For his efforts in leading the Wolverines of the University of Michigan to both the CCHA regular season and tournament titles, Gordon “Red†Berenson has been chosen winner of the 2008 Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Men’s Coach of the Year. Michigan went 33-6-4, ending the regular season at No. 1 in the USCHO.com/CSTV … Read more
The Frozen Four may be in the books for another year, but the most controversial play of the tournament, a Notre Dame goal in the third period of the championship game that was overturned by video replay, is still being debated throughout college hockey. They play, which occurred at 4:56 of the third period with … Read more
Boston College is 20 minutes from a national championship, as it holds a 3-1 lead over Notre Dame through two periods of play at the Pepsi Center in Denver. All-American Nathan Gerbe, who scored a hat trick in BC’s 6-1 win over North Dakota in the national semifinals, netted the first two goals of the … Read more
Colorado College goaltender Richard Bachman is the winner of the second annual HCA National Division I Rookie of the Year Award, the Hockey Commissioners’ Association (HCA) announced Friday. Three weeks ago, Bachman became just the second player in the 56-year history of the WCHA to earn the league’s Player of the Year and Rookie of … Read more
Army senior defenseman Chase Podsiad is the winner of the second annual Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award. The announcement was made Friday in Denver at the Frozen Four. The award was established by the The Hockey Commissioners’ Association (HCA) in honor of former Army player Derek Hines, who was a “consummate team player and team … Read more
While Kevin Porter’s Michigan Wolverines came up short in terms of the team’s ultimate goal of a national championship, Porter did not walk away from Denver empty-handed, becoming the 29th winner of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Though the Hobey is a very individual award, Porter, as he has all season, continued to deflect the … Read more
Williams College senior forward Will Bruce is the recipient of the 2008 Hockey Humanitarian Award. He is the 13th to receive the award, which was created by the Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation to recognize “college hockey’s finest citizen.” Bruce received the award in a ceremony Friday at Pepsi Center, site of the NCAA men’s ice … Read more
Players from 14 different Division I programs are represented as American Hockey Coaches Association RBK All-Americans for the 2007-08 season. The top 24 college hockey players were announced Friday at the Frozen Four in Denver. New Hampshire led all schools with four honorees, followed by Colorado College with three. Just one player is a repeat … Read more
Goaltender Jeff Zatkoff will forgo his final season at Miami after agreeing to terms on a contract with the Los Angeles Kings, the NHL team announced. The Kings’ third-round draft pick (No. 74 overall) in 2006, Zatkoff led the CCHA in goals against average (1.72) and save percentage (.933) this season. Zatkoff helped the RedHawks … Read more
The NCAA has announced that a possible split of Division III into two levels, or the creation of a “Division IV” does not find favor among member institutions. Nearly 82 percent of NCAA Division III member schools support or strongly support the current Division III structure instead of the creation of a new division or … Read more
Princeton’s Landis Stankievech has won the 2008 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the men’s ice hockey division. The award is chosen by a nationwide panel of coaches, media and fans and is presented annually to college hockey’s outstanding NCAA Division I senior student athlete. Landis Stankievech accepts the Lowe’s Senior CLASS award (photo: Melissa Wade.) … Read more
In their first-ever Frozen Four appearance, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are heading to the championship game. At 5:44 in overtime, Calle Ridderwall picked up Dan VeNard’s rebound and sent it past Michigan goaltender Bryan Hogan to give the Irish a 5-4 win over the Wolverines. The game was tied 4-4 after the teams exchanged … Read more
Doc DelCastillo will officially resign Thursday as head coach at the University of Alaska. “With my wife pregnant and expecting our sixth child in August, we felt as a family that the best place for us to be was back in the Midwest where both of our families are,” said DelCastillo Friday morning from his … Read more
Clarkson has named Shannon and Matt Desrosiers as the new co-head coaches of the Golden Knights Women’s Hockey team as Rick Seeley announced his departure for Quinnipiac on Tuesday. Shannon Desrosiers completed her fifth season as an assistant coach at Clarkson, while Matt Desrosiers has been on the Knights’ coaching staff the past two seasons. … Read more
Quinnipiac named Rick Seeley as the third head coach in the history of its women’s ice hockey program. Seeley joins Quinnipiac while continuing a stellar coaching career in women’s collegiate ice hockey, most recently as head coach of fellow ECAC Hockey member Clarkson. Last season Clarkson advanced to the ECAC Hockey Tournament Semifinals and finished … Read more
The NCAA announced Friday the final rosters for the 2008 Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 11 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. For the East team, Will Engasser, Yale, Brad Flaishans, New Hampshire and David Leaderer, Massachusetts were all added to the roster. Meanwhile, Eric Ehn, Air Force, Nino Musitelli, Miami … Read more
Chris Davidson, who served as interim head coach of the Saint Michael’s men’s ice hockey program this season, has been named head coach of the Purple Knights. The announcement was made today by Geri Knortz, Director of Athletics, and concludes a national search process that the College committed to last spring when long-time head coach … Read more
St. Cloud State sophomore forward Andreas Nodl has decided to give up the final two years of his collegiate eligibity to sign with the Philadelphia Flyers Nodl is expected to be assigned to the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms. A 6-1, 196-pound forward, Nodl recently completed his sophomore season with the St. … Read more
St. Norbert senior goaltender Kyle Jones has been selected the USCHO.com National Player of the Year. The North Delta, British Columbia native led the Green Knights to their first national title this season, recording one of the best seasons ever by a Division III goaltender. Jones posted a 1.09 GAA and a .950 save percentage. … Read more
Michigan State sophomore Michael Ratchuk has signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, and will report to the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate Philadelphia Phantoms immediately, as announced by the Flyers on Friday afternoon. Ratchuk, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., and a second-round pick of the Flyers in 2006 (42nd overall), just completed his … Read more