North Dakota junior defenseman David Hale doesn’t expect to play for the Fighting Sioux again until their Feb. 14-15 series in Denver against the Pioneers. Hale After being struck with illness shortly after the Sioux arrived in Colorado Springs on Jan. 30, Hale missed all of UND’s series against Colorado College and won’t play this … Read more
The WCHA and CHA could lose their automatic bids to the NCAA tournament, beginning in 2004, under new rules clarified at the January NCAA Convention in Anaheim. The Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee was recently advised of the news by NCAA Director of Championships Tom Jacobs during their most recent regularly-scheduled conference call. Section … Read more
The USA Hockey Foundation Monday announced the top 10 candidates for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. (See listing and bios below.) An award of the USA Hockey Foundation, Patty Kazmaier Award recognizes the most outstanding player in women’s college hockey each season. This year the awards dinner, set for Saturday, March 22 at the … Read more
Colorado College was the only team in the top five of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll not to lose a game, and ascended to the number one position in this week’s poll. After winning two games against No. 3 North Dakota, the Tigers captured 35 of the 40 first-place votes for a commanding lead … Read more
Former Clarkson head coach Mark Morris filed two lawsuits on Friday against Clarkson University over his firing earlier this season. Morris was fired in November for incidents that took place during a morning practice involving Golden Knights forward Zach Schwan. Morris was accused of getting into a physical confrontation Schwan. The school fired Morris after … Read more
In search of a new home for five months, the 2004 Women’s Frozen Four will be played in Providence, R.I, March 26 and 28. Originally, the ECAC and Yale won the bid to host it in the New Haven Coliseum, but the Coliseum closed its doors last August. The ECAC and Yale remain as the … Read more
The Saturday, March 1, men’s ice hockey game between Quinnipiac and Connecticut will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York City at noon. The contest is the final in the “Heroes Hat” series between Quinnipiac and Connecticut. Quinnipiac established the award last year to honor those who lost their lives on September 11, … Read more
Led by No. 1 Maine, the top six stayed in the same place as last week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The bottom five also remained in place, leaving only minor jostling between spots six through ten the only difference from last week to this week. The Black Bears held on to the top spot, … Read more
With a limited slate of games for top-rated teams, Harvard maintained its grip on No. 1 in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll despite not having played a game for two weeks. Harvard gets underway again this Tuesday, playing cross-town foe Boston College. Harvard will face the top teams from the CHA this weekend, … Read more
St. Norbert recaptured the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll, becoming the No. 1 team for the first time since November 18, 2002. The Green Knights won two games, over St. Scholastica 7-2, and over No. 6 Wis.-Superior 4-3, improving to 18-1-2 on the season. St. Norbert is also first in … Read more
In the biggest game of the weekend, USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll No. 1 Elmira delivered a 2-1 victory over No. 3 Manhattanville, despite being out-shot by a 37-30 margin for the game. The Soaring Eagle have still not lost a game to a Division III opponent, and faces no more ranked teams for the … Read more
The annual NCAA Convention recently wrapped up, with little implication for hockey. However, two proposals did impact Division III. (This item is discussed in further detail in Chris Lerch’s Division III column. ed.). Proposition 41 would have reduced the length of Division III winter sports, including hockey, from 21 weeks to 19 weeks. It was … Read more
Former Wisconsin and Colorado College coach Jeff Sauer was named winner of the 2003 John “Snooks” Kelley Founders Award, one of six awards announced today by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Sauer won 655 games (4th all-time) in 31 seasons as head coach at Colorado College (1971-1982) and Wisconsin (1982-2002), before retiring from coaching. He … Read more
Norwich won two games on the weekend, improving the Cadet’s record to 14-0 and cementing their lead at the top of the USCHO.com Division III Men’s Poll. In 14 games this season, Norwich has outscored its opponents 95 to 31. Norwich also holds first place in the USCHO.com Division III Men’s East Region PairWise Rankings … Read more
Idle Harvard, with a 14-1 record, tightened its grip on the No. 1 spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll, and moved into the top spot in the PairWise Ranking (PWR) as well, as the next two teams both lost one game on Friday night. No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth split a weekend series with … Read more
With a three point weekend over conference foe Merrimack, Maine retained first place in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for the second consecutive week. The Black Bears also hold the first place position in the USCHO.com PairWise Ranking (PWR), winning comparisons with all other teams under consideration. The PairWise Ranking is a system which … Read more
Elmira posted two big wins, 11-0 over Cortland and 8-2 over Connecticut College to remain undefeated in Division III play and stay atop the USCHO.com Division III Women’s Poll. The two losses in Elmira’s 13-2-2 record both came at the hands of a Division I school. Even though Elmira is first in the poll, the … Read more
Boston College freshman Patrick Eaves, who fractured a vertebra in his neck on Dec. 7, will likely miss the rest of the season, according to BC coach Jerry York. Doctors have decided to keep Eaves in the neck brace he has worn since the accident for another three weeks. “He’s probably out the rest of … Read more
Former Northeastern captain Pam Pachal says she the expects the results of a week-and-a-half long investigation by the Northeastern athletic department over concerns about coach Joy Woog to be released later this week, though Woog says she herself knows nothing about it. Pachal and senior classmate Michelle Lorion were both cut from the team by … Read more
Tom Jacobs, the director of championships for the NCAA who oversaw the Division I hockey tournament, is leaving the association this month, according to The NCAA News. Jacobs will be the general manager of Badger Sports Properties, a division of Learfield Sports that produces broadcasts for the University of Wisconsin. Acting as the primary liasion … Read more