Forty-two current or future NCAA Division I players were chosen by National Hockey League teams at the league’s 1997 Entry Draft. Defenseman Ben Clymer of Minnesota was the first college player selected, as the Boston Bruins made him the first pick of the second round, 27th overall. Boston College and Notre Dame led the way … Read more
Forty-one players were named to the 1996-97 Hockey East All-Academic Honor Roll, headed up by its Top Scholar-Athlete, four Distinguished Scholars, and a league-high eight players from Merrimack. Boston University senior Shawn Ferullo earned the league’s Top Scholar-Athlete Award by compiling a grade point average of 3.91 in the school’s College of Arts and Sciences. … Read more
Brown’s two-month search for a new men’s ice hockey coach is finally over. Roger Grillo, a highly-regarded seven-year assistant at Vermont, was introduced Monday as the team’s next coach. He replaces Bob Gaudet, who left two months ago to take over the head coaching position at his alma mater, Dartmouth. “I’m excited to move from … Read more
Boston University head coach Jack Parker has turned down the offer from the Boston Bruins to be their next coach according to reports out of Boston. Parker was offered the job Wednesday by Bruins general manager Harry Sinden after meeting with team officials for an hour, and had until Monday to decide. Parker has compiled … Read more
The Second Annual Eastern Senior All-Star game provided a surplus of excitement and goals for the 3,203 college hockey fans in attendance Sunday Apr. 6 as the ECAC all-stars edged the Hockey East seniors, 10-8, in an up-and-down, run-and-gun offensive shootout at the University of Vermont’s Gutterson Fieldhouse. The ECAC team (comprised of players from … Read more
Chris Drury was named Most Valuable Player and Best Forward in New England by the New England Hockey Writers. Drury, an All-America center from Boston University and runner-up for the Hobey Baker Award, was voted as the recipient of the Leonard M. Fowle Award as New England’s Most Valuable Player and the Herb Gallagher Plaque … Read more
On Wednesday, Dartmouth College confirmed a story that first appeared on U.S. College Hockey Online by appointing current Brown head man Bob Gaudet as its nineteenth men’s ice hockey head coach. “When the search committee first came together, we had a good idea of what we were looking for in an ideal candidate,” said Dartmouth … Read more
The Ice Breaker Cup, a new season-opening college hockey tournament, debuts at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago next October. The tournament will feature four Division I teams, one from each of the four major conferences,in a single-elimination competition on Oct. 11-12, the first weekend of the NCAA college hockey season. “The Ice Breaker Cup is … Read more
To avoid conflicts with the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, and to improve the opportunity to sell tickets, the NCAA is moving the Division I men’s ice hockey championships a week later. As reported last fall on U.S. College Hockey Online, starting next year, the hockey semifinals and finals will be played one week after … Read more
Led by Hobey Baker Award winner Brendan Morrison, Michigan boasts four members on the 1996-97 Titan University Division I All-America teams, the most of any school in the nation. The University Division teams, selected by members of the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA), consist of 24 players divided into East and West, First and Second … Read more
Bob Gaudet, who was the goalie on Dartmouth’s last NCAA Tournament teams in 1979 and 1980, will leave his current position as head coach at Brown and fill the head coaching vacancy at his alma mater, according to sources close to both teams. Gaudet, 38, is expected to be formally introduced as the next coach … Read more
Randy Robitaille, sophomore center for the Miami Redskins, signed a contract with the Boston Bruins on Monday. Robitaille will play for the Bruins on Thursday night; financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. “It’s better than first-round money,” says Miami head coach Mark Mazzoleni. “This is a great situation for me, not only because … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA) has announced its list of eight finalists for the 1996-97 Spencer Penrose Memorial Award, given to the Division I Coach of the Year. None of the eight finalists, who include representatives of all four major conferences, have ever received the award before. The finalists range from veterans to first-year … Read more
University of New Hampshire coach Dick Umile has been cleared to return to the bench on Friday when the Wildcats open the NCAA East Regional Tournament. Umile suffered a heart attack in the early morning hours of Mar. 8, after his team played its opening round game in the Hockey East tournament. against UMass-Amherst. Assistant … Read more
Regular-season champion Clarkson boasts two of the six ECAC First Team All-Stars, it was announced today. One of them, ECAC scoring champion Todd White, was selected Player of the Year by league head coaches. White was also the only unanimous First Team selection this year. He is the first Clarkson player to win the scoring … Read more
Junior defenseman Mike Crowley of Minnesota was named the 1996-97 WCHA Player of the Year in balloting conducted among league coaches, media, sports information directors and team captains. Crowley, who was also named to the All-WCHA First Team for the second year, is the first defenseman honored with the Player of the Year award since … Read more
College Hockey U.S.A. named its WCHA Players’ All-Star team for the 1996-97 season this week. Each WCHA school was sent 20 ballots for players to pick the best in the league. Players are not allowed to vote for their teammates. This is the 24th year of the poll, which was formerly run by WDAZ-TV in … Read more
Returning honorees Brendan Morrison of Michigan and Andy Roach of Ferris State and top vote-getter Randy Robitaille of Miami head up the All-CCHA First Team, announced by the league March 9. The team consists of the three highest vote-getting forwards, the two highest defensemen, and the top goalie. This is the third time Morrison has … Read more
The voting is in for the ECAC All-Rookie Team. The league’s head coaches nominated no fewer than 25 players for consideration for the team; voting, conducted to determine the top six qualifiers, identified six players above the pack — four forwards, one defenseman and one goaltender. The All-Rookie Team is as follows: Player School Pos … Read more
New Hampshire head men’s hockey coach Richard Umile was taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital at approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning after suffering a heart attack at his home in Portsmouth. According to Nursing Supervisor Nancy Bruce, Umile was listed in fair condition as of 10 a.m. on Saturday. “The athletic department was shocked to hear … Read more