After one season at Boston College, a blue-blood program in a college hockey hotbed, Timmy Lovell transferred across the country to a school that’s just getting started, Arizona State. While the sample size to date is obviously very small, early returns are positive for the 19-year-old defenseman … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Riga, Cashman prepared for head coaching debuts
Bill Riga may be a rookie head coach at Holy Cross, but he’s no beginner. In fact, it’s hard to imagine how he could be any better prepared. At one time or another over the last 18 seasons, Riga has worked alongside three of the top coaches in the college game – Quinnipiac’s Rand Pecknold, … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Jonny Evans readying for another strong year
It’s all well and good to recruit studs who turn pro after a year or two, but solid, four-year players are the foundation on which many successful college hockey programs are built. Right winger Jonny Evans is just such a player for UConn. After good freshman and sophomore years, Evans exploded last … [Read more...]
College Confidential: UMass gearing up for title defense
I was chatting with Jared DeMichiel, the UMass associate head coach, while watching a midget game recently at Mount St. Charles. It was the day after the NFL’s Thursday night season opener featuring the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I asked him if he’d watched Tom Brady and company. No, … [Read more...]
College Confidential: How Hockey East is preparing for 2021-22
We all know COVID-19 made a mess of the 2020-21 Hockey East season. But, to borrow a line from noted scribe Bill Shakespeare, all’s well that ends well. Under first-year commissioner Steve Metcalf, Hockey East in fits and starts slogged through the regular season and postseason tournament, before … [Read more...]
Dominic Franco: Challenge accepted
In his four years at Army West Point, Dominic Franco learned a few things about overcoming challenges, on and off the ice. So when the Scituate, R.I., native struggled at the start of his rookie season with the Rochester Americans earlier this year, he knew what to do. “He was in over his head at … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Greg Carvel’s leadership qualities spark UMass renaissance
Watching Greg Carvel and his players celebrate UMass’s first Hockey East tournament championship on Saturday night, I thought of a conversation with associate head coach Ben Barr in March 2017. It was near the end of Carvel’s first season in Amherst. When I say the Minutemen were bad that year, I’m … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Hockey East championship forecast
After watching some very entertaining hockey in the Big Ten and NCHC tournaments earlier this week, I wondered if Hockey East could match it. Hell, yes! was the resounding answer. UMass Lowell’s wild, stunning comeback win over top seed Boston College, 6-5, after 92 minutes of hockey on Wednesday … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Forecasting the 2021 Hockey East semifinals
It’s not exactly a surprise that Boston College, UMass, Providence College and UMass Lowell will battle it out in the Hockey East semifinals on Wednesday. If you are surprised, then maybe you paid no attention when the annual preseason coaches’ poll was released in November. The top four in the poll … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Forecasting the Hockey East quarterfinal showdowns
Like many people who follow college hockey, I consider the postseason the best time of the year. But in this pandemic? Not so much. I’m thankful, of course, that 51 Division 1 schools opted to play, and I’ve watched as many games as I could, in person, on TV or online. At this point, however, I’m … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Bobby Trivigno, Minutemen peaking at prime time
When UMass needed a spark after falling behind by two goals at Boston College last Friday, Bobby Trivigno delivered — and it didn’t take him long. A mere five seconds after BC took a 2-0 lead in the second period, Trivigno beat BC’s Spencer Knight to bring the Minutemen back within a goal of the … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Another Tuch is drawing notice on Commonwealth Ave
If you wonder why Luke Tuch didn’t follow his older brother Alex to Boston College, there’s a simple answer. He wasn’t recruited by the Eagles. Instead, Luke ended up a few miles up the road at Boston University and is thriving in his freshman season. “I visited several other schools, I kept my … [Read more...]
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