Rensselaer has named Andrew Will as its interim assistant men’s hockey coach. Will replaces John Burke, who was named the head coach of Rensselaer’s women’s hockey team. Will had been an assistant at Union and was not retained when Nate Leaman was named head coach this summer. Will is a 1996 graduate of Union and … Read more
Preseason coaches’ polls were released for the ECAC East, ECAC West, SUNYAC and NCHA, and in all cases the coaches don’t see a lot changing at the top in their respective leagues. Defending NCAA Division III champion Norwich is a near unanimous choice to repeat as league champs in the 2003-04 ECAC East Coaches’ Poll. … Read more
Elmira and Manhattanville, No. 1 and 2 in the USCHO Division III Women’s Poll this week, were picked by ECAC East and West coaches to capture their respective league titles this winter. Last season, Elmira won the NCAA Division III title with a 5-1 win over Manhattanville in the championship game. It was the second … Read more
USA Hockey named 16 players to the preliminary roster for the 2004 United States National Junior Team, which will compete at the 2004 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship from Dec. 26, 2003-Jan. 5, 2004 in Helsinki and Hameenlinna, Finland. The 10-nation tournament features the world’s top ice hockey players under 20 years … Read more
Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. Eastern time, Niagara’s women’s hockey team will take to the ice against a team of Niagara alumni in a fundraiser for former Purple Eagle Jennifer Goulet, who has been diagnosed with throat cancer. A goal of raising $1,500 has been set by the 2003-04 team, to assist in covering the … Read more
New Hampshire has suspended eight players for two games, and they will not travel to this weekend’s Punch Imlach College Hockey Showcase tournament in Buffalo. The eight players — seniors Nathan Martz and Tyler Scott, juniors Matt Hoppe, Tyson Teplitsky, and Robbie Barker, sophomores Andrew Leach and Mark Kolanos, and freshman Brett Hemingway — were … Read more
A group of Skidmore alumni is trying to raise enough money to save the school’s ice hockey team. President Philip Glotzbach said recently Skidmore would discontinue the team after this season, following a lengthy review of the school’s athletic and recreation offerings. Skidmore coach Paul Dion told the Albany Times Union that alumni have raised … Read more
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