Pushing Forward
Nine Division I teams changed head coaches over the offseason, but none of them did it like [[St. Lawrence]] did.
Just weeks before the start of the season, St. Lawrence coach Joe Marsh, the man behind the Saints bench for 26 seasons, took an indefinite leave of absence for medical reasons.
Last season, Marsh missed two separate periods of time for medical reasons as well, battling an esophageal …
New UAH President Was Key to Program’s Reversal of Fortunes
When University of Alabama chancellor Malcolm Portera hand picked Robert Altenkirch to succeed him as president of Alabama-Huntsville, there was no reason to believe Portera's October decision to kill Huntsville's Division I hockey program could be reversed.
What many didn't know was Altenkirch's background in hockey-related activities, and in hockey-related communities.
Altenkirch …
Team of the Week: Northeastern
Midway through November, the Northeastern Huskies were on a three-game losing streak and hadn’t seen a win since October 14 over New Hampshire. That win was just their fourth game of the season. At 1-7-2 a third of the way through the regular season, things weren’t looking good for first-year head coach Jim Madigan and his Huskies.
“Our first seven or eight games, I thought the players …
Alabama-Huntsville To Continue Program?
Following a meeting with supporters of Albama-Huntsville hockey, led by alumnus Nathan Bowen, the school released a statement seemingly reversing its course to disband the hockey program.
UAH has been playing this season under the assumption it would be its last, after outgoing president Malcolm Portera said in October that the athletic department budget could not sustain the program.
However, new …
18 NCAA Players on Team USA Invite List
Team USA has invited 18 current NCAA players, out of 30, to its World Junior tournament training camp, which will take place Dec. 17-23 in Camrose, Alberta. The camp will include three exhibition games against Russia, Switzerland and Slovakia.
The final U.S. National Junior Team roster is expected to be announced on Dec. 22.
Team USA will compete in the 2012 World Junior Championship from Dec. 26 …
WMU’s Murray Inducted to IIHF Hall of Fame
Western Michigan coach Andy Murray has been elected to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame, in the builders' category.
Also selected this year were six-time Finnish Olympian Raimo Helminen, Russian star Pavel Bure, long-time NHL defenseman Phil Housley of the United States, and Czech legend Milan Novy.
Murray's international career is highlighted by winning three gold …
Fight to Save UAH Hockey Continues
The fight to save Alabama-Huntsville hockey continues on two fronts.
Alabama state representative Phil Williams told College Hockey News that he's working on legislation that will split Huntsville — and the Birmingham campus, as well — out of the University of Alabama system.
Rep. Williams hopes this will be a first step in saving hockey at UAH.
"(The idea) is becoming very popular around …
Devils Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
There are many wild things that take place during the course of a long hockey season. It’s not often, though, that you see so many of them in the same game.
The Devils had such a game Thursday night in Newark. They rallied from being down 3-0, had a goal wiped out, scored two straight short-handed goals, had a successful video review from Toronto, led 4-3 only to be tied with five seconds left in regulation on what was a shorthanded goal because Ottawa, down a man, pulled the goalie to make it 5-on-5… and then played some overtime time both 5-on-4 and 5-on-5 because of the penalty situation.
Oh, and they pulled Martin Brodeur after the first period, the second time in his last three starts he didn’t last more than 20 minutes.
Thursday’s Three Stars: Theodore owns Boston; OT thrillers (Yahoo! Sports)
No. 1 Star: Jose Theodore, Florida Panthers Talk about your statement games: Theodore stopped all 40 shots he faced, making third-period goals by Tomas Kopecky and Kris Versteeg stand up in a 2-0 victory at the Boston Bruins. Theodore was … Continue reading →
Thursday’s National Hockey League Capsules (PA SportsTicker)
Dominic Moore scored the tying short-handed goal with 1:57 left in regulation and then netted the only goal in the shootout to help the Tampa Bay Lightning snap a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
