The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://collegehockeynews.com Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:23:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/27_tim_taylor_passes_away_at.php Tim Taylor, who coached the U.S. Olympic team in 1994 and Yale for 30 years, passed away today at the age of 71. He had been in a lengthy cancer battle. Taylor, who graduated Harvard in 1972, went 342-433-55 in 28 seasons with Yale, the only Division I head coaching job he ever had. He was away from the team for the 1984 Olympics, as an assistant coach, and 1994 as the head coach. He parted ways with ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/14_malcolm_takes_the_cake.php Jeff Malcolm forgot Saturday's date completely. He remembered to turn his phone off Saturday morning, but it wasn't the date that led him to this. It was his plans for the evening -- a national championship game -- that forced him to cut off all contact with his friends, his family and anyone else who wanted to wish him luck. The date, of course, was April 13. Always an important date in his life ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/14_paying_it_forward.php Keith Allain's playing career was over. Having graduated Yale, and played in Europe, an injury signaled the end. It was 1984 and a career in business was ahead, a perfectly fine profession for a Yale graduate. Until he got a call from his old coach, Tim Taylor. "I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and Tim called me up and said, 'I think you should come back and coach,'" Allain said. "The boost ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/14_the_night_is_youngs.php With its historic 4-0 win over conference rival Quinnipiac on Saturday night, Yale made all kinds of history – most notably, by being the first team to topple three No. 1 seeds, becoming the first Yale team of any kind to win a national championship since its men’s swimming squad did so six decades ago. “History,” certainly, epitomizes the Ivy League School – the third-oldest university ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 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/2013/04/13_yale_wins_national_championship.php Midway through the second period, Yale junior forward Clinton Bourbonais took a charging penalty to put his team at a 5-on-3 disadvantage. The Bulldogs got the kill, though. About eight minutes later, with just 3.5 seconds left on the second-period clock, he got his redemption. Parking himself in front of Quinnipiac goaltender Eric Hartzell, Bourbonais tipped a Gus Young shot that ricocheted into ... 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_yales_second_liners_top_notch.php With sufficient time to fully digest Thursday’s 3-2 win over Massachusetts-Lowell in the national semifinal, Yale coach Keith Allain sat before the press on Friday morning ready to answer questions about the usual suspects. Kenny Agostino leads the Bulldogs in scoring. Antoine Laganiere seemed to finally break out of a scoring slump with his goal on Thursday and Andrew Miller potted the team’s ... 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/2013/04/11_millers_time.php Coming into the 2013 NCAA Frozen Four, Yale senior captain Andrew Miller needed just one more assist to match former Bulldog Bob Brooke as the program's all-time assists leader. Miller, who has assisted – so to speak – Yale in reaching milestone after milestone during his prolific four-year career, accomplished that personal milestone just 12:55 into the first national semifinal on Thursday, tallying ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/11_yale_plays_first_fiddle_to.php The game was almost a microcosm of Massachusetts-Lowell’s season. Falling behind early to Yale in the national semifinal, the River Hawks quickly flipped the switch, striking for two goals inside of 14 seconds in the middle of the game, just as they turned their season around in December. But the Bulldogs made sure there was no cinderella ending this time around. Yale dominated the Hockey East ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/11_ready_at_a_moments_notice.php When given the opportunity to perform on a stage like the NCAA Frozen Four – in front of thousands of fans, a national television audience and NHL scouts galore – some players just find away to take advantage of the moment. Even if those moments present unique, even unpredictable circumstances. This season, the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh -- featuring four teams with a combined zero national championships ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/11_strong_yale_blue_line_stands.php The first shift after a goal is dangerous in any circumstance. Those seconds following a tally that turns a comfortable, 2-0 lead into a desperate 2-1 battle often decide games. Thursday night, Yale defensemen Ryan Obuchowski and Tommy Fallen skated onto the ice just after Massachusetts-Lowell captain Riley Wetmore cut the score in half. Fourteen seconds later, the game was tied. Fallen fell victim ... 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_root_comes_home.php Jesse Root's crowning moment of the 2013 NCAA tournament came nine seconds into Yale's first game. Racing to the net, he redirected a pass from Kenny Agostino past Minnesota goaltender Adam Wilcox to clinch a 3-2 in for the Bulldogs. A day later, he added yet another piece to his crown, scoring the game-winning goal in a 4-1 win over North Dakota to seal Yale's first Frozen Four bid since 1952. Root's ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/10_malcolms_in_the_middle_of.php Every save is important to Yale goaltender Jeff Malcolm. No matter the shooter, the angle or the score, Malcolm thinks he can stop them all. They're all the same. He doesn't remember any singular shot. None of the 10 saves in made in the third period of a 3-2 overtime win against Minnesota in a West Regional semifinal stand out. Nor can he recall the nine saves he made in the regional final, when ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/09_remembering_yales_1952_run.php Yale is the only team remaining in this year's NCAA tournament to ever make the Frozen Four before -- 61 years ago. That nugget of information has provided the opportunity for us to reach back in time, to a different era. Of course, it wasn't called the Frozen Four then. In 1952, the NCAA tournament was just five years old, the ECAC didn't exist -- Yale was playing in what was known as the Pentagonal ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/08_preview_mass-lowell_vs.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. This year's Frozen Four, which being with Massachusetts-Lowell and Yale on Thursday afternoon, marks the first time the national semifinals do not feature at least one of Boston College, Boston ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100