USA Hockey on Monday named the 29 players who make up the preliminary roster for the 2012 U.S. National Junior Team that will play at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. Of the 29 players, 18 are currently on NCAA rosters. The final roster will be announced Dec. 22. The tournament runs Dec. 26-Jan. … Read more
Defending NCAA champion Minnesota-Duluth rises three spots this week and is the new No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Bulldogs garnered 25 of 50 first-place votes. Minnesota is the new second-ranked team, receiving nine first-place votes to jump three notches in the poll. No. 3 Boston College earned eight first-place … Read more
Wisconsin received all 15 first-place votes this week to retain the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Minnesota, Cornell, Boston College, North Dakota and Mercyhurst occupy spots two through six, respectively, and are in the same positions as last week. No. 7 Bemidji State is up one from a week ago, Northeastern … Read more
The top four teams, including No. 1 RIT with all 15 first-place votes, look the same as a week ago in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. Norwich sits second, Middlebury third and Elmira is again No. 4. Amherst jumps one to No. 5, as does Gustavus Adolphus to No. 6. Wisconsin-River Falls drops two … Read more
Norwich received all 20 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll and is again the top-ranked team in the country. Oswego stays at No. 2 and this week, Wisconsin-River Falls and Castleton flip-flop with UWRF the new No. 3. St. Norbert retains the fifth position, Elmira jumps from seventh to No. 6, … Read more
Providence will host Dartmouth in a women’s game at Fenway Park on Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. as part of Sun Life Frozen Fenway 2012. The game was originally scheduled for Dec. 31 at Providence. “The team is very excited about getting to play at Fenway,” Dartmouth head coach Mark Hudak said in a news … Read more
The game between Harvard and Union on January 13 at 7 p.m. will now be played outdoors at Fenway Park as part of Sun Life Frozen Fenway 2012. The game, originally scheduled for the Bright Hockey Center, will now be played as part of a doubleheader, following a Division III game between Babson and Norwich … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced Thursday that it has added Pennsylvania-based Alliance Holdings, Inc., as a corporate sponsor. A fast growing and successful company since its inception in 1994, Alliance Holdings is a 100 percent employee-owned company that uses the vehicle of Employee Stock Ownership Plans to invest in market-leading manufacturers of industrial, commercial … Read more
In a statement released Thursday by the University of North Dakota and the WCHA, the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo will no longer be used by UND as of Jan. 1, 2012. As of that date, the school is asking to refer to its athletic teams as simply the University of North Dakota and to … Read more
With 48 of 50 first-place votes, Merrimack is once again the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Warriors are the only undefeated team in Division I hockey and earned their first No. 1 ranking in school history last week. Boston College, with the other two first-place votes, jumps three places to … Read more
Wisconsin is again the unanimous No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week, garnering all 15 first-place votes. No. 2 Minnesota, No. 3 Cornell and No. 4 Boston College all retain their same places as from one week ago. North Dakota rises one to No. 5, Mercyhurst is up one to … Read more
Norwich remains the No. 1-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll and earned 18 first-place votes. Oswego stays second and Castleton, with two first-place votes, is again No. 3. Wisconsin-River Falls jumps one to No. 4, while St. Norbert rises two spots to No. 5. Plattsburgh stays sixth, Elmira goes from tenth … Read more
By virtue of earning 14 of 15 first-place votes this week, RIT remains the top team in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. Norwich stays ranked No. 2, while Middlebury retains the third spot. Fourth-ranked Elmira rises four spots this week and Wisconsin-River Falls is still fifth and received the other first-place vote. Amherst is … Read more
Hockey Canada on Monday named 41 players to its World Junior Team selection camp and among the named are two college players. Colorado College sophomore forward Jaden Schwartz and Michigan freshman forward Phil Di Giuseppe will aim to impress the Team Canada brass. Schwartz made the team last year, but was injured at the tournament … Read more
For the first time in its history, Merrimack is the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Warriors received 27 first-place votes to jump over last week’s No. 1 team, Minnesota, now at No. 3 with 11 first-place votes. Notre Dame garnered 10 first-place votes and rises to No. 2 this week. … Read more
The top five schools in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll remain in the same order as last week, including No. 1 Wisconsin, but the bottom five look different. After Wisconsin, which received 14 first-place votes, Minnesota (with the other first-place vote), Cornell, Boston College and Boston University make up the top five. No. 6 … Read more
Norwich retains its top spot this week in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, having received 18 of 20 first-place votes. No. 3 Castleton earned the other two No. 1 votes, while Oswego came in No. 2 this week. The top six spots remain unchanged from last week, with Adrian, Wisconsin-River Falls and Plattsburgh rounding … Read more
RIT is still the top-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll as the Tigers banked 13 first-place votes. The next seven rankings remain the same – Norwich, Middlebury, Plattsburgh, Wisconsin-River Falls (with the other two first-place votes), Gustavus Adolphus, Amherst and Elmira, in that order. Adrian rises to No. 9 from No. … Read more
The Boston Hockey Blog has reported that Boston University senior goaltender Kieran Millan will be benched for Friday’s game against Vermont for skipping class. Millan is the third BU player in three weeks to be benched for skipping class as forward Kevin Gilroy and junior defenseman Max Nicastro missed an away game at Massachusetts-Lowell on Nov. 5. … Read more
Cornell freshman forward Philippe Hudon has left the team and may or may not return to school for the second semester. A report on Yahoo! Sports on Tuesday said Hudon skated with the QMJHL’s Victoriaville Tigres that day and left Cornell due to his battle with obsessive compulsive disorder. He hasn’t officially signed with the … Read more