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
Hockey East announced its Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team on Wednesday afternoon. The first-year players will be honored alongside several individual award winners at Thursday’s annual championship awards night at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Bill Arnold, F, Boston College Charlie Coyle, F, Boston University Mike Collins, F, Merrimack Michael Pereira, F, … Read more
The ECAC announced its three All-League teams and its All-Rookie team on Tuesday. The teams were picked by league coaches. FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Chase Polacek, F, Rensselaer Brian O’Neill, F, Yale Andrew Miller, F, Yale Nick Bailen, D, Rensselaer Taylor Fedun, D, Princeton Keith Kinkaid, G, Union SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Jack Maclellan, F, Brown Joe … Read more
According to a report in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota head coach Don Lucia and the university are in talks to give Lucia a contract extension. Minnesota AD Joel Maturi told the paper that even with the Gophers failing to make the NCAA tournament for the third straight season this year, Lucia’s job was … Read more
St. Cloud State junior defenseman Oliver Lauridsen will forego his senior season with the Huskies, signing an NHL deal Tuesday with the Philadelphia Flyers. Lauridsen, who turns 22 on March 24, was selected by the Flyers in the seventh round (196th overall) of the 2009 NHL draft. Over a three-year career at St. Cloud State, … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Wisconsin junior defenseman Jake Gardiner to an entry-level contract. The Leafs acquired Gardiner on Feb. 9 from Anaheim along with Joffrey Lupul and a conditional fourth round draft pick in 2013 in exchange for defenceman Francois Beauchemin. Gardiner was originally Anaheim’s first round choice (17th overall) in the 2008 … Read more
North Dakota earned 42 of 50 first place votes this week to remain the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Boston College and Yale stay No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, but Michigan jumps one to No. 4 and Denver jumps a notch to No. 5. Miami is also up one … Read more
It appears North Dakota will be keeping its Fighting Sioux nickname after a vote last Friday in the state Senate. The Senate voted to approve legislation ordering UND to retain its controversial Fighting Sioux nickname and Indian-head logo. The vote was 28-15 with four senators absent and not voting and came after a massive e-mail … Read more
The Ottawa Senators have signed their second NCAA player with eligibility remaining this offseason by inking Clarkson junior defenseman Mark Borowiecki on Saturday. The 21-year-old Borowiecki was the Senators’ fifth-round pick (139th overall) in the 2008 NHL draft and was the first Ottawa native ever drafted by the Senators. Borowiecki, Clarkson’c captain this year, played … Read more
Blaise MacDonald has stepped down as coach at Massachusetts-Lowell, the school announced on Friday. MacDonald recently completed his 10th season behind the bench at Lowell, where his team finished 5-25-4, the worst record in the school’s 45-year history of the sport. In 10 seasons, MacDonald compiled a 150-178-44 record for the River Hawks. He began … Read more
Providence head coach Tim Army has resigned as head coach of the Friars, the school announced Thursday. A search to find his successor will begin immediately. “I want to thank Tim for his dedication and service to the men’s ice hockey program over the last six seasons,” Providence athletics director Bob Driscoll said in a … Read more
Two seniors from North Dakota – forward Matt Frattin and defensemen Chay Genoway – were named WCHA Player of the Year and WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year, respectively, on Thursday. The All-WCHA teams were also named Thursday. WCHA AWARD WINNERS Player of the Year – Matt Frattin, Sr, F, North Dakota Outstanding Student-Athlete of … Read more
Michigan State sophomore forward Derek Grant has signed with the Ottawa Senators, forgoing his last two years of eligibility with the Spartans. “This was not an easy decision, but it is the one I felt that was right for me,” said Grant in a statement. “I love everything about Michigan State and I will always … Read more
Senior forwards Meghan Agosta (Mercyhurst), Meghan Duggan (Wisconsin) and Kelli Stack (Boston College) have been named the three finalists for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award will be handed out March 19 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pa., in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four. Agosta is the second top-three finalist … Read more
A trio of Miami forwards and two seniors for Ferris State have been selected to the All-CCHA First Team. RedHawks senior forward Andy Miele, the nation’s leading scorer, was a unanimous selection to the First Team, marking the first time a player received only first-place votes since Michigan’s Kevin Porter in 2008. Michigan senior forward … Read more
The ECAC has named Yale goaltender Jackee Snikeris the 2010-11 women’s student-athlete of the year. The fifth recipient of the award, which recognizes academic achievement and accomplishments on and off of the ice, Snikeris, also a Patty Kazmaier Award nominee, was one of three finalists for this year’s honor along with Harvard’s Katharine Chute and Clarkson’s … Read more
THIRD STAR Michael Biega, Harvard: It was a close vote between the Crimson senior and North Dakota’s Matt Frattin, who put up seven points in a series against Michigan Tech. But given that Harvard was playing to keep its season season going and that Biega’s two goals both ended up being winners against Clarkson, he … Read more
Eleven CCHA players have been designated as their team’s 2010-11 scholar-athlete of the year and the overall winner will be chosen from the group of nominees with the winner announced at the CCHA awards ceremony on March 17. 2010-11 CCHA Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees Bryant Molle, Sr, D, Alaska, Civil Engineering David Solway, Sr, F, … Read more
Even though his season isn’t over yet, Mercyhurst forward Phil Ginand has left the Lakers and signed an amateur tryout with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League. Ginand, who hasn’t played for Mercyhurst since Feb. 12, registered 12 goals and 20 points in 27 games this year. In his freshman year two … Read more
North Dakota was one of three teams to get first-place votes, but with 39 of 50 such votes, the Sioux stays on top of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Nos. 2 and 3, Boston College and Yale, stay in their spots from last week, as does No. 4 Union and No. 5 Michigan. Denver … Read more