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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…

College Confidential: Hockey East officiating chief Brian Murphy vows ‘consistent message’

Brian Murphy is approaching his new job as Hockey East supervisor of officials the same way he did when he worked as an NHL linesman.…

RPI opts out of 2020-21 winter slate, while 2021 Beanpot officially is scrapped

The hits just keep on coming. After much speculation that it would happen, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced on Monday that it is officially canceling its…

Vermont delays puck drop for the 2020-21 season until mid-December

Just days after Hockey East released its schedule for 2020-21, the University of Vermont has put a pause on all hockey-related activities until Dec. 18,…

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