Utica women’s coach David Clausen will be suspended for one game following post-game comments directed toward officials. ECAC interim commissioner Steve Bamford and Utica director of athletics Jim Spartano made the decision Thursday to suspend Clausen one game for remarks made following a 3-3 tie against Hamilton College on Feb. 6. “I thought the refereeing … 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
RIT will move from the ECAC Women’s East Hockey League into the conference’s ECAC Women’s West League next season, becoming the ninth member of the league. The decision was made by the league administrators during a conference call on Monday, Dec. 4. The Tigers will join Buffalo State, Chatham, Cortland, Elmira, Neumann, Oswego, Plattsburgh, and … 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
Rob Burke, a graduate and former hockey player at Fredonia State, has been named the second head coach of the Buffalo State women’s hockey program in an announcement made by athletics director Jerry Boyes. “I am extremely excited about the opportunity to return to the SUNY system to lead this program,” said Burke. “Since the … 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 ECAC Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Stephen R. Bamford as Interim Commissioner. Bamford began his tenure at the ECAC in August, 2000 and has served as assistant commissioner for officiating and compliance. Prior to the ECAC, Bamford was the director of athletics at Plymouth State University for 13 years. … Read more
Phil Buttafuoco has resigned his position as the Commissioner of the ECAC. His tenure at the ECAC started on July 1, 1998 as he came from the NCAA. His tenure at the ECAC saw the creation of the ECAC Men’s Division I lacrosse league in 1999. It also saw the Men’s and Women’s Division I … 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
Jen Kroleski has been named the interim head women’s coach at Cortland following the resignation of Kim Hokanson for personal reasons. Kroleski was the assistant to Hokanson last season. Kroleski graduated from Hamilton in 2003 and coached for one year at the National Sports Academy before coming to Cortland as an assistant last season.
Elmira and Manhattanville, No. 1 and 2 in the USCHO Division III Women’s Poll this week, were picked by ECAC East and West coaches to capture their respective league titles this winter. Last season, Elmira won the NCAA Division III title with a 5-1 win over Manhattanville in the championship game. It was the second … Read more
Matthew Kennedy has been chosen to take the reins of the Neumann women’s hockey program. The announcement was made by Director of Athletics Chuck Sack. Kennedy, a 2001 graduate of the school, played for the Neumann men for two seasons after transferring from Mohawk Valley Community College where he was a Junior College All-American. He … Read more
Paul Nemetz-Carlson has been named as the new head women’s coach at Elmira. He was also appointed the women’s golf coach. Last season, Nemetz-Carlson was an assistant coach at Division I Yale, and held the same position at Quinnipiac two years ago. Prior to his arrival at the collegiate level, Nemetz-Carlson was the women’s head … Read more
Jamie Wood shocks Elmira, leaving the program he started and won two national championships with.
Defending ECAC West tournament champion, RIT, is the coaches’ preseason choice to claim the regular-season men’s title based upon results of the 2002-03 preseason poll. Meanwhile, Elmira, the 2002 NCAA Division III National Champion, was picked as the preseason favorite in the ECAC West women’s conference. Coaches could not vote for their own team. RIT, … Read more