The line of collegians Derek Stepan, Jerry D’Amigo and Danny Kristo combined for three goals and a plus-12 rating as the United States rallied for a 7-3 victory over Slovakia Saturday in its opening game of the World Junior Championship. Despite outshooting Slovakia 46-20, the Americans had to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the … Read more
USA Hockey will take 11 college players to the 2010 World Junior Championships in Saskatchewan. The national team on Wednesday announced its 22-player roster for the annual Under-20 tournament, which starts Saturday and runs through Jan. 5. Wisconsin is the school most represented on the team. It has defensemen Jake Gardiner and John Ramage and … Read more
Fenway Park is renting the ice to various groups prior to the Jan. 1 Winter Classic between the Bruins and the Flyers and college hockey’s Frozen Fenway seven days later. While the first day of rentals on Dec. 20 was canceled due to issues with a snowstorm, Avon Old Farms and Taft School were able … Read more
The CCHA suspended Northern Michigan forward Ray Kaunisto for one game because of what it determined to be a blindside hit to the head and neck area. That hit, which did not go penalized in last Friday’s game at Lake Superior State, was reviewed by the league. Kaunisto, a senior, will sit out the Wildcats’ … Read more
Colorado College is back where it started — where it started last season, anyway. The Tigers moved up two spots to No. 3 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll released Monday, matching their spot in the 2008 preseason poll. Since then, it has been an interesting ride for CC. CC head coach Scott Owens’ … Read more
By virtue of their three win week, the Oswego Lakers solidified their hold on the top spot in Division III hockey, earning 15 of a possible 20 first place votes. The rest of the top tallies were allocated differently, though the order of the elite five teams — Oswego, Plattsburgh, Norwich, Adrian, and St. Norbert … Read more
Niagara has postponed its Friday night home game against Robert Morris because of snow and wind that have closed some major roads in the area. The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets for Friday’s game can be exchanged for others for another men’s or women’s hockey or basketball game.
The Oswego Lakers are the top team in Division III college hockey. A week after splitting the vote with SUNYAC nemesis Plattsburgh, Oswego wrested control of the nation’s No. 1 ranking after hammering Brockport, 10-1, and doubling up Geneseo, 4-2. They received 12 of 20 first place votes. The Cardinals, meanwhile, skated to a 3-3 … Read more
Hockey East’s first-place team is back in the top 20. New Hampshire, which extended its unbeaten streak to six games last weekend with victories over No. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell and at No. 19 Vermont, entered the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll on Monday at No. 19. Related link: USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll: Dec. 7, 2009 … Read more
Minnesota forward Jordan Schroeder will be looking for a third straight place on the United States roster for the World Junior Championships when he and 28 others take part in a pre-tournament training camp later this month. Schroeder, the only one of the 29 players invited who has taken part in both the 2008 and … Read more
Well that’s different. After last week’s top 15 featured 16 teams, Salem State’s shocking shutout of previously No. 1 St. Norbert has upended the world of Division III hockey. And those who are tasked to rank its teams were divided in their response, voting conference brethren Oswego and Plattsburgh as co-top teams. The Cardinals, however, … Read more
Miami is still atop the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but its lead is dwindling after going winless in three games. The RedHawks claimed the top spot Monday for the eighth straight week, but they failed to get a majority of the first-place votes. Only 20 of the 50 voters had Miami atop their ballot, … Read more
Welcome to the top 10, Quinnipiac. And that’s not the only bit of history in this week’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Poll. The Bobcats made the program’s first appearance in the Division I top 10 on Monday, checking in at No. 9 after improving to 10-1. Related link: Full rankings They improved four … Read more
For the third consecutive week, the St. Norbert Green Knights lord over the rest of Division III hockey. In improving to 8-0-1 overall with a road sweep of the then-sixth ranked University of Wisconsin-River Falls Falcons, the Green Knights acquired an additional first place vote, receiving 17 of a possible 20 top nods. Second ranked … Read more
Paul Kelly, the former executive director of the NHL Players Association, has been hired as the executive director of a newly formed group designed to promote Division I hockey, USA Today reported. Kelly will run College Hockey Inc., an organization formed by the Hockey Commissioners Association to help NCAA hockey’s profile as it competes with … Read more
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