WCHA suspends Lake Superior State forward Hults one game

The WCHA announced Saturday a one-game suspension for Lake Superior State freshman forward Mitch Hults. The suspension is a result of Hults’ game misconduct infraction, which was assessed following a blindside hit with contact to the head of an opposing player, at the 5:15 mark of the third period in Lake Superior State’s game Friday, … Read more

DeVito expected to regain eligibility for Rensselaer in Jan. 2016

Rensselaer announced Friday that junior forward Jimmy DeVito is expected to regain his eligibility in early January 2016. DeVito has practiced, but not played this semester due to failure to meet the NCAA’s mandatory progress-toward-degree requirement. “Jimmy has had the opportunity to concentrate on the most important aspect of college- earning a degree – and … Read more

Connecticut’s Segalla gets one-game ban from Hockey East for spearing against Quinnipiac

Hockey East has suspended Connecticut junior defenseman Ryan Segalla for one game stemming from a spearing incident at 3:05 of the second period against Quinnipiac on Tuesday, Nov. 17. Segalla will miss UConn’s next game on Tuesday, Nov. 24 against Boston College, but will be eligible to return to action Saturday, Dec. 5 against Massachusetts-Lowell.

North Dakota announces new nickname as Fighting Hawks

North Dakota has announced that Fighting Hawks will be the university’s new nickname. The results of the nickname runoff vote, held online Nov. 12-16 for eligible voters, were tallied and provided to UND by Qualtrics, the third-party voting platform management firm that conducted the voting process. In a tally of 27,378 votes, the Fighting Hawks … Read more

Lake Superior State sophomore blueliner Bird leaves team

Lake Superior State announced Wednesday that sophomore defenseman Jason Bird has left the team. Bird appeared in 23 games as a freshman and tallied a goal and four assists. He has not played yet this season for the Lakers. “We would like to thank Jason for the commitment and service he put into the program,” … Read more

Hockey East hands down one-game suspension to Massachusetts’ Iacobellis for high-sticking incident

Hockey East has suspended Massachusetts senior forward Steven Iacobellis for one game stemming from a high-sticking incident at 11:45 of the second period at Boston College on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Iacobellis will miss this Friday’s contest at Connecticut at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., and will be eligible to return to action Saturday, Nov. … Read more

Atlantic Hockey doles out suspensions to Mercyhurst’s Ferriero, Army’s Pomarico

Atlantic Hockey announced suspensions for two players stemming from actions that occurred during the Army-Mercyhurst game on Saturday, Oct. 24. The conference determined additional action was needed following review of major penalties committed by Mercyhurst’s Nathan Ferriero at the 19:11 mark of the first period and by Army’s Christian Pomarico at the 18:40 mark of … Read more

Bracco bolts Boston College for OHL’s Kitchener Rangers

Boston College forward Jeremy Bracco has decided to depart the program, according to a school-issued press release sent out Wednesday morning. Then Wednesday afternoon, the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers announced that Bracco had signed with the club. The Freeport, N.Y., native recorded three assists (all on Oct. 23 at Colorado College) in five games played for … Read more

At the helm since 1983, Meagher to step down as Bowdoin’s coach at end of 2015-16 season

Bowdoin announced Tuesday that Terry Meagher will step down as head coach of the men’s hockey team following the 2015-16 season. The head coach of the team since 1983, Meagher will begin his 33rd season this winter. During his tenure in Brunswick, he has accumulated a record of 529-245-54 (.671), ranking sixth in Division III … Read more