The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:07:30 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://www.collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/25_north_dakota_players_will.php North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol has decided to take scholarship money away from players as the result of citations received following the season, according to a report in the Grand Forks Herald. Freshmen Zane Gothberg received a citation for underage drinking after the team returned from the West Regional in Grand Rapids. Colten St. Clair and Bryn Chyzyk received underage drinking citations last weekend ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/11_the_recruiting_trail_april.php '93 Forward Steven Iacobellis, Massachusetts (2013) In his third full season in the BCHL, Iacobellis totaled 44 points (15 goals, 29 assists) in 39 games between Cowichan and Salmon Arm this season. The 5-foot-9, 165-pounder scored 40 points (13, 27) in 61 games last season for Cowichan.  '97 Forward Troy Conzo, Massachusetts (2016 or 2017) In his rookie season in the Metropolitan Junior ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/05_more_players_add_to_early.php The end of the college season for all but four teams, has brought the usual bevy of players leaving early to sign NHL deals. Some of those players were drafted, and some were not. In addition to those already signed, the end of the first week of April brought a bunch more. The list includes Union goaltender Troy Grosenick, who leaves after three seasons to sign a free agent deal with the San Jose ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/02_2012-13_all-chn_teams.php A pair of North Dakota and Boston College players are on the All-CHN teams, which highlights the top individual performers of the year, as voted upon by the College Hockey News staff. Also see: CHN Player of the Year: Danny Kristo All-CHN First Team F Danny Kristo, Sr., North Dakota F Johnny Gaudreau, So., Boston College F Ryan Walters, Jr., Nebraska-Omaha D Nick Jensen, Jr., St. Cloud ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/02_chn_player_of_the_year_danny.php In a year where it was next to impossible to differentiate between the top 15 players in the country, College Hockey News has selected North Dakota forward Danny Kristo as our Player of the Year. Among the 15, some were great setup men, great faceoff men, great two-way players. Others were good finishers, or dazzling offensive weapons. Some were goaltenders on great teams, or goaltenders with somewhat ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/30_wt_north_dakota_buckles_in.php After the strongest postseason imaginable by the North Dakota penalty-kill unit, a rare lapse couldn’t have possibly come at a worse time. But Yale took advantage, as regional MVP Jesse Root popped one in on the power play for the second of four third-period Bulldog goals, devastating North Dakota in one fell swoop. The North Dakota penalty killers stayed true to their playoff form for most of ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/29_wt_perfect_for_59_minutes.php According to North Dakota coach Dave Hakstol, the word of the day Friday for his team was resiliency. That’s exactly what it took to figure out Carsen Chubak. A stellar start to the national postseason came unraveled in the first three minutes of the third period for Chubak and, with it, went Niagara’s season. The Purple Eagles’ junior goalie had held off a highly talented North Dakota attack ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/22_missed_opportunities_end_north.php With more than 17,000 in attendance for Thursday’s matchup between North Dakota and Colorado College, a sea of green and white jerseys painted the stands of the Xcel Energy Center where North Dakota sought its fourth straight WCHA tournament title. Stunned silence is all that can describe the heartbreaking loss for North Dakota, as Colorado College won 4-3 in overtime Thursday night. “A tough ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/21_eight_forwards_among_this.php The 10 finalists for the 2013 Hobey Baker Award were announced today. They are: Greg Carey, St. Lawrence; Carsen Chubak, Niagara; Austin Czarnik, Miami; Kyle Flanagan, St. Lawrence; Johnny Gaudreau, Boston College; Eric Hartzell, Quinnipiac; Corban Knight, North Dakota; Danny Kristo, North Dakota; Drew LeBlanc, St. Cloud; and Ryan Walters, Nebraska-Omaha. The 10 finalists are selected by voting from ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/20_dont_moralize_the_hobey.php In our new list of Hobey hopefuls, we put North Dakota senior forward Danny Kristo at the top. Mind you, the list is agonizing this year. So many players have credentials that are so close to each other, sorting it out was really an exercise in futility. But if Kristo is still in the running in a couple of weeks, we are destined to have another "character" debate. And, on that, we should be wary. As ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/20_hobey_hopeful_list_in_flux.php With Championship Weekend kicking off Thursday afternoon in St. Paul, Minn., conference tournaments and the NCAA tournament hold the attention of most. Thursday, however, will also reveal the 10 finalists for the 2013 Hobey Baker Memorial Award winner. The run to the final weekend of conference play and the NCAA tournament has produced one of the most convoluted Hobey fields ever. Around the nation ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/20_wcha_final_five_preview.php The WCHA Final Five has always been a celebration of college hockey, where fans of different schools in the conference get together to fill the Xcel Energy Center as an end-of-the-year tradition. This year it doubles as the end of an era. With eight of the conference’s 12 schools leaving the WCHA for new leagues, teams across the Upper Midwest and West will be split apart beginning next year. That ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/15_wcha_tournament_preview.php With two-thirds of the league heading elsewhere next season, this year's WCHA tournament will be the last of its kind. If the regular season was any indication, it promises to be a memorable one. The race for home ice came down to the final weekend, and the battle for the MacNaughton Cup went down to the final night. St. Cloud State clinched a share of its first MacNaughton Cup on Friday, but then ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/07_like_fathers,_like_sons.php As Dayn Belfour finished up the 2009-10 season with the Fargo Force of the United States Hockey League, he wondered where he was going to play next. He would be too old to play another season in the USHL, but he wasn't being recruited by any college teams either. The 6-foot-1 goalie was beginning to think that his best option might be to look overseas. But then he got a call from Nebraska-Omaha coach ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/07_nchc_unveils_logo,_postseason.php The National Collegiate Hockey Conference, eight months from starting its inaugural season, unveiled its new logo today, and its ticket packages for the postseason tournament. A news conference was held today in Minneapolis, around the state of Minnesota's high school hockey championships, and the Let's Play Hockey Expo, which is being held in and near the Xcel Center in St. Paul. “We’re excited ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100