For the second straight season, all 12 ECAC Hockey League men’s schools will be back in action, the four-team 2020-21 COVID-affected campaign now receding further into memory. Two of the top three teams in the league during the regular season met in the title game to decide ECAC Hockey’s automatic … [Read more...]
Brown men’s team looking to get back to the top of ECAC
Brown University men’s hockey might be poised for a renaissance. If so, it’s already upgraded its castle. Meehan Auditorium, home of the Bears since 1961, underwent a $7.5 million overhaul that resulted in new dressing rooms for the Brown men’s and women’s hockey teams, team lounges, an exercise … [Read more...]
Star-turned-coach Jason Guerriero amped for return to Northeastern roots
Star-turned-coach Jason Guerriero amped for return to Northeastern roots Jason Guerriero is back home. Not his Manorville, N.Y., hometown, mind you, although that's only a few hours away. Rather, his former collegiate residence of Northeastern University, where he starred for the Huskies for four … [Read more...]
Old friends happy for New England players who hoisted Stanley Cup with Avs
The Colorado Avalanche, the worst team in the NHL just five years ago, dethroned the two-time champion Tampa Bay Lightning this summer to claim the Stanley Cup. And players with roots in New England colleges helped lead the way for the Avalanche, particularly Cale Makar (Massachusetts), Devon Toews … [Read more...]
NHL New England: Cam Atkinson making impact on, off ice in Philadelphia
Former Boston College forward Cam Atkinson changed cities in the offseason for the first time in his National Hockey League career. Suffice it to say, it’s gone well so far for both the 5-foot-8 sniper and the Philadelphia Flyers. Dealt to Philadelphia for Jakub Voracek over the summer, after … [Read more...]
Wild GM Bill Guerin at home atop management ladder
It’s been almost a full decade since Bill Guerin (Wilbraham, Mass.) skated his last shift as an NHL power forward. Since then he’s been working his way up the hockey management ladder, culminating in his inaugural campaign as general manager of the Minnesota Wild, in a season that was suspended by … [Read more...]
