Sacred Heart head coach C.J. Marottolo has hired Steve Bergin to be an assistant coach for the Pioneers. Bergin, from Groton, Mass., was the ECHL Coach of the Year in 2019-20, his first season as a head coach with the South Carolina Stingrays. He had spent the previous three seasons as an assistant … [Read more...]
Boston College lands former Harvard commit Trevor Kuntar
Boston College has landed a former Harvard commit, forward Trevor Kuntar. Kuntar committed to Harvard in February 2017. According to multiple sources, Kuntar decommitted from the Crimson in favor of the Eagles prior to concerns about the coronavirus cancelling the Ivy League school’s athletic … [Read more...]
Coronavirus toll: Chowder Cup scrapped, Matt Beniers could opt for USHL
News: Mount Saint Charles duo off to QMJHL; UMass lands Garrett Wait, loses Marco Bozzo
Two Mount Saint Charles players are on the move to major junior teams north of the border. Defenseman Jake Furlong and forward Nathan Casey, both 2004 birth-year players who played on the school’s 15-Only team in 2019-20, have signed with teams in the QMJHL. Furlong, a native of Upper Tantallon, … [Read more...]
What if: Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2020 Team USA roster
There won’t be a Hlinka Gretzky Cup in 2020, but I thought it would be interesting to release what my roster would have looked like if I was picking USA Hockey’s Under-18 Men’s Select Team. In a typical year, when things aren’t canceled due to the coronavirus, American players entering their draft … [Read more...]
Colleges: Yale tabs Sacred Heart’s Paul Kirtland as assistant coach
Paul Kirtland will be the new assistant coach at Yale University, several sources told New England Hockey Journal on Tuesday morning. Kirtland, 32, spent the past two seasons at Sacred Heart. The 2013 graduate of Ohio State also has been an assistant at Trinity College and with the USHL’s Dubuque … [Read more...]