Wisconsin has halted planning on a project that would give its women’s hockey team a new home rink that would double as a practice rink for the school’s men’s team. The proposed facility was to be built adjacent to the Kohl Center and include new locker rooms for both teams. “This project has been very … Read more
Rival Films, the company that last year produced a documentary on the Boston College-Boston University rivalry, will craft the first official film of the men’s Frozen Four in Detroit this season. Plans for the film call for it to follow a player from each team through the week and include behind-the-scenes footage. “The Men’s Frozen … Read more
Who’ll come away with the Hockey East title? That’s one of the items up for discussion by USCHO.com senior writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski this week.
The top four spots in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll have been pretty stable over the last five weeks: Denver and Miami taking the top two spots in some order; Wisconsin holding third; and St. Cloud State grabbing fourth. That fifth spot has been a bit of an enigma, with four teams taking turns. … Read more
Seven finalists are up for the 2010 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The group includes Colgate senior Ethan Cox, Amherst senior Kirsten Dier, Alaska senior Dion Knelsen, Adrian junior Sam Kuzyk, Williams senior Zachary Miller, Connecticut College junior Brigid O’Gorman and Denver senior Brandon Vossberg. The award, given annually to the college hockey … Read more
The WCHA has suspended St. Cloud State forward Aaron Marvin for three games, intimating in a statement that the junior was careless in safe play at Wisconsin on Feb. 20. Marvin delivered an open-ice check to Wisconsin captain Blake Geoffrion in that game, and Marvin’s shoulder appeared to make contact with Geoffrion’s head. Geoffrion reportedly … Read more
Alaska-Anchorage has reprimanded coach Dave Shyiak for throwing a water bottle from the bench while arguing with officials last Saturday, an action that led to his ejection. Shyiak was given an unsportsmanlike conduct minor and a game misconduct after an argument, the Fairbanks News Miner reported. The newspaper also reported that Shyiak stepped onto the … Read more
Bemidji State closed out the Glas Fieldhouse in style last weekend by sweeping aside Niagara and in the process, won the Peters Cup as CHA regular season champions. The Beavers have been on top of the league all season and by last weekend, it seemed winning the regular season was a mere formality. “It was … Read more
How spectacular is this? One weekend left, two games apiece, and almost nothing is predetermined. ECAC Hockey has only one team that is locked into its seed, and only three that know their “grouping” (first-round bye, in this case) … and those three are all fighting for the Cleary Cup. Everybody else is fighting to … Read more
I hate February. February is, in many ways, the Monday of months. The one good thing about February is that it’s a short month and thankfully, it has flown by this year. I took a look at the schedule and realized we only have two weekends left in the regular season and there’s only a … Read more
The End of the Regular Season? It’s hard for me to contemplate the end of the regular 2009-10 season, mostly because so much of what’s transpired in the CCHA since October. If last year’s Michigan State Spartans had shoulders made of glass, then this year’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish have heads of glass — or … Read more
And Down the Stretch They Come Two weekends is all that remains in Hockey East’s regular season and, at this point, the standings are about as muddy as they could be. A few things we know right now: One team has clinched home ice: New Hampshire. One team has guaranteed it won’t make the postseason: … Read more
And Down the Stretch They Come The top two positions in Atlantic Hockey have been settled, but, going into the final weekend of the regular season, little else is. RIT clinched its third regular season title in four seasons with a sweep of Air Force, and Sacred Heart guaranteed itself the second seed by taking … Read more
Nick Johnson and Dave Jarman may not be household names, but the Sacred Heart seniors have the kind of statistics that merit attention. Bob Birge reports.
In Jayson Moy’s weekly look at what the NCAA tournament selection process would look like if it took place right now, the results are fairly straightforward.
Playoffs are on the mind as USCHO senior writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss some of the hot topics in college hockey this week.
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
In the rare occasions this season where Miami has faltered enough to lose the No. 1 spot in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, Denver has been there to take advantage. Nothing different this week. The Pioneers, winners of eight in a row and with just one loss in 14 games since the holiday break, … Read more
USCHO national columnist Dave Starman has a few things he’d like to clear up about Miami, and a few things to share from the road.
A Blast from the Past Notice anything familiar at the top of the Hockey East standings? How about the re-emergence of the old Big Four? New Hampshire, Boston College, Maine and Boston University have once again claimed Hockey East’s top four spots and are all now in the driver’s seat for playoff home ice. Until … Read more