The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Fri, 09 May 2008 16:07:30 -0400 RSSCreator 1.2 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://www.collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/11_jonesdisplays.php Let's not kid ourselves -- Michigan's Kevin Porter had won the Hobey Baker Award long before it was finally announced Friday evening at the Frozen Four. He knew it, the committee knew it, even his fellow Hat Trick finalists knew it. "I knew coming in that Kevin Porter, I'm not going to say he was going to walk away with it, but he's a phenomenal hockey player and he had a phenomenal year," said ... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/10_zatkoff.php Miami junior goaltender Jeff Zatkoff has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, the club announced today. Zatkoff finished his junior season with a 27-8-1 record and led the CCHA with a 1.72 goals-against average and .933 save percentage. The Chesterfield, Mich., native went 55-21-5 in his three year career at Miami. Zatkoff was selected by the Kings in the ... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/03_jonessigns.php Miami senior Ryan Jones has signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Wild, the team that held his draft rights. Jones just finished his college career with a loss to Boston College in the NCAA Northeast Regional final. In the immediate aftermath, Jones said he wasn't sure if he would sign with Minnesota this year, because it wouldn't feel right. But he changed his mind by the middle of the week. Jones ... Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/02_porter.php The three finalists for the 2008 Hobey Baker Memorial Award were announced Wednesday afternoon. The "Hobey Hat Trick" is comprised of Michigan senior forward Kevin Porter, Boston College junior forward Nathan Gerbe, and Miami senior forward Ryan Jones. Each of the three finalists led his respective team in scoring this season, as this is the first year since 2002 that a goaltender has not been named ... Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/30_nemiami.php They can't get over the hump. They just don't get the bounces. They can't win the big one. Or ... They know how to win. They've been there before. These are cliches that are invariably ascribed to a variety of college hockey programs. Fans who follow it know these things by rote at this point. New Hampshire, Colorado College, St. Cloud State -- they "can't get over the hump." North ... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/30_netaking.php You spend some time around this game, you get to see a lot of great players. But, the number of players you can also call the true "spiritual leader" of their teams, those guys are few and far between. Ryan Jones finished his collegiate career with 90 goals and 147 points in 161 games. He leaves Miami with a lot more than that, however. With his long hair flowing out of the back of his helmet ... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/29_nedavis.php In the first period of Miami's 3-2 overtime win in the first round of the NCAA tournament, star forward Nathan Davis left the game with an apparent shoulder injury. Davis, a Hobey Baker Award finalist last year, was out of the lineup twice during the regular season for significant periods of time, once for a separated shoulder. Davis, a senior assistant captain and top-line center for the RedHawks ... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/29_nemiami.php On the ropes with less than 10 minutes remaining, the Miami RedHawks found a way to escape another upset effort by Air Force. Last season, Air Force led 3-1 in the third before Minnesota rallied. Here, the RedHawks tied it on Carter Camper's power-play goal, and eventually won it overtime on Justin Mercier's 25th of the season. "It was exactly the way we thought it was going to go," said Miami ... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/27_neair.php By now, you have probably heard of Air Force's magical run to the NCAA tournament last year. It was the first service academy to make the NCAAs. You remember the story of an inconsistent team who put it together when it mattered, who, along with their Hobey Hat Trick candidate, was Cinderella, coming within five minutes of upsetting Minnesota in front of a home crowd in Colorado. After perhaps ... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/27_neregional.php At DCU Center -- Worcester, Mass. Saturday, March 29 * Air Force (21-11-6) vs. Miami, Ohio (32-7-1), 4 p.m., ESPNU * Minnesota (19-16-9) vs. Boston College (21-11-8), 7:30 p.m., ESPN360.com (tape delay on ESPNU, 1 a.m. on 3/30) Sunday, March 30 * Regional final, 4:30 p.m., ESPNU The Northeast Regional in Worcester is one of the most challenging brackets in the tournament, featuring one ... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/24_partii.php Now that we've thrown some [[/news/2008/03/24_outof.php]]mild (friendly) criticism[\] at the committee with our Wisconsin-Minnesota State analysis, let's throw some steadfast support at the committee. Colleague Mike Machnik [[http://blog.collegehockeynews.com/?p=169]]wrote a blog post[\] where he took the committee to task for inconsistency in its procedures. He said that, by "protecting" the top ... Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/22_michigan.php Before he got to hoist the Mason Cup over his head to celebrate Michigan's first CCHA Tournament championship since 2005, Billy Sauer watched on as his counterpart, Miami's Jeff Zatkoff, received All-Tournament Goalie honors. But it was Sauer, not Zatkoff, that turned in the game-winning performance in the finals to help his team to victory. "It's a good feeling just because you win," Sauer said. ... Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/21_miamiturns.php Few teams have even come close to slowing down the ferocious Miami offensive attack this season. Led by the nation's top goal scorer Ryan Jones, the RedHawks rack up more goals per game on average (4.3) than any other team in the country. But when its potent forwards were held in check by Notre Dame's scrappy defense and lockdown goaltending during Friday night's CCHA semifinal matchup, Miami ... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/20_tenhobey.php The 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award were announced Thursday. Seven forwards and three goaltenders comprise the list that includes 3 players from the CCHA, 3 from the WCHA, 2 from Hockey East, 1 from the ECAC, and 1 from Atlantic Hockey. The 10 finalists are: Nathan Gerbe, Jr, F, Boston College Ryan Jones, Sr, F, Miami Kevin Porter, Sr, F, Michigan Jeff Lerg, Jr, G, Michigan ... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/20_cchatournament.php Michigan and Miami have been among the best in the country, let alone their conference, all season, but upstart Northern Michigan and defending champion Notre Dame stand in their way of a chance to play for the CCHA Tournament title. The first-seeded Wolverines face the sixth-seeded Wildcats in Friday's semifinals at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit after a clash between the second-seeded Red Hawks and ... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/16_miamiregroups.php At this point last season, Miami was shaking its collective head looking for answers, and being relegated to wishing to hold onto an NCAA spot. The RedHawks had another strong regular season, but after losing the regular-season finale, it then dropped a pair of 2-1 games to Lake Superior State in the CCHA quarterfinals. Miami recovered and won the program's first-ever NCAA tournament game, before ... Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/12_michigan.php Michigan and Miami, the top two teams in the final CCHA standings, each had a pair of players named to the All-CCHA First Team. The RedHawks and Wolverines also placed a combined three players on the Second Team. Both the First Team and Second Team, listed below, are comprised of only seniors and juniors, making this is the first time there are no underclassmen on either team since 1993. The ... 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