Nebraska-Omaha adds forward, drops another

Nebraska-Omaha has made two roster moves in time for the second half of the season. Freshman forward Joe Krause has been added to the team, while freshman forward Zach Mausolf has been released. The 22-year-old Krause comes to UNO from the Fairbanks Ice Dogs of the North American Hockey League. He had seven goals and … Read more

United States routs Denmark in World Juniors opener

The United States dominated in an 11-3 win over Denmark in both team’s World Junior Championship opener Monday night at Edmonton’s Rexall Place. Former Boston University forward Charlie Coyle led the way with a hat trick for Team USA, while Kyle Rau (Minnesota) tallied a pair. “We didn’t want to take them lightly,” said Coyle … Read more

Denver’s Zucker named captain of U.S. World Junior squad

Denver sophomore forward Jason Zucker has been named captain of the 2012 U.S. National Junior Team. Zucker will be playing in his third World Junior tournament, having skated with the gold medal-winning 2010 team in Saskatoon, Sask., and with the bronze medal-winning U.S. squad last year in Buffalo. Team USA’s alternate captains are forward Emerson … Read more

U.S. National Junior Team roster has heavy NCAA feel once again

USA Hockey announced its final roster Thursday for the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and Calgary and the roster is again NCAA-heavy. Forwards Nick Bjugstad (Minnesota), Charlie Coyle (Boston University) and Jason Zucker (Denver) and defensemen Derek Forbort (North Dakota) and Jon Merrill (Michigan) return from last year’s bronze medal-winning team. Also up … Read more

Two Massachusetts-Lowell players depart the team

Massachusetts-Lowell defenseman Rob Badger and forward Joe Caveney have both left the team, according to a report on the Sun Blog website. Both have also been removed from UML’s roster on the school website. Caveney, a junior, was hampered by injuries his first two seasons and had played only four games this season. Badger played … Read more

Minnesota-Duluth ends 2011 as top team in men’s poll

Minnesota-Duluth finishes the 2011 calendar year as the No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for the second consecutive week. The defending D-I champs received 48 first-place votes and 998 out of a possible 1000 total points. Minnesota, with an NCAA-best 14 wins, is second this week and had one first-place vote. … Read more

Owens agrees to contract extension at Colorado College

Scott Owens has agreed to an undisclosed contract extension with Colorado College, the school he has coached the past 13 seasons and graduated from in 1979. “We wanted to ensure our current players and incoming recruits that Scott Owens will be their coach at Colorado College,” said CC director of athletics Ken Ralph, noting that … Read more

New Hampshire’s Chevrier leaves school to play in BCHL

New Hampshire freshman defenseman Eric Chevrier has left the Wildcats to go play junior hockey in the British Columbia Hockey League with the Surrey Eagles. Chevrier had not seen any game action this season. “I think Eric decided this option gives him an opportunity to play on a more regular basis and continue to develop … Read more

Ruel asks for, granted release from Bowling Green

Junior defenseman Ian Ruel has asked for and been granted his release from Bowling Green, the school announced Friday. Ruel leaves the Falcons after posting four goals and six assists in 75 career games. Last year, the 21-year-old from Ann Arbor played in 30 games, missing the final seven because of a concussion. This season, … Read more

NCAA suspends $2000 miscellaneous expense stipend

The new rule allowing Division I institutions to give select student-athletes an additional $2,000 miscellaneous expense allowance has been suspended until the Board of Directors convenes in January, according to the official NCAA website. As of Dec. 15, enough schools (125) have called for an override of the legislation to prompt the automatic suspension under … Read more

Wisconsin a unanimous No. 1 choice in women’s poll

Wisconsin has again earned all 15 first-place votes to stay No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota, Cornell and Boston College stay in positions 2-4, respectively. No. 5 Mercyhurst trades places with North Dakota this week, while No. 7 Northeastern does the same with Bemidji State. Minnesota-Duluth moves up one to No. … Read more