Hobey Baker Award finalist defenseman Thomas Pöck has signed a free agent contract with the New York Rangers. Pöck was in the lineup tonight for his NHL debut at Madison Square Garden, and scored a goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pöck’s four-year playing career at Massachusetts recently ended with the Minutemen’s 2-1 triple overtime loss … Read more
Rensselaer president Shirley Ann Jackson has announced the timeline for the school’s elevation of the women’s ice hockey program to the Division I level. After one more season at Division III, the Engineers will move up to Division I beginning in 2005-06. That team, which will feature scholarship players for the first time, will compete … Read more
Yann Danis, the ECAC Player of the Year and a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, became the first prominent college player to sign with an NHL team this spring. The Montreal Canadiens signed the 22-year old Quebec native to a two-year deal, with terms not disclosed. Danis was 15-11-4 with a 1.81 goals-against average … Read more
Yale defenseman Joe Callahan has signed a multi-year deal with the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes, forgoing his final year of eligibility. Callahan, 21, from Brockton, Mass., played 31 games this season, leading Bulldogs defensemen in goals (6), assists (14), points (20) and penalty minutes (38). The 6-foot-3, 219-pound junior had 2-11–13 and 38 PIM in 32 … Read more
Middlebury senior Kevin Cooper has been chosen the American Hockey Coaches Association College Division Player of the Year, and seven players competing for the NCAA Division III championship at Norwich this weekend have been honored as Jofa All-Americans for 2003-04. All were selected by Division III hockey coaches. Cooper Cooper, a native of Mississaugua, Ontario, … Read more
Brown and Colgate representatives were featured prominently among the individual honorees at the annual ECAC Awards Banquet Thursday night and, for the second year in a row, a goaltender was named Player of the Year. Cornell’s David LeNeveu was co-POTY in 2003. Yann Danis is the ECAC Player of the Year. (photo: Chris Gerlt) The … Read more
It only took him 10 seasons, 228 wins, three Hockey East regular-season championships and three Hockey East tournament championships. At last, Boston College head coach Jerry York has received the Bob Kullen Award as Hockey East Coach of the Year. A unanimous selection by his peers, York steered the Eagles to a 17-4-3 record in … Read more
Junior Lessard, who tied for the WCHA scoring title while leading the offense for resurgent Minnesota-Duluth, was named the conference’s Player of the Year Thursday. Lessard, a senior winger from St. Joseph deBeauce, Que., totaled 39 points in league play and had a nation-best 55 points overall entering the WCHA Final Five. He was the … Read more
The hometown coach will get the task of defending his nation’s gold medal. North Dakota coach Dean Blais was named head coach of the 2005 U.S. National Junior Team, which will compete in the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship, Dec. 25, 2004-Jan. 4-2005. The U.S. will be defending the gold medal it just won on … Read more
Miami’s surge back toward the top of the CCHA standings was rewarded Wednesday, when forward Derek Edwardson was named CCHA Player of the Year, while Enrico Blasi was named Coach of the Year. The winners were named during a ceremony at the CCHA banquet at Fox Theatre in Detroit. Edwardson Edwardson, who returned from a … Read more
The NCAA men’s ice hockey committee clarified a number of outstanding issues Monday as it heads towards next Sunday’s selections for this year’s NCAA tournament. (Selection show: Sunday, ESPN2, 2:30 p.m. ET.) For one, for the purposes of tournament selection, Massachusetts-Lowell’s wins over Massachusetts (2) and Michigan State will stand. Those wins, and two others, … Read more
Northeastern goaltender Chanda Gunn, Minnesota-Duluth forward Jenny Potter, and Harvard defenseman Angela Ruggiero are the finalists for the 2004 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced Monday by the USA Hockey Foundation. All three were among the Top 10 candidates last year. Potter and Ruggiero were Top Three finalists. The Kazmaier Award annually recognizes the most outstanding … Read more
Junior forwards Barret Ehgoetz (Niagara) and Jared Ross (Alabama-Huntsville) have been selected as the CHA’s co-players of the year as well as earning unanimous recognition as first-team all-conference selections. CHA regular-season champion Bemidji State had a pair of individuals honored; freshman Luke Erickson was named the league Rookie of the Year and Tom Serratore the … Read more
For the second straight year, Norwich will be the host institution for the NCAA Division III men’s ice hockey championship. The semifinal games will be played Friday, March 19, at Kreitzberg Arena. Top-ranked St. Norbert (26-2-2) will face Plattsburgh (23-4-3) in the 3:30 p.m. game, while defending champions Norwich (24-3) will face arch-rival Middlebury (25-3) … Read more
Connecticut junior forward Tim Olsen has been selected the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year. The Atlantic Hockey Awards were voted upon by the league’s nine head coaches. The Vadnais Heights, Minn., native led Atlantic Hockey in scoring, finishing the year with 19 goals, 18 assists for 38 points in conference play. His 19 … Read more
Minnesota women’s coach Laura Halldorson has suspended freshman defenseman Danielle Ashley for the remainder of the 2003-04 season for violating team policies. Ashley played in 26 games for the No. 1 Gophers, scoring two goals and 13 assists for 15 points. She was also the national leader in penalties with 37, all minors. Minnesota had … Read more
This year’s All-CCHA First Team has a distinct youthful feel. For just the second time in the conference’s 33-year history, two freshmen have been named to the CCHA First-Team. Michigan forward T.J. Hensick and Michigan State defenseman A.J. Thelen are the first freshman duo to be chosen First-Team All-Conference since Lake Superior forward Pat Tims … Read more
F Paul Davies Sr. Western Michigan Pre-Medicine F Derek Edwardson Sr. Miami Exercise Science F Rob Globke Sr. Notre Dame Marketing D Nate Guenin So. Ohio State Undeclared F Tom Herman Sr. Alaska Fairbanks Business F Mike Kompon Sr. Miami Physical Education F Dana Lattery Sr. Western Michigan Pre-Medicine F D’Arcy McConvey Sr. Bowling Green … Read more
USA Hockey today named Minnesota State’s Troy Jutting its 2003 National Coach of the Year. In August 2003, Jutting coached the U.S. Under-18 Select Team to its first-ever gold medal at the Under-18 Junior World Cup in Piestany, Slovakia. The team registered a perfect 5-0-0 record, including two victories over Russia, as well as handing … Read more
Nick Russo, head coach of the Neumann’s men’s ice hockey program since its inception six year ago, has resigned. It was a mutual decision by the administration and Russo. Russo “Six years of building a program from the ground up takes its toll physically,” said Russo. “The program has turned the corner, and it was … Read more