The American Hockey Coaches Association announced Tuesday its major award winners for 2012. All honorees will be presented their awards at the 2012 AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla., April 26-29. JOHN MACINNES AWARD Established by the AHCA in 1982 to honor former Michigan Tech coach John MacInnes, this award recognizes those people who have shown … Read more
The Big Ten Conference is expected to announce its plans Monday for a men’s hockey playoff for when the conference goes live for the 2013-14 season. According to a story in Monday’s Wisconsin State Journal, league officials will join athletic directors from the six schools that sponsor the sport on a conference call and multiple … Read more
Norwich earned 19 of 20 first-place votes this week to stay atop the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. Oswego recorded the other first-place vote and again sits at No. 2 this week. Plattsburgh remains third, Amherst jumps one to No. 4 and St. Thomas rises two to No. 5. At No. 6, St. Norbert holds … Read more
With 12 first-place votes, Boston University is the new No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Terriers move up two spots from last week, while last week’s top team, Minnesota-Duluth, fell to No. 3, but did garner ten first-place votes. Minnesota remains second and earned 22 first-place votes. Michigan jumps to … Read more
The USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll looks very similar to last week’s poll, and that includes RIT sitting atop the rankings once again. RIT garnered 12 first-place votes, while No. 2 Norwich, No. 3 Amherst and No. 4 Elmira all received one first-place vote apiece. Plattsburgh moves to No. 5 this week, trading places with … Read more
With all 15 first-place votes, Wisconsin is again the unanimous top pick in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota and Cornell remain No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. North Dakota moves up two places to No. 4, Mercyhurst stays fifth and Boston College falls two spots to No. 6. Northeastern, Harvard and Minnesota-Duluth stay … Read more
The ECAC announced Friday that it is re-naming the annual women’s student-athlete of the Year award the Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year Award honoring the former Yale player who was an inspiration in her bout with leukemia, but tragically passed away last April at the age of 23. Schwartz was a forward with Yale … Read more
The BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award announced Wednesday the five finalists for the award that will be handed out this April at the Frozen Four in Tampa. Shawn Baker, Sr, D, Norwich From Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Baker is the Cadets’ captain, and has been a leader off the ice as well. He has been … Read more
Boston University head coach Jack Parker released a statement Wednesday night surrounding his behavior at the end of last Saturday night’s game against Maine, a game BU lost 3-1. “I’d like to apologize to the fans at the rink and the CBS Sports Network audience for my verbal abuse of the referee at the end … Read more
Ten finalists were announced Wednesday for the 2012 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The full list is below. The finalists were chosen by a … Read more
The CBS Sports Network has agreed to a multi-year agreement with the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference and will be the exclusive national television partner for the conference starting with the 2013-14 season. The agreement is for a minimum of 18 conference games, including the NCHC’s semifinal and championship games. “With top teams and passionate … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth remains the top team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll after receiving 28 first-place votes this week. Minnesota garnered 21 first-place votes and is second this week, moving up one spot and leap-frogging Boston University. Merrimack jumps one to No. 4 and Boston College is up two places to get into the top … Read more
This week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll shows Norwich again the top-ranked team with 19 of 20 first-place votes. No. 2 Oswego garnered the other first-place vote. Plattsburgh and Castleton remain No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while Amherst is up two places to No. 5. St. Norbert drops to No. 6, St. Thomas rises … Read more
RIT is back on top of the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll this week having received eight first-place votes. Former No. 1 Norwich, at No. 2 this week, earned three first-place votes this week. No. 3 Amherst garnered one first-place vote, as did No. 4 Elmira, and No. 5 Gustavus Adolphus was listed No. 1 … Read more
With all 15 first-place votes, Wisconsin remains the No. 1-ranked team this week in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota is the new second-ranked team, flip-flopping with Cornell. Boston College remains No. 4 and Mercyhurst rises two to No. 5. North Dakota falls one to No. 6, Northeastern is down one to No. 7, … Read more
If you haven’t seen, heard or met Jim Scherr in the past three weeks, you haven’t been paying much attention to Division I hockey. The former United States Olympic Committee chief executive officer, announced as the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s first commissioner on Jan. 4, has hit the airwaves for more than 15 TV … Read more
Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson has issued the following apology for recent remarks made in a story here on USCHO.com. “During a recent interview, I made some inappropriate remarks regarding CCHA officiating,” said Jackson in a statement. “It was wrong for me to do so, and for that I would like to express my sincere … Read more
In an announcement made Wednesday by the school, Mercyhurst College will now be known as Mercyhurst University. The change is considered the biggest one impacting the institution since going co-ed in 1969. “Over the last couple of years, we have been talking about a birth at Mercyhurst College, the birth of a diverse and vibrant … Read more
North Dakota women’s coach Brian Idalski served a one-game suspension last Saturday for knowledge of a player’s violation of an NCAA rule last season, according to a school spokesperson. UND forward Michelle Karvinen played for a team in Denmark last season while she was taking online classes at North Dakota, a school spokesperson said. As … Read more
It’s still just in the early stages, but according to a report in the Star Tribune, in late January 2014, the five Division I schools in Minnesota will play in a tournament at the Xcel Energy Center. “We are very close to getting it done,” Minnesota AD Joel Maturi said in the story. “We have … Read more