When Max Nicastro went down in the corner with blood gushing from his right wrist, it was hard to tell what had just transpired. With a with an ever lager red blood stain creeping toward the Sullivan Tier sine behind the net, the immediate 4 hours ago / The Bu Hockey blog
UMass Lowell senior captain Ben Holmstrom has signed a future contract with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers. He will report to the Flyers’ AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, immediatley. A three-year captain of UMass Lowell, Holms15 hours ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Justin Braun (photo by Karen Winger)
Congratulations to Justin Braun, this year’s recipient of Hockey East’s best defensive defenseman award. In all of the craziness surrounding Wellman, Marcou, and Irwin it’s easy to forget that 16 hours ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
Well we were hoping to be able to hold these awards off another few weeks at least, but the time, apparently, has come ’round at last.
Over the course of the year we had a bit of a debate about whether we should do these yearly awards (we16 hours ago / The Ice is Life
Freshman Stephane Da Costa was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team as a unanimous selection, while Chris Barton was the runner-up for the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award. All major awards, including the all-conference teams, Playe20 hours ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Coach Jack Parker and the coaches of the other three Hockey East tournament semifinalists participated in a teleconference with the media yesterday. His remarks are here. Other coaches comments. Parker and BC's Jerry York appeared on NE20 hours ago / The Terrier Hockey Fan Blog
It's the two most northern teams in Hockey East vs the two center city teams. Vermont and Maine, clearly are the schools of the northwoods and BU and BC are the teams of Boston. BC, the 2 seed, swept Umass in the quarterfinals. The swe21 hours ago / The Bu Hockey blog
Just a day after losing Casey Wellman to the NHL, UMass head coach Don Cahoon told Joe Meloni of College Hockey News that he doesn't expect to have star forward James Marcou back, either. There are also rumors that defenseman Matt Irwin is 23 hours ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Dick Baker of The Republican reports that UMass star forward James Marcou plans on joining teammate Casey Wellman in the NHL, possibly as soon as this week. Baker also reports that defenseman Matt Irwin could turn pro early as well. Mar24 hours ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Wow, do I feel old. Boston College landed a top '94 recruit last week - yes, a '94 - receiving a verbal commitment from Austin Cangelosi, a freshman at Northfield-Mount Hermon. The freshman - he's just 15 years old - led the team with a 1 day ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Ok, here I am just a couple hours from posting about James Marcou’s imminent departure when news breaks from College Hockey News’ Joe Meloni that Matt Irwin may also be leaving UMass early to sign a contract. Sadly, this is not the f1 day ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
I had hoped to be posting my thoughts on the season that was, but at this point I, as I expect most UMass fans, are caught up in the departure rumors surounding the program. My season recap is in the works, but for the time being I have t1 day ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
If you can believe it, there are scenarios, at least by my calculation, where the CHA will have more teams in the NCAA tournament than Hockey East. And the CHA is folding in a month. Logic tells you that scenario cannot be allowed to 2 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
The recruit tracker has been updated with all statistics as of today, March 16th. Mike Collins and the Vernon Vipers can wrap up their playoff series with the Quesnel Millionaires in game six between the two squads tonight (10 p.m. EST).2 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Multiple media outlets, including College Hockey News, is reporting that UMass sophomore forward Casey Wellman is flying to Minnesota today to sign an entry-level contract with the Minnesota Wild and could be in the lineup tonight, when the2 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Casey Wellman (photo by Karen Winger)
I don’t blame Casey Wellman for leaving. Why? Because the Minnesota Wild offered him a $900K contract and he’ll start his pro career in the NHL, not the minors. I am amazed that he got the r2 days ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
It’s official. And amazingly it looks like he’ll make his debut in Minnesota and not the AHL.
I’ll have some thoughts on this signing in tomorrow morning’s entry.
3 days ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
