News from U.S. College Hockey Online: NCAA ice hockey news, features, scores, stats, fan forum and more. http://www.uscho.com/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:01 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.1 http://www.uscho.com/images/rsslogo.gif http://www.uscho.com/ NCAA ice hockey news, features, scores, stats, fan forum and more. http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17552/ReportFormerNHLPAChiefKellyHiredtoRunCollegeHockeyInc.html Paul Kelly, the former executive director of the NHL Players Association, has been hired as the executive director of a newly formed group designed to promote Division I hockey, USA Today reported. Kelly will run College Hockey Inc., an organization formed by the Hockey Commissioners Association to help NCAA hockey's profile as it competes with Canadian major juniors and the professsional ranks ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17535/ThisWeekinDIWomensHockeyNovember202009.html Ragging the puck while waiting for the Qwest Tour to hit the Granite State … Ten Years of Title-hunting Taking note that Minnesota-Duluth will be celebrating its 10th anniversary in womens' hockey this weekend - “A Decade of Dominance” - when Minnesota State hits the Iron Range. Talk about an illustrious program. What Shannon Miller has built in Duluth has been innovative and always entertaining. ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17536/ThisWeekinDIIIWomensHockeyNovember202009.html The Champs are Back in Town It’s been a long seven-and-a-half-month wait for Jim Plumer and the Amherst Lady Jeffs after winning last year’s NCAA championship in thrilling fashion with a 4-3 overtime victory over Elmira. However, this Saturday the wait is finally over as the Lady Jeffs hit the ice for the first time in the 2009-2010 season with a pair of NESCAC league games against Wesleyan. Due ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17537/ThisWeekinMIACNov192009.html Weekend Roundup If anyone had any doubts as to how wide open the MIAC is this season, the opening weekend of conference play dispelled them. Only one team managed to win both games this weekend and of the eight games played only two were decided by more than two goals. Bethel topped St. John’s 5-3 on Friday in a close game. The Royals scored three third period goals, including an empty ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17538/NESCACSeasonPreview.html We are still more than a month away from Christmas and all of the good New England hockey fans have been patiently waiting for their conference season to begin after enduring daily looks at the box scores from every other league in the Northeast, including the newly formed MASCAC conference. The wait is over: Friday night begins what will likely be the most hotly contested and tight race in the ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17539/ECACEastSeasonPreview.html The interlocking schedule between the ECAC East and NESCAC conferences takes on a different look this year with the departure of the Salem State Vikings and long-time head coach Bill O’Neill to the newly formed Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC). Replacing the Vikings are the Nor’easters from the University of New England, who under head coach Brad Holt will begin their first ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17526/ThisWeekinSUNYACNov192009.html Developing Stories The season is still quite young. However, certain stories are already starting to develop. For starters, and not surprisingly, Oswego and Plattsburgh are staking their claim as the elite teams in the SUNYAC as well as national contenders. Overall, they each have only one loss, are playing tight defense, and especially in the case of Oswego, scoring plenty. As we quoted ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17527/ThisWeekintheNCHAMCHANov192009.html Another week brings another installment of the USCHO.com Division III men's poll and in what is, as usual, no real shock, NCHA teams are all over the place. Five in all grace this week’s edition, and once again St. Norbert is most newsworthy. The Green Knights two game sweep over the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point not only kept them in the top spot, but in the process they also sucked ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17528/ThisWeekintheWCHANov192009.html I think I'm going to start using this area as the number of points which separate first and 10 in the league given this year is going to undoubtedly be as close as last year. Right now that number is 10. League leader Colorado College has 13 points while last place Minnesota State has only three. Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Justin Fontaine ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17529/ThisWeekinAtlanticHockeyNov192009.html Playoff Atmosphere It's less than one third of the way into the Atlantic Hockey season, but there's already a playoff intensity. Last weekend saw three ties and and five one-goal games — that's eight out of 10 games decided by a goal or less. It's said that defense and goaltending win championships, and there was plenty on display with only 38 goals scored in the 10 games. Only RIT was able ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17530/ThisWeekinHockeyEastNov192009.html Splitsville We've just about reached Thanksgiving, and amazingly every single league series in Hockey East has been split. And I mean split. No team has taken four points in a two-game series. Similarly, no team has taken three points from the same team. Granted, Hockey East plays less two-game series than, say, the WCHA and the CCHA, but to get to this point and not have a single sweep ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17531/ThisWeekinECACHockeyNov192009.html 'Gate Crashing Colgate University. You remember it, right? Hamilton, N.Y., ... the Raiders. They used to win stuff back in the day. Bulletin: The Raiders are back, and big-time. The Maroon & Gray are 5-2-4, but more pertinently, they're 3-0-1 in ECAC Hockey and riding the nation's second-longest unbeaten streak (six, one behind Michigan State). "We've found a way to win a couple games ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17532/ThisWeekintheCCHANov192009.html Brave New World Until 350 BC, everyone in Western culture who thought about such things knew that Earth was flat. Until 1543, everyone in Western culture who thought about such things knew that Earth was the center of the universe, and everything orbited around it. Until 1932, everyone who was anyone knew that there could be nothing smaller than the atom. Until 2002, everyone who was anyone ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17534/ThisWeekintheCHANov192009.html Niagara wishes all its games could be on Wednesday night at home. After putting an "0-fer" on the board through the first six weeks of the season, the Purple Eagles finally got in the win column with a 4-1 win over RPI at home on Wednesday. "To come out and play a full 60-minute game against a good team feels great," NU coach Dave Burkholder said. "Our third period really put a big exclamation ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17524/ThisWeekintheECACWestNov192009.html Growing Pains With a very youthful team, Neumann has been struggling through the first quarter of the season. The Knights are a respectable 2-2-2, despite having played a very difficult schedule to date. But Neumann is 0-2-2 in its last four games and the two losses were by large margins. "It's all growing pains, consistency and all those types of things," said Neumann head coach Dominic Dawes. This ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17523/TuesdayMorningQuarterbackNov172009.html USCHO Senior Writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski talk national championship contenders — in November. Too early? Never. That and more in this week's edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17521/GreenisGoodStNorbertStaysAtopDIIIPoll.html MINNEAPOLIS — Ibid. What better way to describe a poll where none of the top five teams (nor the top 15) change? For the second consecutive week, St. Norbert is the top team in college hockey, followed closely by Oswego, Plattsburgh, Manhattanville, and Adrian. What did change were the first place votes. Where last week saw five different teams receive top tallies, in the latest poll ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17522/MichiganStateRisestoSixthMiamiContinuestotopRankings.html Michigan State keeps climbing the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll. Next stop, top five? The Spartans are on the brink, checking in this week at No. 6 after a sweep of a home-and-home series with then-No. 6 Michigan. Miami retained the top spot after tying a pair of games against Ferris State at home. North Dakota stayed put in second; Denver and Massachusetts-Lowell each ... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17492/FormerRiverHawkGoldenKilledinCarCrash.html Former Mass.-Lowell River Hawks forward Ryan Golden was killed in the early hours Saturday morning when his car rolled over on the highway in his hometown of Reading, Mass. Golden, who played at Lowell from 1993 through 1997, was a member of the last two River Hawks teams to appear in the NCAA tournament in 1994 and 1996. He appeared in 51 games for Lowell, scoring two goals and four assists. He ... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17470/ThisWeekinDIIIWomensHockeyNovember122009.html Making Strides The 2009-2010 Division III women’s hockey season is well underway and we have already had a couple of major surprises to start off the season. Adrian, a team picked to make some major noise in their first season as an official member of the NCHA, is off to a 0-4 start; dropping two games apiece to ECAC West foes Utica and Neumann. Sticking with the NCHA, Concordia (Wis.) is off ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17473/ThisWeekinMIACNov122009.html Pipers Pack a Punch The biggest bright spot for the MIAC this weekend was the Hamline Pipers. On Friday, the Pipers won 6-3 at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, who may be the most improved team in the NCHA this season. On Saturday, Hamline was the only MIAC team not to lose to their rival conference, coming out of new No. 1 St. Norbert with a 1-1 tie. Both of these games had their ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17520/ThisWeekinDIWomensHockeyNovember132009.html When you head west and pull off one big upset, it may be dismissed as a fluke. However, when you pull off a second such stunner, you begin to gain a reputation as a giant-killer ... which is how the hockey world can now regard Robert Morris. Last weekend, the Colonials motored out to Madison to face defending national champion Wisconsin, and handed the Badgers a 3-1 spanking. A night later, they ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17461/ThisWeekintheECACWestNov122009.html More Offensive The Manhattanville offense is clicking nicely three weeks into the season, averaging 6.67 goals per game to lead the nation. Coming off a strong weekend against Lebanon Valley (whom Manhattanville scored 16 goals against) some might scoff at the garish numbers. Not so fast. "I was impressed with Lebanon Valley," said Manhattanville head coach Keith Levinthal. "I think they have ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17462/ThisWeekinSUNYACNov122009.html Oswego Makes First Big Statement Oswego accomplished two tasks early in the 2009-10 season. The Lakers broke a 10 game winless streak against their arch nemesis and they became the team to beat in the SUNYAC. And they did it on the road. They accomplished these tasks be defeating Plattsburgh, 5-2, after blowing a 2-0 lead. "We're happy," Oswego coach Ed Gosek said. "What we're happiest ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17463/ThisWeekinHockeyEastNov122009.html Up Is Down And Down Is Up It's enough to make you cue up Diana Ross singing "Upside Down." (I'm not going to infringe on the copyright of songwriters Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards by adding anything more than, "inside out and round and round." Got the tune in your head now? OK, let's roll.) While the season is still young, its topsy turvy nature has led to a number of anomalies. • ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17464/ThisWeekinAtlanticHockeyNov122009.html Sweet Sweep Canisius swept Mercyhurst last weekend, 6-4 in Erie on Friday and 4-3 in Buffalo on Saturday. It was the first time ever in the 21-year history of the rivals that the Golden Grffins had defeated the Lakers on consecutive nights. The games were the 59th and 60th played between the two schools. "Our team worked extremely hard," Canisius coach Dave Smith said. "It was a very gritty ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17465/ThisWeekinECACHockeyNov122009.html Here's an old tried-and-true column format: the hot-and-cold list. Join me as we narrow a big-picture view of ECAC Hockey down to a few noteworthy teams, units, and players. Who's Hot ... Colgate Specifically, the offense and Charles Long. The Raiders have scored 16 goals in their last four games, and eight in each of the last two weekends. The 'Gate hasn't scored that many goals in a four-game ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17466/ThisWeekintheWCHANov122009.html Though a few of the usual suspects have been hanging around the top half of the league, we've still got more of the same like last year, as only seven points separate first and 10th place. Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Co-Offensive Players of the Week: Evan Trupp, UND; Sean Wiles, UAA. Why: Trupp scored three goals to help his Fighting Sioux sweep Michigan Tech. Wiles also ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17467/ThisWeekintheCHANov122009.html And the beat goes on for Bemidji State. Honestly, this is a team that's looking like it will not only keep up with the rest of the WCHA next year, but for the time being will be a team that looks unstoppable in CHA play. The facts don't lie. The Beavers are one of three unbeaten teams in the nation and are off to their best start in 25 years at 7-0-1. That seven is also lucky as it's their ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17468/ThisWeekintheCCHANov122009.html Old Business Last week, I registered my discontent with the issues surrounding the Oct. 30 shootout in Omaha, when Bowling Green was awarded the extra shootout point despite an ineligible player scoring the deciding shootout goal. To refresh the memories of those unfamiliar with the case, BGSU freshman Jordan Samuels-Thomas was the only one to score in the shootout, and Samuels-Thomas should have ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17474/ThisWeekintheNCHAMCHANov122009.html The first regular season installment of the USCHO.com Division III men's poll was released on Monday, and at first glance it looks pretty much as expected. Five NCHA teams grace the top 15 and Adrian is hanging out roughly where it has for the better part of the past two years. The big mover was St. Norbert, who at 4-0-1 vaults all the way to the top spot in the land, up ten positions from the ... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17460/SchroederImStayingatMinnesota.html Minnesota forward Jordan Schroeder says all the speculation about his departure from the Golden Gophers is false. In a rare response to Internet rumors that he was planning to leave Minnesota, Schroeder committed his future to the team. "I am fully committed to this team and university," Schroeder said in a statement released by the school on Wednesday. "I have no intention of leaving college ... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17458/TuesdayMorningQuarterbackNov102009.html Is Bemidji State a top-10 team? That's one of the issues up for debate as USCHO Senior Writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look back and look ahead. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17459/RisingOutoftheCrowd.html Carl Hagelin first came to Michigan as just another face in Red Berenson's Michigan Hockey Camp. Now, he's one of the faces of the Wolverines' offense. Justin A. Rice reports. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17454/SerratoreGetsNewDealatAirForce.html Air Force and coach Frank Serratore have agreed to a new five-year contract that will keep Serratore behind the Falcons' bench through the 2013-14 season, the school announced Monday. Serratore, who is in his 13th season with Air Force, has led the Falcons to three straight NCAA tournament appearances after Atlantic Hockey postseason championships. He has a 200-216-32 overall record at the Academy ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17455/MiamiNearsUnanimousStatusAtopRankings.html Miami strengthened its hold on the top spot in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men's Poll on Monday, collecting 49 of the 50 first-place votes. Related link: Full rankings The RedHawks swept a pair of games at then-No. 4 Michigan last weekend, outscoring the Wolverines by a combined 8-2. North Dakota moved up one spot to No. 2, while Cornell, Denver and Massachusetts-Lowell round ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17456/BackonTopStNorbertAgainDIII’sBest.html MINNEAPOLIS — What is past is prologue. Or so it must seem to the St. Norbert Green Knights who, a year removed from a national championship, can again lay claim to being the top team in D-III college hockey. Gaining any sense of comfort upon that throne, however, would probably prove unwise. Closely mimicking the preseason poll, four other teams received first place votes. Ascending ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17457/AGreatAtmosphereMoreShouldExperienceHintHint.html The atmosphere at RIT's Frank Ritter Arena and the kind of hockey Atlantic Hockey has developed are things that should be experienced by more teams (yes, big-name schools, USCHO national columnist Dave Starman is talking to you). Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17427/ThisWeekinDINovember62009.html Used to play “I spy with my wandering eye” with my kids, when both they (all six of them) and I were a lot younger. Found myself doing so again this week as I perused the D-I landscape. What Caught my Eye: WCHA Da Badgers. Just when you think you've got Wisconsin figured out, the Badgers hit you with a crate full of knuckle pucks. Yes, they are the defending national champs, but they've ... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17412/ThisWeekinMIAC.html MIAC Showcase The inaugural MIAC Showcase was held at the Bloomington Ice Gardens this last weekend. From Friday through Sunday, all nine teams from the MIAC got to go out and face off against each other. It wasn’t a tournament format: there were no playoffs or seedings, no champion declared or trophy won, nor was there an all-showcase team. What there was though, were nine games of fast ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17413/ThisWeekintheNCHAMCHA.html Welcome back for what should no doubt be another chaotic season. Though many things changed from a season ago, the preseason USCHO.com Division III men’s poll is not one of them: it remains littered with NCHA teams, six in all. Defending Peters Cup champion Stout was the highest of the bunch and checked in at No. 3 while Superior landed on their heels in fourth. The Blue Devils and Yellowjackets ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17429/ECACWestPreview.html RIT Tigers Coach: Scott McDonald (62-14-4, 4th season) Last year’s record: 21-3-2 ECAC West Record: 15-2-1 (2nd) Coaches’ Projection: First My Prediction: First Key Losses: Keltie Jones and Sandra Grant Key Returnees: Jr. Sarah Dagg (16-24-40), Jr. Katie Stack (17-17-34), Jr. Traci Galbraith (6-14-20) Newcomers to watch: Kim Schlattman, Kayla Ross, Danielle Read Elmira College Soaring ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17402/ThisWeekinSUNYAC.html First Big Upset It didn't take long for the first big upset involving a SUNYAC team. Morrisville, playing their first game of the season, stunned Elmira, playing their third game, 2-1, in the Thunderdomes. "A great win for our program," Morrisville coach Brian Grady said. "A great confidence boost. I think it's huge. I told my team afterwards, 'You beat a nationally ranked opponent on the ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17403/SurgeryWillEndSeasonforMinnesotasBarriball.html Minnesota forward Jay Barriball will have season-ending surgery to repair a knee injury he suffered in practice on Tuesday, the school announced Thursday. Barriball, a senior, is eligible to apply to the NCAA for a medical hardship waiver. If approved, he would be able to play another season in college. His surgery is scheduled for Friday. Barriball had four points through five games this ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17404/BookExcerptBurntheBoats.html An excerpt from USCHO Senior Writer Scott Weighart's book about Boston University's run to the 2009 national championship. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17405/ECACWestSeasonPreview.html ECAC West Preview When it comes to the ECAC West, you usually always immediately think the power trio of Elmira, Plattsburgh, and R.I.T. Once again, these three programs are at the top of the league’s pre-season rankings and are the odds on favorites to win the conference crown. However, the gap between this trio and the rest of the conference is slowly starting to close. All three teams sustained ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17406/ThisWeekintheCCHANov52009.html He Shoots! He Scores! He Shouldn't Have! There's only one thing more exciting than a shootout, and that's a shootout that helps to illustrate the idiocy of the shootout. When the game between Bowling Green and Nebraska-Omaha remained tied at the end of a five-minute overtime Friday, Oct. 30, a shootout ensued — as is the current fashion in the CCHA. The only player to score was Bowling Green ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17407/ThisWeekintheCHANov52009.html Every year when CHA coaches are asked about their nonconference schedules, they all usually say something along the lines of "in college hockey, anyone can win on any given night." Last Friday night, Robert Morris opened its home schedule against No. 18 Quinnipiac and was soundly defeated, 5-0. Sure, on paper, that looked about right. The next night, however, RMU busted an eight-spot on Quinnipiac ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17408/ThisWeekintheWCHANov52009.html Well, we're three weeks in and the two Colorado schools are leading the pack, with CC being the relative surprise. Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Tony Lucia, UM. Why: Scored five points (3g, 2a) including two shorthanded goals, to help his Gophers sweep Alaska-Anchorage. Also Nominated: Jesse Martin, DU; Rob Bordson, UMD; Brendan Smith, UW. Red ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.uscho.com/news/id,17409/ThisWeekinECACHockeyNov52009.html Boy, oh boy, it's that time again ... every team's in the game, and every game's a big one! Harvard kicked off the 2009-10 ECAC Hockey season with a statement win in Hanover, N.H., but there were plenty of other ECAC domestic disputes this weekend as well. Lots to look at, so let's get down to business. Yale Throttles Princeton in the Third In the weekend's most potent pairing, the visiting Bulldogs ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600