The NEHC women’s division has announced the recipients of the league’s major award winners and all-conference and all-rookie Teams as selected by the league’s ten head coaches. Eliza Beaudin of Elmira has been named NEHC Player of the Year after posting 24 points (eight goals, 16 assists) in league play. The senior forward is a … Read more
The NEHC has announced the recipients of the league’s major award winners and all-conference and all-rookie teams as selected by the league’s 10 head coaches. Ryan Black has been named NEHC Player of the Year after posting 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points to pace Babson. He also registered a plus-18 plus/minus rating … Read more
The U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team earned the silver medal at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games after a 3-2 loss to Canada in the gold medal game today at the Wukesong Sports Center in Beijing. “It’s disappointing,” said Team USA coach Joel Johnson (St. Thomas) in a statement. “We weren’t able to score in the … Read more
The New England Hockey Conference has officially renamed their postseason championship cups the Mariano Cup in honor of longtime Norwich director of athletics Tony Mariano. The league’s athletic directors voted unanimously to honor Mariano in the naming of the trophies. Mariano has been the director of athletics at Norwich for 30 years and has served … Read more
Utica College is now Utica University after the New York State Board of Regents approved the college’s petition to be recognized as a university. College president Laura Casamento sent a message to students and staff about the change Wednesday with the official announcement being made on campus Thursday morning. Casamento says this is an indication … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation announced Wednesday that its 2022 “Legend of College Hockey” recipient is Gino Gasparini from North Dakota. Gasparini, who coached at his alma mater from 1978 to 1994, led North Dakota to three national championships in the 1980s (1980, 1982, 1987) along with a runner-up finish in 1979 and a … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced Wednesday the five finalists for the 2022 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins and Andrew Walker, junior forwards, UMass Boston The duo that dubbed itself the “Men in Blades” is a repeat finalist for the Hockey Humanitarian Award … Read more
The United States is out of the men’s hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Strauss Mann (Michigan) stopped 34 shots in goal, and Nick Abruzzese (Harvard) and Sam Hentges (St. Cloud State) each scored for Team USA, but Slovakia got the lone goal of the shootout to gain a 3-2 victory Wednesday … Read more
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Tuesday that 30 players are semifinalists for the 21st Joe Concannon Award, presented annually to the best American-born men’s NCAA Division II/Division III hockey player in New England. The award was established in 2001 shortly after the passing of the longtime writer for The Boston Globe, who had … Read more
Minnesota State did not play this past weekend, but the Mavericks still picked up 40 first-place votes to remain atop the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Michigan is up two to No. 2 with eight first-place votes, Denver remains No. 3 with the last two first-place votes, Quinnipiac drops two spots to No. 4, and … Read more
The Big Ten announced Monday that Minnesota senior defenseman Ben Brinkman has been suspended for one game as a result of an incident that occurred in a game against Ohio State on February 12, 2022. The action was taken by the conference after a review of a slew-footing incident that occurred near the 19:33 mark … Read more
The U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team defeated Finland 4-1 Monday at the Wukesong Sports Center to advance to the gold medal game of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Team USA will play Canada for the championship on Thursday, Feb. 17 at 12:10 p.m. local time (11:10 p.m. Eastern time, Wednesday) with the game broadcast on … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 7 fared in games over the weekend of Feb. 11-13. No. 1 Minnesota State (27-5-0) Did not play. No. 2 Quinnipiac (25-3-3) 02/08/2022 – Brown 1 at No. 2 Quinnipiac 4 02/11/2022 – No. 2 Quinnipiac … Read more
Behind 24 saves from Drew Commesso (Boston University) and goals from Steven Kampfer (Michigan), Matt Knies (Minnesota), and Nathan Smith (Minnesota State), the United States beat Germany 3-2 Sunday to close out preliminary round play in the 2022 Winter Olympics and earn the top seed in the tournament headed into the playoff round. The U.S. … Read more
A pair of college hockey suspensions were announced Saturday afternoon. Hockey East announced that Maine senior forward Jack Quinlivan has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 19:52 of the second period on Friday, February 11 at Massachusetts. No penalty was called on the play. Quinlivan will miss the game on Feb. … Read more
Strauss Mann (Michigan) made 35 saves and captain Andy Miele (Miami) had a goal and an assist as the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team skated to a 4-2 victory over Canada Saturday in preliminary round play of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. With the victory, Team USA moves atop the Group A standings with six … Read more
The U.S. women’s hockey team defeated the Czech Republic 4-1 to advance to the semifinals of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games Friday at the Wukesong Sports Center. Team USA outshot the Czech Republic 59-6, including 18-0 in the first period, which marks the first time that Team USA has held an opponent to zero shots … Read more
Sean Farrell (Harvard) recorded five points, including three goals, and Drew Commesso (Boston University) recorded a 29-save shutout to lead the United States to an 8-0 win over China Thursday in the opening game of the preliminary round for both teams at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. “It was a good start for … Read more
One year after having his season taken away because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Bates is making up for lost time. He is the nation’s leading goal scorer (24) and tops the country in assists as well, racking up 24, and the senior standout has played an instrumental role in propelling St. Norbert into the … Read more
Former Miami forward Andy Miele has been named captain of the 2022 U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team, with defensemen Steven Kampfer (Michigan) and Aaron Ness (Minnesota) and forward Noah Cates (Minnesota Duluth) tabbed as alternate captains. “We have a great leadership group with Andy, Aaron, Steven and Noah,” said Team USA coach David Quinn in … Read more