In the wake of its WCHA tournament championship, Denver earned 17 of 40 first-place votes to finish atop the 2004-05 season’s final USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Monday. Last weekend, the Pioneers beat North Dakota and then Colorado College in the WCHA title game, moving them up one spot to the summit of the … Read more
North Dakota sophomore defenseman Robbie Bina underwent surgery Monday morning at Regions Medical Center in St. Paul to repair a shattered vertebra in his neck suffered last Friday during the WCHA Final Five. In a statement released through UND, the Bina family said Dr. Daryll Dykes performed the surgery, which lasted from 8:20 a.m. to … Read more
Tickets for the 2006 NCAA D-III Men’s Hockey Championship will go on sale Friday, April 1. Elmira College will serve as the host institution with the tournament to be held at First Arena in Elmira, N.Y., home of the United Hockey League’s Elmira Jackals. The NCAA has also changed the semifinal and championship games from … Read more
The field for the NCAA Division I men’s tournament was announced Sunday morning, with the WCHA receiving an unprecedented three of the four No. 1 seeds among the 2005 selections. Hockey East regular-season and tournament champion Boston College was awarded the overall top seed in the tournament, with WCHA teams occupying the remaining No. 1 … Read more
North Dakota forward Robbie Bina, who was injured on a check from behind in Friday’s WCHA Final Five semifinal game against Denver, has a broken neck that may end his hockey career, sources indicated Saturday. Bina’s neck injury is being monitored by neurosurgeons at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, his mother Rose said in a … Read more
Brian Doherty of Curry and Joseph Ori of Trinity are co-winners of the fifth annual Joe Concannon Award, which recognizes New England’s best American-born Division II-III hockey player. Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Ken Eldridge made the announcement today. Doherty, a resident of Franklin, Mass., finished his career at Curry with an outstanding season … Read more
Kurtis McLean of Norwich University, the first four-time First Team All-American in NCAA Division III history, has been chosen the winner of the 2005 Sid Watson Award, presented to the Division III Player of the Year by the nation’s Division III head coaches. The 5-11, 175 pound native of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, has recorded 29 … Read more
A pair of teammates and a record-tying four goaltenders are among 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, announced Thursday by the Hobey Baker Foundation. Marty Sertich and Brett Sterling of national No. 1 Colorado College were among the finalists selected by a vote of the nation’s 58 Division I men’s head coaches, along … Read more
Thirteen coaches who have enjoyed on-ice success in 2004-05 have been named finalists for the Edward Jeremiah Award, given annually to the College Division (NCAA Division III) Men’s Ice Hockey Coach of the Year. Named in honor of the former Dartmouth head coach, the Jeremiah Award will be presented at the American Hockey Coaches Association … Read more
It was quite a day for Colin Murphy. Not only did the Michigan Tech senior learn Thursday he was one of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award and a member of the all-WCHA first team, he signed a professional deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Murphy said it’s a two-year contract but declined to … Read more
Eleven players competing for an NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in Elmira, NY, this weekend have been honored as CCM All-Americans for 2004-05. NCAA semifinalists Elmira, Middlebury and Plattsburgh each had three selections. The other semifinalist, Gustavus Adolphus, had two honorees. Elmira senior forward Laura Hurd became the first four-time First Team All … Read more
Northeastern has relieved coach Bruce Crowder of his coaching duties, following just two winning seasons in nine years. The Huskies went 15-18-5 this season, finishing sixth in Hockey East. They lost to New Hampshire in two games in the Hockey East playoffs. Crowder was 120-170-36 in nine seasons. Northeastern athletic director Dave O’Brien said the … Read more
Boston College junior Patrick Eaves, who led the Eagles to a dramatic finish culminating in a regular-season championship in Hockey East, was presented the 2004-05 CCM Hockey East Player of the Year award on Thursday night at the league’s annual awards banquet. Eaves, who finished tied for second in league scoring with linemate Ryan Shannon, … Read more
Seventeen different schools can boast CCM All-American selections in the starry squads announced today at the NCAA Division III Men’s Championships hosted by Middlebury College. St. John’s University, St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin-Superior lead the way with three selections each, followed by Trinity College with two. Noteworthy among the selections is Norwich … Read more
The ECACHL handed out its league awards Thursday, and the Cornell Big Red was the big winners. Goaltender David McKee picked up Player of the Year, the Dryden Award and First-Team ECAC honors, while Mike Schafer was named Coach of the Year. McKee is 24-4-3 this season, with a 1.24 goals against average and a … Read more
Northern Michigan senior goaltender Tuomas Tarkki became the first Wildcat in 24 years to be named the CCHA Player of the Year. Eight individual honors were awarded Wednesday at Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre, including six determined by a vote of the league’s 12 coaches. NMU’s Tuomas Tarkki became the first European to win CCHA Player … Read more
After rebounding from one foot in the grave all the way to the league’s regular-season championship, it’s no surprise that Quinnipiac cleaned up at the Atlantic Hockey awards banquet, taking home two of the league’s top three honors. Defenseman Reid Cashman, who led the nation in scoring for defensemen this season with 43 points, was … Read more
It was a Rocky Mountain-dominated WCHA awards ceremony Thursday. Co-MacNaughton Cup champions Denver and Colorado College claimed five of the six spots on the All-WCHA first team as well as awards for the coach of the year, defensive player of the year and rookie of the year. Colorado College forward Marty Sertich was named the … Read more
Western Michigan’s Vince Bellissimo has decided to leave the school after his junior season to enter the professional ranks. A 2002 draftee of the National Hockey League’s Florida Panthers, Bellissimo will begin his career with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League. “We appreciate Vince’s contribution to the program and wish him the … Read more
The ECAC Hockey League has named Steve Hagwell its commissioner with a three-year deal, and removed the “acting” tag from his title. Hagwell was named the Acting Commissioner last April after the members of the league decided to break away from the larger structure of the ECAC. At that time, it was said that a … Read more