Bemidji State Tops CHA Preseason Poll

College Hockey America coaches have tabbed Bemidji State as the favorite in the second CHA preseason poll. Bemidji received two first place votes and 22 overall points in the balloting of the six league coaches.

Mallen Lands at UMass-Boston

Former UMass-Amherst coach Joe Mallen has been named head coach at UMass-Boston. Mallen, who coached the Beacons in the early ’80s, returns to where his collegiate head coaching career began.

ECAC TV Package Announced

The ECAC announced its Division I men’s hockey television package today. The package delivers seven regular-season and four postseason games and features all 12 teams in the ECAC. The package will once again appear on NESN with Empire also picking up coverage. The premiere of the telecast will be the rematch of last season’s ECAC … Read more

Saints Favored In ECAC Polls

Frozen Four participant St. Lawrence was chosen as the preseason favorite in both the ECAC coaches and media polls, released Monday. In the annual polling of the 12 head coaches in the ECAC, the Saints garnered nine first-place votes and a total of 117 points after a season in which they captured both the regular-season … Read more

ECAC Coaches Tab Dartmouth

The Big Green of Dartmouth, the ECAC runner-up and AWCHA Women’s Championship participant last season, gathered nine of the 12 first-place votes in the ECAC Division I Women’s Coaches Poll. The Big Green lost four times to ECAC champion Brown last season, including the ECAC championship game, and finished third in the AWCHA National Championship. … Read more

Mariucci to Host Women’s Frozen Four

The NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected Mariucci Arena, home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, as the site for the 2001 Women’s Frozen Four. The inaugural event will be held March 23 and 25.

Vermont, LaTulippe Reach Out-of-Court Settlement

The University of Vermont has settled out of court its lawsuit with former walk-on goalie Corey LaTulippe, and will pay him $80,000. UVM athletic director Rick Farnham, assistant athletic director Jeffrey Schulman and head men’s hockey coach Mike Gilligan had been named in the lawsuit. LaTulippe settled separately with former team captains Matt Sanders and … Read more

WCHA Final Five ‘Heading Home’ To St. Paul

The league announced on Tuesday plans to play its postseason tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., for the next three years. The Center is being built on the site of the former St. Paul Civic Center, which hosted the tournament in its infancy.

Walsh Home Again After Cancer Treatment

Maine coach Shawn Walsh, who was diagnosed with kidney cancer in June, has gone back to work following the first of two 20-day treatment cycles at the Johnson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA.

Caufield returns to Stevens Point as Assistant

Paul Caufield, who resigned his head coaching job at Marian last season in the wake of a hazing incident, has returned to his alma mater, Wis.-Stevens Point, to become an assistant coach. Caufield is the all-time scoring leader at Stevens Point with 254 points. He also holds Pointer career records with 126 goals, 19 game-winning … Read more

Superior’s Nelson Steps Down

Wisconsin-Superior athletic director and men’s hockey coach, Steve Nelson, announced his resignation from both positions today. Nelson has accepted a position as commissioner of the America West Hockey League, a junior league based in Montana.

MAAC Teams Forced to Drop Games Against Findlay

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, about to enter its third season of play this fall, has stirred the Division I hockey pot by forcing its members to drop all games against Findlay, an “emerging” Division I program from College Hockey America, from all non-conference schedules.

Comrie Leaves Michigan for Major Juniors

Michigan forward Mike Comrie, a Hobey Baker Award finalist and the team’s leading scorer last season, will not return for his final two seasons as a Wolverine, according to the University of Michigan Athletic Department.