Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter remains in serious condition with multiple skull fractures at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center today following a collision in last Friday’s opening game of the Hockey East quarterfinal series at Boston College. (Original story) According to hospital spokespersons, Exter’s condition is unchanged in the last 24 hours, and unless there … Read more
The NCAA has released the pairings for the 2003 Division III Men’s Hockey Championships. (Full Bracket) Oswego (23-6-1), which won the SUNYAC title by defeating Plattsburgh two games to one in the SUNYAC finals, will host ECAC East champion Wentworth (21-4-3) on Saturday, March 15. The teams met twice this season, with Oswego winning both … Read more
The NCAA Division III women’s tournament field was announced Sunday. The field included the four Pool A automatic qualifiers — Manhattanville (ECAC East), Elmira (ECAC West), St. Thomas (MIAC) and Middlebury (NESCAC); the Pool B selection, Wisconsin-River Falls (NCHA); and the two Pool C bids, Bowdoin (NESCAC) and Williams (NESCAC). Elmira earned the number-one seed … Read more
With his star goalie Joe Exter still in the hospital in serious condition with a fractured skull — the result of a nasty head-first collision with Boston College freshman Patrick Eaves — Merrimack coach Chris Serino addressed the media Saturday afternoon. Serino spoke candidly and emotionally about Exter, the ugly melee that followed the incident, … Read more
Clarkson has narrowed the candidates for its vacant head coaching position to four finalists, all of whom are former assistants.
Harvard senior Jennifer Botterill, Minnesota-Duluth junior Jenny Potter, and Harvard defenseman Angela Ruggiero were named the three finalists for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, announced today by the USA Hockey Foundation. Botterill, a forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a finalist and the eventual winner of the 2001 award, while both Potter and Ruggiero were … Read more
Merrimack goalie Joe Exter was in critical condition Friday night after a collision with BC’s Pat Eaves in their quarterfinal round game.
Game one of the Boston University-Providence Hockey East Quarterfinal series has been postponed from Thursday to Friday due to white-out conditions in the area. The series was originally scheduled to run from Thursday to Saturday, but now will be pushed back to run from Friday to Sunday. Fox Sports New England was to have aired … Read more
Cornell goaltender David LeNeveu and Colorado College forward Brett Sterling were named winners of the IHCCA Commissioners’ Choice Awards for February. The awards honor the month’s top men’s college player in NCAA Division I and is selected by the Ice Hockey Collegiate Commissioners’ Association (IHCCA). LeNeveu, a 6-1, 170-pound sophomore, won the Player of the … Read more
Elmira won a 4-2 decision over No. 5 Plattsburgh to capture the ECAC West postseason title and hold on to the No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. Elmira has yet to lose to a Division III opponent. The Soaring Eagles also are atop the USCHO.com East Regional Pairwise Rankings (PWR). … Read more
No. 1 in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, for the sixth consecutive week, is St. Norbert. The Green Knights won the NCHA postseason tournament title with a 5-2 defeat of No. 5 Wis.-Superior, and thus became the first team to earn a pass to the NCAA Division III Tournament. To reach the final, … Read more
As the regular season wrapped up, Harvard received a unanimous No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Harvard had a three win week, surviving a 4-3 scare at the hands of unranked Brown before road wins over Cornell and Colgate. Harvard is also No. 1 in the Pairwise Rankings (PWR), a … Read more
Colorado College received 22 of 40 first-place votes and held on to the top spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll following a weekend split with No. 9 Minnesota State, Mankato. The Tigers also continued to be ranked No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR), an algorithm for predicting NCAA … Read more
Wisconsin captain Brad Winchester, who faces a felony charge of battery to a police officer, has been suspended for two games by the team. Winchester, a 21-year-old senior forward, was arrested early Sunday for allegedly punching a police officer outside a campus-area bar. He’ll miss the Badgers’ games against Michigan Tech this weekend. Winchester was … Read more
This year’s process for selecting and seeding has received a new tweak. According to Division I men’s ice hockey committee chair Ian McCaw, a “bonus component” will reward teams for “good wins” by adding percentage points to their Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). The RPI is one of the criteria used by the selection committee to … Read more
The NCAA Frozen Four, now revered as one of the most successful NCAA championships annually, could be taking its show to the world’s most famous arena. Madison Square Garden, home to the National Hockey League’s New York Rangers, is exploring a bid for the next cycle of Frozen Four host sites. The current cycle is … Read more
One of Massachusetts’ two state-funded Division I hockey programs could soon be privatized; if Massachusetts’ new governor, Mitt Romney, has his way. As part of an overwhelming state restructuring plan that Romney will institute in hopes to pull the state from extreme debt, he unveiled Wednesday a plan that would privatize the state’s main campus … Read more
Boston University senior John Sabo was arraigned Monday on charges that he assaulted a fellow BU student outside a nightclub on Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue last September. The forward, with 10 goals and 12 assists this season, continues to play for the Terriers. The school investigated the incident last fall, and determined that no internal discipline … Read more
Colorado College took a 5-2 exhibition victory over the U.S. Under 18 Team, and that was enough to preserve the No. 1 ranking in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. While the win doesn’t count in CC’s overall record of 23-4-5 and will not be considered by the NCAA for tournament selection, the Tigers … Read more
Elmira lost its third and fourth games of the season, but still kept a firm grasp on the top spot in the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. The Soaring Eagles were playing Division I opponent Findlay, and so the games do not count for NCAA Division III tournament selection, and correspondingly do not appear in … Read more