Maria Rooth is a finalist for the third time, as the top 10 candidates for The 2002 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award — women’s college hockey’s most prestigious individual honor — were announced today by the USA Hockey Foundation.
T.J. Caig, a Minnesota-Duluth freshman, has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA for this season because he played in a Canadian Tier I (major junior) exhibition game. Caig, who hasn’t played while awaiting word on his NCAA fate, must sit out a year, and will lose one year and one game of eligibility. He will … Read more
Fans holding tickets to the NCAA Division I men’s East Regional in March may want to double check the game times. Because of a printing error, an unspecified number of fans received tickets printed with the wrong start times. The incorrect tickets say the games start at 5 and 8:30 p.m. The correct start times … Read more
Michigan State head coach Ron Mason addressed the media on Monday, to discuss his decision to resign after the season to accept the job as the school’s athletic director. Mason is college hockey’s all-time winningest coach.
Plattsburgh State defenseman Mark Cole faces felony assault and breaking and entering charges after allegedly attacking teammate Jeff Hopkins in his apartment bedroom early Sunday morning.
Ron Mason, college hockey’s all-time winningest coach, will step down after 23 years behind the bench at Michigan State to become the school’s 16th athletic director.
The NCAA says it will televise all eight Division I tournament regional games once again this season, after not doing so last year because of budgetary reasons. The West Regional is scheduled for March 22-23 in Ann Arbor, Mich., with game times of 4 and 7:30 p.m. ET. The East Regional will be in Worcester, … Read more
Four players from varied backgrounds have been named finalists for the 2002 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented anually to the player who exhibits a strong commitment to their communities, their teams, and their studies. This year’s finalists are Daniel Casella, Dartmouth senior; Thomas Conti, a three-year captain at Division III Lawrence; Rocky Reeves, a four-year captain … Read more
Four U.S. college players cracked the top 11 in the Central Scouting service’s mid-term rankings of skaters, just released. They are Ryan Whitney of Boston University (4th), Jim Slater of Michigan State (7th), Rob Globke of Notre Dame (8th) and Michigan’s Eric Nystrom (11th). The rankings — released twice each year — are broken down … Read more
Only four teams in the league have scored fewer goals than the Providence Bruins, and all of them are in last place. The Bruins have a winning record because of their defense. Problem is, Saturday night, they were playing a team with the best defense in the league. That left little margin for error. When … Read more
Wisconsin coach Jeff Sauer made it official on Wednesday: After 20 years at the helm, and 31 as a college head coach, he will step down at the end of this season to take an administrative position at the university.
After 20 years at Wisconsin and over 600 career wins, Badgers coach Jeff Sauer, a winner of two national championships, is set to resign.
The U.S. finished in fifth place at the 2002 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship after earning a 3-2 overtime win against Sweden. Yale’s Chris Higgins scored the game-winning goal just over six minutes into the overtime period when he and Kris Vernarsky went on a two-on-one breakaway. Vernarsky dished the puck to … Read more
Former Connecticut hockey coach John Chapman died Wednesday at his home in Venice, Fla., at age 76. Chapman was a 1950 graduate of Dartmouth, where he lettered in football, hockey and lacrosse. The native of Marblehead, Mass., coached tennis and hockey at Rhode Island from 1950-55. He earned a master’s degree from Columbia in 1956, … Read more
The following college players or recruits were chosen in the National Hockey League’s free agent entry draft on June 26, 1999: (R) = Recruit expected to enroll at that school Round One Pick NHL Team Name, Pos School (Conference) 14 San Jose Sharks Jeff Jillson, D Michigan (CCHA) 16 Carolina Hurricanes David Tanabe, D Wisconsin … Read more
The United States finished round-robin play in the World Junior Championships with a 4-4 tie against Slovakia on Sunday, and now prepares for a quarterfinal match with Russia on Tuesday. Team USA finished with a 2-0-2 record, tied for best in Group ‘A’ with Slovakia and Sweden. Slovakia won the tiebreaker with the U.S. for … Read more
Wisconsin senior forward Matt Doman was suspended for one game, a penalty imposed on Friday by the WCHA for kneeing North Dakota’s David Lundbohm on Dec. 7. Doman, who received a two-minute penalty on the play, will be forced to sit out the Badgers’ opening game at the Bank One Badger Hockey Showdown next week … Read more
Nizwantowski UMass-Amherst coach Don Cahoon has decided to remove junior forward Brad Nizwantowski from the hockey program following action taken today by the school. The specific action taken against Nizwantowski is protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. According to a story in today’s Daily Hampshire Gazette, Nizwantowski was arraigned Monday in local … Read more
College hockey’s top individual prize, the Hobey Baker Award, is now accepting nominations in the first phase of naming the Hobey winner. From now until Jan. 6, hockey fans may nominate Division I men’s college hockey players. The Vote For Hobey process offers college hockey fans the unique opportunity to actually participate in the selection … Read more
Fairfield will play its final two home games this season at the newly-built Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. The arena is the current home of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League. The games will be played on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, March 2 against Quinnipiac and Holy Cross, respectively. … Read more