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
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 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Holy Cross cleaned up in the awards, as senior captain Patrick Rissmiller, the MAAC’s regular-season leading scorer was named Offensive Player of the Year and head coach Paul Pearl was named Coach of the Year.
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
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
Junior goaltender David Guerrera was selected CHA Player of the Year in a vote of league coaches.
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
Bowling Green has fired eight-year head coach Buddy Powers, following a 9-25-6 record this season and an 11th-place finish in the CCHA.
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
The expansion of the NCAA tournament was on everyone’s mind Monday, even though it wouldn’t take effect until next year’s event in Buffalo. Men’s hockey is farther along with the NCAA than it’s ever been in the four years of attempting to expand the national tournament. And a vote from the NCAA’s Management Council is … Read more
With the deadline for applications just past, two names have emerged as leading candidates for the soon-to-be-vacant Wisconsin head coaching position. According to the Capital Times, former Badgers Mike Eaves and Don Granato are on a short list of candidates, though neither has been formally interviewed. Current assistants Mark Johnson and Pat Ford are also … Read more
The Ivy League has recognized five Brown players on the 2001-02 All-Ivy League Team, while senior Kristy Zamora wasnamed the Ivy League Co-Player of the Year. Zamora, Cassie Turner and Katie Germain were each named to the First Team. Jessica Link earned second team honors, while senior Meredith Ostrander was named an Honorable Mention. Zamora … Read more