The U.S. National Junior Team, with goals from five different players, earned a 5 -1 victory over Kazakhstan today in the opening game for both teams of the preliminary round of the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. “I thought we got stronger as the game wore on,” said U.S. Head Coach John … Read more
Minnesota sophomore Kyle Okposo has chosen to forgo the remainder of the 2007-08 season and his college hockey eligibility to sign a contract with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League. Gopher sophomore Kyle Okposo departs at mid-season after speculation that he would turn pro after his rookie year (photo: Melissa Wade.) Okposo … Read more
As much as things change . . . . Undoubtedly a common sentiment around the country as for the past couple of months a CCHA team has sat atop the national rankings. Three weeks ago it was Miami, last poll Michigan. Now again the RedHawks reign supreme. Not without some fight from the idle Wolverines, … Read more
Boston University head coach Jack Parker yesterday released a statement that four suspended hockey players will be permitted to rejoin the Terriers team in its first game back from the winter exam break, a December 30 game at home against Merrimack. Parker had suspended the quartet – seniors Bryan Ewing, Brian McGuirk, Dan McGoff and … Read more
When you defeat the fourth and fifth ranked teams in the nation by a combined score of 12-3, it is a good bet that you have made a strong case that you are the best team in the land. And when the reigning top teams both have sub par weekends — combining for modest but … Read more
Boston University was in the news earlier this week when four players, senior captain Brian McGuirk, seniors Bryan Ewing and Dan McGoff, and junior Brandon Yip, were “suspended indefinitely” for violating a team rule. Following tonight’s 3-2 win over the US Under-18 team, Parker responded to a question from USCHO during the press conference regarding … Read more
College Hockey lost a dear friend with the passing of Jon Barkan. Jon was taken from us far too early, with so much more left to give to the world. In his 39 years Jon brightened our days and made each and every one of us a better person with everything that he did, not … Read more
Boston University’s woes this season don’t show any sign of turning around soon. Already saddled with a disappointing 4-9-2 record, the Terriers will be without four players indefinitely due to a suspension. Three seniors and one junior comprise the group: Captain Brian McGuirk, leading scorer Bryan Ewing, former Hockey East Rookie of the Year Brandon … Read more
The BCS has nothing on D-III hockey. For the fourth time in six polls, there is a new king in college hockey. Actually two: it’s a dual monarchy. Each tallying 283 points, Elmira and Plattsburgh are the new number ones in Division III hockey. 7-0-1 and 11-1-0, respectively, the Eagles did receive nine first place … Read more
A tie with St. Mary’s in their only action netted University of Wisconsin-River Falls three more first place votes as they hung on to the USCHO Division III poll’s number one spot for the second consecutive week. Hobart, the nation’s new number two, received three first place tallies (six less than UW-River Falls) but only … Read more
Manhattanville put an end to the longest active unbeaten streak in college hockey Saturday with a 4-3 win over Plattsburgh. Amanda Nonis led the way for the Valiants with a hat trick against the defending D-III women’s champion. The Cardinals had not lost in an NCAA women’s record 35 consecutive game — the last loss … Read more
Princeton senior Landis Stankievech has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. Stankievech, a senior on the men’s hockey team from Trochu, Alb., is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major at Princeton, wants to study philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, after which he hopes to work on environmental issues. “As an engineer I know how to … Read more
One week after narrowly holding onto the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, Miami was the runaway choice of voters impressed by the RedHawks’ road sweep of then-No. 3 Michigan State Thursday and Friday. Miami received 48 of 50 first-place votes to retain the No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight week, … Read more
Buoyed by a win over St. Scholastica and a tie with new No. 14 UW-Superior, University of Wisconsin-River Falls (5-0-2) is the new number one team in Division III hockey. The latest D-III poll conducted by USCHO shows remarkable parity, with the top six teams — from River Falls to Manhattanville — receiving at least … Read more
Brett Motherwell, the highest-scoring defenseman in Hockey East last season as a sophomore and one of the integral pieces of this season’s Boston College hockey club, opted to leave the team and sign a contract with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL Thursday afternoon. Motherwell, an undrafted free agent, and Brian O’Hanley were in the … Read more
Their season debut still four days away, Middlebury nonetheless increased its hold on the nation’s top spot, adding three first place votes to last week’s total of 10 in this week’s edition of the USCHO.com Division III men’s hockey poll. Manhattanville, now 4-0-1, is just nine points back but lost a first place vote to … Read more
Despite its first loss of the season, Miami hung onto the No. 1 spot in the latest USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Monday. The RedHawks lost Friday to Notre Dame before recovering Saturday for a split with the Fighting Irish, while No. 2 Michigan won a pair against Alaska, leaving the teams with identical … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented by Mellon Financial Corporation, has announced that U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO.com) will serve as the official media and marketing partner of the annual award presented to college hockey’s finest citizen. USCHO.com, now in its 12th year of operation, is widely recognized as the leading source of news and information … Read more
The University of Maine men’s hockey team will be missing a center until the university can review facts surrounding charges against him of assault and unlawful sexual touching.
The Hockey East Association has extended the contract of Commissioner Joe Bertagna through the 2010-2011 season, it was announced Tuesday by Dana Skinner, Director of Athletics at Massachusetts-Lowell. Bertagna, 56, came to Hockey East in 1997 after 15 years with the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). He is the longest-serving commissioner in Hockey East’s 24-year … Read more