forwards, two defensemen and two goaltenders make up the 2013 Hockey East All-Rookie Team, while a pair of Boston College players were named individual award winners on Wednesday. Boston College senior blueliner Patrick Wey earned best defensive defenseman honors, while teammate Johnny Gaudreau won scoring champion laurels. Providence senior Tim Schaller was named best … Read more
Boston College sophomore forward Johnny Gaudreau was named player of the year by the Hockey East Writers and Broadcasters Association on Wednesday, while Massachusetts-Lowell’s Norm Bazin was named coach of the year and Providence goaltender Jon Gillies captured the association’s rookie of the year award.
Yale women’s head coach Joakim Flygh will be Sweden’s video coach at the IIHF Women’s World Championship in Ottawa, Ont., from Apr. 2-9.
Anish Shroff and analysts Barry Melrose and Dave Starman will appear on the selection show for the 2013 men’s NCAA tournament, scheduled for 9 p.m. EDT Sunday on ESPNU. The Quinnipiac team will be in-studio guests.
Although not acknowledged by the school, Massachusetts assistant coach Len Quesnelle has left the program, according to masslive.com. Quesnelle has been at UMass nine seasons and was the lone holdover from Don ‘Toot’ Cahoon’s staff when John Micheletto was hired last summer. Quesnelle spent four years as the head coach at Princeton, where also served … Read more
Lake Superior State junior forward Kellan Lain has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks, giving up his senior season with the Lakers. In his three seasons with Lake Superior State, Lain compiled 21 goals and 18 assists for 39 points and 210 penalty minutes in 108 games. Lain racked up 111 PIMs … Read more
Atlantic Hockey named three All-Conference teams Tuesday, with two Niagara and Air Force players getting First Team nods. Overall, Niagara, the regular-season conference champion, had four players on the three teams, while American International and Mercyhurst each placed three. 2013 AHA All-Conference First Team 2013 AHA All-Conference Second Team 2013 AHA All-Conference Third Team
According to the Mining Journal, Northern Michigan junior goaltender Jared Coreau will not be back for his senior season, choosing instead to sign an NHL free-agent contract with the Detroit Red Wings after tentatively agreeing to terms this week. This was confirmed by the Red Wings on April 3. Coreau reportedly had six other teams … Read more