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Change Brewing in Women’s Hockey

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Women’s hockey is about to get a major facelift, thanks to the announcement that the ECAC, at both the Division I and III level, will split and form two leagues for each division beginning in 2001-02.

Merrimack Rink Work Delayed, but Still on Track

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Merrimack‘s Volpe Center renovation, though slightly behind schedule and expected to cost more than initial estimates, is still on track, according to school officials. The three phase project, originally announced in August, 1999, was slated to enter phase two this past summer, but construction elsewhere on campus and changes in plans forced the work to … Read more

Wisconsin Not Hit Hard in Shoe Scandal

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Wisconsin’s hockey team can say something its football and men’s and women’s basketball teams can’t — it came away from an athletics department scandal largely unscathed. Unlike the three other high-profile teams at the school, the hockey team was not hit with any suspensions stemming from athletes accepting unadvertised discounts at a Madison-area shoe store. … Read more

Boston College Edges Field in Hockey East Preseason Poll

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Last season’s NCAA tournament runner-up, Boston College, has been tabbed by Hockey East coaches as the preseason favorite to capture the league’s regular season championship. The voting was one of the closest in league history, with four teams receiving first-place votes from the coaches.

Poll: NCAA Champion Sioux Top Pick In WCHA

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The defending NCAA champion North Dakota Fighting Sioux have been tabbed by the coaches of the WCHA as the conference’s preseason favorite. The Fighting Sioux received six first place votes and a total of 77 points in the annual polling.

Bemidji State Tops CHA Preseason Poll

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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