In a series of coaching moves, Northeastern University extended the contract of head coach Bruce Crowder through the 2002-2003 season, promoted Paul Cannata to primary assistant and recruiting coordinator and hired Jamie Rice as an assistant. Crowder earned Hockey East Coach of the Year honors in 1993-94 and 1995-96, leading UMass-Lowell to second-place finishes in … Read more
The Michigan Wolverines will be short another defender for at least part of the 1999-2000 season after rookie Matt Bannon was declared academically ineligible by the NCAA. The ruling came one day after junior-to-be Mike Van Ryn announced his plans to leave Michigan for the Canadian national team. The Wolverines also lost blueliner Scott Crawford, … Read more
Michigan defenseman Mike Van Ryn announced Tuesday that he will forego his final two years of collegiate eligibility to join the Canadian national team this fall. “I am disappointed in his decision,” said head coach Red Berenson, “but hope he does well in his hockey future. I am also disappointed academically, since he will not … Read more
Bowling Green coach Buddy Powers announced Tuesday that Eric Hoffberg, former head coach at RIT, has accepted an assistant coaching position with the Falcon hockey program. Hoffberg’s move reunites him with Powers, under whom he served as an assistant coach when Powers was head man at RIT. Ironically, Hoffberg replaces Wayne Wilson, who left to … Read more
Following a freshman season in which he was named to the WCHA’s all-rookie team, Wisconsin defenseman Dave Tanabe has opted to sign with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, the school announced. In doing so, Tanabe becomes the first true freshman to leave the Wisconsin program and the second to leave after one year of play. The … Read more
Merrimack College has announced a three-phase, $7 million renovation of its S. Peter Volpe Physical Education Center, originally constructed in 1972. The project, slated for completion in late 2001, includes a major overhaul of the rink portion of the facility. Describing the renovation as part of a $40 million expenditure to improve and construct buildings … Read more
Rensselaer head coach Dan Fridgen has signed a three-year contract extension which will keep him at his current post through the 2002-03 season, athletic director Bob Ducatte announced Tuesday. “Dan has done an outstanding job during his five years as our head coach,” Ducatte said. “His coaching style, personality and recruiting experience fits in well … Read more
Junior forward Alex Kim and freshman netminder David Bowen will take a year off from hockey with the Miami RedHawks, assistant coach Dave Smith announced. Fullerton, Calif., native Kim, a former CCHA all-rookie honorable mention and the team’s fourth-leading scorer a year ago with 11-9–20, cited personal reasons for his absence, after which a decision … Read more
Denver assistant coach Enrico Blasi will return to his alma mater as the fifth head coach of the Miami RedHawks. Blasi is a 1994 graduate of Miami, where he was a two-time captain. As a junior, the former center (55-68-123) captained the team to its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance. After his career at Miami, he … Read more
If there’s a glow coming from Grand Forks, N.D., it’s probably from the smiles of everyone connected to the University of North Dakota and its hockey team as the university released plans for the new Ralph Engelstad arena, an 11,406-seat complex scheduled to be completed for the 2002-03 season. The arena will replace the current … Read more
Providence College assistant vice president for athletics John Marinatto has announced the appointment of Bob Deraney as head coach for the women’s ice hockey team. Deraney replaces Tom Sheehan, who had served as interim coach since January. Deraney, a 1987 graduate of Boston University, played hockey for four seasons at BU, helping the Terriers capture … Read more
Marlin Muylaert will leave a successful program at the University of Guelph to assume the head coaching position at the Wisconsin-Eau Claire, director of athletics Marilyn Skrivseth announced. Skrivseth said the university is “exceptionally fortunate to attract a person of Marlin’s calibre to join our staff.” Muylaert takes over for Ian Perrin, who resigned after … Read more
Harvard University athletic director Bill Cleary named Miami head coach Mark Mazzoleni as the new head man of the Crimson on Sunday. Mazzoleni will be formally introduced in a press conference on Wednesday. Mazzoleni will take over a Harvard program that has not had a winning season since 1993-94 — the year of Harvard’s last … Read more
Yale head coach Tim Taylor announced today that he will remain in New Haven and has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head coaching vacancy at Harvard. Taylor, who has led Yale for 21 of the last 23 years, was captain of Harvard’s ECAC Championship team in 1963 as a senior. He spent seven … Read more
Six Lake Superior State players have received two-game suspensions as a result of participation in a hockey tournament in Ontario last April, according to LSSU athletic director Bill Crawford. In addition, the four seniors, one junior, and one sophomore were each docked an equal percentage of scholarship money. “They didn’t take any money or compensation,” … Read more
Iowa State, which defeated Penn State for the ACHA collegiate club-level championship in March, has been stripped of its title by the organization’s sanctioning body for using an ineligible player. Considered a strong candidate for an eventual upgrade to the NCAA Division I level, ISU received two years of probation, leaving its future cloudy. The … Read more
St. Lawrence head coach Joe Marsh announced today that he has withdrawn his name as a candidate for the position of head coach at Harvard University. Joe Marsh is staying in Canton. Last week, published reports indicated that Marsh was the leading candidate of three finalists, a list that included Yale head coach Tim Taylor … Read more
According to a Harvard spokesperson, an announcement on the school’s men’s ice hockey head coaching vacancy will come “most likely the middle of next week.” But Jamie Weir of the Harvard sports information office refused to confirm or deny published reports that have named Joe Marsh, Mark Mazzoleni and Tim Taylor as the leading candidates … Read more
Top Scholar Sean MacDonald of Northeastern leads this year’s Hockey East All-Academic team, composed of 48 student-athletes from the conference’s nine institutions. MacDonald posted a 3.92 GPA during the two semesters he was in school while playing hockey. It was the second consecutive year in which he received the honor. Graduating seniors Mark Kane (Providence), … Read more
A number of prominant members of the hockey community have formed committee with the sole purpose of promoting college hockey to current non-varsity college hockey programs. Committee members will make themselves available to all colleges and universities to provide testimony as to the benefits of developing a varsity program. Some members of the committee include … Read more