The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Monday the 16 NCAA Division I players semifinalists for the Walter Brown Award, given annually to the best American-born player in New England. The award, established in 1953, is also the nation’s oldest nationally-recognized college hockey honor. “We feel that we’ve got a superb roster of semifinalists for … Read more
Plattsburgh remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll this week after tying and beating Utica and then garnering 10 of 15 first-place votes. Second-ranked Gustavus Adolphus swept Hamline and had the other five first-place votes to stay No. 2. Elmira is again No. 3 after beating Stevenson on Saturday night and … Read more
With 19 first-place votes, Norwich is once again the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. Norwich beat New England College and St. Anselm last weekend. Oswego and Bowdoin trade places this week, with Oswego moving to No. 2 after beating Morrisville last weekend and Bowdoin losing to Amherst and defeating Hamilton. Wisconsin-Eau … Read more
With 30 first-place votes this week, Minnesota, despite being idle last weekend, remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Quinnipiac, currently riding a 19-game unbeaten streak after tying Brown and beating Yale last weekend, garnered the other 20 first-place votes and is again No. 2 this week. Miami jumps one to … Read more
Still unbeaten this year, Minnesota stays atop the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll after sweeping aside Minnesota-Duluth this past weekend. Boston College beat Maine in its lone game and remains ranked second. Boston University jumps one spot to No. 3 after defeating Northeastern, while Cornell falls one to No. 4 despite beating both Union and … Read more
The ECAC announced Saturday that it has suspended Rensselaer junior forward Johnny Rogic one game as the result of his actions in the Harvard at Rensselaer game on Feb. 1. At the 10:37 mark of the first period last night, Rogic was assessed major and game misconduct penalties for checking from behind. Rogic is not … Read more
According to a school-issued press release, Boston University freshman forward Wesley Myron has left the program. Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth round of the 2012 NHL draft, Myron will “attempt to begin a professional career in hockey,” according to the press release. Myron tallied two goals and an assist in 21 games … Read more
Boston College coach Jerry York, who helped lead the Eagles to a Beanpot title as a player in 1965 and coached them to six more championships from 2001 to 2012, will be inducted into the Beanpot Hall of Fame on Monday, Feb. 4, at the TD Garden.
Five North Dakota players – captains Andrew MacWilliam, Danny Kristo, Carter Rowney and Corban Knight and senior Joe Gleason – were charged in Grand Forks District Court Monday with “unlawful delivery to certain persons” for providing alcohol at a team party last September, a Class A misdemeanor, according to a report Tuesday in the Grand … Read more
Providence is continuing its renovation project at Schneider Arena, the 40-year-old home of the Friar men’s and women’s teams, with an expansion and upgrading project that began in November and is slated to be finished in September 2013. The highlight of the project is a new 30,000 square foot addition that will house a new … Read more
After undergoing a routine physical exam in December, Colgate sophomore defenseman Spiro Goulakos was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer originating from white blood cells in the lymph nodes. The school announced the news Tuesday, stating that Goulakos has left school and the team to begin chemotherapy in his native Montreal. He played … Read more
The second annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game will be held Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The first such game was Sept. 29, 2012 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
The top three teams in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll are the same as last week’s poll, including top-ranked Plattsburgh, which took home 12 of 15 first-place votes. Second-ranked Gustavus Adolphus garnered the other three first-place votes. Elmira is again third, while Norwich is down one to No. 4 and Middlebury remains No. … Read more
Norwich remains the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, having earned 18 first-place votes in this week’s poll. Bowdoin, up one to No. 2, earned a first-place nod, as did No. 5 Wisconsin-Eau Claire, up one notch from No. 6 last week. Oswego is up one to No. 3, St. Norbert … Read more
In another unanimous vote, undefeated Minnesota retains the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Boston College rises one spot to No. 2, trading places with Harvard. Boston University is up one to No. 4 and Cornell falls one spot to No. 5 this week. At No. 6, Clarkson is up one, leap-frogging … Read more
In a very close vote, Minnesota edged out Quinnipiac for the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Minnesota, which split with Minnesota State last weekend, earned 28 first-place votes and 975 points, compared to QU’s 22 first-place votes and 967 points. Quinnipiac was idle last weekend. New Hampshire jumps one to … Read more
The first game in this weekend’s Canisius-Mercyhurst home-and-home series scheduled to start Friday at Mercyhurst has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 7:05 p.m. due to a water main break in the city of Erie. The incident has also caused the Mercyhurst campus to be closed through the weekend. The two schools will still … Read more
Three Hobey Baker Award winners are among 12 players selected to the CCHA’s All-Decade Team covering the stretch for 2000 to 2013. Forwards T.J. Hensick and Kevin Porter of Michigan and Chris Kunitz of Ferris State; defensemen Andy Greene of Miami and John-Michael Liles of Michigan State; and goaltender Ryan Miller of Michigan State were … Read more
Cornell sophomore forward Cole Bardreau will miss the rest of the season after suffering a fractured neck on Jan. 19 against Rensselaer, according to the Ithaca Journal. Bardreau was hit into the boards from behind by Greg Burgdoerfer in the Renssealer game. Burgdoerfer was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct. Bardreau sat out … Read more
Hockey East announced on Tuesday that Boston University junior defenseman Garrett Noonan has been assessed an additional one-game suspension after receiving a game disqualification against Massachusetts-Lowell on Saturday, Jan. 19. Noonan will sit out a total of two games, which includes the automatic one game after getting the DQ penalty. He will be eligible to … Read more