Cornell head coach Mike Schafer has been suspended for one game for conduct occurring after last Saturday’s game between the Big Red and Michigan State, ECACHL commissioner Steve Hagwell announced Thursday. The incident in question took place after the Spartans’ 4-3 win, as the Michigan State players remained on the ice to celebrate. Several objects … Read more
Team USA faced off against a team of the ECACHL’s finest in a game that packed more intensity and excitement than can be indicated by either the All-Star Game moniker or the 6-2 final score. The teams combined for sixteen penalties, including four pairs of matching minors, and the unpolished penalty kill of the ECACHL … Read more
The Xcel Energy Center, the site of the WCHA Final Five since 2001, will stay that way through at least 2011, under the terms of a five-year contract extension announced Tuesday. “We’re very excited about continuing our relationship with one of the premier college hockey conferences in the nation,” said Xcel Energy Center vice president … Read more
A pair of handy wins were enough to propel Colorado College to the top of the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Monday. Voters preferred CC with 30 of 40 first-place votes in the wake of the Tigers’ WCHA weekend sweep of Minnesota State, pushing CC up two spots to the top of the poll. … Read more
Brock Trotter, Denver’s then-leading scorer and the reigning WCHA Rookie of the Week, will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining a severed right Achilles tendon on a hit from North Dakota’s Matt Smaby during Friday night’s game between the Sioux and the Pioneers. Smaby’s check on Trotter came behind the UND goal, and … Read more
The Women’s Hockey East Association is pleased to announce the selection of 23 student-athletes representing eight different programs to its first-ever “All-Star” game. The Hockey East All-Stars will take on the 2006 U.S. Women’s Olympic Team on Sunday, Dec. 11, at UNH’s Whittemore Center, as part of Team USA’s Hilton Family Skate to 2006 Tour. … Read more
Michigan, still unbeaten this season after tying archrival Michigan State Saturday, retained the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The Wolverines picked up 27 of 40 first-place votes to outdistance No. 2 Cornell, which opens its regular season this weekend. The Big Red earned six first-place votes to finish ahead of third-ranked … Read more
Tyler Hirsch, Minnesota’s leading scorer last season, will apply for a medical hardship waiver for personal reasons and miss the remainder of the 2005-06 season, the school announced Thursday. “This was not an easy decision, but one that I feel was the best decision for both myself and the team,” Hirsch said. “I will use … Read more
Players from teams in the preseason USCHO Division III poll dominate the list of all-stars on the 2005 Preseason All-USCHO Team. Preseason No. 1 Middlebury placed two players on the East team, while second-ranked St. Norbert and No. 5 St. John’s dominated the West, placing four and three players, respectively. Sixth-ranked Trinity has two players … Read more
Two weeks after issuing a statement saying that he hoped to come back this season after treatment for testicular cancer, Rensselaer senior forward Kirk MacDonald has decided to apply for a medical redshirt this season to continue his recovery. “My cancer treatments ended two months ago,” he said in a prepared statement two weeks ago. … Read more
Air Force head coach Frank Serratore has signed a new five-year contract which will extend him through the 2009-2010 season, according to senior associate athletic director Michael Saks. Serratore came to Air Force from the Manitoba Moose of the International Hockey League in 1997. He is currently in his ninth season with the Falcons. He … Read more
A wild weekend of games dramatically rearranged Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, with unbeaten Michigan coming out on top by a solid margin. The Wolverines, who beat Boston College 3-2 Friday and then Merrimack 9-2 Sunday, picked up 21 first-place votes to leapfrog all the way from seventh place. Michigan, now 4-0-0 on the … Read more
Despite the fact that neither has played an official game yet, voters in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll flip-flopped their opinions of the top two teams Monday, leaving Minnesota in the No. 1 slot. The Gophers, who open their season at home against Alaska-Fairbanks this weekend, outpaced Denver despite the fact that the Pioneers … Read more
USCHO.com is now providing the most comprehensive web log of women’s college hockey news across the country. Please send article suggestions here (bylined articles within past week only). *www.bugmenot.com can be a valuable resource for those wishing to avoid site registrations. Pre-Olympic Results Goyette scores 100th for Canada in romp over U.S. By Donna Spencer, … Read more
We’ve heard this story before. A third period goal by former Cornell player Dana Antal broke a third period tie to give Canada a victory over the United States. While the stakes weren’t so high this time – Antal’s last two third period game-winners were in the most recent Four Nations Cup finals – this … Read more
The reigning Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner, Marty Sertich of Colorado College, heads up the honorees among the preseason All-USCHO teams, announced Friday. Sertich led the nation in scoring in 2004-05 with 64 points (27-37), edging teammate Brett Sterling by one point (34-29). Sterling, who was a Hobey Hat Trick finalist last season, joins Sertich … Read more
In a gala that included a silent auction and a roast by former players and friends — as well as the beginning of a new Terrier Pride scholarship awarded to sophomore Peter MacArthur — Boston University dedicated Jack Parker Rink at Agganis Arena Thursday. Attendees enjoyed the opportunity to bid on numerous silent auction specialties, … Read more
Last season’s WCHA runner-up Wisconsin has been selected as the 2005-06 favorite in the league’s coaches poll. Sara Bauer, Wisconsin’s leading scorer for the last two seasons, was named the 2005-06 WCHA Preseason Player of the Year. The Badgers received the maximum number of first place votes, since coaches could not vote their own teams, … Read more
Balance is the defining trait of the 2005-06 Preseason All-USCHO teams, released today. While last season’s teams were dominated by WCHA players, Minnesota in particular, this year’s three teams were split more uniformly across the conferences and top contenders. Preseason No. 1 St. Lawrence, No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth, and No. 5 Mercyhurst led the way with … Read more
Defending national champion Denver is the preseason favorite of voters in the USCHO.com/CSTV men’s Division I poll, released Monday. The Pioneers, who defeated North Dakota 4-1 last April to take their second consecutive national championship, received 17 first-place votes and totaled 662 points to edge out Minnesota, a strong No. 2 with 13 first-place votes … Read more