After three seasons with Harvard, Badini leaves school for NHL deal with Ducks
According to Yahoo! Sports, the Anaheim Ducks have signed Harvard junior forward Jack Badini to a two-year, entry-level contract (photo: Harvard Athletics).
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SIMULATIONS: Ohio State upsets UMD as Buckeyes, Denver, Cornell and BC all advance to regional finals
Ohio State’s Carson Meyer scored in overtime as fourth-seed Ohio State provided the day’s biggest upset, knocking off two-time defending national champion and #1 seed Minnesota Duluth in a simulation of the NCAA Regional in Loveland, Colo. (File photo: Rachel Lewis)
Blues sign Minnesota Duluth defenseman Perunovich, who forgoes senior year with Bulldogs
Minnesota Duluth junior defenseman Scott Perunovich has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues, forgoing his final season of collegiate eligibility (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Zegras one and done at Boston University, inks NHL contract with Anaheim
The Anaheim Ducks announced Friday that they have signed Boston University freshman forward Trevor Zegras to a three-year, entry-level contract (photo: Rich Gagnon).
New Hampshire defenseman Gildon signs with Panthers, gives up senior season with Wildcats
New Hampshire junior defenseman Max Gildon signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on Thursday (photo: Rich Gagnon).
After dominating vast majority of 2019-20 campaign, Cornell’s superlative season canceled by coronavirus
Sunday night was supposed to have been when Cornell would find out the next step in its hockey journey. It was supposed to be the Big Red’s year, according to some quarters in the northeast and, perhaps, the nation. It sure looked like it through the end of February and the beginning of March (photo: Roman J. Uschak).
Sabres sign Western Michigan blueliner Samuelsson, who leaves Broncos after two seasons
Western Michigan sophomore defenseman Mattias Samuelsson on Wednesday agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Buffalo Sabres, giving up his last two seasons of NCAA eligibility (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Ten semifinalists announced for 2020 Mike Richter Award as top goalie in D-I men’s hockey
The 10 semifinalists for the 2020 Mike Richter Award were announced Tuesday. The award is given to the top goaltender in Division I hockey and is named after Mike Richter, the former Wisconsin goalie and 1994 Stanley Cup winner with the New York Rangers (photo: Omar Phillips).
Massachusetts’ Chaffee signs NHL contract with Wild, gives up final year with Minutemen
Massachusetts junior forward Mitchell Chaffee has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild, forgoing his final year of collegiate eligibility (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Cornell finishes 2019-20 season with No. 1 ranking in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll
After a season that abruptly ended almost two weeks ago, Cornell finishes the year ranked No. 1 in the final USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of the 2019-20 season with 25 first-place votes (photo: Omar Phillips).
This (last) Week in NCHC Hockey: With season shuttered, teams devastated, Denver’s Carle says ‘game is fragile,’ ‘can be taken from you at any moment’
On the morning of March 12, I got a text from Matthew McGreevy, assistant director of athletic communications at Denver. He simply asked, “Are you planning on coming if we play this weekend?” At that time, the plan was still for the NCHC tournament to hold its quarterfinal games sans spectators, and then do the same for the Frozen Faceoff in St. Paul, Minn., an announcement the conference made on March 11 (photo: Candace Horgan).
Wisconsin junior Dhooghe announces plans to transfer to Arizona State for final year of NCAA eligibility
Sean Dhooghe, who played the past three seasons for Wisconsin, will play his final season of NCAA eligibility at Arizona State (photo: UW Athletics).
BRACKETOLOGY SIMULATION: Here is how we break down the brackets for the simulated 2020 Men’s Division I hockey tournament
While Minnesota Duluth won’t have an opportunity to three-peat as National Champions, USCHO will simulate an NCAA tournament beginning this Friday. The Bulldogs are the top seed in the Loveland regional in this simulation (File photo: Jim Rosvold/2019)
This (last) Week in Big Ten Hockey: With season cancelled early, coaches want to move on, ‘slow down a little bit’
“We’ll move forward and we’ll get everybody through it, hopefully. Maybe it’s nice to slow down a little bit. We’re so busy. We’re so caught up in everything” (photo: Jim Rosvold).
SIMULATIONS: Computer produces NoDak, Penn State, Cornell, Lowell, Bemidji St. and SHU as champs; simulated NCAA field produced
Computer simulations produced North Dakota as the NCHC Champion and top-seed in a simulated NCAA tournament. The computer predicted that the Fighting Hawks skated past Denver, 4-2, in the NCHC title game (File photo: Jim Rosvold/2016)
This (last) Week in Hockey East: Playing with momentum, UConn had chance to go to Garden, now just ‘frustration for our senior class’
“Don’t get on the bus.” Those were the words the Connecticut coach Mike Cavanaugh heard on the other end of the phone from his athletic director. They were also the words that made Cavanaugh realize that his team’s hockey season was over.
SIMULATIONS: See who the computer picked to face-off in each of the six league championship games
UMass Lowell was one of a number of teams that a computer picked to pull off an upset in league semifinal action on Friday. The computer picked the River Hawks to advance over sister school, UMass, in overtime to face Maine in the Hockey East final. (File photo: Rich Gagnon)
Western Michigan forward Rueschhoff departs after junior season, inks NHL contract with Rangers
Western Michigan junior forward Austin Rueschhoff signed a free-agent, entry-level contract with the New York Rangers on Friday afternoon, giving up his last season of NCAA eligibility (photo: Ashley Huss).
Minnesota State loses Mackey one year early as blueliner signs NHL deal with Calgary
The Calgary Flames announced Friday that they have signed Minnesota State junior defenseman Connor Mackey to a free-agent contract, who will forego his senior season in Mankato (photo: David Faulkner/SPX Sports).
After 45-point output, North Dakota’s Kawaguchi garners USCHO Player of the Year accolades
Coming off back-to-back seasons of not qualifying for the NCAA tournament, there were a lot of questions facing North Dakota this season. Perhaps the biggest revolved around offense. Who was going to score? (photo: Bradley K. Olson).