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Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation adds Alliance Holdings as new sponsor

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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

Wisconsin a unanimous No. 1 in women’s poll

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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 top-ranked team in D-III men’s poll

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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

D-III women’s poll shows RIT still No. 1

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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

Schwartz, Di Giuseppe named to Canadian junior team camp

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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

Merrimack tops men’s poll for first time

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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

Wisconsin continues ride at top of women’s poll

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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

D-III men’s poll has Norwich still on top

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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 remains No. 1 in D-III women’s poll

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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

BU goalie Millan skips class, benched for Vermont game

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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’s Hudon leaves school, future uncertain

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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

Nazareth to join ECAC West for inaugural 2012-13 season

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Nazareth College has been accepted for membership in the ECAC West, joining longtime members Elmira, Hobart, Manhattanville, Neumann and Utica. The Golden Flyers, a new program in Division III hockey located in Pittsford, N.Y., a Rochester suburb, will begin competition in the fall of 2012. “We think that top to bottom, this is one of … Read more

Norwich takes over as top team in D-III men’s poll

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With 15 of 20 first-place votes, Norwich is the new No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll this week. Last week’s top team, Oswego, slides to No. 2. Oswego received five first-place votes. Castleton jumps three spots to No. 3, Adrian holds steady at No. 4 and Wisconsin-River Falls rises seven spots … Read more

RIT still No. 1 in women’s D-III poll

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RIT garnered 14 first-place votes and maintains the top spot in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. The rest of the poll, with the exception of the No. 10 spot, mirrors last week’s rankings. Norwich is No. 2, Middlebury No. 3, Plattsburgh No. 4 and Wisconsin-River Falls, with the other first-place vote, comes in at … Read more

Women’s poll has Wisconsin a unanimous No. 1

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This week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll looks almost the same as last week’s poll, with Wisconsin retaining the No. 1 ranking in the poll. The only change this week is Minnesota at No. 2 and Cornell falling to No. 3. Boston College remains No. 4, Boston University is still No. 5 and Minnesota-Duluth sits … Read more