On the strength of an unblemished regular season, Minnesota took home all but one major award at the WCHA awards ceremony March 7 in Madison, Wis. Amanda Kessel was named player of the year and scoring champion, Megan Bozek defensive player of the year, Hannah Brandt rookie of the year, Noora Räty goaltending champion and … Read more
The CHA announced its year-end award winners on March 7, with Mercyhurst junior forward Christine Bestland earning player of the year and top scorer laurels. Lindenwood freshman Nicole Hensley took home rookie of the year honors, Syracuse junior Akane Hosoyamada was named the league’s top defenseman and Syracuse’s Paul Flanagan garnered coach of the year … Read more
The ECAC announced the recipients of the league’s annual postseason awards at its women’s banquet held at Cornell on March 8. Junior forward Brianne Jenner earned player of the year honors, while teammate Lauriane Rougeau took home best defensive defenseman honors and Doug Derraugh was named coach of the year. Clarkson has a pair of … Read more
Two teams from the WCHA, winners of the last 13 national championships, make up the eight-team field of the 2013 NCAA women’s Division I tournament. NCAA tournament page with bracket Printable bracket (PDF) Defending national champion, 2012-13 WCHA regular-season champion and No. 1 overall seed Minnesota will host North Dakota in a WCHA Final Faceoff … Read more
Boston University coach Jack Parker is expected to announce his retirement at a news conference Monday, according to reports. The news, first reported by ESPN’s John Buccigross on Twitter, comes as the Terriers enter the Hockey East playoffs. Parker is in his 40th season as head coach at his alma mater. He has an 894-471-115 … Read more
Union sophomore defenseman Charlie Vasaturo suffered a possible season-ending knee injury early in the first period of the Dutchmen’s 5-1 win over St. Lawrence on March 1. The Daily Gazette reports Vasaturo may be done for the foreseeable future with Union coach Rick Bennett telling the paper that Vasaturo is “day to day until September.” … Read more
According to the Grand Forks Herald, a misdemeanor charge against North Dakota forward Corban Knight for “unlawful delivery to certain persons” was dropped this week in Grand Forks. Knight was charged with providing alcohol to underage individuals at a team party in September. Also, it was reported that North Dakota teammates Danny Kristo, Carter Rowney, … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville will have a full league schedule when it joins the WCHA next season. When the WCHA voted in January to accept the Chargers as its 10th member for the 2013-14 season, commissioner Bruce McLeod said the league would make a “good-faith effort” to give UAH a complete schedule. But at that point, a nine-team … Read more
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference has a logo and a postseason tournament structure in place for its inaugural season. The NCHC will debut in the 2013-14 season with Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota-Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Western Michigan as members. Four winners of conference quarterfinal playoff series will advance the 2014 … Read more
For the first time ever, all three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award are from the same team. Minnesota senior defenseman Megan Bozek, junior forward Amanda Kessel and senior goaltender Noora Räty have guided the Gophers to a perfect 36-0-0 record this season and an NCAA-record 44-game winning streak, dating back to last season. … Read more
Northern Michigan senior forward and leading scorer Matt Thurber will not play in this weekend’s CCHA first-round playoff series against Michigan or the rest of the postseason after suffering a broken right ankle at practice Tuesday, according to the Mining Journal.
Hockey East announced Wednesday a pair of one-game suspensions to Merrimack senior defenseman Kyle Bigos and Boston College freshman forward Brendan Silk. Bigos received his second game misconduct on March 4 against Massachusetts-Lowell and then a third in the form of league supplemental discipline. He is eligible to return to the Warriors’ lineup on Saturday, … Read more
Congratulations to the Miami RedHawks, the last regular season champions of the CCHA! Ever! After losing 3-0 to Ohio State at home Friday, the RedHawks rebounded with a < a href=”http://www.uscho.com/recaps/2013/03/02/miami-wins-fourth-ccha-title-on-senior-night-doubling-ohio-state-4-2/”>4-2 win over the Buckeyes on Saturday. It was a victory that was never really in question; the RedHawks were ahead 4-0 at the 15:50 … Read more
Amherst senior defenseman Geneva Lloyd has been named the NESCAC player of the year for the second straight season after a 13-goal, 27-point season to lead the Lord Jeffs in scoring. Also, Bowdoin forward Rachel Kennedy earned top rookie honors with 15 goals and 14 assists for 29 points, while Bowdoin coach Marissa O’Neil was … Read more
With 20 goals and 20 assists this season to lead all NESCAC scorers, Keith Buehler was named the conference’s player of the year. Buehler was also named First Team All-NESCAC, the only First Team selection from 2012 to earn the honor again in 2013. In addition, Middlebury forward Matt Silcoff earned rookie of the year … Read more
Rob Koch has been named director of communications and social media at USA Hockey. Koch most recently served as senior director of public relations and team operations with the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers from 1999-2011.
Despite losing to Harvard in overtime and then beating Dartmouth last weekend, Quinnipiac is once again the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, garnering 36 of 50 first-place votes. Minnesota stays No. 2 after splitting with Denver and earned 12 first-place votes this week. Final CCHA regular-season champion Miami stays third with … Read more
Minnesota garnered all 15 first-place votes yet again and reigns atop the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week. Last weekend, the Gophers defeated (and shut out) Bemidji State in two straight games in the opening round of the WCHA tournament. Boston College rises one to No. 2 after beating Maine in the Hockey East … Read more
Elmira, Middlebury and Wisconsin-River Falls were awarded at-large bids to the 2013 Division III women’s NCAA tournament when the brackets were revealed Monday morning. They join five automatic qualifiers in the field of eight, with four quarterfinal games being played at campus sites on March 9. Division III women’s NCAA tournament page, with brackets Printable … Read more
Norwich, Utica and Wisconsin-Eau Claire received at-large bids to the 2013 Division III men’s NCAA tournament when the brackets were unveiled Sunday night. They join eight conference tournament champions in the field of 11, with the tournament opening with three first-round games Wednesday. Division III men’s NCAA tournament page, with brackets Printable bracket (PDF) The … Read more