Former Northern Michigan coach, athletic director Comley returns to Wildcats as interim AD; Rochester promoted to senior athletics adviser

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Former Northern Michigan athletic director and hockey coach Rick Comley will serve as interim AD starting today, Aug. 22, following the recent announcement of current AD Forrest Karr’s resignation. Schuiling made the announcement to the NMU coaches last Friday, Aug. 19. Comley, who brought NCAA Division I national men’s hockey championships to both NMU (1991) … Read more

Michigan adds former Harvard assistant Rassey to coaching staff, tabs former Cornell assistant Scott director of hockey operations

Michigan has announced the hiring of assistant coach Rob Rassey and Topher Scott as the program’s director of hockey operations. Rassey has 11 years of coaching experience, most recently serving as the head coach of the USHL’s Sioux Fall Stampede. He took over as head coach and general manager of the USHL’s Omaha Lancers midseason … Read more

After leading Denver to 2022 national championship, Carle signs contract extension through 2026-27 season

Denver announced this week that men’s hockey coach David Carle has agreed to a multi-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season. In his four seasons as head coach, Carle has guided the Pioneers to an 86-43-13 overall record, two Frozen Four appearances and the program’s NCAA record-tying ninth national championship this past spring. Denver owns … Read more

Team USA grabs second win at 2022 World Juniors, downs Switzerland 7-1 as six players collect multi-point games

Carter Mazur (Denver) scored twice, and six U.S. players were credited with multi-point games en route to Team USA improving to 2-0-0-0 in 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship preliminary play Thursday night at Rogers Place in Edmonton. Mazur was selected as the United States player of the game. “I’m happy about the way we stuck … Read more

Former men’s hockey goalie DeMichiel, prolific women’s hockey scorer Park, USCHO.com’s own Trefzger part of RIT athletics hall of fame ’22 class

RIT has announced the five newest individuals selected for induction into the school’s sports hall of fame. The class of 2022 includes former Tigers goalie Jared DeMichiel, former women’s hockey standout Alysia Park, and USCHO.com’s own Ed Trefzger, for distinguished service. Induction ceremonies will take place on Saturday, October 15, in Rochester N.Y. at the … Read more

Potential new Division I men’s hockey conference on horizon with 10 possible schools ‘looking at opportunities’

According to the Union Leader, Saint Anselm’s men’s hockey could be part of a move to Division I if a new conference is potentially formed. “We’re looking at opportunities for what we might do to elevate our men’s ice hockey program and give them the same branding profile opportunities and exposure that we’ve done on … Read more

United States names roster for 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship, including quartet from 2021 gold medal team

USA Hockey has announced the 25 players who will make up the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team set to compete in the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship from Aug. 9-20 in Edmonton. The group returns 17 of the 25 that were originally rostered in December 2021 before the tournament was postponed. The team also features … Read more