Wisconsin retains its position at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll this week, while several teams in the bottom half of this week’s poll do some flip-flopping. The Badgers garnered all 15 first-place votes this week. Cornell (No. 2), Minnesota (No. 3), Boston University (No. 4) and Boston College (No. 5) stay … Read more
Boston College is the new No. 1 team in the country in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, jumping four spots from its fifth place ranking last week. Notre Dame, No. 1 in the Sept. 26 poll, falls to No. 2, while Denver rises to No. 3, Michigan jumps to No. 4 from No. … Read more
Holy Cross has named former Northeastern captain Jason Guerriero as an assistant coach. “We are very excited to have Jason on our staff,” said Holy Cross head coach Paul Pearl. “He brings a ton of enthusiasm and hockey knowledge to the job and his work ethic is outstanding.” Guerriero graduated from Northeastern in 2005 having … Read more
Twenty men’s seniors from all five Division I conferences have been selected as candidates for the 2012 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award “focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders … Read more
Franklin Pierce announced on Thursday that David Stockdale has been named the head coach of the newly-formed women’s program that will begin play next season. Stockdale has been an assistant and head coach in the college ranks over the past 10 years. “This is a tremendous opportunity and one that I’m eager to begin right … Read more
Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna said Wednesday was a very historic day with the announcement that Notre Dame will join the conference in 2013. It turned out to be another day where realignment rumors were confirmed, but is this it for how Division I college hockey conferences, at least Hockey East, will look two years … Read more
The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee announced Wednesday the four regional sites for the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The four sites and regionals, being held March 29-31, include the East Regional in Providence, R.I.; Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H.; Midwest Regional in Toledo, Ohio; and the West Regional in Grand Rapids, Mich. Brown will … Read more
St. Lawrence head coach Joe Marsh will not start the season behind the bench and would not say when he may return after he told the Watertown Daily Times this week that he’s planning an indefinite medical leave. Marsh has battled a chronic arthritic condition the past several years and has missed games and practices. … Read more
Stan Moore has been named interim head coach of Colby College. A veteran of more than 25 years as a Division I coach at Providence, Colgate, Union and Brown, the Colby job is Moore’s third as a head coach at the NCAA level. He coached Union from 1996 to 1998 and was the interim coach … Read more
Bowling Green has accepted the WCHA’s offer of membership for the 2013-14 season, the school announced Tuesday. The school was one of five from the CCHA given an invitation in August to join the WCHA, which is set to lose eight of its current 12 teams when conferences realign in the 2013 offseason. Alaska, Ferris … Read more
Notre Dame has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday, at which it will announce it will join Hockey East, sources have said. The Fighting Irish were considering Hockey East and the National Collegiate Hockey Conference for the 2013-14 season, but the NCHC issued a news release Sunday, saying it would start with the eight teams … Read more
Notre Dame will christen the new Compton Family Ice Arena on Friday, Oct. 21 when the Irish face Rensselaer. The site for the game has been listed as “TBA” since the schedule was announced in June due to the extremely aggressive construction schedule necessary to have the building ready for use by mid-October. The team … Read more
Wisconsin received all 15 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll and remain the top team in the nation. The rest of the poll has minor changes. Cornell moves up one spot to No. 2, while Minnesota is up one place to No. 3. Boston University falls two rankings to No. 4, … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha forward Alex Hudson, the Mavericks’ top returning scorer, has been suspended indefinitely from the team for an unspecified training violation, according to the Omaha World-Herald. UNO coach Dean Blais did not elaborate on Hudson’s status, but Hudson did not play in Saturday night’s exhibition game against the University of British Columbia. “I’m not really … Read more
Sophomore Michigan defenseman Jon Merrill has been suspended for the first 12 games of the season due to a violation of team rules. “Jon has an obligation to the team and he did not live up to those responsibilities,” said Michigan coach Red Berenson in a statement. “He needs to be accountable to his teammates … Read more
Trinity College has announced the resignation of Andrew McPhee as head coach of the women’s team to become an assistant coach at Brown. Assistant coach Carson Duggan has been named interim head coach. McPhee was first an assistant coach for Trinity in 2001 and head coach for the last nine seasons. “We are extremely proud … Read more
Franklin Pierce announced recently that the school will sponsor three new varsity intercollegiate sports, including women’s hockey, starting in the fall of 2012. “This is a very exciting time for Franklin Pierce University,” said school president Dr. James Birge said in a news release. “Everyone associated with the university should be extremely proud of the … Read more
Yale was voted the top team in the ECAC by both the league’s coaches and media for the third consecutive season. In the coaches poll, defending regular season champion Union finished second in the poll. Cornell is slotted to finish third, Rensselaer ranks fourth, Dartmouth occupies the fifth slot followed by Quinnipiac. Harvard sits in … Read more
Mercyhurst collected nine points and three first-place votes to top the CHA preseason poll of the four league coaches. Syracuse, last year’s tournament runners-up to Mercyhurst, and Niagara were both chosen second by the coaches. The Purple Eagles and the Orange each collected six points, while Niagara earned the last first place vote by the … Read more
Minnesota State-Moorhead would spend more than $1 million a year in coaching salaries and benefits if it starts men’s and women’s Division I programs, according to an article in the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. In documents the paper obtained from MSUM through an open records request, the university would pay a head men’s coach $240,000 and … Read more