Extending its nation-best 18-game unbeaten streak with a sweep of Alaska last weekend, Notre Dame remained the overwhelming choice for No. 1 in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll released Monday. The Fighting Irish, who have not lost since late October, claimed 46 of 50 first-place votes to easily outdistance the field in … Read more
Friday’s contest between Michigan and Miami at Yost arena has been postponed and rescheduled for Sunday, Jan. 11, at 4 p.m. According to Michigan’s athletic department, Yost Ice Arena suffered weather-related damage during the recent snow and wind storms over the holidays. The school is working with independent structural engineers to make repairs. “We apologize … Read more
When all top 15 teams remain the same from one poll to the next, proffering the notion of change seems disingenuous. Looking closer, however, elicits some interesting findings. For the fifth straight poll, the still unbeaten Plattsburgh Cardinals (11-0-2) have been judged by the voters as Division III’s best team. But for the third consecutive … Read more
James van Riemsdyk (Middletown, N.J./University of New Hampshire) scored a highlight-reel goal in overtime to lift the United States to a 3-2 win over the Czech Republic Sunday in the fifth-place game at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. van Riemsdyk skated around a fallen defender, put the puck between his legs … Read more
Minnesota head coach Don Lucia, who missed the Gophers’ game Friday due to an undetermined illness, addressed the issue of his health Saturday evening. Speaking during the Dodge Holiday Classic championship game at Mariucci Arena, Lucia said that the results of further tests were needed and that he expected to miss the Gophers’ games in … Read more
Despite outshooting Slovakia by a 47-19 count, the United States dropped a 5-3 decision Friday in the quarterfinal round of the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. Team USA will conclude play in the event Sunday (Jan. 4) in the fifth-place game against either the Czech Republic or Russia. Faceoff is set for … Read more
Two empty-net goals in the final minute ended the U.S. National Junior Team’s hopes of earning a bye into the semifinals as host Canada defeated the U.S. by a 7-4 count Thursday in the final preliminary-round game for both teams at the 33rd annual International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. A single-game tournament record … Read more
The United States defeated Kazakhstan, 12-0, Tuesday in its third of four preliminary-round games at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. The victory moves the U.S. to 3-0 and a much-anticipated date with unbeaten Canada Wednesday to determine the winner of Group A. The winner receives a bye to the tournament semifinals … Read more
The United States National Junior Team built a 4-1 lead over the Czech Republic and finished with a 4-3 victory Sunday to win its second game in as many tries at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. A tournament-record 19,847 watched at Scotiabank Place as the U.S. won its 100th all-time game … Read more
Five players tallied at least two points apiece, including a goal and three assists from Jordan Schroeder (Prior Lake, Minn./University of Minnesota) and two goals by Drayson Bowman (Littleton, Colo.), to help the United States defeat Germany, 8-2, Friday in its opening game at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship. With the U.S. on a … Read more
With only four of the top 15 teams in action over this past week, there was understandably very little change among the nation’s elite in the last Division III poll of 2008. Slots one through five remained unchanged as, for the fourth consecutive poll, the Plattsburgh Cardinals were judged the nation’s best team. Thanks to … Read more
Another weekend sweep kept Notre Dame atop the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll for the third straight week. The Fighting Irish, who sport a nation-best 14-game unbeaten streak, won twice against Bowling Green to take 41 of 50 first-place votes and defend their position at No. 1. Moving up to second was Miami, … Read more
For the third consecutive poll, the Plattsburgh Cardinals are the top team in nation. They again received 17 first place votes after edging then-No. 7 Oswego in overtime and skating past Cortland, 5-3. Likewise, the University of Wisconsin-Superior again garnered the other three first place tallies after registering wins over previously ninth ranked UW-Stevens Point … Read more
Marian University announced the addition of women’s hockey to its existing Division III athletic programs, to commence play in the fall of 2009. The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) accepted Marian this week, bringing the school’s total to 15 varsity programs. The NCHA women’s division’s first year of competition was the 2000-2001 season, and is … Read more
New Hampshire’s James van Riemsdyk highlights a list of 13 American college players who will be playing for Team USA at this year’s World Junior Championship, taking place in Ottawa from December 26 through January 5. This is the third time that van Riemsdyk will represent the U.S. in this tournament becoming only the 18th … Read more
After a weekend of big games, notable results and a number of upsets, Notre Dame rose to No. 1 in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll released Monday. The Fighting Irish beat and tied Western Michigan (the tie a CCHA win after a shootout) and easily moved to the top spot with 40 … Read more
While it may not have gone entirely as scripted, the Plattsburgh Cardinals nonetheless held on to the nation’s No. 1 ranking again this week, even adding seven converts to their supremacy along the way. Pitted against then-fifth ranked Norwich in the prestigious Primelink Shootout in Middlebury, Vermont, the Cardinals notched two third period power-play tallies … Read more
At last! With St. Norbert finally losing a hockey game — before falling to new-No 2. University of Wisconsin-Superior, 4-3, the Green Knights last defeat came on November 3, 2007 — there is a new top team in the country. The Plattsburgh Cardinals, proverbial also-rans for this entire season and much of last, have taken … Read more
A weekend of ups and downs ended with Minnesota still No. 1 in Monday’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll. The Golden Gophers sustained their first loss of the season in a split with Denver, but defeats for other top teams helped them to 41 of 50 first-place votes and kept them atop the … Read more
Clearly voters in both camps are not easily swayed. For the second consecutive poll, the same number of voters gave perpetual No. 1 St. Norbert and proverbial bridesmaid Plattsburgh the exact same number of points — 295 and 285, respectively — as they did a week ago. The first place vote allocation, 15 and five, … Read more