The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Tue, 07 May 2013 13:13:03 +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/2013/05/07_gwozdeckys_interest_is_high.php Former Denver coach George Gwozdecky said his "interest is high" in the Connecticut head coaching position, as he awaits the school's decision. UConn athletic director Warde Manual interviewed three candidates for the position, including interim coach David Berard, Gwozdecky, and Boston College assistant Mike Cavanaugh. Manual is expected to make a decision this week. Gwozdecky told the Hartford ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/24_qa_with_jim_montgomery.php Jim Montgomery, who turns 44 in June, was named head coach at Denver last week. A 1993 graduate of Maine, Montgomery scored 103 goals with the Black Bears and won a national championship his senior year. He then played 12 seasons of pro hockey, including 122 games in the NHL, but mostly as a prolific AHL player. Currently, Montgomery is still involved with the USHL season, as coach of the Dubuque Fighting ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/16_montgomery_has_work_to_do.php Jim Montgomery was officially introduced as Denver's new coach Monday. He replaces George Gwozdecky, who was recently fired after 19 seasons. "It's an honor for me to lead take over this fantastic program," Montgomery said. "I've been amazed with where the leadership here wants to take this program moving forward." Denver athletic director Peg Bradley-Doppes, who still hasn't publicly addressed the ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/13_appert_staying_at_rpi;_signs.php Seth Appert, who this week interviewed for the open Denver head coaching position, has signed a contract extension through 2020-21 to stay as head coach at Rensselaer. Appert had signed an extension two years ago, and was already under contract through the 2017-18 season. The addition of three more years demonstrates a clear mutual commitment. Appert, who was an assistant coach for two national championship ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/13_report_montgomery_to_take.php Former Maine star and current Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) coach Jim Montgomery is set to become Denver's next head coach, according to WCSH, an NBC television affiliate in Portland, Maine. Montgomery, 43, was reportedly interviewed earlier this week among other candidates. Sources say Denver also interviewed current Boston College assistant Greg Brown, Green Bay Gamblers head coach Derek Lalonde ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/09_denver_interviewing_coaching.php Denver is conducting interviews this week with the hopes of picking a new coach by next week, CHN has learned. Denver needs to replace George Gwozdecky, its coach of 19 years, who was fired last week. Current RPI coach Seth Appert, and Derek Lalonde, head coach of the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers, will be in Denver this week for interviews, according to sources. Both Appert and Lalonde are former Denver ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/06_denver_administration_still.php University of Denver Athletic Director Peg Bradley-Doppes will not be speaking to the media today or any day in the foreseeable future about the firing of head hockey coach George Gwozdecky. In some quarters that may be seen as a sign of weakness on the part of the Athletic Department and the university. The media coverage of the firing has been overwhelmingly negative and facing a hostile press corps ... 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/2013/04/03_rocky_mountain_low.php George Gwozdecky's firing stunned me and most everyone else. Now, in the aftermath, we're only left to ask "Why?" Particularly in light of the class Gwozdecky showed during his good-bye press conference Tuesday (one in which Denver officials decided not to attend), it's hard to understand. Could there be a better ambassador for a college program? One who wins 20 games every year, has two national ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/02_gwozdecky_i_was_stunned.php George Gwozdecky said today he was "shocked and stunned" to have been fired by Denver on Monday, after 19 years as head coach of the Pioneers. Gwozdecky also said, repeated for emphasis, that "I am not done coaching." He made his remarks at an afternoon news conference on the Denver campus. School officials did not meet the media, leaving Gwozdecky to have the time for himself to rattle off his accomplishments ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/04/01_denver_stunner_gwozdecky.php Denver coach George Gwozdecky was "released from his contract" today, a stunning development, at least from the outside. Gwozdecky has been head coach for 19 years, and won national championships in 2004 and 2005. The school said a national search for his replacement will begin immediately. Gwozdecky will address the media in a press conference on Tuesday at 11 a.m. on Denver's campus. “It has ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/30_ne_denver_has_nothing_special.php In a game that Denver had control of for most of the first 30 minutes, its opponent exploited a weakness that had reared its ugly head at multiple points during the season for the Pioneers -- penalties in bad situations and poor special teams play. Denver held a 2-1 lead against UNH in the Northeast Regional semifinal with just under six minutes remaining in the second period, but was unable to kill ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/28_ne_know_your_enemy.php When Denver and New Hampshire square off on Friday night in the Northeast Regional semifinal, the Denver bench will include a face that both teams are very familiar with. Before last season, longtime UNH assistant coach David Lassonde left after 17 seasons, between two stints, with the school nearest his family and home. His destination? The same position at Denver under Pioneer coach George Gwozdecky. "Watching ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/28_ne_northeast_regional_preview.php The Northeast Regional in Manchester, N.H., features two different storylines among the four teams. Wisconsin and Massachusetts-Lowell both rode massive hot streaks to their respective conference championships, while New Hampshire and Denver both struggled in the second half for consistency, relying upon strong first halves to earn at-large bids. The Manchester Regional quickly became the “group ... 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