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Comley Named New MSU Coach

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Rick Comley jumps from Northern Michigan, where he spent 26 years, to Michigan State, where he takes over for long-time colleague and friend, Ron Mason.

Whitney Claims 2002 Kazmaier Award

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Northeastern’s Brooke Whitney won the 2002 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, given annually to the outstanding women’s hockey player at the University level.

UMD’s Rooth Leads Women’s All-Americans

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Minnesota-Duluth’s Maria Rooth leads the 2001-02 crop of women’s All-Americans, which includes four repeat selections from last year and sees six different squads represented on the First Team. Rooth, a junior forward from Angelholm, Sweden, is the only repeat First-Teamer from a year ago. She is joined on the First Team by forward Brooke Whitney … Read more

Bourget Resigns as Wisconsin Women’s Coach

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Trina Bourget, head coach for Wisconsin, has announced her resignation. Bourget has been on medical leave since Jan. 2. In her absence, assistant coach Tracey Cornell and Dan Koch have directed the Badgers. Cornell and Koch will continue with that role until a new coach is named. “We greatly appreciate Trina’s time as our women’s … Read more

Wisconsin’s Choice: Eaves

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Wisconsin will turn to alumnus Mike Eaves to succeed Jeff Sauer as its head coach. Eaves joins the Badgers after a stint as head coach of USA Hockey’s National Development Program.

Fahey Takes Gridiron Club Honor

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Northeastern’s Jim Fahey was named winner of the 50th annual Walter Brown Award by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston. The award is given annually to New England’s top American-born Division I athlete. Bowdoin senior Mike Carosi is the winner of the second annual Joe Concannon Award, given to the top American-born Division II or … Read more

The Day After … Reaction to the NCAA Pairings

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For the first time since the inception of the 12-team bracket in 1988, the Division I NCAA tournament has a strict regionalized arrangement. Years ago, college hockey put in a series of bracketing rules in order to get away from regionalization, mandating, for example, that the bottom two seeds in each region should flip-flop with … Read more

Miller Repeat POTY, Mason Honored By CCHA

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The CCHA honored its league award winners at the 2002 CCHA Awards presentation Thursday night in Detroit’s historic Fox Theatre. For the second straight year, Michigan State goaltender Ryan Miller was named the league’s Player of the Year. Alaska-Fairbanks head coach Guy Gadowsky is the 2001-02 Coach of the Year, and Western Michigan’s Pat Dwyer … Read more

Hobey Baker Finalists Named

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Defending winner Ryan Miller leads the list of 2002 Hobey Baker Memorial Award finalists, announced today. Each year, the top college hockey player in the U.S. is presented the Hobey Baker Award. The finalists are determined by a ballot of all 60 Division I college hockey coaches and by a fan vote. The award winner … Read more

UNH Sweeps Top HEA Awards

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For the second time in four years, New Hampshire has won all three of the highest individual Hockey East honors. Dick Umile was chosen Coach of the Year, Darren Haydar Player of the Year and Sean Collins Rookie of the Year. The Wildcats also led all teams with four members selected to the All-Hockey East … Read more

Hartigan Gets Nod As WCHA’s Top Player

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Mark Hartigan admitted he was a little nervous when addressing the audience after receiving the WCHA’s player of the year award. At least now he knows how his opponents feel. SCSU’s Mark Hartigan earned WCHA POTY honors. Hartigan, a St. Cloud State junior who leads the nation in scoring, was named the league’s top player … Read more

Cornell Big Winner At ECAC Awards; RPI’s Cavosie POTY

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The ECAC’s year-end awards were handed out Thursday morning at the annual ECAC brunch, with Cleary Cup champion Cornell leading the way. The Big Red captured four of the individual awards and placed four players on the first two ECAC All-Star squads. Mike Schafer receives the COTY Award from ECAC Associate Commissioner Steve Hagwell Mike … Read more

USA Hockey Fishman Internship Returns For Fourth Year

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USA Hockey today announced it is accepting applications for the fourth annual Brian Fishman Internship, to be awarded to an outstanding college graduate who is pursuing a career in athletic media relations. The internship is named in honor of the late Brian Fishman, who served as the Manager, Communications and Marketing for the USA Hockey … Read more

College Division All-Americans Named

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Middlebury, RIT and St. Norbert each placed two players on the first team of the Jofa/ACHA College Division All-Americans announced today. There were only three repeat winners. RIT’s Jerry Galway was named to the first team for the third time, while Adam Kragthorpe from Wisconsin-River Falls is on the first team for the second straight … Read more

College Division Coach of the Year Finalists Named

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Finalists were named today for the Edward Jeremiah award, given by the American Hockey Coaches Association to the College Division (Division II or III) coach of the year. Criteria for being named a finalist are to win the coach of the year award in your conference, and/or to coach a team to the Division III … Read more

Kazmaier Finalists Announced

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The USA Hockey Foundation announced the three finalists for The 2002 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented by ChevronTexaco. The finalists are: Ronda Curtin (Roseville, Minn.), Jr., Minnesota Carly Haggard (Port Alberni, B.C.), Jr., Dartmouth Brooke Whitney (Snohomish, Wash.), Sr., Northeastern The announcement was made by USA Hockey Foundation President Walter L. Bush, Jr. and the … Read more