Bowdoin College’s new ice arena will be named for legendary coach Sid Watson. The announcement was made Saturday at groundbreaking ceremonies for the new facility. Fundraising for the $20-million arena continues. The new Watson Arena will have a seating capacity of 1,900. Its planners say the new arena will have the best and most energy-efficient … Read more
The ECAC Ice Hockey Officiating Bureau will be holding its second annual open tryout for candidates who are interest in officiating NCAA Division III Ice Hockey. On Saturday, June 23, tryouts will be held from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at The ESL Sports Centre in Rochester, N.Y. The next day Horgan Arena in Auburn, Mass., will … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation named the five finalists for the 2007 Hockey Humanitarian Award. This list of five was narrowed down from a list of 13 nominees that were released earlier in January. The Foundation will look at all of the candidates and then announce the winner of the Award on Friday, April 6, 2007, … Read more
Michele Amidon, a former U.S. Women’s National Team player who has spent the last eight seasons of her professional career as the highly successful head coach of the Bowdoin College women’s ice hockey team, has been named USA Hockey’s first-ever Director of Women’s Hockey. Amidon has resigned her post at Bowdoin and a search has … Read more
Every year the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee meets to determine how the past season went and to look forward to future seasons. This past meeting is summarized by Ty Halpin, the NCAA’s liaision to the Rules Committee. The Committee reports on rules changes, points of emphasis and future discussions.
The ECAC Ice Hockey Officiating staff will be conducting two tryouts for candidates interested in officiating intercollegiate men’s and women’s ice hockey. The first clinic will be held on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006 at Horgan Arena in Auburn, Mass. On Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006 the second clinic will be held at the ESL Sports Centre on … Read more
Seven coaches have been chosen as finalists for the Women’s College Coach of the Year. The seven finalists are: Mike Carroll, Gustavus Adolphus; David Flint, St. Anselm; Kevin Houle, Plattsburgh; Brian Idalski, Wis.-Stevens Point; Dan Laughlin, Wis.-Superior; Bill Mandigo, Middlebury; David Venditti, Colby The award will be given out at the annual AHCA Convention in … Read more
Half of the players announced as Division III All-Americans are competing this weekend in the Women’s Division III Frozen Four. Middlebury had four selections to the All-American Teams, while Plattsburgh had three and Gustavus Adolphus had two. Emily Quizon of Middlebury, Erin Kegley of Wisc.-Superior, Andrea Peterson of Gustavus and Jenny Wallace of Wis.-River Falls … Read more
Senior forward Emily Quizon of Middlebury was named the AHCA Women’s College Player of the Year by the nation’s coaches. The three-time All-American selection had 19 goals and 19 assists this season and in her career of 110 games she has 62 goals and 107 assists. She was a First Team All-American this season and … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation today announced seven outstanding student athletes who were selected as finalists for the 2006 Hockey Humanitarian Award. The finalists, listed in alphabetical order, are: Janelle Armitage, Sr., University of Connecticut Eric Leroux, Sr., Princeton University Drew Miller, Jr., Michigan State University Mason Oakes, Sr., Lawrence University Jaime Sifers, Sr., University of … Read more
Skidmore has named current Williams women’s head coach Neil Sinclair as its head men’s ice hockey coach. Sinclair is a 1993 graduate of Middlebury, where as senior he was a first-team All-American and ECAC first-team selection. At Williams for the past two seasons, he compiled a 29-20-2 record. Prior to Williams, Sinclair spent the 2002-03 … Read more
Former Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts men’s coach Kevin McGonagle has been named interim women’s coach at Bowdoin. Head coach Michele Amidon has received a one-year leave of absence for personal reasons. Also, athletics director Jeff Ward said men’s ice hockey coach Terry Meagher has been named the school’s director of hockey. McGonagle is a … Read more
Neil Sinclair, the interim coach of the Middlebury men last year when long-time coach Bill Beaney was on sabbatical, has been named the head coach of the Williams women’s team. Sinclair, a 1993 graduate of Middlebury, was an assistant there for three years prior to last year. Sinclair then guided the Panthers to a regular-season … Read more
Michele Amidon of Bowdoin has been named women’s Division III Coach of the Year by the American Hockey Coaches Association. Amidon led Bowdoin to a 23-2-3 record and third place at the NCAA championship after completing the NESCAC regular season undefeated. A 1994 graduate of St. Lawrence, Amidon was a three-time team MVP and an … Read more
Fredonia State ignores the pundits; scoring starts early — and, in some arenas, ends early; and Russell Jaslow introduces us to one of his favorite words.
Andrew McPhee was named as the new women’s head coach at Trinity today. McPhee has been an assistant coach for the team for the last two seasons and is also an assistant football coach in charge of wide receivers. “McPhee [brings] quality coaching experience both at Trinity and traditional women’s ice hockey power Middlebury to … Read more