The SUNYAC has released its 2023-24 men’s hockey preseason poll as voted on by the conference coaches. Plattsburgh, the 2023 SUNYAC champion, sits at the top of the poll. 2023-24 SUNYAC Men’s Hockey Preseason Poll 1. Plattsburgh 2. Oswego 3. Geneseo 4. Cortland 5. Buffalo State 6. Brockport 7. Fredonia 8. Morrisville 9. Potsdam
The UCHC has announced its 2023-24 men’s preseason coaches poll. The poll is voted on by all 11 league coaches with two-time defending champion Utica selected as the top team in the conference at the start of the year for the sixth consecutive season. 2023-24 UCHC Men’s Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Utica – 99 points … Read more
No real surprise at the top in the WIAC as Wisconsin-Stevens Point skates into the new season as the favorite. The Pointers won their 16th regular-season conference crown last year and also claimed the Commissioner’s Cup. That doesn’t mean they won’t have their work cut out for them on the road to another title. Wisconsin-Eau … Read more
Salem State has announced that former Vikings player and assistant coach Chris Maclnnis has been named the new head men’s hockey coach. MacInnis replaces Bill O’Neill, who retired this past summer after 42 years. “Chris was a valuable member of the Viking community as a student-athlete and assistant coach, and we are excited to have … Read more
Canton has been accepted to join the SUNYAC as a full member beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. The school’s women’s hockey team is already part of the conference. The move to the SUNYAC will mean the Roos will compete in conference play against schools solely from New York State. Currently, the Canton hockey team … Read more
The NCAA Division I Council on Wednesday approved changes to notification-of-transfer windows across all sports. The Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee supported 45-day windows as preferable to previously introduced 30-day windows. In men’s and women’s hockey, windows will be modified to 45 days, beginning seven days after championship selection. “We are pleased the student-athlete voice … Read more
The 2023-24 college hockey season will be Joe Bertagna’s last as executive director of the American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA). With that, the AHCA has created a job posting for Bertagna’s replacement. The job is a part-time position answering to the president and board of the AHCA. The candidate must be a self-starter and preferably … Read more
The Trinity men’s hockey program has announced the hiring of former Trinity women’s hockey great Kim Weiss as an assistant coach for the 2023-24 season. Weiss becomes the first female assistant coach in the NCAA Division III men’s hockey ranks, according to a Trinity news release. “This is a huge opportunity for the program,” said … Read more
North Dakota deputy director of athletics Erik Martinson has been named the NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee chair. “It is an incredible honor to work with so many great people across the entire landscape of collegiate hockey,” said Martinson in a statement. “The work that this group does behind the scenes to … Read more
Rivier has announced the addition of Billy Purdue and John Coughlin as assistant coaches and John Bastoni as goaltender coach. Purdue played with the Raiders in the 2022-23 season after wrapping up a four-year career at Post. During his college career, he took time to assist the EHL’s Seahawks Hockey Club in the 2019-20 season … Read more
Brockport and Geneseo men’s hockey programs are set to join the UCHC for the 2024-25 season, setting the men’s hockey membership at eight teams for that season. “We are honored to add Geneseo and Brockport, two teams that have a rich history of competing at a high level and doing things the right way under … Read more
The Middle Atlantic Conference has announced that MAC men’s and women’s hockey will become an NCAA automatic qualifier sport beginning with the 2024-25 season. The MAC has sponsored men’s and women’s hockey as a championship sport since 2017-18, but the MAC was not eligible for an NCAA championship automatic berth with fewer than six schools … Read more
Trinity assistant men’s hockey coach C.J. Eick has left the Bantams after one season to take a similar position with the USHL’s Waterloo Black Hawks. “Throughout the process of assessing candidates, it was evident that C.J. has a tremendous ability to communicate, is extremely personable and genuine, has vast playing experience and hockey knowledge, and … Read more
Colby has promoted Tyler Walsh to assistant head coach with the Mules men’s hockey team. Walsh, beginning his sixth season with Colby, started his tenure as assistant coach for the team in the 2018-19 season. Before Colby, the 2014 graduate of Maine was the head hockey coach and assistant athletic director at North Yarmouth since … Read more
Christiano Versich has been named the next assistant coach of the Canton men’s hockey program. Versich, a 2021 graduate of St. Thomas, also spent three seasons with Colorado College. He comes to Canton after playing professional hockey last season for Cergy-Pontoise in the France Ligue Magnus and for DEAC in the Erste Liga in Hungary. … Read more
The Lake Superior State hockey team has added Vincent Pietrangelo as an assistant coach. Pietrangelo has spent the past two seasons as the head coach of Arcadia, where he led the Knights to an 11-37-3 overall record. “We want to welcome Vinny to Laker hockey,” said LSSU head coach Damon Whitten in a statement. “We … Read more
Arcadia has announced the elevation of Patrick Carroll to the interim position of head men’s hockey coach. Carroll will begin his duties on Sept. 1. No reason was given by Arcadia in the announcement regarding former coach Vincent Pietrangelo. “I would like to thank (director of athletics) Brian Granata and (associate director of athletics) Mike … Read more
Chatham has announced that assistant men’s hockey coach Bill Connelly will serve as the interim head coach for the 2023-24 season following the departure of Michael Gershon. Gershon left the school for an associate head coach job with the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers. “I feel confident that Coach Connelly is well prepared to lead our … Read more
Hobart has announced that Niko Kovachis has been named an assistant coach for the men’s hockey team. Kovachis replaces Tom Fiorentino, who accepted an assistant coach position at Bentley. “I’m excited to have Niko join the Hobart hockey program,” Hobart coach Mark Taylor said in a statement. “He comes from a hockey tree that I … Read more
Matt Pinchevsky has been named the next head coach of Southern Maine men’s hockey team. Pinchevsky, who will officially begin his duties on Aug. 21, replaces Ed Harding, who left the program in June after eight seasons (2015-23) as the head coach after stepping into an interim role halfway through the 2014-15 season. “I’m very … Read more