The CCHA announced its All-Rookie Team Monday and Western Michigan and Notre Dame each had two players selected. Forward Chase Balisy and defenseman Dan DeKeyser were the WMU players named, while forwards T.J. Tynan and Anders Lee earned the honors for Notre Dame. Michigan defenseman Jon Merrill and Lake Superior State goalie Kevin kapalka round … Read more
Defending national runner-up Norwich got a bye to the semifinals of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament when the bracket was revealed Monday. Adrian, Rochester Institute of Technology, Manhattanville, Middlebury, Gustavus Adolphus and Wisconsin-River Falls also made the seven-team field and will play quarterfinal games Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Get the full bracket at our … Read more
St. Norbert, Plattsburgh State, Oswego State, Elmira and Adrian earned first-round byes as the 2011 NCAA Division III men’s tournament bracket was revealed Monday. Hamline, Wisconsin-Superior, Curry, Norwich, Neumann and Bowdoin also earned spots in the field of 11. Those schools will play first-round games Wednesday, with the winners advancing to Saturday’s quarterfinals. Get the … Read more
Northeastern coach Greg Cronin and assistant coach Albie O’Connell will both be reinstated following an internal investigation into potential NCAA violations related to the men’s hockey team’s recruiting processes, the school announced Monday. The school also announced that assistant coach Sebastien Laplante, who took the reins for Cronin during the suspension and led the team … Read more
The WCHA women announced their annual award winners and All-WCHA teams Thursday night at the conference banquet held at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. The big winner was Wisconsin senior forward Meghan Duggan, who was honored as the WCHA Player of the Year. Minnesota-Duluth senior defenseman Jocelyne Larocque won two awards as she took … Read more
Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Kristin Faber and St. Norbert’s Nick Tabisz have been named the 2011 NCHA scholar-athlete winners in their respective divisions. The award is given annually to one student-athlete in the men’s and women’s conference who excels in the classroom, community and on the ice. Faber was also named the NCHA player of the year … Read more
USA Hockey announced the 10 finalists for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and two players each from Boston College, Cornell, Mercyhurst and Wisconsin are among the finalists. The award, annually given to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s hockey, will be presented on March 19 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, … Read more
THIRD STAR Dan Sullivan, Maine: The freshman goaltender makes an appearance in the three stars for the second straight week after allowing only one goal on 34 shots in a pair of victories over then-No. 4 Merrimack. :: Dan Sullivan’s player page SECOND STAR Paul Zanette, Niagara: The Purple Eagles senior upped his nation-leading season … Read more
The ECAC women’s league has named its end-of-season award winners and Quinnipiac freshman forward Kelly Babstock is the big winner, taking home top rookie and top player honors. Cornell head coach Doug Derraugh has been named the league’s coach of the year, while Lauriane Rougeau from Cornell is the best defensive defenseman, Reagan Fischer from … Read more
North Dakota, with 42 of 50 first-place votes, is again the No. 1-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for the second week in a row. Boston College garnered six first-place votes and holds down No. 2, while Yale and Union each received a first-place vote and are ranked third and fourth, respectively, … Read more
This week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll is identical to the one from last week in that Wisconsin is again a unanimous choice as the top-ranked team in the country. Cornell sits No. 2 and is followed by Minnesota in the third spot, Mercyhurst at No. 4 and Boston University in the five slot. Minnesota-Duluth … Read more
The NCHA has announced that Wisconsin-Eau Claire forward Kristin Faber has been voted the women’s player of the year and Wisconsin-River Falls’ Joe Cranston is coach of the year. “Kristin has been a dominant player in this league since she started four years ago,” said UW-Eau Claire head coach Mike Collins in a league release. … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation has announced that its 2011 Legend of Hockey recipient is the late Herb Brooks. Brooks’ greatest claim to fame was guiding a group of college hockey players to the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. That “Miracle on Ice” team was named by Sports … Read more
St. Cloud State has announced that Gino Gasparini has been appointed special advisor to the president for athletics and will start his new position March 1. Gasparini, who played (1964-1967) and coached (1978-1994) at North Dakota before taking over as the commissioner of the United States Hockey League (1994-2009), will work with the existing athletics … Read more
The Elmira College men’s team will play without head coach Aaron Saul when it takes on Hobart College in the ECAC West semifinals tonight. Saul is in Germany to be with his brother, Adrian, who broke his neck while playing in a hockey game there, according to the Star Gazette. Assistant coach Dean Jackson will … Read more
A change in plans for the 2011 Ice Breaker Tournament has the event moving to Grand Forks, N.D., where North Dakota, Boston College, Michigan State and Air Force will make up the field. The Oct. 7-8 tournament was originally scheduled for a second straight season in St. Louis, but a conflict with the NHL schedule … Read more
THIRD STAR Danny Biega, Harvard: The Crimson have been busy, playing three games in five days, and the sophomore defenseman has been busy finding his way to the score sheet. He had a goal in each of those games, at Cornell, at Colgate and at Brown, and added three assists for a six-point week. :: … Read more
Wisconsin garnered all 15 first-place votes to maintain their No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Cornell sits firmly at No. 2 and then Mercyhurst jumps two places to No. 3, tied with Minnesota this week. Boston University drops a spot to No. 5, while Minnesota-Duluth stays sixth, Boston College stays … Read more
North Dakota is the new No. 1-ranked team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Sioux were second last week, but made the jump to No. 1 this week with 21 first-place votes. Boston College tumbles from the top spot to No. 2, while Yale remains No. 3, Merrimack jumps two spots to … Read more
The nominees for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award were announced today and the list of 26 nominated players includes 17 forwards, five goaltenders and four defensemen from 12 different schools in all four Division I leagues. Mercyhurst College, host of the 2011 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, leads all schools with five nominated players. The award, … Read more