Without further ado, here are my picks for this year’s Hockey East awards.
First off, the All-Hockey East team:
Forwards
Bobby Butler – New Hampshire
Stephane Da Costa – Merrimack
Gustav Nyquist – Maine
Defense
Justin Braun 21 minutes ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
In a year were almost every team was in a fight for there lives, I will try my best to give you a good idea of what the Hockey East playoffs will look like. Since it is so close there is a very good chance that i will be wrong in the predic29 minutes ago / The Bu Hockey blog
Do you think special teams might be important this weekend when Merrimack and Boston University meet in the quarterfinals of the Hockey East tournament? MC and BU are the two most-penalized teams in the league. Merrimack's power play 17 hours ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Head Coach Mark Dennehy will be live on NESN during the second intermission of Boston Bruins game Thursday night. Dennehy will be in the studio, previewing Merrimack’s Hockey East Quarterfinal best-of-three at Boston University, which 21 hours ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Dr. Christopher Hopey, a vice president and dean at Northeastern University, will become the next president Merrimack College starting on July 1st. Hope will take over for Ronald Champagne, who has been president for the past two years whil22 hours ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Dick Baker had a nice piece on the return of underrated Doug Kublin. He doesn’t get mentioned a lot, but he sure was missed.
Chris Capraro was traded to the South Carolina Stringrays of the ECHL.
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Going into the New England Prep seaso1 day ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
Freshman Alex Chiasson, who scored a goal and two assists in BU's two-game sweep of Northeastern, earned his second Hockey East Rookie-of-the-Week. The freshman from Quebec had also earned rookie honors during the season's first week fo1 day ago / The Terrier Hockey Fan Blog
On Tuesday, both Mark Dennehy and Jack Parker were a part of a Hockey East conference call with all of the coaches in this weekend's quarterfinal series. Below is audio of each coaches' portion of the call. The audio seemed a bit scrambl1 day ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Three things that decent:
1) Getting a decent opponent.
At first blush, of course Maine looks a bit daunting. Lowell’s never beaten them in the playoffs and historically can’t beat them in Orono. You look at that and go, “Wuh oh.”2 days ago / The Ice is Life
Well Lowell, as it so often does, came up just short this weekend, getting three of the required four points and, through tiebreakers, finishing out of home ice for the ninth year in a row. It got those three points from Vermont, winning 5-2 days ago / The Ice is Life
In addition to winning Hockey East POTW, Justin Braun has been named national player of the week by INCH.
The Collegian recaps the weekend that was.
Unfortunately, BC sent a message to UNH and the rest of Hockey East.
The Metrowest Daily2 days ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
Yesterday, Alex Chiasson (photo) was named the Hockey East rookie of the week. He scored the Terriers third goal in saturdays home ice clinching game and also had two assists in the Terriers 5-4 win over Northeastern. This is not the first 2 days ago / The Bu Hockey blog
UMass’ successful weekend got them back in the Also Receiving Votes category in the USCHO poll, de facto #25. Denver and Miami are neck and neck for #1.
They also are receiving one whole vote in the USA Today poll.
But in the only pol2 days ago / Fear The Triangle - UMass Hockey Blog
Merrimack College fans interested in attending Merrimack’s Hockey East Quarterfinal series at Boston University may purchase tickets to all three games at the Merrimack College box office this Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 3 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Who's Hot: Boston University -Nick Bonino registered a goal and two assists in BU’s two-win weekend against Northeastern. -Zach Cohen scored a goal in each of the Terriers’ win against Northeastern to take the team lead in tallies wit3 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Maine has suspended goaltender Scott Darling indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules. Darling's last game was a 6-3 loss to the Warriors on Feb. 26. Darling's suspension began last weekend, when he didn't dress in either 3 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
The Warriors finished the regular season tightening the gap in scoring margin, thanks in part to a 0.42 goal improvement on team defense over the course of the last month of the regular season, and that includes seven goals against at BC. 3 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Merrimack will bus from North Andover to Boston on Thursday to practice at Agganis Arena, site of this weekend's Hockey East quarterfinal series with Boston University. All practices will be closed to the public. The Warriors will bus fr3 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
Five different goalies have seen action between the two teams in the season series, which was won by Boston University 2-1. The home team has won every game of the season series. Here is a comparison between Merrimack and Boston Universi3 days ago / Warrior Rink Rat
