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
Utica and the Upper Mohawk Valley Auditorium Authority announced a five-year extension, through 2017, to the school’s lease agreement to use the Utica Memorial Auditorium as its men’s and women’s hockey arena. Utica has led the nation in Division III men’s attendance for the last six seasons, including an average of 3,253 fans last season.
Northeastern has announced the hiring of Jeff Pellegrini as a new assistant coach for the Huskies’ women’s program. Pellegrini was an assistant last season at Harvard. “I am very excited about the addition of Jeff to the coaching staff,” Northeastern coach Dave Flint said in a statement. “He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience, … Read more
Rochester Institute of Technology will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Gene Polisseni Center, a 4,000 seat multipurpose arena that will serve as the new home for RIT men’s and women’s hockey, on Oct. 19 from 4-5 p.m.
Bob DeGregorio has signed a three-year contract extension to remain as commissioner of Atlantic Hockey through 2016. “We in the Atlantic Hockey Association are very pleased to secure Bob DeGregorio’s services over the next three years,” said Atlantic Hockey executive committee chair Lou Spiotti in a news release. “Bob has played a critical role in … Read more
Mike Snee was named executive director of College Hockey Inc. on Tuesday and some college hockey coaches turned to their office mates and asked who Mike Snee was. So here’s a little about Mike Snee, from his own telling of his hockey life story. He grew up in Duluth, Minn., looking forward to Friday and … Read more
Glenn Hofmann has resigned as Merrimack athletic director, a school source said Tuesday, eight weeks after being put on paid leave. Also Tuesday, interim athletic director Dean O’Keefe promoted men’s hockey coach Mark Dennehy and women’s basketball coach Monique LeBlanc to associate athletic director positions. Both will keep their coaching responsibilities. Hofmann was on paid … Read more
Massachusetts announced Tuesday that 2009 Vermont graduate John Gobeil will join the staff as the director of hockey operations, completing new head coach John Micheletto’s staff. Gobeil held a similar post at Vermont from 2009-12.
Mike Snee has been named the executive director of College Hockey, Inc., and will start in his new role on Sept. 17. Snee has spent the past four years in a similar role with Minnesota Hockey. “Mike is a very talented professional with a great passion and love for college hockey,” said Steve Hagwell, ECAC … Read more
Robert Morris has named former Fredonia goaltender Kody Van Rentergem as the Colonials’ hockey operations coordinator.