Hockey East announced the 2012-13 men’s preseason coaches’ poll on Tuesday. Boston College is favored for the fifth consecutive season with 90 points and nine first-place votes. Massachusetts-Lowell is second and Boston University sits third. New Hampshire is fourth and received the other first-place vote. In addition, the Hockey East media also picked BC to … Read more
Hockey East announced Tuesday that USCHO’s Jim Connelly has been named the 21st recipient of the Joe Concannon Hockey East Media Award. Connelly begins his 15th year covering the league in 2012-13 and is the third current or former member of the USCHO staff to receive the award, joining Mike Machnik in 2011 and Dave … Read more
St. Michael’s announced Monday that Adam Berger has been hired as the team’s new assistant coach. A May graduate of Drake (Iowa) University, Berger served as the hockey operations intern with the Des Moines Buccaneers of the United States Hockey League the past four years. “I am very excited and honored to be a part … Read more
North Dakota on Friday announced additional suspensions for violations of team rules stemming from a Sept. 15 hockey team party. Previous suspensions for the four team captains were announced on Sept. 18. Friday’s suspensions were determined based on additional information gathered during the athletic department’s investigative process, according to a school-issued news release. Sophomores Connor … Read more
Shivaun Siegl has been named an assistant coach for the Rochester Institute of Technology women’s team, returning to a post she held during the 2007-08 season. Siegl was the primary assistant coach at Niagara the past three seasons and also served as a goaltending coach at the United States Hockey Development Program camps, held in … Read more
The two finalists in the 2012 CHA title game finished 1-2 in the annual preseason coaches’ poll, but the runner-up (Mercyhurst) was named the the top team and the league champion from last spring (Robert Morris) came in second.
Minnesota announced Thursday that freshman forward Connor Reilly will miss the 2012-13 season with a knee injury. Reilly suffered the injury after he slipped and fell awkwardly over the weekend, according to a school-issued news release. He is scheduled to undergo surgery in the near future, although a date has yet to be determined. “I’m … Read more
The National Collegiate Hockey Conference has announced that Don Adam will be the league’s director of officiating once the league begins play for the 2013-14 season. “We are excited about having Don Adam join the NCHC staff and look forward to having him assist us in overseeing the important officiating program,” said NCHC commissioner Jim … Read more
Greg Brown has been promoted to associate head coach at Boston College. “I am happy to elevate Greg to this new title,” Boston College head coach Jerry York said in a statement. “It is well deserved. He has played a key role in our success over the past eight seasons. I look forward to his … Read more
St. Michael’s on Tuesday announced the hiring of Chelsea Rapin as a new assistant coach. Rapin was a former team captain and four-year player at Vermont from 2008-12. “I am looking forward to this great opportunity,” said Rapin in a statement. “I cannot wait until practices and games start. I am looking forward to watching … Read more
North Dakota announced Tuesday that senior captain Andrew MacWilliam and assistant captains Corban Knight, Danny Kristo and Carter Rowney have been suspended for the opening game of the 2012-13 regular season for a violation of team rules. The suspensions are a result of a team party on Saturday, Sept. 15, according to a school-issued news … Read more
Western New England has announced that Greg Haney has joined the program as head coach Greg Heffernan’s top assistant. Haney comes to Western New England after serving as a volunteer assistant coach last season at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid. Before last year, Haney was a volunteer assistant at Cortland for two years, … Read more
The 2012-13 ECAC preseason all-league team was announced Monday and is made up of three seniors and three juniors who all ranked near the top of every statistical category last season in league play. As voted on by the league’s 12 head coaches, players come from four different teams – Clarkson, Cornell, Harvard and Quinnipiac.
The CCHA will crown its final Mason Cup champion on Sunday, March 24, 2013, thereby pushing back the annual NCAA tournament selection show on ESPNU to 9 p.m. EST on March 24. For the CCHA’s “Celebrate the Legacy” final season, four teams will travel to Joe Louis Arena in Detroit in hopes of capturing the … Read more
Defending women’s national champion Minnesota starts the 2012-13 season as the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Preseason Women’s Poll. Minnesota received all 15 first-place votes. National runner-up Wisconsin sits second, followed by Cornell, Boston College and North Dakota to round out the top five. Boston University, St. Lawrence, Minnesota-Duluth, Northeastern and Mercyhurst are … Read more
The proposal to align the Division III men’s national championship game with the weekend of the Frozen Four in 2014 has drawn both support and concerns from the NCAA Division III Championships Committee. The group has asked the Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Committee to adjust the season schedule to avoid adding weeks, which could … Read more
Washington Capitals executive and Dartmouth alum Dick Patrick has been named a recipient of the 2012 Lester Patrick Trophy for outstanding service to hockey in the United States. The award honors the memory of Lester Patrick, who spent 50 years in hockey as a player, coach and general manager and was a pioneer in the … Read more
Ohio State announced Monday that Brittany Carlson will join the staff as an undergraduate assistant coach and Jeff Salajko will serve as goalie coach. Carlson spent the last four seasons as a defenseman with the Buckeyes and three times named WCHA All-Academic and Academic-All Big Ten and was named a WCHA scholar-athlete twice. Salajko served … Read more
Details of the investigation into the culture of the Boston University men’s hockey team didn’t make the report that was made public on Wednesday. The Boston Globe, however, obtained those not-intended-for-public-consumption items Thursday and published them Friday. They include word of a bawdy Agganis Arena celebration of the team’s 2009 national championship and reports that … Read more
A “celebrity culture” exists among Boston University men’s hockey players, one that can lead to “unacceptable and destructive behavior,” according to the report of a school task force released Wednesday. The task force was put together last spring by BU president Robert Brown after two men’s hockey players were charged with sexual assault last season. Its … Read more