At the Buzzer: Dryden’s ‘The Game’ never has been more on point
The reality that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on kids playing hockey this season reveals a glaring shortcoming in the game’s development:…
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At the Buzzer: Icons such as Guy Lafleur teach enduring lessons
Apologies first. It wasn’t my intent to focus my first two installments of “At the Buzzer” on, of all people and teams, Ken Dryden and…Read More
Mount St. Charles, Hendricken to share state title in Rhode Island
For the second straight year, there will not be a championship series in High School Boys Division I Rhode Island Interscholastic League Hockey. Mount St.…
CIAC makes it official: Feb. 8 start for Connecticut high school games
At last, it’s official: High school hockey will be played in Connecticut this winter. In fact, teams can begin practicing as soon as Tuesday, according…
Connecticut high school season may kick off Jan. 19 with games Feb. 1, pending board vote
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference issued a proposal Monday outlining plans to move forward with its 2021 winter high school sports season. The proposal, made…
Several ISL, Boston-area prep teams looking into possibilities of partial prep season
There’s no denying the fact that things didn’t go according to plan in 2020. In New England, the youth hockey community knows it all too…
ECAC Hockey pushing ahead on four-team season, with NCAA berth at stake
ECAC Hockey became the final college hockey conference to release its schedule for the 2020-21 campaign on Wednesday, announcing a Dec. 31 start date for…
Regional roundup: Massachusetts among states aiming for mid-December return to ice
In 2020, no day is the same as the next, especially when it comes to COVID-19. That feeling’s been true since the beginning of March…
Salisbury coach Andrew Will ‘trying to be optimistic’ after Connecticut halts sports until Jan. 19
It’s been a long time since Andrew Will spent the month of December away from a hockey rink. Maybe not since he was a little…
Maine, Northeastern join Vermont as Hockey East schools on pause through mid-December
The first week of the new-look Hockey East men’s schedule didn’t go exactly as planned. Amid all the uncertainty in the world and the largely…
New England Hockey Conference makes it official, cancels rest of conference schedule
The New England Hockey Conference has canceled the remainder of its 2020-21 conference schedule, the conference’s Board of Directors announced in a Monday release, amid…
MIAA sets start date for winter sports seasons, passes rule modifications
It looks like high school hockey will happen this winter in Massachusetts, after all. On Friday, the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Directors voted…
Lakes Region targets late-January start to a condensed prep season
As cases of the coronavirus continue to ravage the region, most prep leagues in New England still aren’t sure what their 2020-21 winter seasons are…
