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
Boston College senior right wing Steven Whitney has been named the winner of the 61st Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. Whitney is an assistant captain and leading goal-scorer for the Eagles with his 25 goals in 36 games coming in as the second highest total … Read more
Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look at victories by Brown and Colorado College, and the emergence of Michigan as a CCHA tournament championship contender in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Matt Herr, who helped Michigan to the 1996 and 1998 national titles, has been named a regional manager of USA Hockey’s American Development Model. He will begin his duties on June 3.
Despite getting just 22 first-place votes, Minnesota has unseated Quinnipiac at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Minnesota, ranked No. 2 last week, advanced to the WCHA Final Five with a series win over Bemidji State last weekend, while Quinnipiac, now at No. 2 after getting 27 first-place votes, heads to the … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville sophomore forward Kyle Lysaght is in critical condition following a car accident Friday in his hometown of Marietta, Ga. Lysaght, 22, was airlifted by a Life Flight helicopter to the Atlanta Medical Center, according to the East Cobb Patch. According to the story, Lysaght was a front-seat passenger in a 2007 Lexus heading southbound … Read more
Boston College coach Jerry York, after missing the remainder of the team’s Hockey East quarterfinal series against Vermont with a detached retina, underwent successful scleral buckling surgery Monday at Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston to repair the retina in his right eye and is resting comfortably at home, the school announced Monday. York’s status is day-to-day.. … Read more
Quinnipiac forward Bryce Van Brabant has been suspended for one game by ECAC Hockey and will miss Saturday’s Game 2 of a quarterfinal series against Cornell. Van Brabant was suspended after a league review of a first-period incident in Friday’s Game 1. He was given a minor elbowing penalty. The sophomore has played in all … Read more
The University of Nebraska board of regents on Friday unanimously approved the program statement for the new arena at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. The vote will now allow the project to move forward with fundraising and completing finalized designs for the arena. “The arena is a game-changer for UNO – enhancing not only Maverick athletics … Read more
The CCHA has announced its All-Time Team to honor the league’s top performers from the past 42 seasons. The group of 12 players, selected by a committee of coaches, administrators and media, joins the league’s All-Decade teams from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s that were selected in 2001 and the All-Decade Team from 2000-13 that … Read more
Oswego forward Paul Rodrigues has been named the winner of the Sid Watson Award as the nation’s top Division III player, while Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Matt Loen is the Edward Jeremiah Award recipient as the D-III coach of the year. Rodrigues led the nation in scoring for most of the season and enters this weekend with … Read more