The 2009 NCAA Tournament field was announced on Sunday morning and the overall number one seed was awarded to Boston University. The Terriers won the Hockey East Championship and finished the season with a 31-6-4 record. The Terriers will be the number one seed in the Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H. Boston University will be … Read more
The field of 16 teams for the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship was announced on Sunday with Hockey East regular and post-season champion Boston University taking home the number one overall seed. The Terriers were joined by Michigan, Notre Dame and Denver as the tournament’s top seeds. Overall, the seedings were as expected, though that … Read more
Jessie Vetter, a senior goaltender from Wisconsin, is the 2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner. In its 12th year, the award is presented annually by The USA Hockey Foundation to the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey. Vetter received the award in Boston Saturday at a brunch ceremony at the Royal Sonesta … Read more
Northeastern junior goaltender Brad Thiessen was named the Hockey East Player of the Year Thursday night, it was announced at the 25th annual Hockey East Awards banquet at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, Mass. Playing every minute in net for Northeastern this season, Thiessen led the Huskies to a second-place finish in the league … Read more
Princeton junior goaltender Zane Kalemba headlined the ECAC Hockey awards, winning laurels as Player of the Year as well as the Ken Dryden Award as the league’s top goaltender and being named a first-team all-league selection. Senior Matt Generous of St. Lawrence was named Best Defensive Defenseman and Cornell senior Tyler Mugford was named Best … Read more
Air Force sophomore Jacques Lamoureux was named Player of the Year in Atlantic Hockey at the league’s annual awards banquet. The Grand Forks, N.D., native leads the nation with 31 goals, 15 power-play goals and eight game-winning goals. Lamoureux also earned the league’s scoring trophy with 38 points in 28 AHA games and was named … Read more
The 2009 RBK Division III Women’s Ice Hockey All American’s were announced today by the American Hockey Coaches Association. The Eastern region’s first team consisted of the 2009 Laura Hurd award winner Kayla Coady (Elmira), along with 2008 Hurd Award winner Danielle Blanchard (Plattsburgh). Elmira goaltender Allison Cubberley was chosen as the top netminder in … Read more
Wisconsin’s defensive talent was best displayed all season in that it could dress five first- or second-round NHL draft picks among its six blueliners. Now there’s another way to quantify how good the Badgers’ defensive corps is: One of their own is the WCHA’s player of the year. Junior Jamie McBain got that award Thursday … Read more
The top 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award were announced Thursday afternoon, and the 58 Division I coaches who selected the finalists sent a clear message: scoring isn’t everything. Just two of the top eight scorers in the nation made a list of finalists that included five forwards, two defensemen and three goaltenders. … Read more
Senior goalie Chad Johnson became the first Alaska Nanook to be named the CCHA Player of the Year, as announced at the annual CCHA Awards banquet Thursday. Nine individual awards were handed out at Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre, including six determined by a vote of the league’s 12 coaches. Johnson was second in the nation … Read more
Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Steve Grogan announced today that senior defenseman Jeff Landers of Amherst College is the winner of the ninth annual Joe Concannon Award, which recognizes New England’s best American-born hockey player at the Division II-III level. Landers, from Hanover, MA, finished his career at Amherst with an outstanding season, leading … Read more
With all six conferences now in postseason action, last weekend’s results produced changes up and down the line in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll. That started at the top, where Notre Dame broke Boston University’s six-week headlock on the pole position. The Fighting Irish, who had been ranked second for each of … Read more
The Bowling Green men’s ice hockey program could be in danger of folding, that according to a report in Wednesday’s Bowling Green Sentinel Tribune. According to the report, the University’s Board of Trustees is looking at potential budget cuts after the state school reported an expected shortfall of between $6 and $10 million when the … Read more
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