Harvard’s Donatos share special season, but coach hasn’t had time to savor it
The elder Donato said there will be time to reflect once this weekend is over. In the meantime, as it has been all season, it’s team first.
The elder Donato said there will be time to reflect once this weekend is over. In the meantime, as it has been all season, it’s team first.
“I think we would all have to admit we’re a little bit surprised at how successful he’s been right away, averaging a point a game,” Crimson coach Ted Donato said of defenseman Adam Fox.
“We want to be tighter and not give teams so much time and space,” Bulldogs captain Dominic Toninato said.
It’s the third straight NCAA tournament appearance for this senior class, however, and Sandelin thinks that there are a few things that helped his squad advance beyond regional play.
Denver ran through drills on Wednesday, a day before it plays Notre Dame in the Frozen Four at the United Center.
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Harvard was second on the ice at the United Center on Wednesday in advance of its Frozen Four semifinal game against Minnesota Duluth.
Minnesota Duluth has the first practice at the United Center on Wednesday, the day before the Bulldogs play Harvard in the Frozen Four semifinals.
The Pioneers and Fighting Irish play at around 8:30 p.m. CDT Thursday in Chicago.
Montgomery led the Pioneers to the Frozen Four for the second straight year.
The Bulldogs play the Crimson at 5 p.m. CDT Thursday in Chicago.
The Irish are the only team in the Frozen Four that wasn’t a No. 1 regional seed.
It’s been a while since Harvard has been to the Frozen Four. To be exact, it has been 23 seasons and before that, current Crimson coach Ted Donato was on the only Harvard men’s team to win the national championship back in 1989. He’s not going to be looking at his past experience preparing for … Read more
Plenty of question marks plagued Minnesota Duluth at the start of the year. One of three goaltenders with zero prior collegiate game experience between them had to step up, and scoring was going to be a concern. Now, UMD is Frozen Four bound.
Watching Denver’s players gather around goalie Tanner Jaillet after a rather routine 6-3 win over Penn State in the Midwest Regional, one striking thing was how subdued they were. Unlike some other teams that celebrated with joie de vivre after advancing to the Frozen Four, you got the sense that for Denver, it was just one more step.
Jim Montgomery had to mull it over a moment. The Denver coach had just won his 100th game with the program, sending his squad to a second-consecutive Frozen Four. But what was different this time?
In Jeff Jackson’s illustrious coaching career, which includes stops in the National Hockey League, the U.S. National Team and 18 years at the collegiate level at both Notre Dame and Lake Superior State, he’d never done it before.
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award on Thursday announced the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2017 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are: Zach Aston-Reese, senior forward from Northeastern, Will Butcher, senior defenseman from Denver, and Mike Vecchione, senior forward from Union. The three finalists were selected from the … Read more
As the college hockey season embarks on its biggest weekend of the year, the biggest question has come out of the East Regional: What can’t Harvard do?
Richmond “Chip” Kenyon, a member of the Middlebury class of 1985, has been named the recipient of the American Hockey Coaches Association’s Lou Lamoriello Award for 2017. The award — named in honor of the former Providence player, coach and athletic director (and current Toronto Maple Leafs GM) — will be presented during this year’s … Read more