The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://collegehockeynews.com Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:08:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/29_mw_maverick_has_the_ball.php Minnesota State’s rookie goaltender Stephon Williams is already the Mavericks’ top gun, so to speak, but now that he’s the newly-minted WCHA Rookie of the Year, it’s unlikely that the 19-year old native of Fairbanks, Alaska, will be flying under the radar much longer. The Mavericks take on Miami at the Midwest Regional in Toledo, Ohio, and Williams will be the starter after being cleared from ... 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/2013/03/27_chn_coach_of_the_year_mike.php Mike Hastings, who led Minnesota State back to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 10 years, has been named 2012-13 College Hockey News Coach of the Year. Hastings edged out other candidates, like Mass.-Lowell's Norm Bazin, who won the honor last season. Quinnipiac's Rand Pecknold, who led the Bobcats to a No. 1 ranking for the first time, was a candidate; as was Miami's Enrico Blasi, another ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/21_minnesota_state_left_battered.php As if losing its first Final Five game in 10 years, resoundingly, wasn't bad enough, Minnesota State was bloodied in ways that could linger beyond this week. Not only did they fall, 7-2, to Wisconsin at the play-in game, but Eli Zuck, Teddy Blueger, Chase Grant and WCHA Rookie of the Year Stephon Williams all suffered injuries, and in some cases, did not return to the ice. Pittsburgh prospect Teddy ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/20_maverick_transformation.php Last March, following a fourth consecutive season spent laboring near the bottom of the WCHA, Minnesota State headedto overtime with the second-seeded Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in the first round of the WCHA Playoffs. It was a season of one-goal losses, eight total, punctuated by the biggest one-goal loss of all, as then-UMD-junior Mike Seidel ended the Mavericks’ season with an overtime tally that ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/20_wcha_final_five_preview.php The WCHA Final Five has always been a celebration of college hockey, where fans of different schools in the conference get together to fill the Xcel Energy Center as an end-of-the-year tradition. This year it doubles as the end of an era. With eight of the conference’s 12 schools leaving the WCHA for new leagues, teams across the Upper Midwest and West will be split apart beginning next year. That ... 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 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/14_leblanc_named_wcha_player.php St. Cloud State forward Drew LeBlanc, who helped lead the Huskies to their first MacNaughton Cup as WCHA regular-season chanmps, was named the league's Player of the Year today. He also was named the league's Student-Athlete of the year. A senior from Hermantown, Minn., LeBlanc becomes the first league player to earn both awards. LeBlanc led the league with 25 assists and also had 10 goals for 35 ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/02/13_team_of_the_week_minnesota.php Minnesota State's reward for a hard-fought split with big brother Minnesota was a week off. Two weeks without a game can be equal parts positive and negative for a team. The Mavericks, as they have for most of the season, used this respite to their advantage. MSU swept Minnesota-Duluth on the road last weekend. The wins kept them alive in the race for home-ice in the WCHA and earned the club CHN's ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100