(July 2, 2009) — Niagara will host the final CHA tournament at Dwyer Arena on March 12 and 13, 2010, the league announced. The CHA is disbanding after the 2009-10 season. Niagara and Robert Morris are moving to Atlantic Hockey; Bemidji State is moving to the WCHA; and ...

(June 30, 2009) — Another head coach is leaving college for a new USA Hockey venture. Scott Paluch has stepped down at Bowling Green to be a regional manager of USA Hockey's American Development Model. Assistant coach Dennis Williams will be the interim head coach for the 2009-10 ...

(June 27, 2009) — College hockey quickly redeemed itself at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft on Saturday with 10 college freshmen-to-be becoming NHL property in the second round. The onslaught of college players came a day after only seven collegians were drafted in the opening round and none ...

(June 27, 2009) — The Minnesota Wild pulled the ultimate fast one during Friday night's NHL Entry Draft and in doing so were part of college hockey's most disappointing opening draft round in recent memory.   After having the 13th overall pick in the first round, positioned perfectly ...

(June 26, 2009) — As anticipated, the WCHA voted Friday to admit Bemidji State and Nebraska-Omaha beginning with the 2010-11 season, making the conference a 12-team league. The expansion is the league's first since Minnesota State joined in 1999-2000. The vote, which puts the Bemidji ...

(June 25, 2009) — Former Cornell goaltender David McKee has pleaded not guilty to two felony rape charges in Santa Ana, Calif., after being arraigned earlier this month. McKee, a Hobey Baker Award finalist in 2005, posted $100,000 bail and is due in court for a pre-trial hearing on ...

(June 25, 2009) — Miami defenseman Will Weber was arrested in Oxford, Ohio, and charged with theft after police said he stole a purse from a bar on June 21, the Oxford Press reported. Weber, 20, a second-round pick of the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, also was ...

(June 25, 2009) — There's no doubt that the pressure that is placed on 18-year-old kids at the NHL Entry Draft is unmatched, maybe even unfair. These kids trade skateboards and roller blades for business suits, sit through difficult job interviews with countless NHL general managers and ...

(June 24, 2009) — Mike Hastings is moving from his position as assistant coach at Minnesota to the associate head coach position at Nebraska-Omaha. Hastings will join new Mavericks coach Dean Blais and Nick Fohr, who as an assistant coach for former UNO coach Mike Kemp, in the new ...

(June 24, 2009) — Arguably the decade's most successful sports town recognized two of college hockey's most successful coaches Wednesday night. Boston College's Jerry York and Boston University's Jack Parker were honored with the Special Achievement Award at this year's Tradition, a ...

(June 22, 2009) — David Quinn is leaving his position as associate head coach of national champion Boston University to become the head coach of the AHL's Lake Erie Monsters. Quinn, 42, spent five seasons at his alma mater after leading the USA Hockey National Team Development ...

(June 12, 2009) — Dean Blais is back in college hockey. Will his next move be back to the WCHA? That much is uncertain, but what's known is that Blais is the new coach at Nebraska-Omaha, a move that was announced at a news conference Friday in Omaha, Neb. Blais, a two-time ...

(June 11, 2009) — Plymouth State has named Darcy Corson the coach of its women's program. She replaces Heathey Hoffay, who posted a 1-54-1 record in the program's first three seasons. Corson, a 2001 graduate of Bowdoin, was the head coach at Milton Academy in Massachusetts for the ...

(June 11, 2009) — Boston University defenseman Brian Strait's stint as co-captain proved to be a short one. Less than two months after the Terriers won the national championship in dramatic fashion over Miami, the rising senior opted to forgo his senior season in favor of signing a pro ...

(June 10, 2009) — Former Rensselaer goaltender Nathan Marsters was killed Monday in an automobile accident in Smithville, Ontario, the Hamilton Spectator reported. Marsters, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene after a deer crashed through the windshield of his truck. He played four ...

Being ranked in the top 30 coming into the NHL entry draft initiates high expectations and hope for the young players who might just hear their name called in the first round. But what if you were projected to be picked and with all of that pressure ended up waiting, and ...

The Edmonton Oilers made one of the most interesting selections on Saturday when, in the third round, they called the name of Troy Hesketh. Hesketh is committed to attend Wisconsin but won't do so until September of 2011. He is heading next year to play junior hockey in ...

Think of your favorite hockey team. Okay, now imagine yourself playing for that club. Sounds like a dream, eh? Well for most it is, but for two 18-year-olds -- Nick Leddy, who will attend Minnesota this fall, and Louis Leblanc, who's heading to Harvard -- that dream is a ...

For the second time in three years, there's a strong possibility that the opening round of the NHL Entry Draft will have 30 teams pick only forwards and defensemen, leaving goaltenders on the outside looking in. In 2007, Joel Gistedt from Finland was the first ...

While the NHL Entry Draft is the first time young players are on trial for their career future, the judge and jury of that trial is the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau. The CSB and its team of 11 scouts worldwide under the direction of E.J. Maguire attempts to view and ...

In a dimly lit ballroom, a light shines down on some very well known people who are surrounded by reporters, video cameras and photographers snapping hundreds of photos. These stylish looking people in suits are in the spotlight, both literally and figuratively, but ...

The debate has raged on and on in recent years between which is better: Junior A hockey or U.S. college hockey. This weekend in Montreal we may find out the answer, at least in the eyes of those most important to the game -- NHL executives. As this weekend's NHL ...

What do the Chicago Blackhawks, President Barack Obama and the Chicago Cubs have in common? Well, the obvious answer is the city, but the more important relation here is John Moore. This 18-year-old is undoubtedly going to be snatched up in the first round of the NHL ...