National Champs Picked as Preseason Women’s No. 1
Minnesota-Duluth, last year’s national champion, finished first in pre-season balloting for the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll.
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Wayne State Picked To Repeat In CHA
With everyone excited about the prospects of a new season and a chance for an automatic berth in the NCAA tournament, the coaches of College Hockey America have selected Wayne State as the preseason favorite to win the conference. Wayne State, which enters the 2002-03 season with the nation’s longest unbeaten streak at 12 games, … Read more
Sasner Headed to MIT
Julie Sasner, most recently the coach at Wisconsin, will soon be named head coach at MIT, USCHO has learned.
Yale has Oct. 10 Deadline for New Women’s FF Bid
Yale and the ECAC would still like to host the 2004 Women’s Frozen Four, but now must find another practical venue that’s also up to NCAA standards. The NCAA has given them until Oct. 10 to report back.
ECAC Women Coaches Select Harvard
The Crimson of Harvard were picked by six of the ECAC head coaches as the best team in the preseason poll. The Crimson return nine forwards, all six defensemen, and two goaltenders, and also add Olympian Julie Chu to their lineup. The Dartmouth Big Green got two first place votes and were picked second in … Read more
ECAC Preseason Polls Pick Cornell
Cornell, the defending regular season champion, and Harvard, the defending ECAC tournament champion, finished 1-2 in both the preseason coach’s and media polls. In the coach’s poll, the Big Red edged out the Crimson by one point, garnering seven of the 12 first place votes and a total of 116 points. The Crimson received the … Read more
Woog, Fusco Brothers Enter U.S. Hall
Former Minnesota coach Doug Woog, former Hobey Baker Award winners Mark and Scott Fusco, Joe Riley have been inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, located in Eveleth, Minn. The formal induction ceremony will take place Wednesday, Dec. 4. In his 14-year coaching career with the Golden Gophers, Woog guided Minnesota to an … Read more
Cole Named Fishman Intern
Seth Cole has been named the recipient of the fourth annual Brian Fishman Internship, given each year to an outstanding college graduate who is pursuing a career in athletic media relations by USA Hockey. Named in honor of the late Brian Fishman, who served as the Manager, Communications and Marketing for the USA Hockey National … Read more
ECAC Coaches Conduct Web Chats
As part of the ECAC Hockey Media Day Monday, Sept. 23 at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, the ECAC will conduct live Web chats with two men’s and two women’s head coaches from 10-11 a.m. on hockey.ecac.org. A link to the chat will be available Monday morning so that fans and interested individuals can discuss … Read more
2004 Women’s Frozen Four Still in Limbo
The fate of the 2004 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four, scheduled for April 9-11 in New Haven, Conn., remains in limbo, three weeks after the original site closed its doors.
Notre Dame Moves Home Game to Chicago
Notre Dame has moved the second game of a two-game weekend series with Yale to Allstate Arena in suburban Chicago. The game, to be played Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7:05 (CT), will be the Irish’s first game in Chicago since 1995-96. The game scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17 between Notre Dame and Yale will remain … Read more
Mercyhurst Picked to Repeat in MAAC
Though it may be another year for the MAAC, the coaches of the league see little different from the past and have select 2001 and 2002 regular-season champion Mercyhurst as the preseason favorite, according to a poll released today at the league’s media day. Receiving four of 11 first-place votes, Mercyhurst tops the poll that … Read more
Michigan Picked First in Preseason CCHA Poll
Michigan, the reigning regular-season and conference tournament champions, received top billing from both the coaches and media, it was announced at the 2002-03 CCHA Media Day.
UNH’s Stafford Ineligible For Fall Semester
New Hampshire senior defenseman and assistant captain Garrett Stafford has been ruled academically ineligible to play during the fall semester of the 2002-03 season by the school. Garrett Stafford will miss the first half of UNH’s season for academic reasons. Stafford is considered one of the top returning defensemen in Division I and was named … Read more
New Quinnipiac Program Aids ex-Players
Is there life after hockey? Now, it appears, there is hope for a meaningful second career for the aged professional player. Quinnipiac University is joining with the National Hockey League to help retiring players pursue education and careers, the NHL announced Thursday. The Life After Hockey Program was launched during a news conference at the … Read more
Aquino Leaves Merrimack for Dallas Stars Camp
Merrimack senior captain Anthony Aquino has decided not to return to the Hockey East school this season. Instead, he will attend the training camp of the Dallas Stars, who drafted him in the third round in 2001. Aquino will attend the camp without a contract and look to either make the club or play with … Read more
Kirnan Takes Over as Coach of Manhattanville Women
Manhattanville has named assistant coach Nicole Kirnan to take over its Division III women’s program. Kirnan replaces Rick Seeley, who left to start Clarkson’s new Division I women’s program. “I am very enthusiastic to have Nicole coach our women’s ice hockey team,” said school president Richard Berman. “Her experience as both a player and coach … Read more
Seeley Named to Guide Clarkson Women
Rick Seeley has been named as the head coach to usher in women’s hockey as a varsity athletic program at Clarkson. Seeley, who has served as the head coach at Division III Manhattanville the previous three years, will lead the Golden Knights into Division I competition beginning with the start of the 2003-04 season. The … Read more
Clarkson to Introduce Division I Women’s Program
Clarkson is expected to announce at a Thursday news conference that it will be introducing a Division I women’s program to begin play for the 2003-2004 season, USCHO has learned.
Wisconsin’s Boeser Fighting Lymphoma
Wisconsin defenseman Dan Boeser is fighting a form of cancer, but he hopes to be ready for the Badgers’ Oct. 11 season opener.