Former Vermont coach Mike Gilligan has been selected as the recipient of the 2005 John MacInnes Award by the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). Established by the AHCA in 1982 to honor former Michigan Tech coach John MacInnes, the award “recognizes those people who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey and youth programs. … Read more
North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol announced Wednesday that Fighting Sioux junior defenseman Matt Greene has been suspended for two games for breaking team rules after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Warroad, Minn. Hakstol said Greene would miss Friday and Saturday’s home games against Bemidji State, and added that he would have no … Read more
Wisconsin-Superior took over the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division III men’s poll. The undefeated Yellowjackets, at 14-0-5, received 11 of 15 first-place votes. Moving up one position to No. 2 is St. Norbert, with three first-place nods, after two weekend league wins. In third, up one position, and receiving the other first-place vote, … Read more
A one-point weekend for Colorado College was all the room Boston College needed. The Eagles won their lone game of the weekend, 4-2 Friday over Northeastern, then took over the No. 1 spot in the nation in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll with 29 of 40 first-place votes. CC, the top team in the … Read more
One Clarkson player was dismissed from the team, and four others were suspended for the weekend because of a violation of team rules. According to sources, junior forward John Sullivan is the player who was kicked off the team. The suspended players are freshmen forwards David Cayer, Ryan Hodkinson and Matt Isbister, and senior defenseman … Read more
Colorado College completed a tough sweep of North Dakota last weekend, then mopped up in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The Tigers received all 40 first-place votes for a perfect 600 points. Trailing at No. 2 was Boston College, which pulled off two impressive wins of its own, sweeping archrival Boston University in a … Read more
Manhattanville makes its first appearance at No. 1 this week on the USCHO.com Men’s Division III poll. The 14-0 Valiants took 11 of 15 first-place votes after a narrow win over Brockport and a pair of 4-2 victories against Potsdam. At No. 2, moving up one spot, and garnering two first-place votes is Wisconsin-Superior. The … Read more
The ECAC Hockey League claimed full ownership of the first-ever Commissioners’ Cup Series Wednesday evening (Jan. 12), as Dartmouth defeated New Hampshire 9-8 in the final Cup game for the ECACHL and Hockey East. The ECAC Hockey League entered the weekend knowing it had secured at least a tie for the Cup, as the league … Read more
Michigan recruit Jack Johnson is the highest rated North American skater in the NHL’s Central Scouting Bureau’s mid-term rankings. He is listed fifth, following No. 1 Sidney Crosby, Benoit Pouliot, Bobby Ryan and Luc Bourdon, all of whom play Major Junior hockey. Other college or college-bound players in the top 20 are No. 9 Jack … Read more
Convinced that the detailed directive to on-ice hockey officials has been a success so far, representatives of the six Division I ice hockey conferences, the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee and the NCAA expressed continued support for the rules initiative on a conference call Tuesday. All constituencies vowed to see that coaches, … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation today announced its five finalists for the 2005 Hockey Humanitarian Award: Boston College senior Sarah Carlson; Quinnipiac senior Gillian Gallagher; Dartmouth senior John Ostapyk; Canisius senior Mark Persick; and Massachusetts senior Peter Trovato. The finalists were selected by the Hockey Humanitarian Executive Committee from a group of 15 nominees. The finalists … Read more
College sports teams must stay on track to graduate at least 50 percent of their student-athletes to avoid the risk of losing scholarships for a year, under a plan approved Monday by the NCAA Division I Board of Directors. Teams with a projected graduation rate below 50 percent could be subject to contemporaneous penalties as … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced that it will move two of its league contests from campus sites to the FleetCenter in Boston as part of a college hockey doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 12. The January 21 game between Quinnipiac and Holy Cross originally slated to be played in Worcester and the February 12 game between Bentley and … Read more
Middlebury maintained its lock on the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division III men’s poll, garnering 12 of 15 possible first-place votes after a pair of weekend wins. Holding the second spot again this week is Manhattanville, which received the other three first-place votes after an idle weekend. Remaining at No. 3 was Wisconsin-Superior. … Read more
In the wake of a road sweep of then-No. 1 Minnesota, Colorado College climbed to the top of the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll Monday. The Tigers, then ranked second, beat the Gophers 3-2 in overtime Saturday, then followed that up with a 5-3 Sunday win to take 39 of 40 first-place votes. CC also … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award committee recently named its 15 nominees for this year’s honor. Both men’s and women’s players in all NCAA Divisions are eligibile. The nominees are: Janelle Armitage – Connecticut Sarah Carlson – Boston College Bo Cheesman – Lake Superior State Desi Clark – Mercyhurst Jessica Clermont – Niagara Kamerie Ann Cote – … Read more
Robert Morris University Director of Athletics Susan K. Hofacre, Ph.D., who was instrumental in the Colonials’ joining the Division I ice hockey ranks this season, passed away Jan. 8 after a battle with cancer. She was 54. Hofacre, one of just 26 female athletic directors at the Division I level, led the Robert Morris athletic … Read more
In his comments to the delegates at the 99th annual NCAA Convention, NCAA President Myles Brand identified the fiscal underpinning of college sports as the next important area of concern for intercollegiate athletics. Brand also discussed academic reform and the status of amateurism in college sports with the delegates. But it was the need for … Read more
Beginning Friday, Jan. 14, cable network NESN will begin broadcasting a feature-oriented half-hour television show entitled “Inside Hockey East,” which will air twice every Friday night, before and after NESN’s live coverage of Hockey East game action. NESN’s Friday Night Ice package begins this week, but “Inside Hockey East” will make its first appearance next … Read more
Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger announced his retirement today, effective June 30, 2005. Geiger, 65, has been OSU’s AD since May of 1994. “This is a bittersweet occasion,” said Geiger. “It is my decision, and let me repeat that — it is my decision. “I’m just tired, bone weary. Not the kind of tired … Read more