For the second year in a row, there will be a new NCAA champion in men’s D-III hockey. Defending champion St. Norbert, along with perennial tournament participants Middlebury and Norwich, all lost in their respective conference tournaments and each failed to receive an at-large bid. They are the three winningest D-III programs this decade. The … Read more
With some of the nation’s top teams off and others either victorious or splitting series against ranked opponents last weekend, Monday’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll was largely unchanged from the previous edition. Boston University, which swept Providence in a Friday-Sunday series, led the pack with 42 of 50 first-place votes, marking the … Read more
Mike Cowan has been named the first head coach of Marian University women’s hockey program. Cowan began his hockey career as a player for the Wisconsin Badgers under the leadership of the legendary coach Bob Johnson. His experience at Wisconsin laid the foundation for a career as an educator and a successful coach. The past … Read more
It’s only fitting. In the last Division III poll of the season, Plattsburgh State finally won over the last of its critics, securing all 20 first place votes. The Cardinals, who defeated storied rival Oswego 5-4 in overtime of the SUNYAC title game, is the NCAA tournament’s top seed and will face off on Saturday … Read more
The NCAA has announced the participants for the fourth annual Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 10 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two … Read more
University of Michigan head coach Red Berenson received a one-year contract extension from athletic director Bill Martin today. The contract, which was due to expire at the end of this season takes effect on Sept. 1, 2009. Berenson, who played for Michigan from 1960-62, has been the head coach at his alma mater for the … Read more
Soon, it won’t matter what the Division III pollsters think. Until the NCAA tournament commences and the eventual champ is crowned, however, the Plattsburgh Cardinals are still enjoying the spotlight. Remarkably, for the 13th consecutive poll they are the top team in D-III hockey. Despite defeating Brockport en route to the SUNYAC championship game, Plattsburgh … Read more
Boston University and Notre Dame continued their stranglehold on the top of the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll Monday, finishing first and second once again in the rankings. The Terriers ran their nation-best unbeaten streak to 14 games with a decisive sweep of Massachusetts and earned 44 of 50 first-place votes, while the … Read more
Mike Lockert, the play-by-play voice of Notre Dame hockey for the past seven years, died suddenly in his sleep earlier this morning. According to an email sent by the University, there were no further details available at this time. The school said it will be providing an update when more information is available. Lockert was … Read more
Boston University maintained its position atop the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll for a fourth straight week in Monday’s release, though the Terriers’ margin narrowed compared to the last two weeks. BU, which tied Northeastern twice over the weekend in a battle for the top of the Hockey East standings, earned 31 first-place … Read more
Make that an even dozen. Twelve straight polls–stretching out nearly four months–have now had the Plattsburgh Cardinals atop Division III hockey. Yet despite convincing wins on the road over archrival (and then-ninth ranked Oswego) and Cortland, their first place vote total shrunk from 19 to 17. The beneficiary of those defections? The University of Wisconsin-Superior … Read more
The Bank of New York Mellon Hockey Humanitarian Award has announced the 10 finalists for the 2009 award, presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen. Four of the finalists were nominees last year; all are listed below in alphabetical order. Ryan Adler#, Senior, Hobart College Andrew Brolsma, Senior, Castleton State College Greg Copeland, Senior, Marian … Read more
St. Norbert College announced the addition of women’s hockey to its existing intercollegiate athletic programs, to commence play in the fall of 2010. The women’s hockey program will become a member of the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, which will have 10 teams in its women’s league with the addition of St. Norbert in 2010-11. The … Read more
One more and it will be an even dozen. For the 11th consecutive poll, the Plattsburgh Cardinals are the top team in Division III college hockey. This time, however, it is not unanimous. The University of Wisconsin-Superior received the lone dissenting vote and moved up one slot to second, after edging then-second ranked St. Scholastica … Read more
Coming off its Beanpot title win and a three-point weekend against Maine, Boston University retained its top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll. The Terriers received 44 of 50 first-place votes to outdistance No. 2 Notre Dame, which swept Northern Michigan over the weekend and claimed the remaining six first-place nods. … Read more
Madeline Loftus, who played two seasons at both Buffalo State and St. Mary’s (Minn.), was killed on Thursday evening while aboard Continental Airlines flight 3407 en route to Buffalo from Newark (N.J.), which crashed just prior to landing in Clarence Center, N.Y., a residential neighborhood just outside of Buffalo. She was 24. Loftus was one … Read more
For the 10th consecutive poll, Plattsburgh is the top team in Division III college hockey. And this time there are no dissenters. After three wins this past week–over Williams, Brockport, and Geneseo–the Cardinals received all 20 first place votes. The University of Wisconsin-Superior–by virtue of their two wins over in-state rivals Eau Claire and Stevens … Read more
The Bank of New York Mellon Hockey Humanitarian Award has announced 21 nominees for the 2009 honor, presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen. Five are repeat nominees from last year; all are listed below in alphabetical order. Ryan Adler#, Senior, Hobart College Andrew Brolsma, Senior, Castleton State College Joe Charlebois, Senior, University of New … Read more
Two players, Boston University’s Chris Drury and Northeastern’s Dan McGillis, have been selected for the Beanpot Hall of Fame this year. Drury, part of the first class to ever win four Beanpot championships, was Beanpot MVP in 1996 and scored seven goals in the eight Beanpot games in his career, good for fourth in goals … Read more
Notre Dame’s unbeaten streak came to an end last weekend, and with it the Fighting Irish’s run at the top of the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll. Notre Dame, which had been No. 1 for the last seven polls, was supplanted at the top of the rankings by Boston University as the teams … Read more