Charlie Coyle and Jason Zucker (Denver) scored third-period goals, but the U.S. National Junior Team came up short against Canada, losing 3-2 in its final preliminary-round game of the World Junior Championship Saturday night in Edmonton at Rexall Place. “I liked the fight back by our team,” said Team USA coach Dean Blais in a … Read more
Life, as we know it, is close to ending for this year’s U.S. World Junior team. A 5-2 loss to the Czech Republic on Friday all but sealed the Americans’ fate. A Finland win over Denmark, a team that hasn’t won in this year’s tournament, will officially eliminate the Americans. The U.S. will face Canada … Read more
Team USA ran into a hot goaltender on Wednesday afternoon at the World Junior Championship and because of that may be on the hot seat. The U.S. plastered Finland goaltender Sami Aittokallio with 39 shots, but ran into a brick wall. At the other end of the ice, U.S. goaltender John Gibson couldn’t stop the … Read more
St. Cloud State has added forward Joe Rehkamp to the active roster and he will be eligible to play this weekend against Western Michigan. The 20-year-old Rehkamp played this season with the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks and from 2009-11 with the Fargo Force. With Fargo, Rehkamp played one season in 2009-10 under coach Steve Johnson, … Read more
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
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 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
Colorado College sophomore Jaden Schwartz, the lone collegian on this year’s Canadian World Junior team, will wear the ‘C’ for Team Canada. “Last year was tough, obviously getting hurt and then that third period against Russia,” Schwartz said to the Canadian Press. “You try to forget last year, but at the same time, you want … Read more
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
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
St. Cloud State sophomore forward Mitch MacMillan has left the team and a report in Tuesday’s St. Cloud Times says his departure had to do with ice time. MacMillan had played in 14 of SCSU’s 20 games thus far, but was a healthy scratch in the last three. “I wasn’t happy there with my playing … Read more
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
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 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
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
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
The WCHA announced this week that Minnesota-Duluth women’s coach Shannon Miller has been suspended one game due to a violation of the WCHA Code of Conduct. The action was taken by the league after reviewing an incident following the game against Ohio State on Nov. 26, a 6-2 win for the Bulldogs. With two seconds … Read more
According to a Nebraska-Omaha spokesperson, Mavericks’ forward Alex Hudson “has been dismissed from the team.” No specifics were given, but the Omaha World-Herald states Hudson was removed for a second violation of team rules. Hudson was also suspended earlier this season for a training violation and missed the first four games of the season. The … Read more