Norwich was a near-unanimous No. 1 this week in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll having received 19 of 20 first-place votes. No. 2 Oswego had the other first-place vote. Castleton is No. 3 this week, flip-flopping with Wisconsin-River Falls. Plattsburgh jumps two to No. 5. St. Norbert drops one to No. 6, while Adrian … Read more
College Hockey Inc. will ask the NCAA next month to add a temporary travel exemption for Alabama-Huntsville in hopes of helping the struggling independent team schedule more home games. The NCAA’s travel exemption, which allows schools to travel for games in Alaska and Hawaii and not have them count toward their season limit — 34 … Read more
Denver sophomore forward Beau Bennett is expected to miss the next 6-8 weeks with a wrist injury, the school announced Friday afternoon. Bennett, a 2010 first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, had successful surgery on Thursday (Dec. 8) to repair a ruptured tendon in his wrist that he originally injured during practice in late October. … Read more
The Penn State ACHA team will head outdoors to Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, to play Division III Neumann. Game time is set for 8 p.m. at the home of the Philadelphia Phillies. Penn State is in its last year competing at the club level and is the top-ranked team in the … Read more
When the news broke Tuesday night that the Alabama-Huntsville administration was going to do an about-face and work toward keeping the Chargers’ Division I program afloat after this season, supporters, players and coaches alike were ecstatic. The university announced earlier this season that it would discontinue the sport at the D-I level starting next year. … Read more
The new National Collegiate Hockey Conference may have its first commissioner hired by Christmas, Colorado College athletic director Ken Ralph said Wednesday. The top choice of the three finalists, a group that includes former United States Olympic Committee chief executive officer Jim Scherr of Colorado Springs, will get an offer letter from the league soon, … Read more
The ECAC announced Wednesday that Colgate sophomore forward Chris Wagner has been suspended one game as the result of his actions in the game against Clarkson last Friday (Dec. 2) at Starr Rink. The league’s action was taken after review of an incident that occurred at the 16:26 mark of the second period where Wagner … Read more
After a meeting Tuesday night with a grass roots effort group to save the hockey program at Alabama-Huntsville, the school released a statement seemingly changing its stance on the decision to end the D-I program it announced earlier this season. UAH spokesman Ray Garner told the Huntsville Times that the school is committing to nothing … Read more
Four Northern Michigan players pleaded no contest Tuesday to misdemeanors of receiving and concealing stolen property under $200, related to alleged campus bicycle thefts that occurred in September, according to a report Tuesday in the Mining Journal. Freshmen Mitchell Jones, Jake Baker and D.J. Vandercook and sophomore Stephan Vigier are scheduled for sentencing in February. … Read more
Rochester Institute of Technology women’s coach Scott McDonald served a one-game suspension last Saturday (Dec. 3) that was imposed by the school for initiating an alleged altercation during a men’s recreational game on Dec. 1. McDonald, in his sixth season at RIT, was not behind the Tigers’ bench on Saturday. RIT, ranked No. 1 in … Read more
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