Notre Dame’s ascendancy reached its highest point of the season as the Fighting Irish took over the top spot in Monday’s cluttered USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. Just four poll points separated the top three teams as voters assimilated the results of last weekend’s play. New Hampshire’s weekend could hardly be described as a disappointment, … Read more
North Dakota defenseman Robbie Bina will face a misdemeanor charge in connection with an incident at a Grand Forks tavern last weekend, multiple sources are reporting. The charge against Bina, 24, will be one of “escaping custody,” which is a Class B misdemeanor offense punishable by a maximum of a $1,000 fine or 30 days … Read more
Fifteen NCAA Division I players have been named as semifinalists for the 55th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England, Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Dave O’Brien announced Thursday. The candidates include nine players from Hockey East, four from the ECAC Hockey League, and two from … Read more
The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, created in 2001 to honor college basketball seniors, will expand to include Division I men’s hockey beginning in 2007. The award program will also feature three other new sports for the current academic school year: baseball, softball, and lacrosse. In addition to the core requirement that the candidate be a … Read more
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux, who have been winning praise for their recent performance on the ice, have come under some less-welcome scrutiny for off-ice behavior. Three North Dakota players were involved in a matter at a Grand Forks, N.D., bar Sunday night in which two citations were issued, while a third charge was possible, … Read more
The ECAC Women’s East hockey league will realign into two six-team divisions for the 2007-08 season. This realignment was the result of two new league members being approved and the departure of another team to the ECAC Women’s West Hockey League. Starting with the 2007-08 season the ECAC Women’s East League will have two six-team … Read more
For the first time in over two months, a new number-one team in the nation was declared in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. New Hampshire rose to the top of the pile in Monday’s release, garnering 36 of 40 first-place votes after beating Providence in its lone game of the weekend. Coming in at … Read more
The NCAA announced that voting for the players in the 2007 Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge began Friday online at www.NCAASports.com and will run until February 12. Fans will be able to select six position players and two goalies for each gender of the East team and each gender of the West team. The original … Read more
Ending what will be a three-year stint behind the bench for the Union women’s team, head coach Tim Gerrish announced Wednesday that this season will be his last on the job. Gerrish has led Union to a 12-69-2 record in his two-plus seasons, and is expected to finish out the year before departing. Union currently … Read more
The nation’s top three teams all split over the weekend, leaving their ordering in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll intact. Minnesota, which lost Friday and won Saturday against Denver, was again No. 1 for the ninth straight time, recording 36 of 40 first-place votes. The remaining four nods went to No. 2 New Hampshire, … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners’ Association (HCA) Thursday announced the establishment of two major annual awards. The National Rookie of the Year trophy and the Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award, named in memory of the former Army player who died courageously in combat in Afghanistan, will both be presented for the first time in April. “As the … Read more
Potsdam hockey coach Glenn Thomaris announced today that he will step down as the Bears’ head coach at the close of the current season. Thomaris has coached at Potsdam for the past five seasons following a 14-year stint as head coach of the Elmira Soaring Eagles. “At this time I would like to thank Athletic … Read more
It’s not every day that a college student comes home $25,000 richer. However, that was the case for Matt Scherer, a coaching and administration major and captain of the University of Connecticut hockey team, who was chosen to be on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,” which is hosted by Meredith Vieira. Scherer appeared in an episode that aired last week.
Minnesota’s first loss in 23 games didn’t stop the Golden Gophers from ruling Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll for the eighth straight time, though the decision wasn’t unanimous this time around. The Gophers, who lost to Wisconsin Friday before bouncing back for a Saturday win, pulled in 35 of 40 first-place votes to outdistance … Read more
Women’s hockey will return to SUNY Potsdam after a more than 20-year absence. The program will begin in 2007-08 with club status for one year and then change to a Division III varsity team in 2008-09. The decision to add women’s hockey resulted after a two-year study of athletics equity issues and an effort to … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation named the five finalists for the 2007 Hockey Humanitarian Award. This list of five was narrowed down from a list of 13 nominees that were released earlier in January. The Foundation will look at all of the candidates and then announce the winner of the Award on Friday, April 6, 2007, … Read more
Sophomore defenseman T.J. Fast, a native of Calgary, Alberta, has left the team and officially withdrawn from the University of Denver to pursue other opportunities, head coach George Gwozdecky announced. Fast tallied four assists in 19 games for the No. 7 Pioneers (15-7-2, 9-5-2 WCHA) this season. He finished his DU career with 11 points … Read more
Robert Morris University’s Sports Management department will be hosting the first Hanson Brothers Lookalike Contest at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center, Saturday, February 17, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. as RMU’s Division I men’s hockey team takes on Miami. Dave Hanson, one of the famous Hanson Brothers from the movie Slap Shot, and also … Read more
The NHL Central Scouting Service (CSS) released its midterm rankings for the 2007 NHL Entry Draft Wednesday, with New Hampshire recruit James van Riemsdyk leading the list of players with college affiliations. Van Riemsdyk, currently a member of the U.S. National Team Development Program, led a list of seven current or incoming college players ranked … Read more
Minnesota won two more games to stay atop the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll for the seventh straight time in Monday’s release. The Golden Gophers, who have been the unanimous pick for No. 1 for four straight polls now, swept Minnesota State over the weekend to run their unbeaten streak to 22 games. Minnesota has … Read more