With a perfect 10-0-0 record, Minnesota gained all 15 first-place votes this week to remain atop the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. The next four spots are unchanged from last week – No. 2 Cornell, No. 3 Boston University, No. 4 Clarkson and No. 5 Mercyhurst – but after that, the rankings change a bit. … Read more
With 18 of 20 first-place votes, St. Norbert starts this season where it ended last season – as the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. Oswego garnered the other two first-place votes and is ranked second, followed by Norwich, Plattsburgh and Gustavus Adolphus to round out the top five. Amherst, the Milwaukee … Read more
Boston College remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll after receiving 38 first-place votes this week. Minnesota, which garnered three first-place nods, stays No. 2, while Denver rises two spots to No. 3 and earned six first-place votes. Miami drops from No. 3 to No. 4 and North Dakota falls one … Read more
Due to the inclement weather expected due to Hurricane Sandy, the Penn State men’s game against Fredonia scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 30, has been postponed. The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m.
The ECAC announced Saturday that Colgate freshman defenseman Nicole Gass has been suspended one game as the result of her actions against Yale on Oct. 26. At the 15:26 mark of the second period, Gass was assessed a boarding penalty. Gass is not eligible to play in Colgate’s next game on Saturday, Oct. 27, when … Read more
The new on-campus arena at Nebraska-Omaha is a go. According to a UNO press release issued Friday, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents authorized president J.B. Milliken to enter into a letter of intent with developers for the construction of an arena in Omaha. “UNO is very excited about the Regents’ support,” UNO chancellor … Read more
Four different teams received first-place votes, but Wisconsin-River Falls was named the top team in the NCHA women’s preseason coaches’ poll. Six of the top seven leading scorers from a year ago return to their respective schools, including 2012 player of the year Dani Schultz from Wisconsin-Superior. Wisconsin-Superior, Adrian and St. Scholastica also garnered first-place … Read more
After a well-documented NCAA ruling that first saw Wisconsin freshman Nic Kerdiles suspended for the entire season and later saw the decision toned down to 10 games, Kerdiles joined Badgers’ coach Mike Eaves at his weekly media conference on Monday. Without taking questions from the assembled media to start, Kerdiles opened with a statement. Dealing … Read more
Adam Mair has joined the Canisius staff as director of player development. Mair spent the majority of his NHL career with the Buffalo Sabres and played 32 games last year with the AHL’s Springfield Falcons. “I’m very thankful for the opportunity that has been provided by Canisius College, [head coach] Dave Smith and the entire … Read more
Minnesota is once again the unanimous No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week. Cornell remains No. 2, as does Boston University at No. 3. Clarkson rises one spot to No. 4 and Mercyhurst jumps two places to sit fifth. At No. 6, Boston College is down two, Northeastern rises one … Read more
A total of eight teams received first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but with 27 first-place votes, Boston College rises two spots to assume the No. 1 ranking. Last week’s No. 1, Minnesota, falls to No. 2 with 12 first-place votes, while Miami moves up one to No. 3 and received … Read more
Oswego announced Friday that Chelsea Walkland has been named the women’s team’s first full-time assistant coach. Walkland joins the Lakers’ staff after being an assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology last year, winning a Division III national title. During the 2010-11 season, Walkland served as the hockey operations manager at Robert Morris, where she also … Read more
According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Badgers’ freshman forward Nic Kerdiles will miss the 2012-13 season after the NCAA found he “violated its code of amateurism.” An appeal was filed and on Friday, it was announced that Kerdiles will only miss UW’s first 10 games and will be eligible to play in the Nov. 30 … Read more
Morrisville has named Kevin Krogol its interim head coach for the 2012-2013 season. Krogol has spent the last four seasons as the top assistant for the Mustangs after playing four seasons with Utica from 2003-07. Krogol replaces Brian Grady, who stepped down on Oct. 12 after five seasons behind the bench.
St. Norbert has won the last two Division III national championships and earned five of seven first-place votes in the NCHA preseason coaches’ poll. Conference play opens Oct. 26-27. This is also the final season for the five schools who are also members of the WIAC – Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin-River Falls, Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin-Stout and … Read more
Dwayne Roloson has returned to Massachusetts-Lowell as a volunteer assistant coach. Roloson, who graduated from UML in 1994, has played the past two seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and also helped lead the Edmonton Oilers to the 2006 Stanley Cup final and Tampa Bay to the Eastern Conference finals in 2011. He is expected … Read more
The men’s Division III championship being decided during the same weekend at the same venue as the men’s D-I title game could be reality in no time after the Division III Management Council supported the concept at its meeting Monday and Tuesday in Indianapolis. If the concept is approved by the Division III Presidents Council … Read more
Nicole Bostel has been promoted to Denver’s director of media relations, replacing Erich Bacher, who was named assistant athletics director for public relations at Virginia. Bostel was previously DU’s associate director of media relations.
Chris Serino, who was Merrimack’s head coach from 1998-2005 and also an assistant coach at New Hampshire from 1991-98, passed away Monday after a bout with throat cancer. Serino was 63. He had been diagnosed with cancer just prior to the 2001-02 season when he was at Merrimack. At UNH, Serino was also the head … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha officials have proposed to build a 7,500-seat arena at the south end of UNO’s campus that would be the Mavericks’ new home for hockey, basketball and volleyball, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald. The report states that private donations or partnerships would pay for arena construction costs, which could range anywhere from … Read more