Nebraska-Omaha sophomore goaltender Ryan Massa will be taking a year off for personal reasons and will not play for the Mavericks during the upcoming 2012-13 season, the school announced Wednesday. “We respect Ryan’s decision and wish him the best in the upcoming year,” said UNO coach Dean Blais in a news release. “Per NCAA rules, … Read more
Rochester Institute of Technology women’s coach Scott McDonald signed a three-year contract extension Tuesday that will see him behind the Tigers’ bench through the 2014-15 season. Last season, McDonald led the Tigers to their first Division III championship tournament appearance in school history, setting a Division III record with 28 wins. The Tigers finished the … Read more
Nichols has announced the hiring of Kevin Swallow as the team’s new head coach. Swallow, who played at Dartmouth and Maine, was a full-time assistant coach at Neumann last year. “This is a very exciting opportunity for me,” said Swallow in a news release. “Nichols has a very rich tradition and is a program on … Read more
Chris Hall, who worked with both the Massachusetts and Amherst teams the past two years, has been named an assistant coach at Colby. Hall and new Colby head coach Blaise MacDonald worked together at UMass last year where MacDonald was an associate head coach and Hall was the director of hockey operations as a graduate … Read more
According to a report in the Eagle-Tribune, Merrimack athletic director Glenn Hofmann was placed on paid leave Monday, but school officials won’t say why. Hofmann was hired by the college three years ago and refused to answer questions when approached at his North Andover home last night by the paper. College spokesman Jeffrey Doggett would … Read more
Azure Davey has been appointed as the second commissioner of the SUNYAC and will begin her new position on July 9. “I look forward to working with an outstanding group of Division III institutions and a storied conference,” said Davey in a statement. “The SUNYAC represents the best of Division III and I’m honored to … Read more
Massachusetts announced Tuesday that head coach Don “Toot” Cahoon has stepped down from his position. “Through the course of our recent conversations, coach Cahoon and I mutually agreed that it would be in the program’s best interest for him to take this action at this time,” UMass athletic director John McCutcheon said in a statement. … Read more
Following four years with both the Manhattanville men’s and women’s hockey programs, Eric Lang has stepped down from his position as head coach of the men’s team to pursue other opportunities. In his one year with the men’s hockey program, Lang took over the team as just the second coach in program history and guided … Read more
Blaise MacDonald, who has Division I head coaching experience and has won national championships as a player and an assistant coach, was named Friday as the new head coach at Colby College. MacDonald, a former head coach of Niagara (1996-2000) and Massachusetts-Lowell (2000-11), helped Boston University to a national championship in 1995 as an assistant … Read more
North Dakota announced Wednesday that Brad Berry has been hired as an assistant coach, with his primary responsibilities including coaching and developing the team’s defensemen. It will be the second stint on the UND coaching staff for Berry, who previously served as the program’s associate head coach from 2004-06 and assistant coach from 2000-04. He … Read more
Dartmouth announced on Tuesday the addition of Josh Liegl to the coaching staff. Liegl was a volunteer assistant with the Big Green last season and previously was an assistant at Ohio State from 2008-11. “We are very excited to have Josh Liegl join Dartmouth and our women’s hockey team,” Dartmouth head coach Mark Hudak said … Read more
Harvard head coach Katey Stone, who just completed her 18th season behind the Crimson bench, has been named head coach of the 2014 U.S. Olympic women’s team that will compete in Sochi, Russia. Stone’s 378 career wins is tops among active coaches in Division I. “Katey knows what it takes to build gold-medal teams,” said … Read more
Union has rewarded head coach Rick Bennett with a contract extension through the 2018-19 season. In Bennett’s first year as head coach in 2011-12, Union finished 26-8-7 and 14-4-4 in the ECAC. The Dutchmen earned their first ever trip to the Frozen Four with wins over Massachusetts-Lowell and Michigan State in the East Regional of … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha announced Tuesday that Steve Johnson has been named the team’s new assistant coach, replacing Mike Hastings, who left UNO to take the head coach position at Minnesota State. “I’m very pleased to have a coach of Steve’s caliber fill the void left by Mike Hastings’ departure,” said Nebraska-Omaha coach Dean Blais in a news … Read more
Former Holy Cross goaltender and New England prep school coach Casey McCullion has been named an assistant coach for the Penn State women’s team. From 2008-10, McCullion worked alongside Brandwene at Kingswood Oxford (Conn.) as an assistant/goaltending coach. McCullion was then elevated to head coach for the 2010-11 season after former coach Josh Brandwene (now … Read more
Forrest Karr has been named the Northern Michigan director of athletics, recreational sports and the United States Olympic Education Center/special assistant to the president and will start his new position on June 11. Karr is currently the athletic director at Alaska and was one of three finalists considered for the Wildcats athletic director position. “I’m … Read more
Doc DelCastillo has been named the new head coach at Hamline, replacing Scott Steffen, who resigned in April. “I am thrilled to be getting back to Saint Paul,” DelCastillo said in a news release. “This is a great opportunity. In the last three years (coaching at Alexandria in the North American Hockey League), I have … Read more
North Dakota associate head coach Cary Eades will not have his contract renewed for the 2012-13 season. A press release issued by the school said the move is “part of a restructuring of UND’s coaching staff.” Eades has been a member of the Fighting Sioux coaching staff for each of head coach Dave Hasktol’s eight … Read more
Bob Prier has been named the new head coach at Princeton and will be formally introduced at a press conference on Tuesday. Prier had been an assistant coach and associate head coach at St. Lawrence since 2002. “It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Bob Prier as Princeton’s new head coach of ice … Read more
Providence head coach Tim Army has resigned as head coach of the Friars, the school announced Thursday. A search to find his successor will begin immediately. “I want to thank Tim for his dedication and service to the men’s ice hockey program over the last six seasons,” Providence athletics director Bob Driscoll said in a … Read more