Bulldogs, Spartans Head Up All-CCHA Picks

Regular-season champion Ferris State put five players on the 2002-03 CCHA all-conference teams, while Michigan State enjoyed three first-team picks as the Bulldogs and Spartans dominated the league’s selections. FSU’s Chris Kunitz was an All-CCHA first-teamer for the second time (photo: Christopher Brian Dudek). The troika of Spartans marked the third time the Spartans have … Read more

Top Hockey East Honors Split

Balance was the operative word at this year’s Hockey East banquet. Ben Eaves and Mike Ayers were named co-winners of the KOHO Player of the Year Award while Massachusetts coach Don “Toot” Cahoon earned CCM/Bob Kullen Coach of the Year honors. Eight of the nine schools placed representatives on the All-Hockey East teams while the … Read more

Iona Next to Drop Hockey

Just days before its MAAC quarterfinal with Mercyhurst, Iona announced Tuesday that it will drop its men’s hockey program effective at the end of this season. Iona joins Fairfield as the second MAAC school to drop men’s hockey this season. The announcement came after a meeting on March 6 of the college’s Legal Board of … Read more

BU Doctor On Exter Injuries; HEA Completes Review Of Incident

Merrimack goaltender Joe Exter remained in serious condition Tuedsay at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Tuesday with multiple fractures sustained in a collision during last Friday’s Hockey East quarterfinal game at Boston College. According to hospital officials, there is no change in Exter’s condition, and nothing further is expected before Wednesday morning. The injury … Read more

Harvard In Control In Women’s Poll

Harvard advanced to the ECAC Semifinals with a pair of wins over Cornell, and stays first in both the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll and the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Pairwise Rankings (PWR). Harvard will face Brown, which upset No. 8 St. Lawrence in three games this weekend. Minnesota-Duluth finished at No. 2 in both … Read more

With Sweep Of Denver, CC Remains No. 1

With a triumphant sweep over in-state rival Denver, Colorado College captured the majority of the first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Tigers finished first with 593 points and enters next weekend with the No. 1 seed in the WCHA playoffs and will face Alaska-Anchorage. Colorado College is also first in … Read more

Exter’s Condition Remains ‘Serious’

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

Division III Men’s Pairings Announced

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

NCAA Announces D-III Women’s Field

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

Serino Addresses Media About Exter

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

Botterill, Potter, Ruggiero Named Kazmaier Finalists

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

BU-PC, MC-BC Postponed

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

LeNeveu, Sterling Take Feb. IHCCA Awards

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 Tops In Women’s DIII Poll

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 St. Norbert, No. 8 St. John’s Earn First DIII Bids

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

Crimson Top Women’s Poll

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

CC Stays No. 1 Despite Weekend Split

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

Badgers’ Winchester Gets 2-Game Suspension

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