The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:53:19 +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/2013/04/22_blasi_inks_new_10-year_deal.php Miami has locked up coach Enrico Blasi through the 2022-23 season, adding six years to his original contract. Miami won the final CCHA regular-season championship last season, then lost in the NCAA Midwest Regional final. Miami is headed to the new eight-team NCHC next season. “Miami holds a special place in my heart, having both played and coached here,” Blasi said. “We are excited to be heading ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/31_mw_standing_at_the_edge.php Now for eight consecutive seasons, the Miami RedHawks – led by head coach and alumnus Enrico Blasi – have won at least 23 games and made an NCAA tournament appearance. In the previous seven, a team from Hockey East ended Miami’s season – twice at the Frozen Four (including the infamous 2009 national title game won by Boston University) and five times at an NCAA Regional. On Sunday, less than ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/30_mw_goose_egg_hunt.php Until he allowed four goals in just over 30 minutes of play in last weekend’s CCHA semifinal game against Michigan, Ryan McKay’s young career had gone rather smoothly between the pipes for Miami. After all, in 19 starts, the rookie had remarkably allowed two goals or less in 18 of them, with three shutouts thrown in along the way. So when McKay got pulled against Michigan – after allowing three ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/29_mw_midwest_regional_preview.php A pair of CCHA vs. WCHA first round matchups highlights the NCAA Midwest Regional this weekend, and of course, the winner of the regional final (Sunday, 1:30 p.m. ET) will advance to the NCAA Frozen Four in Pittsburgh. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 4 St. Cloud State Saturday March 30, 1:30 p.m. ET (ESPN3/ESPN Syndication) The Fighting Irish, the top seed in the region and the CCHA tournament champion ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/23_uncharted_waters.php For a team that prides itself on defense and goaltending, Miami was left shaken Saturday. Miami took a beating from the red-hot Michigan Wolverines in the second game of the CCHA Championship semifinals at Joe Louis Arena, losing 6-2. While the RedHawks are assured an NCAA bid, it still stings, after losing in the CCHA semifinals for a second straight year. The RedHawks saw themselves in an unusual ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/23_crisp_win_sends_notre_dame.php Notre Dame has, at times, struggled for consistency this season. But with everything on the line in Saturday's CCHA semifinal, the Irish put it all together. Using a stifling defense and a strong power play, Notre Dame defeated Ohio State, 3-1, and secured both a bid in the 42nd and last CCHA championship game, and an NCAA bid. The strategy from the start was to get as many pucks as possible on Ohio ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/22_ccha_preview.php Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena has hosted the CCHA championship weekend every season since 1982, and this weekend, will do so again – and for the final time – in the conference’s concluding moment on Sunday afternoon. Though perhaps the most appropriate potential participant for the league’s final weekend might have been Michigan State (11 championships all-time, including a stretch of seven ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/11_miami_leads_ccha_all-rookie.php Miami led the way with three players named to the CCHA All-Rookie team. Determined by a vote of the conference’s head coaches, the team will be honored at the 2013 CCHA Awards on Friday, March 22, at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. CCHA 2012-13 All-Rookie Team F Riley Barber, Miami F Mario Lucia, Notre Dame F Tyler Morley, Alaska D Jacob Trouba, Michigan D Matthew Caito, Miami D Kenney Morrison ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/07_nchc_unveils_logo,_postseason.php The National Collegiate Hockey Conference, eight months from starting its inaugural season, unveiled its new logo today, and its ticket packages for the postseason tournament. A news conference was held today in Minneapolis, around the state of Minnesota's high school hockey championships, and the Let's Play Hockey Expo, which is being held in and near the Xcel Center in St. Paul. “We’re excited ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100