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07/17/11 Big changes are coming to college hockey. In the aftermath of the Big 10 Conference expanding into hockey, and North Dakota leading the charge for the new "National College Hockey Conference," which was announced officially on Wednesday, Hockey East could be facing changes as well.
07/01/11 If this were a decade ago, you might have well kissed him goodbye. Mark Dennehy has turned Merrimack's hockey program from a cellar dweller into a contender for a Hockey East championship. Quite the impressive feat.
06/08/11 There's a chance Hockey East could get a little more fight in the chase for the top conference crown in college hockey. The University of Notre Dame may be making a move to Hockey East in the near future, according to the Bangor Daily News.The potential move would stem from the addition of the Big 10 conference for the 2013-14 season, as they are grabbing three teams -- Michigan, Michigan State ...
03/31/11 Merrimack head coach Mark Dennehy was named College Hockey News' co-Coach of the Year along with Western Michigan's Jeff Blashill. Dennehy led the Warriors to their best Division I season in school history, posting a school record 25 wins, while advancing to the Hockey East Championship for the first time in program history. Merrimack also advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since ...
03/28/11 The Penguins signed forward Paul Thompson (of Derry) to a two-year, entry level contract yesterday. Thompson, who is a Hobey Baker top 10 finalist, was the Hockey East Player of the Year. The conference scoring champion was a unanimous selection as a Hockey East First Team All-Star. Thompson was a two-time Hockey East's Athletic Republic Player of the Month (Nov. and Jan.) and a three-time ...
03/27/11 NCAA hockey Northeast Regional 'Cats changing perceptions Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): UNH NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal MANCHESTER - Blake Kessel still hears the taunts in rinks across Hockey East, and he could just as easily read them on message boards drawing fans from across the country, where others in the world of college hockey like to tease that the UNH on his ...
03/25/11 NORTH ANDOVER --- Freshman left winger Mike Collins was Hockey East-ready when he arrived at Merrimack this fall. Collins...
03/21/11 By: Staff Report Senior forward Paul Thompson of the 11th-ranked UNH men's hockey team was selected as the 2011 Hockey East Player of the Year at the annual league banquet. Thompson and Blake Kessel were named to the Hockey East All-Star First Team. In addition, M...
03/21/11 Boston College started this season as the top-ranked team in the country, and spent another few weeks there during the dead of winter. Yet despite winning the Beanpot, the Hockey East regular season title and the Hockey East championship, the Eagles didn't get an ideal draw in the NCAA tournament. Sure, they're a number-one seed, but they're playing as far away from home as they could, and in ...
03/21/11 The Boston College hockey team defeated Merrimack, 5-3, in the 27th annual Hockey East Championship at TD Bank North Garden on Saturday.
03/20/11 BOSTON (AP) -- Cam Atkinson scored his second goal of the third period with 5:11 left to snap a tie and lead defending national champion Boston College a 5-3 victory over Merrimack in the Hockey East
03/20/11 The 2011 Frozen Four draw has been set and, somewhat surprisingly, ECAC champion Yale has edged out WCHA champ North Dakota and Hockey East winner Boston College for the top overall seed in the 16-team tournament. The Bulldogs will be staying very close to home in the East regional in Bridgeport, Conn., while BC will be tops in the West, North Dakota in the Midwest, and Miami (OH) in the ...
03/20/11 It wasn't exactly a reward for winning the Hockey East championship, but the Boston College hockey team, including Barry Almeida of Springfield, is headed to St. Louis to play Colorado College in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
03/19/11 Hockey East officials are closely following developments surrounding the formation of a new Division 1 Big Ten...
03/19/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press BOSTON Cam Atkinson took over for Boston College in the third period Saturday night, scoring two late goals to power the Eagles, the defending national champions, to a 5-3 win over Merrimack in the Hockey East championship at TD Garden. Both BC, shooting for its third national title in the last four years, and Merrimack will be heading to the NCAA ...
03/19/11 College hockey Eagles claim title; UNH likely 4 seed Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): Merrimack Boston College Hockey BOSTON - The celebrations have become so old-hat, so routine, so expected, that as the siren sounded an end to last night's Hockey East championship game, Boston College goaltender John Muse simply slipped the glove off his left hand, casually removed his helmet ...
03/18/11 Five days after the University of Maine men's hockey team was eliminated from the Hockey East quarterfinals, Gustav Nyquist received some consolation.
03/17/11 University of New Hampshire forward Paul Thompson was named the Hockey East player of the year Thursday night in Boston.
03/16/11 By sweeping Vermont last week in a Hockey East quarterfinal series at the Whittemore Center, UNH appears to have locked up a spot in the NCAA tournament for the 10th straight season.
03/15/11 Perhaps it's because I just spent a weekend on the road to catch a home-and-home series between Boston College (BC) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) that decided the Hockey East regular season title.
03/13/11 Associated Press - March 13, 2011 8:34 AM ET NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) - Merrimack College has ousted the University of Maine from Hockey East playoffs with a 6-2 win in the quarterfinal... | 
