For the second time in less than a week, the MCHA is announcing expansion of the league. Adrian College, which announced in late September that it will add men’s and women’s D-III hockey in the 2007-08 season, was unanimously approved today to join the MCHA for next season. The conference added Concordia University, Wisconsin to … Read more
Eighteen Division II/III schools placed players on the 2006-2007 USCHO Pre-Season Division II/III All-USCHO Teams. National champion Middlebury leads with three players named to the team. Four schools placed two players each: national runner-up St. Norbert, ECAC East champion Norwich, Augsburg and Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The All-USCHO teams are selected by the USCHO staff. Complete All-USCHO … Read more
The MCHA has accepted Concordia University, Wisconsin as the newest member of the conference, beginning with the 2007-08 season. The school also announced the hiring of Tony Hrkac as head coach. Hrkac’s career includes a 1987 NCAA National Championship while competing at North Dakota and the Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top Division I … Read more
A hearing to halt enforcement of an NCAA policy penalizing the University of North Dakota for its use of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo is scheduled for Nov. 9 in Northeast Central District Court in Grand Forks County. The hearing is tentatively scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. before Judge Lawrence Jahnke. Attorneys … Read more
With an impressive road sweep of North Dakota, Maine vaulted into the top position in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll released Monday. The Black Bears cornered 34 of 40 first-place votes, easily outdistancing the competition as they moved to 5-0-0 on the season. At No. 2 for another week was Wisconsin, which took three … Read more
Chandy Kaip has been named the first women’s ice hockey coach at Adrian College. The announcement was made today by interim athletic director Mike Duffy. Adrian recently announced plans and broke ground for the Arrington Ice Arena, which will be located on its campus and house intercollegiate ice hockey and synchronized skating teams. Kaip will … Read more
New Hampshire men’s hockey coach Dick Umile has announced that former Yale head coach Tim Taylor has joined the men’s hockey coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach. “We are very excited to have someone with his background and experience involved with our hockey program and at our University. Tim is not only a well … Read more
Middlebury tops the USCHO.com Division III Men’s preseason poll, with the three-time defending national champs receiving all 15 first-place votes. Coming in second in the poll is last year’s NCAA runner-up, St. Norbert. The next four in the poll were all in the NCAA tournament last season. Norwich, which bowed out in the quarterfinal round, … Read more
Yale hockey players Ben Mills, Matt Nelson and Alec Richards will not face criminal charges in the wake of an Oct. 1 brawl outside a New Haven, Conn., store, the New Haven Register reported. Mills, Nelson and Richards, along with members of the Yale football team, appeared in court Friday and had criminal mischief and … Read more
Boston College tightened its grip on first place in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll Monday, after a win over Northeastern in the Eagles’ first game of the season. BC received 31 of 40 first-place votes to remain No. 1 for the third straight poll. Wisconsin and North Dakota, which split a series in Madison, … Read more
An officially-idle weekend was good enough for Boston College to take over sole possession of No. 1 in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll released Monday. The Eagles, who beat St. Thomas 5-3 in an exhibition but don’t begin their NCAA season until Tuesday against Northeastern, moved ahead of defending NCAA champion Wisconsin, which is … Read more
Becker College has been confirmed as the 17th member of the ECAC Northeast and will begin league play during the 2007-08 season. The decision was made by the league administrators at their annual fall meeting during the ECAC Convention and Trade Show. “Becker College has made a commitment to its ice hockey program and that … Read more
Norwich and Plymouth State have been accepted by the administrators of ECAC East Women’s Hockey as new members. Norwich University, located in Northfield, Vt., and Plymouth State University, of Plymouth, N.H., have recently upgraded their women’s hockey programs to varsity status, and will begin conference play at the start of the 2007-08 season. “On behalf … Read more
Adrian College, a liberal-arts school located about 90 minutes from Detroit in Adrian, Mich., will join the ranks of hockey-playing Division III schools, it was announced Monday morning. Dr. Jeffrey R. Docking, Adrian College president, made the announcement that the school is breaking ground next week on the Arrington Ice Arena, a $5.5 million indoor, … Read more
Funeral services for legendary University of Michigan and U.S. National Team coach Vic Heyliger have been set for 2 p.m. MDT on Friday, Oct. 13, at the Broadmoor Community Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. (315 Lake Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80906). Heyliger passed away at his home in Colorado Springs on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at … Read more
The state of North Dakota on Friday filed a civil lawsuit against the NCAA over the association’s policy against the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo. At a morning news conference, North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem announced that the suit had been filed in Grand Forks County District Court on behalf … Read more
Five of Yale University’s varsity athletes were arrested in New Haven, Conn., early Sunday morning after allegedly breaking a window at the Gourmet Heaven convenience store during a fight. The students are said to have caused an estimated $3,500 worth of damages in their clash outside of the restaurant, whose night manager reported the incident … Read more
Each season, the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee releases an officiating directive, outlining points of emphasis for the coming season. USCHO.com presents this in the interest of making fans more knowledgeable about the game and its officiating. INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee, in conjunction with the … Read more
Five Yale athletes, including three members of the hockey team, were arrested Sunday morning in New Haven, according to published reports. Sophomore hockey players Alec Richards and Matt Nelson and senior Brad Mills along with two members of the Yale football team, quarterback Matt Polhemus and running back Mike McLeod, were arrested after a storefront … Read more
Commissioners from the nation’s four Division I women’s ice hockey conferences have announced a 24-game series to be played among the conferences throughout the 2006-2007 season. The first annual Women’s Commissioners’ Cup Series faces off with the University of New Hampshire visiting the University of Minnesota on Saturday, Oct. 7. Each conference participates in 12 … Read more