There isn’t much, if anything, Brooks Orpik hasn’t experienced during his life in hockey, from prep school and college and all the way through 1,000-plus NHL games and two Stanley Cups. A year and a half after retiring as a player, the 40-year-old Orpik is sharing what he’s learned with the players … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Resilient BU Terriers on a swift ascent
Thirteen freshmen wore the iconic Boston University game sweater for the first time last season. The Terriers had little choice but to go young after the likes of Joel Farabee, Dante Fabbro, Jake Oettinger, Chad Krys and Shane Bowers left school early to sign NHL contracts during the previous … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Marc McLaughlin’s leadership bolsters stacked BC squad
Boston College’s Marc McLaughlin isn’t an in-your-face captain. He’s more of a lead-by-example guy. And that’s just what he did on Sunday, showing the way in a dramatic 3-2 overtime win at New Hampshire. Until the end of regulation time, there wasn’t much that was particularly noteworthy about the … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Carson Gicewicz gives veteran scoring boost to Minutemen
If college hockey had a Comeback Player of the Year award, Carson Gicewicz of UMass would be the early favorite. After missing all but two games at St. Lawrence last season with a knee injury, Gicewicz moved on to the Minutemen as a redshirt senior this season and is shooting the lights out with … [Read more...]
College Confidential: NCAA scoring leader Odeen Tufto fuels engine for Quinnipiac
Odeen Tufto is the latest small forward — he’s listed at 5-foot-7, 175 pounds — to find success at Quinnipiac. Coinciding with the program’s rise to national prominence under coach Rand Pecknold, an impressive number of undersized players have had great careers for the Bobcats over the last … [Read more...]
College Confidential: Catamounts begin the process, stress compete level
For a rebuilding Vermont team that finally played its first games last weekend, coming home from UMass with a win proved to be too tall an order. Under first-year coach Todd Woodcroft, the Catamounts lost twice to the 10th-ranked Minutemen but learned lessons that should pay dividends down the … [Read more...]