Tom Anastos has resigned as commissioner of the CCHA to become the head coach at Michigan State. Anastos returns to coaching at the collegiate level for the first time since 1992, when he was in the second year as an assistant coach to Ron Mason at Michigan State. He was the head coach at Michigan-Dearborn, … Read more
RIT junior forward Tyler Brenner is the third player since the program moved to Division I in 2005 to leave school early and sign a professional contract as he signed a two-year deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. Brenner was seventh nationally with 26 goals and added 15 assists for 41 points in … Read more
The USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll is scrambled a bit this week, but the top three teams remain the same. North Dakota is again No. 1, with 37 of 50 first-place votes, while Boston College sits No. 2 and Yale No. 3. BC garnered seven first-place votes and Yale earned five. No. 4 Miami, coming … Read more
National champion Wisconsin finishes out the 2010-2011 season as champions and with a No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Cornell falls two places to No. 4, while last week’s co-No. 5 teams, Boston University and Boston College, are No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Minnesota-Duluth rises to No. 5, while Minnesota … Read more
The Big Ten Conference will recommend to its Council of Presidents/Chancellors that it establish a men’s hockey conference starting in the 2013-14 season, the league announced Monday. The presidents and chancellors must approve sponsoring the sport, and they will get that recommendation forwarded to them in June. The addition of a Penn State program for … Read more
Following is the television schedule for the 2011 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament. All times are EDT. For the first time, all games will be broadcast in high definition. Some games are not being aired live nationally, but those are available for syndication on local channels or regional networks. Where available, those channels are listed … Read more
Teams from four different conferences earned the No. 1 seeds in the regional brackets for the 2011 NCAA tournament when the seeds were announced on Sunday. Yale, North Dakota, Boston College and Miami are the top teams in the four regionals. Yale, the No. 1 overall seed, hosts the East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn., on … Read more
Alaska junior defenseman Joe Sova has signed an entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils and will not be back in Fairbanks for his senior year. “This opportunity is something Joe has worked hard for and we want to wish him all the best as he pursues his goal of playing in the National Hockey … Read more
USA Hockey is turning to one of its golden World Junior Championship coaches to lead the 2012 team. Nebraska-Omaha coach Dean Blais will take charge of the U.S. team in hopes of bringing home a second gold medal from the tournament in three years. In 2010, Blais led the Americans to the championship in Canada. … Read more
Union claimed five honors at the ECAC postseason banquet Thursday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Rensselaer forward Chase Polacek became the third player in league history to win the most outstanding player in consecutive seasons, while Princeton freshman Andrew Calof earned top rookie honors and Union goalie Keith Kinkaid won the Ken … Read more
Miami senior forward Andy Miele was named the CCHA player of the year at the annual CCHA awards banquet on Thursday at Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre. Notre Dame’s Jeff Jackson was named coach of the year and Irish forward T.J. Tynan earned rookie of the year honors. Miele led the nation in scoring (21-44-65) and … Read more
New Hampshire forward Paul Thompson was named Hockey East player of the year Thursday night at the league’s annual championship awards night at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. Thompson, who headlined the First-Team All-Star squad, was the Hockey East scoring champion in conference play with 42 points and his 23 goals were second … Read more
Hockey East announced its 2010-2011 All-Star teams on Thursday night at the Hockey East championship banquet at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS Cam Atkinson, Jr, F, Boston College Gustav Nyquist, Jr, F, Maine Paul Thompson, Sr, F, New Hampshire Brian Dumoulin, So, D, Boston College Blake Kessel, Jr, D, New … Read more
Niagara senior forward Paul Zanette was named Atlantic Hockey player of the year at the league’s annual awards banquet Thursday. The Nobleton, Ontario, native had 55 points overall (29 goals, 26 assists) including 43 points in conference play, tops in the league. Newcomers Niagara and Robert Morris placed four players on the all-AHA first team. … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association announced its 2010-11 RBK Hockey College Division All-American Teams on Thursday night at the NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship banquet at the Rochester Hotel and Plaza. Six selections were present at the banquet with their respective teams earning their way to the NCAA semifinals. RIT had three selections, … Read more
Senior forward Sarah Dagg of the Rochester Institute of Technology women’s team added two more accolades to her sparkling four-year career resume in a Tigers uniform on Thursday night at the NCAA championship banquet at the Rochester Hotel and Plaza. After ranking second in the nation in scoring with 18 goals and 23 assists for … Read more
Hockey East and the WCHA each have three players among the 10 finalists for the 2011 Hobey Baker Memorial Award. The list, released Thursday, also includes two players from the CCHA — teammates Carter Camper and Andy Miele of Miami — and one from Atlantic Hockey. Boston College’s Cam Atkinson, Maine’s Gustav Nyquist (a Hobey … Read more
Michigan Tech announced Wednesday that head coach Jamie Russell has resigned his position after eight seasons behind the Huskies’ bench. “Jamie is a person of great integrity, and he has worked hard to fulfill the mission of our athletic department and university,” said Michigan Tech AD Suzanne Sanregret in a statement. “We wish him all … Read more
Minnesota junior defenseman Aaron Ness has given up his senior season with the Gophers to sign a three-year entry-level contract with the New York Islanders. Ness will report to the Islanders’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, and play out the remainder of the 2010-11 season. “Aaron made tremendous strides this year physically … Read more
It might not rise to the level of certainty of death and taxes, but the likely addition of hockey to the Big Ten Conference lineup has college hockey commissioners doing some advance planning. WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said he has heard from Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and representatives from Wisconsin and Penn State that … Read more