MONTREAL — For the ninth time in the last 10 years, the United States opened the IIHF World Junior Championship with a win, beating Finland 2-1 in a shootout Friday at the Bell Centre. Chase De Leo scored the decisive goal in the shootout and Thatcher Demko (Boston College) stopped 28 of 29 shots to … Read more
The United States finalized its roster for the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship on Thursday by releasing defenseman Steven Santini of Boston College. Santini has not played since Oct. 25 due to a wrist injury, but had the cast removed from his wrist on Monday. “We wanted to see where Steve was after he had … Read more
KINGSTON, Ontario — Alex Tuch (Boston College) tallied a hat trick, while Tyler Motte (Michigan) and Auston Matthews each scored twice to lead the U.S. National Junior Team to a 10-5 victory over Sweden Tuesday night in the final pre-tournament game for both teams prior to the IIHF World Junior Championship. Sonny Milano added five … Read more
USA Hockey on Tuesday named 30 players to the preliminary roster for the 2015 U.S. National Junior Team that will compete at the IIHF World Junior Championship Dec. 26, 2014 to Jan. 5, 2015 in Montreal and Toronto. The final U.S. roster will be named by Dec. 24. “We’re excited about the group of players … Read more
Former Boston College defenseman J.D. Forrest (2000-04) will serve as an intern assistant coach for the U.S. National Under-18 Team, part of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, during the 2014-15 season.
Phil Cohn has been named the fifth recipient of the USA Hockey Brendan Burke Internship. Cohn spent the past five seasons at Union, working as the hockey operations coordinator, student manager and video coordinator in that time.
Tyler Walsh has been named an intern assistant coach for the U.S. National Under-17 Team, part of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program based in Ann Arbor, Mich., for the 2014-15 season. Walsh spent 2013-14 as director of hockey operations at Canisius, where he was responsible for the program’s video coordination, travel management and assistance … Read more
Seven goaltenders have been invited to the 2014 U.S. National Junior goaltender evaluation camp, set for June 9-11, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Of the seven, two (Thatcher Demko/Boston College and Evan Cowley/Denver) are current collegians and one more (Edwin Minney/Michigan State) is an incoming freshman. The netminders will audition for a spot on the U.S. … Read more
Adrian will be the latest college team to skate in an outdoor game next season as the Bulldogs and the U.S. National Under-18 Team are set to square off at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio, on December 31, 2014, at 4 p.m. EDT as part of Winterfest 2014. Winterfest 2014 is a 10-day event … Read more
NHL Central Scouting unveiled its midterm rankings this week for this summer’s NHL draft and as has become the norm, the names of NCAA-bound players is certainly aplenty. A handful of current NCAA players are also ranked. NORTH AMERICAN SKATERS NORTH AMERICAN GOALTENDERS In addition, forward Leon Bristed, a Minnesota recruit playing for Linkoping in … Read more
The 2014 and 2015 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Games will be held at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., USA Hockey announced Tuesday. The 2014 edition will be played on Thursday, Sept. 25, while the date for the 2015 game will be announced next year. The 2012 event was also staged in Buffalo and … Read more
Miami sophomore forward Riley Barber has been named captain of the 2014 U.S. National Junior Team. [scg_html_wjc2014]The alternate captains are Michigan sophomore forward Andrew Copp and Boston University sophomore defenseman Matt Grzelcyk. A year ago, Barber helped the U.S. capture the gold medal at the World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia, with three goals and … Read more
USA Hockey on Wednesday unveiled its 26-player preliminary roster for the 2014 U.S. National Junior Team that will participate in the IIHF World Junior Championship from Dec. 26, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014, in Malmo, Sweden, defending its gold medal from 2013. The preliminary roster includes 19 NCAA players and three players that helped the U.S. capture … Read more
USA Hockey announced Monday the rosters for the second annual All-American Prospects Game that will be staged on Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. Of the 40 prospects eligible for the 2014 NHL draft, 23 have college commitments in place and one is a freshman this fall.
USA Hockey cut 13 players Tuesday, leaving 31 players in attendance at the national junior evaluation camp in Lake Placid, N.Y. The players that remain, including 24 with college connections, will play exhibition games against Canada, Finland and Sweden later this week. The players are auditioning for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team … Read more
Bentley has named Matt Curley to its staff as a new assistant coach. Curley comes to the Falcons after spending the 2012-13 season as the associate head coach of the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League. He also coached with the United States National Team Development Program in 2011-12. He was also a … Read more
USA Hockey announced Monday that Tom Minton has been named as the fourth recipient of the Brendan Burke Internship. Minton worked last season as both the director of hockey operations for the Neumann men’s team and as an assistant coach for the Saint Joseph’s men’s team.
USA Hockey announced on June 6 the 24 forwards and 16 defensemen that have been invited to the National Junior Evaluation Camp, slated for Aug. 3-10 in Lake Placid, N.Y., and then on June 14, named the four goaltenders to take part in the camp. Of the 40 skaters, a total of 29 players are … Read more
Alabama-Huntsville announced Wednesday that Kurt Kleinendorst has stepped down as the Chargers’ head coach after just one season behind the bench. Kleinendorst guided the Chargers through the team’s final season as a Division I independent before joining the revamped WCHA in 2013-14. “Kurt Kleinendorst has steadied the rough waters during our transition into the WCHA … Read more
The second annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game will be held Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The first such game was Sept. 29, 2012 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y.