Hamline names Verdugo new athletic director

Hamline has announced Jason Verdugo as its new athletic director, effective May 1. Verdugo, Hamline’s baseball coach for the past 11 seasons, has also served as director of compliance for all of Hamline’s 19 sports teams for the past eight years and has spent the past 11 years involved in fundraising for the athletic program. … Read more

WIAC schools to leave NCHA after 2012-13 season

The NCHA and WIAC announced Tuesday that the two conferences have reached an agreement that will see the WIAC members leave the NCHA following the upcoming 2012-13 season – a year earlier than originally planned. According to a news release, the conferences elected to expedite the departure of the WIAC members due primarily to the … Read more

Penn State celebrates Pegula Ice Arena groundbreaking

Penn State celebrated the official groundbreaking for Pegula Ice Arena on Friday as coaches, fans and dignitaries gathered at the Penn State field hockey complex to mark the occasion. Penn State president Rodney Erickson, board of trustees vice chairman Karen Peetz, acting director of athletics Dr. Dave Joyner and Terry Pegula, who along with his … Read more

All-American Prospects game to debut in September

USA Hockey announced Monday the creation of the first-ever All-American Prospects Game that will be played on Sept. 29, 2012, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The All-American Prospects Game will include 40 of the top American-born prospects eligible for the 2013 NHL draft, including players already in college, junior players, and those … Read more

Chatham names Denver’s Koskoski as new director of athletics

Chatham has named Denver senior associate athletics director/major gifts officer Scott Koskoski as its new director of athletics. Koskoski returns to his native Pennsylvania after an eight-month stay at DU. With Denver, Koskoski managed various external efforts for the athletics division. He also directed fundraising priorities, worked closely on capital project development, oversaw sport coach … Read more

Parade, ceremony honor national champions back home at Boston College

Tuesday was another banner day at Boston College, where the school held a parade and ceremony for the newly crowned national champions. The team boarded trolleys in front of Conte Forum with all their trophies from this season in hand. The trolleys then took the Eagles around lower campus and up Commonwealth Avenue, turning down … Read more

Kreider, Dumoulin leave Boston College for NHL contracts

Boston College junior forward Chris Kreider and junior defenseman Brian Dumoulin both signed NHL contracts Tuesday, forgoing their senior seasons with the Eagles. Kreider inked an entry-level deal with the New York Rangers, while the Carolina Hurricanes signed Dumoulin. The Rangers drafted Kreider in the first round (19th overall) in 2009 and Carolina tabbed Dumoulin … Read more

Boston College has four players on 2012 All-USCHO teams

Four players from national champion Boston College and three repeat selections are among 18 players picked for All-USCHO teams for the 2011-12 season. Eagles defenseman Brian Dumoulin (first team), forward Barry Almeida (second team), goaltender Parker Milner (third team) and defenseman Tommy Cross (third team) were named to the national teams that were selected by … Read more

Winning Hobey Baker Award ‘pretty surreal’ for Minnesota-Duluth’s Connolly

Accompanied by unprecedented ceremony, Minnesota-Duluth forward Jack Connolly was named the 32nd recipient of the Hobey Baker Award on Friday. Upon hearing his name called, Connolly said he was “very emotional.” [scg_html_ff2012]”Kind of took my breath away,” said Connolly, a native of Duluth, Minn. “I thought I had an outside chance that my name would … Read more