Longtime National Hockey League defenseman Jay McKee has joined the Niagara men’s hockey coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach. McKee hasn’t retired and is still pursuing an NHL contract. Niagara coach Dave Burkholder coached McKee during his stint with the OHL’s Niagara Falls Thunder back in the mid-1990s. “I’m excited about Jay helping us … Read more
A total of 20 NCAA men’s ice hockey student-athletes who excel both on and off the ice have been selected as candidates today for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in hockey. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must have achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym … Read more
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Augsburg will honor the coach who took it to NAIA national prominence by renaming the main rink at the Augsburg Ice Arena. The school will christen Ed Saugestad Rink on Saturday as part of the school’s Homecoming festivities. Saugestad started coaching the Auggies in his senior year at the school, 1958-59, and coached the team … Read more
Colgate and Cornell have confirmed plans to play their Nov. 27 non-conference game at the Prudential Center, the Newark, N.J., home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Tickets, ranging from $38 to $49 for adults and $15 for Cornell and Colgate students, are on sale through each school’s athletic ticket office.
The first full weekend of the regular season provided enough to shake up the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Michigan moved up two spots to third, and Boston University entered the top 10 after each won a pair of games. The Wolverines swept a series at Bowling Green; the 10th-ranked Terriers won the Ice Breaker … Read more
Vinny Saponari, who was removed from the Boston University roster after last season, will play next season for rival Boston College. Saponari, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, confirmed the decision to The Daily Free Press at Boston University. He had 47 points in 82 games over two seasons with the Terriers before being … Read more
The WCHA women’s league is moving to a three-point system for league games this season. That means that a regulation win will be worth three points instead of two. Both teams get one point for being tied after a five-minute overtime, and the winner of the ensuing shootout gets an extra point. That’s the same … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth and new member Bemidji State are among the WCHA teams already planning on debuting new arenas in 2010-11. Nebraska-Omaha may have arena news of its own soon. Mavericks coach Dean Blais said on Tuesday’s WCHA preseason teleconference with media members that the school is hoping to break ground in the spring on a 7,500-to-8,000-seat … Read more
Almost six months later, Boston College is still No. 1. The Eagles, who won the 2010 NCAA championship in April, are the top team in the first USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of the 2010-11 season. They received 45 first-place votes from the panel of 50 coaches and media members to lead the way. Related … Read more
North Dakota forward Danny Kristo has been suspended for one game for violating team rules, the school announced Friday. Kristo will miss Sunday’s exhibition game against Manitoba. The school did not specify the nature of the violation.
Alaska-Anchorage defenseman Kane Lafranchise is academically ineligible for the first semester, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Lafranchise is the Seawolves’ top returning defenseman in terms of last season’s offensive production. He had three goals and 12 assists. “It’s definitely going to hurt us,” Seawolves coach Dave Shyiak told the newspaper. “The second half of last … Read more
CCHA coaches and media don’t agree on the order, but they agree on this in preseason polls: Miami and Michigan should be the top two teams in the league this season. Michigan took the top spot in the coaches poll, while Miami led off the media poll. The Wolverines, who return 19 letterwinners from a … Read more
Vermont has dismissed sophomore forward David Pacan after what coach Kevin Sneddon said was a violation of the school’s student-athlete code of conduct, the Burlington Free Press reported. “We have a clearly defined set of expectations as a hockey program here that the players are very well aware of,” Sneddon told the newspaper. “On top … Read more
Defending national champion Boston College is as unanimous a favorite as possible in the Hockey East preseason poll. The Eagles got nine first-place votes to finish atop the balloting. Coaches are not able to vote for their own school, and Maine received the first-place vote from BC coach Jerry York. Maine finished second, followed by … Read more
A $3.5 million project scheduled to start in October will expand the men’s and women’s hockey locker rooms at Rochester Institute of Technology’s Ritter Arena. A one-story, 12,000-square-foot addition to the 52,125-square-foot facility will house team locker rooms, coaches’ rooms and other team areas. “This is exciting news for our program,” RIT men’s coach Wayne … Read more
North Dakota is the nearly unanimous choice of WCHA coaches and media members to win that league’s regular season title. The Fighting Sioux took 10 of 12 first-place votes in the coaches poll, organized by the Grand Forks Herald and 28 of 29 first-place votes in the media poll, conducted by KZIO-FM of Duluth, Minn. … Read more
Former Minnesota-Duluth captain and assistant coach Jessica Koizumi has joined new Yale coach Joakim Flygh’s staff as an assistant. Koizumi, who played at Minnesota-Duluth from 2003 to 2007 and also was part of the world championship 2008 U.S. Women’s National Team, spent last season as an assistant coach at the North American Hockey Academy. She … Read more
Former Providence All-American Devin Rask will join his alma mater as an assistant coach. Rask replaces Stan Moore, who resigned earlier this month. “Devin will be a terrific addition to our coaching staff,” Providence coach Tim Army said in a statement. “He had a wonderful career at Providence College and he embodies all that we … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth starts the 2010-11 season where it left off in 2009-10: at the top of the pack in women’s college hockey. Related link: USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll — Sept. 27, 2010 The defending national champion Bulldogs got 14 of 15 first-place votes to take first in the inaugural USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll of … Read more