The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:40:43 +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/2013/04/13_dream_matchup_for_long-time.php Though the schools play in the same league, and -- in case you haven't heard -- are seven miles apart, the connections between Yale and Quinnipiac, historically, are tenuous at best. The same cannot be said for Quinnipiac equipment manager Ed Maturo. For 32 years prior to arriving at Quinnipiac, Maturo was the beloved and highly-respected, all-sport equipment manager at Yale. He took a retirement ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_frozen_four_semifinal_notebook.php Both Yale's Andrew Miller and Quinnipiac's Jeremy Langlois scored important goals in their teams' national semifinal wins on Thursday. They also surpassed career milestones after their performances. Miller's assist on Mitch Witek's first-period goal tied him with Bob Brooke as the program's all-time assists leader. The helper was the 113th of his career. He enters Saturday's national championship ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_quinnipiac_blue_line_quietly.php Hobey Hat Trick finalist Eric Hartzell has grown accustomed to being in the spotlight. Top forwards Connor and Kellen Jones, Matthew Peca, Jeremy Langlois and Jordan Samuels-Thomas have all had their turns as well. But the group that consistently manages to avoid the spotlight is Quinnipiac's defensive corps, which is arguably the best in the country. And they're perfectly OK with that. "I think ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_quinnipiac,_yale_gear_up_for.php Twenty days ago, Yale and Quinnipiac played for the third time of the season. In front of just enough to people to fill a lecture hall at either of the universities, Yale and Quinnipiac played in the ECAC Third-Place Game after disappointing performances in the league's semifinals. With nothing to play for, Quinnipiac came out flat. With everything to play for, Yale did the same. Each side offered ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_like_father,_like_son.php No matter the result of Saturday night’s intra-state title showdown between No. 1 overall seed Quinnipiac and giant-slayer Yale, someone will bring a second national championship ring back to his family. Quinnipiac’s senior netminder Eric Hartzell and Yale’s freshman center Stu Wilson both grew up with lofty expectations thrust upon them – whether they were talked about at home or not. Each ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_commentary_quinnipiac_is.php St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko rued the first half of the first period of Thursday night's national semifinal against Quinnipiac following the game. "We'd do anything," he said, "to have the first 10 minutes of the game back." The Huskies allowed three quick goals to the Bobcats, forcing them to play from well behind for the remaining 50 minutes. They got one back, early in the second. And they ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_langlois_has_quinnipiac_at.php Quinnipiac senior forward Jeremy Langlois was lighting the Eastern Junior Hockey League on fire in 2008. As a result, swarms of NCAA coaches were practically falling over each other for some much-coveted face time with the Arizona native. When it was all said and done, he had offers on the table from Cornell and New Hampshire. He picked ... Quinnipiac? Even though their record was a respectable 18-18-5 ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_samuels-thomas_leads_quinnipiac.php If you weren’t sure you’d ever see Quinnipiac and Yale play for the national championship, imagine how Bobcats junior forward Jordan Samuels-Thomas felt two years ago, sitting in his living room at Bowling Green on the heels of yet another season below .500 -- a mark the Falcons hadn’t surpassed since 1996. For Samuels-Thomas, that was without question the lowest of lows. This Saturday, thanks ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/12_fast_start_propels_quinnipiac.php Since they entered the NCAA tournament as the top overall seed as top team in the PairWise, a title they held from wire-to-wire this season, the Quinnipiac Bobcats have repeatedly been asked to answer the critics. After coming from behind late to beat Canisius in the first round, throngs of naysayers screamed that they didn’t deserve their spot. Even a convincing win over Union, which manhandled ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/11_ecac_presence_in_frozen_four.php It's a noticeable, and oft-mentioned, theme of this year's Frozen Four that no "traditional powers" have made it. Last year, Ferris State and Union made the Frozen Four, and others have broken through in the years before that. This year, the ECAC has two teams in the Frozen Four for the first time since the split with Hockey East in 1984. The question is whether this is a coincidence, a down trend ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/11_frozen_four_notebook_wednesday.php As much as Connor Hellebuyck, Massachusetts-Lowell’s freshman goalie, has been heralded as the team’s most valuable player throughout this run to the Frozen Four, defenseman Chad Ruhwedel has quietly become one of the best defensemen in the nation. High praise, but definitely deserved. The junior is 31st nationally in scoring among defenders. That’s by no means out of this world. But, what ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/10_pecknold,_quinnipiac_have.php Although Quinnipiac's roster includes 11 seniors, the program itself is young. The Bobcats jumped to Division I just 15 years ago, and Rand Pecknold has been their head coach for the entire build-up process. He was there when they moved from Atlantic Hockey to the ECAC in 2005. He was there when they moved into the TD Bank Sports Center in 2007. And now he's here in Pittsburgh for their first Frozen ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/08_preview_quinnipiac_vs_st.php For any of the four teams involved in this year's Frozen Four, a win on Saturday night would clinch a first-ever national championship. In fact, only Yale has ever advanced even this far and not since 1952. The berth of these four teams, including Quinnipiac and St. Cloud State, in the Frozen Four marks the first time the national semifinals do not feature at least one of Boston College, Boston University ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/08_frozen_four_capsule_quinnipiac.php Resume: ECAC Regular-Season Champion, 29-7-5, East Regional Champion Quinnipiac's run to the Frozen Four hit a snag in the ECAC tournament. The Bobcats dropped a semifinal, 3-0, to Brown, leading to questions about their ability to advance in the NCAA tournament. For the first 50 minutes of the tournament, QU didn't do much to dispel these concerns. Canisius carried a 3-1 lead late into the opening ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/05_behind_the_music.php Athletic director Jack McDonald has seen this Quinnipiac baby grow into a man over these last 18 years. And now, after years of putting this program together, not only does McDonald get to enjoy his team's run to the Frozen Four, but he will get there with a rival, Yale, that's just seven miles up the road. And they will both get there as the first double-ECAC-entrant to the Frozen Four since the ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/03_2013_hobey_hat_trick_announced.php The Hobey "Hat Trick" was announced today by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation. They are: Johnny Gaudreau, sophomore forward from Boston College; Eric Hartzell, senior goalie from Quinnipiac; and Drew LeBlanc, senior forward from St. Cloud State. LeBlanc and Hartzell will be among those participating in next week's Frozen Four. Voting for the Hobey Baker Award was already totaled from among ... 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/2013/04/01_et_pecas_hat_trick_carries.php All season, Quinnipiac's success has come from an effort from the field. No single star up front -- the team's top five scorers are separated by just four goals, six total points. "Championship teams are made like that," junior forward Connor Jones said. "You can't win with one line, you can't win with two lines. You've got to have all four lines, all 16, with the goalie going, too." But Sunday night ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/31_et_70_minutes_to_save_its.php At 8 minutes, 2 seconds of Saturday night's East Regional semifinal, Quinnipiac's season changed. Matthew Peca scored his 12th goal of the season to halve a two-goal deficit against a Canisius team determined to hang around. The previous 52 minutes of hockey reminded QU coach Rand Pecknold of the five weeks prior. Following a 21-game unbeaten streak that ran from Nov. 9 through Feb. 16, the Bobcats ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/30_et_oh,_bui.php Kevin Bui isn't the player expected to score a double overtime game winner in the quarterfinal round of the ECAC playoffs. And he's definitely not the player you expect to win the go-ahead goal to win in the first round of an NCAA Regional. But it doesn't look like anyone told Quinnipiac's fourth-line left winger that. His third-period goal Saturday night came when Bui tucked a rebound past Canisius ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100