Defending national champion Boston College is the strong consensus for No. 1 in the 2008-09 preseason USCHO.com/CBS College Sports XXL Division I men’s poll, released Monday. The Eagles, who defeated Notre Dame last April for the NCAA title and were the preseason favorite in Hockey East after winning the league’s tournament championship last time around, … Read more
Defending CHA tournament champion Niagara was the top pick in this season’s College Hockey America race, according to the preseason poll of the league’s head coaches, and also placed three players on the preseason All-CHA Team. Niagara, which received three of four first-place votes (coaches could not vote for their own team), was followed by … Read more
Former Boston University standout goaltender Scott Cashman died Monday from a heart-related issue according to the Ottawa Citizen. He was 39. Cashman was the backbone of Boston University’s hockey dominance in the early 1990s. He led the Terriers to the Frozen Four in his freshman year in 1990, where they lost to Colgate in the … Read more
Colorado College was picked as the favorite by WCHA media members, with polling conducted by The Capital Times of Madison, Wis. Twenty-five writers covering the WCHA were polled, with the Tigers the resounding winner of the balloting with 22 first-place votes and 247 overall points. North Dakota came in second place with the remaining three … Read more
Michigan State senior goaltender Jeff Lerg and Notre Dame senior forward Erik Condra each garnered nine first-place votes to tie for the lead in balloting with 51 points apiece in the 2007-08 CCHA preseason all-conference teams, as selected by league coaches. Lerg, who this year becomes just the second goalie in team history to captain … Read more
For the third straight year, the coaches and media disagreed over who should hold down the No. 1 position in the CCHA’s annual preseason polls. The conference’s 12 head coaches ranked Notre Dame first while the media voted for defending regular-season and playoff champion Michigan. In the coaches poll, the Irish took eight of a … Read more
University of Alaska Anchorage head hockey coach Dave Shyiak has received a four-year contract extension through the 2012-13 season, UAA Athletic Director Dr. Steve Cobb announced Tuesday. “We couldn’t be more pleased that Coach Shyiak is going to remain as UAA’s head coach,” Dr. Cobb said. “In his three years, he has improved every aspect … Read more
According to this year’s preseason coaches and media polls, defending tournament champion Princeton is the team to beat in ECAC Hockey this season. The Tigers, who return 21 players from last season’s roster, claimed the top spot in both preseason men’s polls this year, but according to the poll results, it will be another tight … Read more
Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna announced the preseason women’s coaches poll on Monday afternoon at the conference’s annual media day held in Legends Restaurant at the TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. The seventh season of WHEA regular-season play will begin on September 27, 2008 when Connecticut hosts Sacred Heart at Freitas Ice Forum, while conference … Read more
Legendary coach Ned Harkness, who coached RPI and Cornell to NCAA championships in men’s hockey as well as leading RPI to a national title in men’s lacrosse, passed away Sept. 19 at the age of 89 at his home in Rochester, N.Y. “Ned Harkness was a true legend,” said Jim Knowlton, Rensselaer’s director of athletics. … Read more
Two-time defending conference champion Air Force was picked to finish first in the Atlantic Hockey Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released today at the league’s Media Day held at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., site of this year’s championships. The Falcons captured seven of the ten first-place votes, accumulating 79 points overall. Mercyhurst, which lost … Read more
Defending national champion Boston College was selected as the pre-season favorite to win Hockey East this season, that according to the annual coaches’ poll that was released on Monday at the league’s media day. The Eagles, which recorded 86 points and six first-place votes, looks to defend both its Hockey East and National Championships in … Read more
MADISON, Wis. – The University of Minnesota Duluth, which swept the national championship, the regular season championship and the WCHA FINAL FACE-OFF title in a memorable streak last season, is the pre-season choice to repeat as Western Collegiate Hockey Association champions in 2008-09, according to league coaches. This the tenth season of WCHA women’s play … Read more
Detroit, MI – Mercyhurst was voted by league coaches as the preseason favorite in the upcoming College Hockey America season, announced Wednesday morning by CHA league officials. The Lakers, under the direction of head coach Michael Sisti, garnished four first place votes and 16 points to take the top spot after winning their fifth consecutive … Read more
ALBANY, N.Y. — Harvard, last season’s ECAC Hockey women’s regular season and tournament champions, as well as Frozen Four participant has been chosen to defend its ECAC Hockey title in the preseason coaches’ poll. The Crimson, who finished 22-0-0 in the conference and have claimed four out of the last six regular season crowns earned … Read more
The NCAA Ice Hockey Committee has set the sites for the NCAA Championships all the way through 2011 with the announcement of the West and Midwest Regionals for 2010 and 2011. In 2010, Notre Dame will host the Midwest regional from March 27-28 at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. and … Read more
USA Hockey announced today that it has narrowed the list of potential sites to host the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-20 Championship to (alphabetical order): Buffalo, N.Y., Grand Forks, N.D., and Minneapolis – Saint Paul. “The World Under-20 Championship is a spectacular event that we’re extremely pleased to be hosting again,†said Dave … Read more
Tie games will not be in the standings for the CCHA this season. The league has adopted an NHL-style three-player shootout to determine a winner for all of the 168 regular-season conference games tied after 60 minutes of regulation play and five minutes of overtime. “The shootout has proved to be an exciting addition to … Read more
The United States Hockey Hall of Fame, in conjunction with USA Hockey, announced its 2008 induction class of Cammi Granato, Brett Hull, Brian Leetch and Mike Richter. The class is comprised of four former collegians, including Granato, the first woman to be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Mike Richter (file photo: Melissa … Read more
University of Minnesota women’s hockey coach Brad Frost has announced that former Gopher great and two-time United States Olympian Natalie Darwitz has been named an assistant coach of the Golden Gopher program. Darwitz, who helped lead Minnesota to back-to-back national championships, will begin her coaching responsibilities August 25th. “We are very pleased to have Natalie … Read more