Colgate is leaving the ranks of the few remaining non-Ivy League schools playing Division I men’s ice hockey that do not award athletic scholarships. A decision was reached Saturday by the school’s Board of Trustees to reverse its long-standing policy, and to award athletic scholarships for the first time. A total of approximately 16 scholarships … Read more
Rensselaer named John Burke, currently the top assistant for the men’s hockey team, as the acting head coach of the women’s hockey team. Burke will succeed Bill Cahill, who passed away from a heart attack Oct. 5. “I am thrilled that John has accepted the position,” Rensselaer’s Athletic Director Ken Ralph said. “Bill established great … Read more
Chris Potter, a former assistant at Brown and Connecticut, has been named to replace Buddy Powers as head coach at Wesleyan. The deal is on a one-year interim basis, pending a more exhaustive coaching search next offseason. Powers, originally named in May, had stepped down without yet coaching a game this year due to family … Read more
Former Wisconsin forward Alex Leavitt has sued Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves and three others over the fallout of his dismissal from the team last season. Leavitt claims that his hockey career has been derailed by the situation, and is asking for $250,000 in damages each from four defendents, including Eaves, Wisconsin athletic director Pat Richter, … Read more
Buddy Powers has left his position as men’s coach at Wesleyan due to family reasons. Powers took the job in May, succeeding 32-year head coach Dave Snyder, who retired at the end of the 2002-03 season. Powers, a 1975 graduate of Boston University, has also served as head coach at RIT, Rensselaer and Bowling Green. … Read more
Boston College senior defenseman J.D. Forrest missed his team’s opening game of the season at Vermont and is out indefinitely pending resolution of an unspecified academic eligibility issue. Forrest, a second-team All-American and Hockey East All-Star last season, is not expected back at least until the team’s fourth game of the season and possibly longer. … Read more
Matthew Kennedy has been chosen to take the reins of the Neumann women’s hockey program. The announcement was made by Director of Athletics Chuck Sack. Kennedy, a 2001 graduate of the school, played for the Neumann men for two seasons after transferring from Mohawk Valley Community College where he was a Junior College All-American. He … Read more
Bill Cahill, the head women’s ice hockey coach at Rensselaer, passed away last night after a heart attack. He was 53. CAHILL Cahill was entering his fourth season as the head coach of the Engineers. Last year, he guided his team to an 18-6-0 regular season record, a second place finish in the ECAC East … Read more
Minnesota State received a double dose of bad news after a pair of veteran defensemen, Matt Paluczak and Jon Dubel, appeared likely to miss the entire 2003-04 season due to injury, according to the Mankato Free Press. Paluczak, a senior alternate captain for the Mavericks, had surgery in the spring for a shoulder injury that … Read more
In the sequel to Women’s Hockey East’s inaugural season, defending champion Providence is once again the consensus pick for the league crown. While the preseason poll might not have changed much from last year’s Media Day, plenty else has. The second Media Day for Women’s Hockey East had a more festive atmosphere than the first, … Read more
Sophomore center Matt Anderson of Massachusetts will probably miss the entire season after surgery in the wake of an injury he suffered last year. Anderson injured his shoulder in UMass’s first Hockey East quarterfinal game at Maine, a game his team won 5-3 with him scoring a goal. He did not play the next night, … Read more
Hockey East announced today a new television agreement with New England Sports Network (NESN) beginning in January 2004. The deal, announced at the league’s annual media day, will move Hockey East coverage from rival Fox Sports Network to NESN, the home of Boston Bruins hockey. It is the second stay for Hockey East with NESN. … Read more
On Sale dates for the 2004 NCAA regionals were announced today. All regional tickets are being sold as a three-game package from the first sale date at each site through March 22, 2004. If any of the four sites are not sold out by March 22, tickets will be available for individual sessions at an … Read more
Mercyhurst was named the overwhelming favorite in the inaugural Atlantic Hockey preseason coaches’ poll, receiving eight of a possible nine first-place votes. Atlantic Hockey begins play this season under a new banner, as the conference was formed after its nine schools decided to leave the MAAC in June. The league has a new commissioner, former … Read more
WCHA coaches have made Minnesota an overwhelming favorite to win the league’s regular-season title. The two-time defending national champions received a maximum nine votes (coaches cannot rank their own team) and head the WCHA coaches poll conducted by the Grand Forks Herald. North Dakota was second with one first-place vote. Colorado College and Minnesota-Duluth tied … Read more
The Division I men’s ice hockey committee has again tweaked its process for NCAA tournament selection, allowing for the alteration of the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), a component of the comparison process used to determine the field. According to the committee, “if the points awarded in the RPI for a win in a postseason conference … Read more
The Division I Championships and Competition Cabinet has recommended the approval of the expansion of the NCAA Division I women’s tournament to eight teams from its current four, beginning with the 2004-05 season. The decision was made at its regular meeting last week in Indianapolis. It still faces approval from the Budget Committee and Management … Read more
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. If the coaches of College Hockey America’s Women’s League are right, that’s how things will shape up this season in the four-team Division I conference. Mercyhurst, the defending CHA regular season and postseason champion, was picked to set the pace once again this season by league … Read more
Bemidji State was named as the men’s favorite this season in College Hockey America’s annual preseason coaches’ poll. The Beavers, who tied for third last season and finished 14-14-8 overall, were the tournament runners-up after falling to Wayne State in the CHA Championship. They return eight of their top ten scorers from a year ago … Read more
College Sports Television (CSTV), the first 24-hour college sports network, has announced the first-ever national college hockey game of the week package. The package, which will debut Oct. 3, features 11 of the 16 teams that competed in last season’s NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey championships, including champion Minnesota and semifinalists New Hampshire, Cornell … Read more