Michigan State keeps climbing the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Poll. Next stop, top five? The Spartans are on the brink, checking in this week at No. 6 after a sweep of a home-and-home series with then-No. 6 Michigan. Miami retained the top spot after tying a pair of games against Ferris State at … Read more
Ibid. What better way to describe a poll where none of the top five teams (nor the top 15) change? For the second consecutive week, St. Norbert is the top team in college hockey, followed closely by Oswego, Plattsburgh, Manhattanville, and Adrian. What did change were the first place votes. Where last week saw five … Read more
Former Mass.-Lowell River Hawks forward Ryan Golden was killed in the early hours Saturday morning when his car rolled over on the highway in his hometown of Reading, Mass. Golden, who played at Lowell from 1993 through 1997, was a member of the last two River Hawks teams to appear in the NCAA tournament in … Read more
Minnesota forward Jordan Schroeder says all the speculation about his departure from the Golden Gophers is false. In a rare response to Internet rumors that he was planning to leave Minnesota, Schroeder committed his future to the team. “I am fully committed to this team and university,” Schroeder said in a statement released by the … Read more
What is past is prologue. Or so it must seem to the St. Norbert Green Knights who, a year removed from a national championship, can again lay claim to being the top team in D-III college hockey. Gaining any sense of comfort upon that throne, however, would probably prove unwise. Closely mimicking the preseason poll, … Read more
Miami strengthened its hold on the top spot in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Poll on Monday, collecting 49 of the 50 first-place votes. Related link: Full rankings The RedHawks swept a pair of games at then-No. 4 Michigan last weekend, outscoring the Wolverines by a combined 8-2. North Dakota moved up one … Read more
Air Force and coach Frank Serratore have agreed to a new five-year contract that will keep Serratore behind the Falcons’ bench through the 2013-14 season, the school announced Monday. Frank Serratore Serratore, who is in his 13th season with Air Force, has led the Falcons to three straight NCAA tournament appearances after Atlantic Hockey postseason … Read more
Minnesota forward Jay Barriball will have season-ending surgery to repair a knee injury he suffered in practice on Tuesday, the school announced Thursday. Barriball, a senior, is eligible to apply to the NCAA for a medical hardship waiver. If approved, he would be able to play another season in college. His surgery is scheduled for … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha has joined the top 10 of the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Poll at No. 10, and fellow undefeated team Bemidji State is knocking at the door. Related link: The full rankings Miami retained the top spot in the poll after a pair of one-goal victories at Northern Michigan. UNO, fresh from a … Read more
Controlled chaos. How else to better explain USCHO’s inaugural USCHO.com Division III men’s hockey poll? Eight different teams received first place votes, with six each having a lone supporter. The top two squads–Plattsburgh, last year’s top ranked team for much of the year and Neumann, the defending national champion–are separated by a mere eight points, … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell vaulted into the top 10 of the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Poll on Monday, checking in at No. 9 after home wins last weekend over Colgate and Northeastern. That moved the River Hawks up four spots. Related: The full poll Miami kept the top spot in the poll despite a Saturday night … Read more
Miami reigns as the top team in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Poll, but Vermont and Nebraska-Omaha made the biggest jumps. Related: The full poll Vermont impressed the voters with a 4-1 victory over Boston College on Sunday, and that moved the Catamounts up four spots to seventh. Nebraska-Omaha earned a win and … Read more
Freshman winger Kenny Ryan has left Boston College, coach Jerry York said Thursday. Kenny Ryan played in two exhibition games for Boston College before leaving school (photo: Melissa Wade). Ryan is expected to join the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League. The move comes after Ryan played in two exhibition games with BC. The … Read more
It’s not unusual for the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Poll to get quite a shake from the preseason to the first week of the regular season, and that’s exactly what happened this season. Only six of the 20 teams ranked in the preseason poll kept their spots. Leading the change was Miami, which … Read more
St. Norbert College has announced that Mark Mazzoleni will be joining the staff of head coach Tim Coghlin for the upcoming season. A Green Bay, Wis. native, Mazzoleni was a four-year letter winning goaltender at Michigan State from 1977-80. Mazzoleni is no stranger to the Division III and the NCHA, having coached UW-Stevens Point to … Read more
Westfield State recently announced the hiring of Bob Miele as the new head coach of it’s men’s hockey program. Miele served as an assistant with the college for the past two seasons and replaces former head coach Jerry Keefe who earlier this off-season accepted a position as an assistant with Division I Brown University. He … Read more
C.J. Marottolo is getting his chance at a head coaching position after 13 seasons at Yale. Sacred Heart named Marottolo its fourth head coach Thursday, filling a vacancy created when Shaun Hannah resigned last month. “It is an honor and privilege to be named the next head hockey coach at Sacred Heart University,” Marottolo said … Read more
Capacity at the 2010 Frozen Four at Detroit’s Ford Field is shrinking to just over 36,000 from over 70,000, the NCAA announced Thursday. The rink originally was to be placed in the middle of what normally is the football field in the stadium, but that location has been moved to the West end zone. Risers … Read more
The CCHA’s coaches and media both picked Michigan to win the league championship this season, but both polls had Notre Dame and Miami nipping at the Wolverines’ heels. Michigan got five of the 12 first-place votes in the coaches poll. Second-place Notre Dame had four, third-place Miami had two and fifth-place Northern Michigan got one. … Read more
Defending league and national champion Boston University is the favorite in this year’s race for the Hockey East championship, a vote of league coaches shows. The Terriers, coming off a school-record 36-win season that ended with an overtime win over Miami in the national championship game, earned six of the 10 first-place votes. UMass-Lowell and … Read more