New Hampshire goaltender Mike Ayers, winner of last year’s award, and three-time nominee Ben Eaves of Boston College were among 14 semifinalists named Monday for the 52nd Walter [nl]Brown Award, presented annually by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston to the top American-born player in [nl]New England. Eleven Hockey East players and three from the … Read more
Wentworth has announced that hockey coach Bill Bowes was fired Friday, for undisclosed reasons. In a press release issued Monday, Wentworth noted that assistant coach Jonathan Deptula has been named interim head coach. There was no official reason given for Bowes’ departure. Wentworth sports information director Bill Gorman told USCHO.com that the situation was “an … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell was dealt a major blow Friday night when it was discovered that sophomore forward Paul Falco, a transfer from Maine, was not eligible to play when he began his tenure on the ice for Lowell about a month ago. As a result, the River Hawks are forced to forfeit nine games, five of which … Read more
Let the trash talking begin. Festivities officially got underway Wednesday afternoon for the 52nd annual Beanpot Hockey Tournament, college hockey’s longest-running and most well-known in-season tournament, with the Beanpot Luncheon held at Legends Restaurant inside the host establishment. Tournament play will begin next Monday night, February 2, with the semifinal round. This year’s edition will … Read more
Robert Morris University has accepted an invitation for its men’s hockey program, which will begin NCAA Division I play in 2004-05, to join College Hockey America. The Colonials will join current CHA members the United States Air Force Academy, University of Alabama-Huntsville, Bemidji State University, Niagara University and Wayne State University, as part of the … Read more
Minnesota captain Grant Potulny is expected to be out until early March after injuring his shoulder during the second period of Saturday’s game against North Dakota. This is the second straight season Potulny will miss significant playing time due to injury. The senior from Grand Forks, N.D., fractured his ankle in the 2002-03 season opener … Read more
Boston College senior forward and captain Ben Eaves is expected to be out four to six weeks with a fractured left kneecap. Ben Eaves will miss four to six weeks with a fractured kneecap. (Photo: Josh Gibney) Eaves suffered the injury in BC’s 4-0 win over Merrimack on Jan. 9. He has not played in … Read more
Cornell coach Mike Schafer has been suspended for one game by the ECAC for comments he made to the media after last Friday’s game against Rensselaer. He will sit out this Friday’s game against Vermont. Schafer Schafer took referee Joel Dupree to task in a profanity-laden outburst, upset about what he believed were hits from … Read more
The bad news just keeps coming for the No. 1 Minnesota women’s hockey team. In a matter of days, the three U.S. Olympians in the Gophers’ lineup have dwindled to one. Minnesota revealed today that freshman defenseman Lyndsay Wall, the youngest member of the 2002 U.S. Olympic team, will be academically ineligible to compete for … Read more
What had been the longest active losing streak in varsity college hockey is over. The MIT women defeated Salve Regina, 3-2, on Sunday to earn their first win over another varsity Division III program in their five seasons of existence. The win snapped an 82-game losing streak, stretching back to MIT’s move from a club … Read more
Minnesota announced today that sophomore forward Natalie Darwitz, the leading scorer in Division I women’s hockey, will likely miss the remainder of the the 2003-04 season due to torn ligaments in her right elbow. The injury was suffered on Jan. 10 during the No. 1 Gophers’ 4-3 overtime victory at No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth. Natalie Darwitz, … Read more
The field for the 2004 College Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to “college hockey’s finest citizen,” has been whittled to five finalists. This year’s finalists are: Dan Boeser — Wisconsin, Sr. Patrick Foley — New Hampshire, Sr. Chanda Gunn — Northeastern, Sr. Derek Nisula — Babson, Sr. Mark Persick — Canisius, Jr. Gunn and Foley … Read more
Michigan goaltender Al Montoya and North Dakota forward Drew Stafford may have taken more than just a gold medal away from last week’s World Junior Championships. Each of them, the top ranked goaltender and forward/defenseman, respectively, in the just-released NHL Central Scouting Service (CSS) mid-term rankings, may have punched their tickets to NHL stardom that … Read more
The Ohio State women’s team will remain a member of the WCHA and not join College Hockey America for the 2004-05 season. Ohio State is a charter member of the WCHA’s women’s league, founded in 1999. The Buckeyes previously accepted an offer to join the CHA after the current season. With Findlay deciding to drop … Read more
Union president Roger Hull offered his reasons for voting against the amendment to Proposal 65 at the NCAA Convention on Monday. The amendment, which permanently grandfathers eight “play-up” Division III schools so they can continue to offer athletic scholarships in their Division I sports, passed by a wide margin. The proposal affects St. Lawrence, Clarkson, … Read more
After months of handwringing and lobbying, 12 athletic programs at eight schools, including four in men’s ice hockey, received grandfather protection Monday, allowing them to continue granting athletic scholarships. The vote on the amendment to Proposal 65 was passed at the NCAA Convention in Nashville, 296-107. Proposal 65 itself, which prevents any future schools from … Read more
With the concern over athletic scholarships now passed, Rensselaer officially announced its intention to elevate the level of its women’s hockey program to the Division I level. A Division III proposal that would have eliminated the ability of schools that “play up” in one sport to give athletic scholarships, was amended at the NCAA Convention … Read more
With an announcement commissioner Joe Bertagna characterized as “probably one of the worst-kept secrets,” Hockey East officially welcomed the University of Vermont to the league Thursday. Both the Catamounts men’s and women’s hockey teams will begin play in the 2005-2006 season. The announcement was made three weeks to the day after Vermont got the ball … Read more
The 2004 NCAA Northeast Regional, set for March 27-28 in at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H., is sold out. It marks the earliest point in the season that an NCAA men’s ice hockey regional has been declared a sellout. Tickets for the event went on sale Friday, Oct. 3, with tickets for all three … Read more
The gold medal game at the recently-completed World Junior Championships will be televised on a variety of networks in the coming week, it was announced today. Monday the U.S. won its first gold medal in the 28-year history of the event, as it defeated Canada in dramatic fashion, including three unanswered goals in the third … Read more