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/2008/05/01_looking.php Another college hockey season is behind us, and [[Boston College]] won its third national championship [[/news/2008/04/13_ffgerbes.php]]with a 4-1 win over Notre Dame[\]. Overall, it was a great NCAA tournament, with just enough thrills and suspense, Notre Dame making its first Frozen Four, with a number of other teams finding it hard to shake their typical NCAA demons (New Hampshire, North Dakota ... Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/15_hobeywinner.php Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the club has signed Michigan senior Kevin Porter, who on Friday won the 2008 Hobey Baker Award as college hockey's top player. A day earlier, Porter's teammate and fellow senior Chad Kolarik also signed with the Coyotes. Porter was selected by the Coyotes in the fourth round (119th overall) of the 2004 Entry Draft, while Kolarik ... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/15_berenson.php After leading the Michigan Wolverines to a 33-6-4 record this season, Gordon "Red" Berenson has been chosen the winner of the 2008 Spencer Penrose Award as Division I Men's Coach of the Year. Berenson coached a team this season that featured only two seniors and began the year with 12 freshmen on the roster. The Wolverines advanced to their first Frozen Four appearance since 2003, winning the NCAA ... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/11_ffberenson.php Red Berenson has been through plenty in his career. First, as a player at Michigan, falling short of a national title his senior year when he was expected to lead Michigan to one. That was soon forgotten because, as the first college player to go directly to the NHL, he established himself as a star, scoring six goals in a game once. His coaching career began in the NHL, where he won a Coach ... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/11_ffrocky.php Senior captain and Hobey Hat Trick finalist Kevin Porter, who entered the Frozen Four as the nation's leading scorer, came to the postgame press conference with his eyes a bright and watery red, having just seen his college hockey career come to a jarring end. The emotion on his face, as he quietly sat at the podium, answering questions with only a few words at a time, certainly reflected the feeling ... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/11_ffmorrison.php Kevin Porter was putting together his notes, compiling what he might say should he be named the Hobey Baker Award winner. He wrote down that he wanted to give good wishes to "BC and ND," in other words, to Boston College and Notre Dame for the championship game. Unfortunately, Porter, in his nervousness, said "North Dakota" instead of "Notre Dame." Though he was quickly corrected to much chuckling. But ... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/11_porter.php A day after his Michigan Wolverines were eliminated from the NCAA tournament, senior captain Kevin Porter was named the winner of the 2008 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, the most prestigious individual honor in Division I men's college hockey. Porter entered this week's Frozen Four in Denver as the nation's leading scorer, finishing his 2007-08 campaign with 33 goals and 30 assists in 43 games. Porter ... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/09_ffmichigan.php Michigan may be skating into its 23rd Frozen Four in team history, but this situation is hardly familiar for the 2007-08 edition of the Wolverines. No player on the roster has ever played in the Frozen Four, and with its appearance this season, Michigan ensured that the small class of 2008 -- featuring almost certain Hobey winner Kevin Porter and high-flying winger Chad Kolarik -- did not join the ... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/08_ffbilly.php With a career goals-against average over 3.00 and a save percentage under .900, Billy Sauer came in to his junior season with questions swirling around the goal crease he came to Ann Arbor, Mich., to defend. Would Sauer improve? Could Sauer hold his own as a Wolverines goaltender following the lineage of Steve Shields, Marty Turco, Josh Blackburn and Al Montoya? Well, consider those questions ... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/08_ffmichigan.php The well-known University of Michigan fight song hails the Wolverines as the "champions of the West," praising the maize-and-blue as "victors valiant" and as "conquering heroes." This week, the Wolverines look to become champions in the West, as they head to the Pepsi Center in Denver on a quest for their 10th NCAA championship and first since 1998. Coach Red Berenson's squad has essentially gone ... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/07_ffdefining.php Here is a look at the four most defining moments for Michigan on its road to the Frozen Four: **The Great Lakes Invitational** The Wolverines were 16-2-0 headed into their final games of 2007, against Providence and Michigan Tech at the famed Great Lakes Invitational. It's not often that a team with an .889 winning percentage still has something to prove, but questions regarding goaltender ... Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/04/07_ffmichigan.php Here is a look at some Michigan players to watch at the Frozen Four, other than Hobey finalist Kevin Porter and senior classmate Chad Kolarik -- the Wolverines' two leading scorers. **Travis Turnbull, Junior Forward** Turnbull has scored 12 goals and 15 assists this season -- both of which are career highs. But he has also taken on the added responsibility of being the leader on the Wolverines' ... Mon, 07 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/2008/04/01_porter.php Kevin Porter, the Hobey Baker Award finalist and national leader in goals, was named 2007-08 College Hockey News Player of the Year. [[/players/?pd=23401]]Porter[\], who will lead Michigan to the Frozen Four in Denver next weekend, has 33 goals and 62 points in 42 games this season. The Northville, Mich., native has 15 power-play goals are second in the nation, and he also leads all players in plus-minus ... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/30_etthe.php This is the way it was supposed to be for Billy Sauer. This is the way it's supposed to be for a Michigan goaltender. Sauer's 27-save shutout performance over Clarkson in the East Regional final Saturday was more impressive than those 27 saves even suggest. And ever yet more impressive when considering where Sauer came from. Just two seasons ago, his freshman year, Sauer was yanked in the playoffs ... Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/29_etporter.php During Michigan's post-game press conference Friday, senior Chad Kolarik jokingly referred to himself as Kevin Porter's Hobey Baker campaign manager. After Friday's NCAA tournament game with Niagara, one has to wonder why Kolarik even bothers. At this point, Porter needs little help. Against Niagara, Porter set a NCAA regional record, scoring four of the Wolverines' eventual five goals (one empty ... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/29_etporter.php Michigan is returning to the Frozen Four for the first time since 2003, and will look for its first national title since 1998, after a 2-0 win over Clarkson in the East Regional final. Senior Kevin Porter used the East Regional of the NCAA tournament as a stage to prove why national pundits have pegged him as the favorite to win the Hobey Baker. The five goals, six total points and a highlight-reel-worth ... Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2008/03/27_etregional.php At Times Union Center -- Albany, N.Y. Friday, March 28 * Clarkson (21-12-4) vs. St. Cloud State (19-15-5), 4 p.m., ESPNU * Niagara (22-10-4) vs. Michigan (31-5-4), 7:30 p.m., ESPNU Saturday, March 29 * Regional final, 7 p.m., ESPNU It can be argued that this is the easiest regional, and that's probably as it should be for the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. Michigan was the only team ... 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/2008/03/23_overdue.php It was one of those moments you've heard about but never actually seen -- George Gwozdecky speechless. Amidst a backdrop that included his team winning its 15th Broadmoor Cup by beating Minnesota 2-1, two of his players -- defenseman Chris Butler and goaltender Peter Mannino -- earned all-tournament honors, and what appears to be a sure No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, the Denver head coach, who ... Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT