After two days off, the UW men’s hockey team met to practice Wednesday for the first time since its thrilling triple-overtime win against Cornell. No one was ready to say the team had fully recovered. “You can still tell that some of the guys are a little wiped,” head coach Mike Eaves said. “It’ll take … Read more
Eleven coaches — including four past winners — were named Thursday by the American Hockey Coaches Association as finalists for the Spencer Penrose Award, given to the Division I men’s national coach of the year. To be a Penrose finalist, a coach must have been named Coach of the Year in his own conference or … Read more
Denver junior defenseman Matt Carle, Boston College senior forward Chris Collins and Wisconsin junior goaltender Brian Elliott make up the 2006 Hobey “Hat Trick,” announced Wednesday by the Hobey Baker Foundation. Carle, Collins and Elliott were selected from among the original list of 10 finalists announced two weeks ago; one will win the 2006 Hobey … Read more
Much to the surprise of many Michigan hockey fans, freshman standout Jack Johnson will remain a Wolverine for the time being. Johnson declined an offer Tuesday from the Carolina Hurricanes that would have allowed him to play for the team during its Stanley Cup playoff run starting in April, his mother, Tina Johnson, said. Since … Read more
Golden Gopher center Ryan Potulny has decided to forgo his senior year of eligibility and has signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the University of Minnesota announced Wednesday. “With the year that Ryan had, I can fully understand that he feels ready for the next level,” Golden Gopher … Read more
Yale’s long-time head coach Tim Taylor has been removed from that position and will be offered reassignment within the athletic department. The announcement was made today by Tom Beckett, Yale athletics director. TAYLOR “Tim Taylor has been an exceptional coach, mentor and ambassador of Yale Hockey as well as all of amateur hockey for 30 … Read more
Bowdoin College senior forward Adam Dann has been named this year’s winner of the sixth annual Joe Concannon Award by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston. The award recognizes New England’s best American-born Division II-III hockey player. The announcement was made by Gridiron Club president George Crotty. DANN Dann, a resident of Burlington, Vt., finished … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha forward Bill Thomas has signed an entry level NHL contract with the Phoenix Coyotes, General Manager Michael Barnett announced today. In keeping with club policy, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Thomas will forego his final two years of eligibility and report to Phoenix immediately. Thomas recently completed his sophomore season with … Read more
Sara Bauer, junior forward from the University of Wisconsin, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to collegiate ice hockey’s most outstanding female athlete. Sara Bauer “I’m very honored to be receiving this award, being mentioned with the other nominees, past winners, and of course with Patty Kazmaier … Read more
Maine senior forward Derek Damon has been suspended for Saturday’s East Regional Semifinal game against Harvard for an unspecified team violation. Damon is Maine’s fourth-leading scorer with 33 points (14-19–33). Should Maine defeat Harvard, Damon will be eligible for Sunday’s East Regional Final.
For the first time ever, no seniors were among the selections for First Team AHCA All-Americans and all 12 were first-time selections. Only three honorees came from the United States. Eight came from Canada and one from Switzerland. Five selections came from Hockey East, four from the WCHA, and three from the ECACHL. The All-American … Read more
Atlantic Hockey will host its league championship at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester for the next three seasons, and may look to extend the relationship beyond that. Commissioner Bob DeGregorio says the move to an off-campus site for the Atlantic Hockey tournament will help the league raise its level of play. (photo: Ed Trefzger) … Read more
USCHO.com has learned that Butch Bellemore, the ECACHL Supervisor of Officials, and Brewster Earle, the Director of Officiating Development for the ECACHL, will resign their positions once their contracts expire in a few months. Bellemore and Earle sent their intentions to members of the ECACHL Officiating Staff in an email and letter. When reached, ECACHL … Read more
Boston College forward Chris Collins is the winner of the 54th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. The announcement was made by Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president George Crotty. Collins, a senior from Fairport, N.Y., ranks third in the nation in scoring, with 58 points … Read more
For six years, David Quinn was an integral part in building the University of Nebraska-Omaha men’s hockey program. From the program’s infancy in July 1996 to June 2002, Quinn — then the top assistant under head coach Mike Kemp — spent three weeks a month on the road recruiting. When he was there, he worked … Read more
After 12 years at the helm of the Rensselaer Engineers, Dan Fridgen has resigned as the head coach. In his 12 years he had compiled a record of 211-193-38, the most wins of any head coach in Rensselaer history. Before taking over in 1994 for Buddy Powers, Fridgen was an assistant coach for the Engineers. … Read more
Maybe it was the nine goals they scored against the University of New Hampshire Friday, or the fact that they were the only top-4 team not to lose this weekend. Previous No. 1 University of Minnesota lost twice, and that certainly helped, and the Terriers being the only regular-season conference champ besides the College of … Read more
One may be the loneliest number. But it sure beats zero. Since finishing a road sweep against Northern Michigan on Nov. 12., the Wolverines have not beaten a single quality opponent on the road. The team has played Tournament-bound Miami (two games), Nebraska-Omaha (two games) and Michigan State (one game) and amassed a 0-5-2 record … Read more
First-time Frozen Four qualifiers New Hampshire and Wisconsin dominated USCHO’s list of 2005-06 D-I Women’s Year-End Honorees. Sara Bauer, the assistant captain and top scorer for Wisconsin, was named the USCHO Player of the Year. A native of St. Catherines, Ont., Bauer scored overtime game-winning goals against Minnesota-Duluth and Ohio State. She was unstoppable during … Read more
For most of the season, Wisconsin goalie Brian Elliott was perhaps the nation’s best collegiate goalie, posting an 18-2-2 record with his name mentioned first and loudest in any Hobey Baker conversation. Then came a leg injury in practice in mid-January which caused Elliott to miss eight games. He struggled to play consistently coming back … Read more