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
A Wisconsin-Stout incoming freshman player faces a felony murder charge, while a teammate is charged with being a party to the crime. Jedidiah R. McGlasson, 21, and Jared C. Britton, 23, were in Dunn County (Wis.) Jail in advance of a Friday afternoon bond hearing. The charges they face stem from the death of UW-Stout … Read more
Yale’s Mandi Schwartz received the long-awaited stem cell transplant Wednesday in a 32-minute procedure at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance’s inpatient transplant unit at the University of Washington Medical Center. Yale’s athletic department confirmed the procedure in a post on a site dedicated to Schwartz’s battle with acute myeloid lymphoma. The next step is engraftment, when … Read more
Augsburg has named Carrie Holldorf and Jody Horak as assistant coaches under Michelle McAteer on the women’s team. Holldorf was a forward for Providence in 2001-02 and for St. Cloud State from 2002 to 2005. Horak played goal at Minnesota from 2001 to 2005. “I am very excited to have Carrie and Jody join the … Read more
Defending national champion Minnesota-Duluth is the pick of WCHA coaches to win the women’s league title in 2010-11. The Bulldogs, who tied Minnesota for last year’s regular-season title, claimed six of eight first-place votes from the coaches, who could not vote for their own team. Wisconsin got the other two first-place votes and came in … Read more
Defending champion and national semifinalist Rochester Institute of Technology has been picked to repeat as champions in the Atlantic Hockey coaches poll, announced Tuesday at the league’s media day, held at Blue Cross Arena, site of the 2011 league championships. Mercyhurst, which finished fourth last season, was picked to finish second and Air Force third. … Read more
Two-time defending ECAC Hockey champion Yale is the pick of both league coaches and media to finish atop the standings in 2010-11. The Bulldogs got 11 of the 12 first-place votes from coaches and 25 of the 30 votes in the media poll, conducted through the ECAC Hockey Writers and Broadcasters Association. Cornell, Union and … Read more
Mercyhurst is the choice of CHA women’s coaches to win the league’s regular-season title in 2010-11. The Lakers, national semifinalists last season, took four of five first-place votes in the balloting. Syracuse got the lone remaining first-place vote to finish second, followed by Niagara, Robert Morris and Wayne State. The full results follow: Team (first-place … Read more
Defending champion Boston University is the favorite for the 2010-11 Hockey East women’s regular-season title, according to league coaches. The Terriers received six of the eight first-place votes in the preseason balloting, with second-place Boston College taking the other two. Providence, New Hampshire, Northeastern, Connecticut, Vermont and Maine were picked to finish third through eighth, … Read more
Penn State is putting many of the key components of its transition to Division I status into the hands of a familiar face around hockey in the area. Joe Battista, the longtime men’s club coach and school employee, will be the associate athletic director for ice arena operations and the director of the Ice Arena … Read more
Doctors have set Wednesday as the day for a stem-cell transplant for Yale center Mandi Schwartz. That news came in an update on the Yale page dedicated to Schwartz’s battle with acute myeloid lymphoma. Schwartz had been scheduled for the transplant earlier, but that had to be postponed because she was no longer in remission. … Read more
Penn State will start men’s and women’s varsity hockey programs and build an on-campus arena behind what the school’s president called an “unprecedented act of philanthropy.” An $88 million gift from alumnus Terry Pegula and his wife Kim is launching the men’s program and the project to build an arena with a capacity of around … Read more
Cornell is the heavy favorite to repeat its ECAC Hockey women’s regular-season title from a year ago. The Big Red gained 11 of 12 first-place votes in the league’s preseason coaches poll. Clarkson, which lost an overtime game to Cornell in the ECAC tournament championship game last season, got the one remaining first-place vote and … Read more
Editor’s note: USCHO national columnist and CBS College Sports Network analyst Dave Starman has been following developments on Penn State’s move to Division I since March. This is the first in a series. Like the song from Disney World says, “When you wish upon a star …” Penn State has been wishing on stars, talismans, … Read more
College Hockey Inc. is dipping its toes into Canadian waters. The informational and marketing arm of college hockey is holding an invitation-only collegiate hockey summit for 1994- and 1995-born players in Toronto on Saturday. Paul Kelly, the executive director of College Hockey Inc., said it’s the first such event the organization has staged in Canada. … Read more
Kristen Cameron, an assistant coach at Mercyhurst, was listed in critical condition Monday after she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle on Sunday, the Erie Times-News reported. Kristen Cameron was an All-American at Bowdoin. Cameron, 25, is in her second season on the Lakers’ coaching staff. According to the newspaper, citing police, … Read more
National champion Boston College will visit the White House along with other collegiate champions on Monday. Eagles players and staff members will visit Walter Reed Army Medical Center as part of the daylong visit. They also will participate in an alumni reception near the Capitol. At the White House, President Barack Obama will congratulate the … Read more
Robert M. DeGregorio Jr., already the commissioner for Atlantic Hockey, will add the same duties for the CHA women’s league. Atlantic Hockey commissioner Robert M. DeGregorio is adding the CHA women’s league to his resume (photo: Ed Trefzger). “We want to place the management of our league in the hands of an experienced leader,” Niagara … Read more
St. Cloud State has named longtime USHL coach and former North Dakota player Steve Johnson as an assistant coach. Johnson replaces Eric Rud, who left the Huskies to become the head coach with Green Bay of the USHL. He coached Fargo in the USHL last season but is best known for a decade-long run with … Read more