Northern Michigan and league newcomer Nebraska-Omaha each placed two players on the 1999-2000 Bauer/CCHA All-Rookie team, as announced by the league Monday. The team, selected by a vote of the conference’s coaches, is led by Michigan State goaltender Ryan Miller, who topped all CCHA netminders in save percentage and goals-against average, setting or tying league … Read more
The NCAA Division III selection committee has announced the teams and bracket for the 2000 men’s hockey championship tournament. ECAC East champion Norwich University, ranked No. 1 in the U.S. College Hockey Division III poll, received the number-one seed in the East, and will host fourth-seeded RIT, the ECAC West champion. Five-time defending national champion … Read more
The NCAA Division III selection committee has announced the teams and bracket for the 2000 men’s hockey championship tournament. ECAC East champion Norwich University, ranked #1 in the U.S. College Hockey Division III poll, received the number one seed in the east, and will host fourth-seeded RIT, the ECAC West champion. Five time defending national … Read more
Larry Moore, men’s hockey coach at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., for the past three seasons, announced Monday that he is retiring from coaching to enter private business in Minneapolis. Moore, a 1976 graduate of Gustavus, compiled a record of 33-39-5 in his three seasons directing the program. Prior to serving as head … Read more
The Executive Committee of Hockey East issued an additional one-game suspension to Boston University coach Jack Parker on Wednesday for his failure to fully comply with a previous suspension issued last weekend. Parker Parker had been issued the original suspension by Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna on Saturday, February 19, in part for his decision … Read more
At a press conference Tuesday at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Bulldog head hockey coach Mike Sertich resigned effective at the end of the 1999-2000 season. Sertich, who will continue to coach the team until then, has been the Bulldogs’ head man for 18 years and is one of only two individuals to be named Western … Read more
It might not be long before the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament expands to 16 teams. The NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet gave preliminary approval for expansion of the hockey bracket from its current 12 teams to 16 teams. The proposal still needs approval from the NCAA Management Council and Board of Directors, which may … Read more
The final Division I AWCHA national championship tournament will take place in Boston March 24 and 25, USA Hockey announced on Feb. 11. Northeastern University will host the tournament at Matthews Arena, Boston’s oldest hockey rink. The Division I semifinals will be March 24 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., while the championship game will … Read more
Don Brose has seen a lot at Minnesota State, Mankato. Over 35 years with the school, including 30 as the hockey team’s head coach, he’s been a part of a national championship, the building of an arena, the ascent to Division I, a name change at the school and entry into the WCHA. On Monday, … Read more
Five players exhibiting strong commitment to their communities, their teams, and their studies have been named finalists for the 2000 Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen. The group includes four men — one a returning finalist from last year — and one woman: Craig Brown, a three-year letterman and assistant captain of … Read more
Paul Caufield, head coach at Marian College in Fond du Lac, Wis., resigned Friday in the wake of an apparent hazing incident. Marian College President Richard Ridenour appeared at a news conference to discuss the incident, but provided no details, according to Green Bay, Wis., ABC-TV affiliate WBAY, except to say that no physical danger … Read more
Charges of severe hazing among the University of Vermont’s hockey team, raised in a lawsuit by former student Corey Latulippe against the school, were supported in a 20-page report released Thursday by the Vermont Office of the Attorney General. Latulippe, a walk-on men’s ice hockey candidate, filed charges after being cut from the team and … Read more
The proposed overhaul of NCAA eligibility standards takes another step toward fruition this month when the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet meets to tweak the proposal that will eventually go to the school presidents. That final vote is currently scheduled for April. While the national media continues to virtually ignore the issue, it has become a hot-button topic … Read more
First-year varsity program Wayne State will apparently forfeit six wins and a tie due to its use of an ineligible player, freshman winger David Peca, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday. Peca, the younger brother of Buffalo Sabres captain Michael Peca, enrolled at WSU and joined the nascent hockey team without notifying school officials that … Read more
Rich Ensor, commissioner of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, announced Monday that Army will become the 11th member of the MAAC Hockey League, effective with the 2000-2001 season. “I’m delighted to be here today to share the exciting news,” said Rick Greenspan, athletic director at Army. “Our joining of the league is a result of … Read more
A true in-state rivalry is inching closer to reality for Yale and Quinnipiac. After much speculation, the two schools are actively discussing the possibility of facing off for the first time on February 20 at Yale’s Ingalls Rink in New Haven, Conn. “[Discussions] sort of kicked in starting on Wednesday and Thursday,” said Quinnipiac athletic … Read more
ECAC Commissioner Phil Buttafuoco and Assistant Commissioner Steve Hagwell held a conference call with all 12 ECAC athletic directors Monday morning to discuss the implications of Vermont’s announcement to cancel the rest of its 1999-2000 season. Some decisions were reached as to how the University’s announcement affects the ECAC, as follows: The 15 canceled games … Read more
Many of the questions now being posed regarding Vermont’s cancellation of the remainder of its regular season will be answered on Monday morning. ECAC Commissioner Phil Buttafuoco has set that as the time for a conference call with the athletic directors of the ECAC to decide what will be in store for the 11 other … Read more
The University of Vermont has canceled the remainder of its men’s hockey season Friday after learning that players lied during an investigation into a hazing scandal. “We have received indications that a number of players were not completely truthful during our investigation of hazing allegations,” university president Judith Ramaley said at a hastily-called news conference … Read more
The MAAC announced Wednesday that Bentley has suspended senior captain Ryan Soderquist an additional three games for an abuse-of-officials penalty received during the Falcons’ Jan. 8 contest at Fairfield. Soderquist, Bentley’s all-time leading scorer, had already received the automatic one-game suspension as a consequence of the game disqualification he was assessed. He will miss a … Read more