Denver has announced that Will Healey has been hired as the Pioneers’ director of hockey operations. Healey comes to the Pioneers after spending the 2024-25 campaign with Providence as a graduate assistant with men’s hockey, where he was responsible for live tagging time-on-ice, video review for coach’s challenges and oversaw the video operations during practices. … Read more
The OHL’s London Knights have signed forward Braiden Clark for the 2025-26 season. Clark recorded a goal and two assists for three points and a plus-4 rating in 16 games during his freshman season in 2024-25 with Providence. He scored his first collegiate goal against North Dakota on Oct. 12, 2024, and tallied assists against … Read more
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority has announced the third annual Adirondack Winter Invitational Division I men’s hockey tournament taking place Thanksgiving weekend – Friday, Nov. 28 and Saturday, Nov. 29 – in the Olympic Center’s 1980 Herb Brooks Arena. UMass Lowell returns as the defending champion while North Country stalwarts Clarkson and … Read more
The United States Collegiate Select hockey team has announced the front office and support staff for the 2025 Spengler Cup. Steve Metcalf (Hockey East), Sean Hogan (College Hockey Inc.), Chris Meriney (College Hockey Inc.) and Don Lucia (CCHA) will make up the front office, while Josh Penn (UMass), Aaron Leu (Denver), Perry Laskaris (CCHA) and … Read more
Bowdoin has announced the hiring of Al Washco as an assistant coach for the men’s hockey team. Washco returns to Bowdoin following the departure of Sean Walsh, who has accepted a position at Alaska. A Polar Bear from 2018 to 2023, Washco appeared in 91 games, recording 26 goals and 35 assists. As a senior, … Read more
Hamline has named Jake Bobrowski the new head coach for the women’s hockey team. During the 2024-25 season, Bobrowski served as the head coach for the Northland women’s team. He had previously been announced as the head coach for Beloit for the 2025-26 season after Northland closed at the end of last season. “We are … Read more
The Minnesota women’s hockey team has announced two staff updates ahead of the 2025-26 season. Assistant coach Jessica Scott has been promoted to general manager-assistant coach and Ryan Kearney has been hired as director of operations and video analytics. Scott becomes the first general manager with recruiting/coaching abilities in NCAA women’s college hockey history. In … Read more
Denver has named 2005 national champion Peter Mannino as its assistant athletic director for name, image and likeness (NIL). Mannino will lead Denver’s NIL and strategy for the Pioneers’ varsity athletic programs. The position will have a strong focus on building out an academic program with DU’s Daniels College of Business and its Sturm College … Read more
Dan Henningson has joined the Princeton men’s hockey team as an assistant coach. Henningson replaces assistant coach Tommy Davis, who has stepped away from collegiate coaching to pursue other professional opportunities. “I am excited to welcome Dan to the Princeton hockey coaching staff,” Tigers head coach Ben Syer said in a statement. “I have watched … Read more
Stevenson has announced the hire of Ben Halford as the next head coach of the Mustangs women’s hockey team. Halford is no stranger to the MAC as he comes with experience from working most recently with Wilkes as an assistant coach for the past five years. “We can’t be more excited to have Ben be … Read more
Canton has announced a pair of coaching staff promotions prior to the start of the 2025-26 season. Christiano Versich has been promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach, while Trevor Christopher has been elevated from a volunteer to an assistant coach. “I’m excited to announce a pair of promotions to our SUNY Canton men’s … Read more
The Quinnipiac men’s hockey team has announced the addition of former Holy Cross associate head coach and Crusaders player Castan Sommer to the coaching staff for the upcoming 2025-26 season. Sommer spent four seasons on the coaching staff at Holy Cross under head coach Bill Riga, including the final season as associate head coach. Before … Read more
Penn State’s Guy Gadowsky has been tabbed the head coach for the United States Collegiate Select Team ahead of the 2025 Spengler Cup. Along with Gadowsky, fellow NCAA bench bosses Mike Souza (New Hampshire) and Jason Lammers (Niagara) will serve as assistants. “It’s an honor to be on the inaugural staff of the US Collegiate … Read more
Tyler Veen, who has spent the last two seasons as head coach and general manager for the NA3HL’s Rochester Grizzlies, has been named as an assistant coach for the Augsburg men’s hockey team. Veen replaces Jarrad Vroman, who spent two seasons as the Auggies’ top assistant coach before departing in July to become the new … Read more
Mercyhurst has announced the hiring of Natasha Hawkins as an assistant coach for the women’s hockey team. Hawkins joins the Lakers after spending last season as an assistant coach and head of strength and conditioning at St. Scholastica. “We are very excited to welcome Tasha to our staff,” Lakers head coach Mike Sisti said in … Read more
The Robert Morris men’s hockey team has announced the hiring of Vincent Pietrangelo as an assistant coach for the upcoming 2025-26 season. The past two seasons, Pietrangelo served as an assistant coach at Lake Superior State (2023-24) and then with Alaska Anchorage in 2024-25. “I’m very excited and thankful for the opportunity that Coach (Derek) … Read more
An NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee proposal to extend a review option to game misconduct penalties was approved Wednesday for the 2025-26 season. Last season, a conference was able to request a review by the NCAA secretary-rules editor and national coordinator of officials for possible adjustment. This process was used rarely, but … Read more
Miami has announced that Gord Farnell has joined the RedHawks staff as assistant director of human performance at the Goggin Ice Center. Farnell comes to Oxford after four years as the head strength and conditioning coach for the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers. “We are honored to welcome Gord Farnell and his wife Kennedy to Miami University,” … Read more
Former Minnesota forward Audrey Wethington has been named the 2025 recipient of the annual College Hockey Inc. scholarship, presented by JLG Architects. Wethington will receive the $2500 postgraduate scholarship given annually to the NCAA men’s or women’s hockey player who helps build the game through their support of the next generation of hockey players. The … Read more
Hobart has announced that former Penn State forward Alec Marsh has been named an assistant coach for the men’s hockey team. Marsh replaces Niko Kovachis, who accepted an assistant coach position earlier this summer at Niagara. “Certainly, you have to have a high level of hockey ability to play at a program like Penn State, but what … Read more