Women’s D-I: ECAC

Hamilton names Clarkson alum Scuderi new assistant coach

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Former Clarkson star Ken Scuderi has been hired as an assistant coach with Hamilton College. Scuderi was a four-year letter winner for Clarkson from 2001 to 2005 and played professional hockey for four seasons in the ECHL and American Hockey League from 2005 to 2009. Scuderi collected 24 points in 133 career games as a … Read more

ECAC women announce preseason all-conference team, coaches’ poll

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The ECAC women’s conference has announced its preseason all-conference team and the results of the preseason coaches’ poll. The all-conference team, voted on by league coaches, is made up of five underclassmen and one senior, who all ranked near the top of every statistical category last season in league play. ECAC PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Victoria … Read more

Brown hires Bourbeau as new women’s coach

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Brown has named Amy Bourbeau its new women’s coach and just the Brown Bears’ third head coach in the school’s 47-year program history. Bourbeau comes to Brown with 16 years of coaching experience, including 14 years as an assistant coach at Princeton, and also played at Providence from 1991-1994. She coached at both Williams and … Read more

Ardito named new Yale women’s assistant coach

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Eddie Ardito, who served as volunteer assistant last season, has been promoted to assistant coach for the Yale women’s team. Ardito payed for Yale head coach Joakim Flygh at New England College. “We are excited and fortunate to be able to add Eddie to our coaching staff on a full-time basis,” Flygh said in a … Read more

Tyng promoted to associate coach at Dartmouth

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Holley Tyng has been promoted to associate head coach at Dartmouth after serving as an assistant coach the past six years. “I am excited that we are able to recognize Holley with this new title for her tremendous work,” said Big Green head coach Mark Hudak in a statement. “She has certainly earned this during … Read more

Mandi Schwartz passes away Sunday

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After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Mandi Schwartz passed away Sunday morning. The Yale forward and sister of Colorado College forwards Rylan and Jaden was just 23. In a statement issued Monday, Yale University said: “Our thoughts are with the Schwartz family, Mandi’s fiance, her physicians and caregivers, and her friends, classmates, coaches … Read more

Snikeris named ECAC’s top women’s scholar

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The ECAC has named Yale goaltender Jackee Snikeris the 2010-11 women’s student-athlete of the year. The fifth recipient of the award, which recognizes academic achievement and accomplishments on and off of the ice, Snikeris, also a Patty Kazmaier Award nominee, was one of three finalists for this year’s honor along with Harvard’s Katharine Chute and Clarkson’s … Read more

ECAC women name year-end award winners; Snickeris top goalie, Babstock top player

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The ECAC women’s league has named its end-of-season award winners and Quinnipiac freshman forward Kelly Babstock is the big winner, taking home top rookie and top player honors. Cornell head coach Doug Derraugh has been named the league’s coach of the year, while Lauriane Rougeau from Cornell is the best defensive defenseman, Reagan Fischer from … Read more

Hughes humbled by nomination for Hockey Humanitarian Award

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The list of finalists for the Hockey Humanitarian Award was announced a couple of days ago. One of the names of the 12 college hockey players on it is Yale’s Aleca Hughes, to the surprise of absolutely no one, and, not surprisingly, to the chagrin of Aleca Hughes. “I’m definitely honored,” said the junior winger, … Read more

Three returning nominees among record 25 up for Hockey Humanitarian Award

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A record 25 players have been unveiled as the nominees for the 2011 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award. The list includes returning nominees Sam Kuzyk of Adrian, Mario Mjelleli of Augsburg and Brigid O’Gorman of Connecticut College. Finalists will be announced in mid-February, with the award scheduled to be presented on Friday, April … Read more

UNH-Quinnipiac women’s game postponed

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The New Hampshire-Quinnipiac women’s game scheduled for tonight at Quinnipiac has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 8  at 7 p.m. at the TD Bank Sports Center in Hamden, Conn.

Perry helps key Quinnipiac surge

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It takes a lot of guts to step in front of an opponent’s slap shot, just like it does to ask for the privilege of doing so. Melissa Perry knows that as well as anyone. Perry, a junior defenseman at Quinnipiac, has gone from being a walk-on hopeful to being a key member of the … Read more

Yale-Brown women’s game postponed

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Due to the wintry weather conditions in New Haven, Conn., Wednesday night’s Yale-Brown women’s ice hockey game scheduled for 7 p.m. at Ingalls Rink has been postponed. The teams will play the game on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Also, Amherst’s women’s game against Utica was postponed. A make-up date has not been announced.

Latest outlook on Mandi Schwartz grim

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An email sent by Jonathan Holloway, the Master of Calhoun College, to the Calhoun community on Jan. 7 in regard to the latest news about Mandi Schwartz, a member of Calhoun who plays for Yale and is currently battling cancer, the update seems very grim. Dear Friends, As we start off a new year and … Read more