Michigan State hockey captain Drew Miller has signed a professional contract with Anaheim of the NHL. Miller, who was drafted by the Mighty Ducks in the sixth round (186th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, will forego his senior season of eligibility and leaves after three seasons at Michigan State. Terms of the contract … Read more
Buffalo Sabres General Manager Darcy Regier today announced that the team has signed North Dakota junior Drew Stafford to a three-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stafford is currently on the United States roster and playing in the World Hockey Championships in Riga, Latvia. “I’m looking forward to starting my professional career,” … Read more
According to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, six former or current Minnesota State Mavericks are currently under investigation for sexual assault after an incident that happened in late February. A young woman stated in a search warrant affadavit that on the night of February 21, she said that a hockey player and another … Read more
The battle between the University of North Dakota and the NCAA over UND’s “Fighting Sioux” nickname and imagery continued Friday with the NCAA’s decision to deny North Dakota’s final appeal, keeping the school on the list of institutions subject to restrictions from NCAA championship events. The NCAA’s Friday release said, in part: In denying the … Read more
Chris Bernard was named the first full-time head coach of the Western New England College men’s hockey program. Bernard, who played goalie at Clarkson from 1994-98, succeeds Karl Enroth who held the position on a part-time basis the last five seasons. Last season the Golden Bears were 4-16-3. “The search committee was impressed with Chris’ … Read more
Despite a published report to the contrary, USA Hockey’s Junior Officiating Development Program (JODP) is not taking over Hockey East or the ECAC Hockey League any time soon. Last week, the website HockeyRefs.com reported that the two conferences are looking for someone new to head their respective officiating staffs after recent shakeups, and that the … Read more
There are new rules governing NHL draft choices and contracts. The new National Hockey League collective bargaining agreement, finalized in July, had some major new wrinkles to it — wrinkles that garnered a lot of attention.
First it was Ryan Potulny, then Danny Irmen. Now it’s Kris Chucko who will depart Minnesota’s men’s hockey team early. Chucko said he signed a three year, $900,000 contract with the Calgary Flames. He also said he will stay and finish the semester at Minnesota before going to Calgary in September to try out for … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha has had just one head coach in its Division I history, and it looks like things will stay that way for a while after Mike Kemp signed a four-year contract extension. UNO athletic director David Herbster made the announcement Friday; Kemp’s new deal runs through 2010. “I am happy to announce that Coach Kemp … Read more
The annual exodus of underclassmen to the professional ranks continued to hit Minnesota hard over the weekend, as sophomore Kris Chucko became the latest Golden Gopher to hang up his college jersey for an NHL contract. Chucko, a first-round draft pick (24th overall) by Calgary in 2004, signed a contract with the NHL’s Flames and … Read more
Add Robert Morris to the list of schools hanging onto their head coaches, as RMU director of athletics Dr. Craig Coleman announced Thursday that Derek Schooley has signed a contract extension through 2011. “We are thrilled to have Coach Schooley committed to us for the next five years,” Coleman said. “He’s running a first-class program … Read more
There was a time when ice hockey and the South mixed about as well as oil and water. It was as if there was a great dividing line (much like the Mason-Dixon) that separated the good hockey regions from the sub-par, or where hockey flat-out barely existed. Massachusetts, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, basically anywhere in the northeast and Midwest, hockey thrived and was played on streets or patches of ice wherever an ample surface could be found. There was simply no room for hockey in the southern regions of the United States.
The Rensselaer Engineers have reached out west in naming their new head coach. On Wednesday, Rensselaer named Seth Appert, a former Ferris State goaltender and assistant at Denver, as the 12th head man in Engineer history. Appert takes over for Dan Fridgen, who resigned on March 21, 2006. Fridgen had been the winningest coach in … Read more
After bringing the University of Rhode Island its first men’s hockey national championship, head coach Joe Augustine was named the 2006 American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 Coach of the Year.
Michigan head coach Red Berenson has signed a three-year extension, athletic director Bill Martin announced Saturday during the Wolverines’ year-end banquet. “I didn’t want to lose him. It’s pretty simple,” Martin was quoted in the Ann Arbor (Mich.) News. “Great coach. Great team. Great assistant coaches. Red’s still got that fire, discipline and passion for … Read more
Holy Cross head coach Paul Pearl has agreed to a three-year extension, running through the 2008-09 season, Director of Athletics Richard M. Regan, Jr., announced Friday. “This has been a priority for us and something we have been working on since the end of the season,” said Regan. “When you have a successful program, the … Read more
Keith Allain, the goaltending coach for the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, will be Tim Taylor’s successor as Yale head coach. The 47-year-old Allain, a 1980 Yale graduate, ranks third all-time among Bulldog goaltenders in victories and saves. He began his coaching career as an assistant at Yale under Taylor, who was removed as head coach … Read more
One week ago, he was the Frozen Four’s Most Outstanding Player. Friday, Wisconsin junior Robbie Earl became the latest high-profile underclassman to leave school early for the pro ranks. Earl, a native of Los Angeles, announced at a news conference at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., that he has signed a contract with the … Read more
Though the celebration is still continuing for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team, it is never too early to look into the future. And gazing into that crystal ball, the future of UW hockey looks good. When questioned whether or not he thought that the Badgers could repeat as champions without him during Sunday’s Championship Rally … Read more
Wisconsin bench boss Mike Eaves has been named head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, USA Hockey announced. “Mike is one of the outstanding young coaches in our game today,” said Paul Holmgren, general manager of Team USA and assistant general manager of the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers. “He’s an excellent teacher of … Read more