Longtime Penn State coach and administrator Joe Battista has been named the recipient of the American Hockey Coaches Association’s Lou Lamoriello Award for 2014. The award — named in honor of the former Providence player, coach and athletic director (and current New Jersey Devils president and general manager) — will be presented during this year’s Frozen … Read more
Mike Ayers, former goaltending coach at USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program and goalie at New Hampshire from 2000-2004, has been named the new assistant coach at Boston College. Ayers replaces former associate head coach Mike Cavanaugh, who left BC for the head coaching job at Connecticut. Ayers coached with the NTDP from 2011-13 and … Read more
Oswego forward Paul Rodrigues has been named the winner of the Sid Watson Award as the nation’s top Division III player, while Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Matt Loen is the Edward Jeremiah Award recipient as the D-III coach of the year. Rodrigues led the nation in scoring for most of the season and enters this weekend with … Read more
Plattsburgh has both the Division III women’s player of the year and coach of the year as senior forward Teal Gove has been named top player and Kevin Houle top coach. Gove won the Laura Hurd Award after scoring 27 goals and 21 assists for 48 points through 27 games this year. “Teal has been … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association on Monday announced finalists for four major AHCA awards – the Edward Jeremiah Award for Division III men’s coach of the year, D-III women’s coach of the year, Sid Watson Award for the top D-III men’s player and Laura Hurd award for top D-III women’s player. For the Jeremiah Award, … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association announced Thursday its major award winners for 2013. THE JOHN MACINNES AWARD: Tony Fritz, Lake Forest College Established by the AHCA in 1982 to honor former Michigan Tech coach John MacInnes, this award recognizes those people who have shown a great concern for amateur hockey and youth programs. The recipients … Read more
The American Hockey Coaches Association announced Tuesday its major award winners for 2012. All honorees will be presented their awards at the 2012 AHCA Convention in Naples, Fla., April 26-29. JOHN MACINNES AWARD Established by the AHCA in 1982 to honor former Michigan Tech coach John MacInnes, this award recognizes those people who have shown … Read more
Having gone more than two seasons without a win, Lebanon Valley is moving from NCAA Division III to the American Collegiate Hockey Association starting next season. The school cited travel, costs, missed class time and competitive concerns among reasons for the change. For the second straight year, the Flying Dutchmen were 0-25 this season, 0-15 … Read more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Thursday its men’s and women’s varsity hockey programs are among eight that will be eliminated at the end of the academic year. The school’s varsity women’s team, which started in 1999, played in the ECAC East. The varsity men’s team played in ACHA Division II and will continue to do … Read more
A few years back, someone asked Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna if he was concerned that no Hockey East teams were in the Frozen Four that season. He replied simply that these things go in cycles. This season, Hockey East has the defending national champion in Boston College. The Eagles will be dethroned Saturday, but … Read more
After bringing the University of Rhode Island its first men’s hockey national championship, head coach Joe Augustine was named the 2006 American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 Coach of the Year.
When CBSsportsline.com came out with its 50 top hockey stories of 2005, BYU hockey was second on its list. Unfortunately, it wasn’t for a spectacular goal or win. It was rather for the sudden and tragic death of an IceCats player. On Jan. 21, 2005, the IceCats were defending a power play against the visiting … Read more
The American College Hockey Coaches Association has released its Division II/III (College Division) All-Amercians for the 2002-2003. Eight players named were on teams competing for the NCAA Division III Men’s Hockey Championship at Norwich this weekend. Wisconsin-River Falls defenseman Adam Kragthorpe was named a first team All-Amercian for the third time. Norwich forward Kurtis McLean … Read more
Michigan State goalie Ryan Miller and Minnesota defenseman Jordan Leopold repeated as selections to the JOFA Division I All-America first team, the only two returnees among the 12 players honored as First-Team All-Americans by the American Hockey Coaches Association. NCAA semifinalists accounted for eight of the 25 players on the two teams. Michigan State, which … Read more