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Checking In: Former Michigan State player Torey Krug

Tim Sullivan — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:00:31 +0000

The lessons Torey Krug learned in three memorable seasons with Michigan State have prepared him for life in the NHL and an unbelievable rise through the ranks in one of the deepest organizations in the league. Tim Sullivan checks in with the Boston Bruins defenseman during the Stanley Cup Finals.

Kirchhevel departs Penn State for ‘personal reasons’

Matt Mackinder — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:04:17 +0000

Penn State forward Justin Kirchhevel has left the program due to personal reasons, the school announced Thursday. Kirchhevel will return home to Brookings, S.D., and finish his Penn State degree through online classes. “I want to thank the coaching staff and my teammates for an amazing experience over the last two years,” said Kirchhevel in a statement. “It truly was an honor to represent the Nittany Lions and help set a solid foundation for the [...]

Former Colorado College forward Winkler dies unexpectedly at 23

Matt Mackinder — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:43:19 +0000

Scott Winkler, a former forward at Colorado College who just graduated in May, has died at the age of 23. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Winkler was found dead at his parents’ home in Asker, Norway, on Wednesday. The cause of death is unknown. “Everyone loved him and respected him,” said 2012-13 CC captain William Rapuzzi to the Gazette. “He was a brother to all of us. It just doesn’t make sense. “He treated [...]

Committee studies changes to TUC cliff, suggests lower NCAA regional ticket prices

Todd D. Milewski — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:43:13 +0000

The NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey committee would like to turn down the volatility in the PairWise Rankings based on the so-called teams under consideration cliff. Now it just needs to figure out how to do it. The committee discussed potential changes to national tournament selection criteria at its meeting in Indianapolis last week, and the group is looking at ways to alter the definition of how many teams are involved in the comparisons. [...]

Interactive data: NCAA’s academic progress scores for college hockey teams

Todd D. Milewski — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:59:51 +0000

Brown was the only school to earn a perfect score in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rates for the 2011-12 academic year in both its men’s and women’s hockey programs. And both men’s and women’s hockey are tops among NCAA sports in their gender for average score. It’s the fifth straight 1,000 for the Brown men’s team; the women’s team has been there three years in a row. The scores, which are based on eligibility and [...]

Maine brings back former forward Guite as new assistant coach

Matt Mackinder — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:55:21 +0000

Maine has announced the hiring of former Black Bears’ forward Ben Guite as an assistant coach. Guite played four years at Maine (1996-2000) where he helped lead the Black Bears to the 1999 national championship and back to the Frozen Four in 2000. “The University of Maine hockey program is delighted to have acquired the services of Ben Guite,” said Maine head coach Red Gendron in a statement. “As a player here at Maine, he [...]

Hobey Baker winner LeBlanc to throw out first pitch at Target Field

Matt Mackinder — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:18:56 +0000

Drew LeBlanc, the 2013 Hobey Baker Award winner as a senior at St. Cloud State, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch on June 12 at Target Field just prior to the Minnesota Twins-Philadelphia Phillies game that night. The SCSU team will also be honored during a pregame ceremony.

National top rookie award renamed in honor of the late Tim Taylor

Matt Mackinder — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:16:19 +0000

The Hockey Commissioners Association announced Monday that is plans on naming its Division I men’s national rookie of the year award the Tim Taylor Award, starting with the 2013-2014 season. “Coach Taylor spent a good deal of his career identifying and developing young hockey players, whether during his time at Yale or through his many years with USA Hockey,” said HCA president Steve Hagwell in a statement. “I can’t think of a better pairing than [...]

Bowling Green names Kingston new AD

Matt Mackinder — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:25:27 +0000

Chris Kingston has been named athletics director at Bowling Green. Kingston most recently spent more than two years at North Carolina State University, first as the senior associate director of athletics before being elevated to the role of executive senior associate director of athletics. At BGSU, Kingston replaces Greg Christopher, who resigned in May to take a similar position at Xavier University.

WCHA meeting to discuss budgets, media packages, items to ‘vote on and stamp out’

Matt Mackinder — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:34:59 +0000

According to the Bemidji Pioneer, presidents from the WCHA are meeting in Bemidji, Minn., Sunday and Monday to look at league budgets, potential media packages and items commissioner Bruce McLeod said need to “vote on and stamp out.” “A few of the presidents met together at our regular league meetings in Florida where we usually meet, but this is the first time we’ve had all the presidents together,” McLeod said to the Pioneer. “We have [...]

Academic All-Americans feature several college hockey names

Matt Mackinder — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:00:27 +0000

A number of Division I men’s and women’s college players highlight the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America at-large teams. The teams were selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The at-large teams include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo for both men and women, bowling, crew and field hockey for women and volleyball and wrestling for men. Rensselaer senior defneseman Nick Bailen and [...]

Madison Square Garden to play host to pair of college games

Matt Mackinder — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:05:09 +0000

College hockey is once again coming to New York City. Madison Square Garden will host two games during the 2013-14 season as Boston University plays Cornell on Nov. 30 and then Harvard and Yale skate on Jan. 11, 2014. Cornell has played at Madison Square Garden in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012, while Yale and Harvard last played one another at the arena on Dec. 21, 1970. Last season, Cornell played Michigan at MSG on [...]

Slew of NCAA players named to U.S. World Junior evaluation camp

Matt Mackinder — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:53:04 +0000

USA Hockey announced on June 6 the 24 forwards and 16 defensemen that have been invited to the National Junior Evaluation Camp, slated for Aug. 3-10 in Lake Placid, N.Y., and then on June 14, named the four goaltenders to take part in the camp. Of the 40 skaters, a total of 29 players are either in college or have committed to an NCAA program. The other 11 players are from the Canadian Hockey League. [...]

ECAC teams to host European MHL squad during ’13-14 season

Matt Mackinder — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:26:06 +0000

ECAC Hockey announced Thursday that four of its teams – Yale, Harvard, Colgate and Cornell – will play exhibition games during the 2013-14 season against an All-Star team from the Minor Hockey League of Eastern Europe as part of its 22-game tour. The games are scheduled at Yale (Dec. 27 at 7 p.m.), Harvard (Dec. 29 at 2 p.m.), Colgate (Dec. 31 at 4 p.m.) and Cornell (Jan. 3 at 7 p.m.) over a seven-day [...]

Bellamy graduates, stays with Harvard as new assistant coach

Matt Mackinder — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:10:32 +0000

Former Harvard goaltender Laura Bellamy, who just graduated from the university in May, has been named an assistant coach for the Crimson for the upcoming 2013-14 season. Bellamy will join interim head coach Maura Crowell’s staff during the absence of Katey Stone, who will coach the United States women’s team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. “We are excited to welcome Laura to our coaching staff for the upcoming season,” said Crowell in [...]

Amherst removes interim tag, hires Matthews as women’s coach

Matt Mackinder — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:18:06 +0000

Amherst has announced the hiring of interim coach Jeff Matthews as permanent head coach of the women’s program. Matthews guided Amherst to a 13-11-1 overall record (10-5-1 NESCAC) during the 2012-13 season. “It is a tremendous honor to have been awarded the opportunity to work for such an impressive athletic department and school,” said Matthews in a statement. “It has been my career ambition to end up coaching at an institution like Amherst College. To [...]

Trio of Northeastern defensemen not returning to team in ’13-14

Matt Mackinder — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:50:31 +0000

In a news release announcing Northeastern’s incoming freshman class, the Huskies also announced Wednesday that sophomore defenseman Dan Cornell, junior defenseman Jake Hoefler and sophomore defenseman Ben Oskroba will not return for the 2013-14 season. Reasons were not disclosed.

At Maine, Gendron finds another challenge he willingly accepts

Dan Hickling — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:00:46 +0000

Dennis "Red" Gendron's vision for the Black Bears includes hanging some newly-won banners in the Alfond Arena rafters and producing alums who go on to NHL glory. Dan Hickling reports.

Alaska-Anchorage to introduce six finalists for head coach job in open public forum

Matt Mackinder — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 05:00:35 +0000

The six finalists for the Alaska-Anchorage head coaching position were announced Monday by the school. will come to Anchorage for on-campus interviews. That announcement was made today by UAA Vice Chancellor Dr. William Spindle. Those finalists include original finalists Chris Brown (Augsburg head coach) and Michael Corbett (Air Force associate head coach), along with new candidates Ron Fogarty (Adrian head coach), Kevin Hartzell (former coach of USHL’s St. Paul Vulcans and Sioux Falls Stampede), Dave [...]

NCHC loses commissioner Scherr to European Games position

Todd D. Milewski — Fri, 31 May 2013 22:27:27 +0000

The National Collegiate Hockey Conference is losing its first commissioner before it plays its first game. Jim Scherr, who in early 2012 got a 4½-year contract to run the NCHC, is leaving the league to become chief operating officer of the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. The league made the announcement late Friday afternoon, saying it would immediately start a search for a new commissioner. “We knew when we hired Jim that there would [...]