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Category Archives: NCAA
This Week In The United States of Hockey
It’s been a bit of a lighter content week here at USofH, due to some early-in-the-week travel and various projects, so I figured we should get caught up on what turned out to be a fairly busy week in American … Continue reading
U.S. World Junior Spotlight: Bill Arnold
Bill Arnold — Center Hometown: Needham, Mass. Birthdate: May 13, 1992 Height/Weight: 6’0″/215 Current Team: Boston College (HEA) NHL Rights: Calgary Flames (2010, 4th Rd., 108th Overall) National Team Experience: National Team Development Program (2009-10), U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team (gold, 2010); U.S. Under-17 Select … Continue reading
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U.S. World Junior Spotlight: Jon Merrill
Jon Merrill – Defenseman Hometown: Brighton, Mich. Birthdate: February 3, 1992 Height/Weight: 6’3″ / 206 Current Team: University of Michigan (CCHA) NHL Rights: New Jersey Devils (2010, 2nd Rd., 38th Overall) National Team Experience: National Team Development Program (2008-2010), U.S. Men’s National Under-18 Team (gold, … Continue reading
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Death of a Program: Alabama-Huntsville Gets Plug Pulled
The writing was on the wall. A school needed to cut costs. No one from the outside was willing to help. Malcolm Portera, Alabama-Huntsville’s interim president has decided to pull the plug on the school’s hockey program. Now, college hockey … Continue reading
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CHL vs. NCAA: The Public Pursuit of an American Top Prospect
Sunday night, I was alerted to a story from the Windsor Star regarding Jordan Schmaltz. In it, Windsor Spitfires GM Warren Rychel and head coach Bob Boughner reveal that they are continuing their pursuit of Schmaltz, currently a defenseman for … Continue reading
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Potential Problems in Raising the NHL Draft Age
Bob Nicholson, the president of Hockey Canada, has an interesting idea regarding the NHL Entry Draft. Nicholson, a man of great influence in the sport, has proposed to the NHL a plan to raise the Entry Draft age from 18 … Continue reading
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How Notre Dame Won Realignment
College hockey realignment felt like it took so much away. Trust. Loyalty. The CCHA. Competitive balance. Any notion that college hockey was just a wholesome little subdivision in the NCAA’s big, bad, greed-filled world. Look around and you find few … Continue reading
2011-12 Preseason All-America Team — NCAA
Editor’s note: Ripping a page right out of the NCAA’s book, the United States of Hockey is naming three, that’s right, three All-America teams. Why let the college folks have all the fun? The three All-America teams will feature the … Continue reading
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College Hockey Roundup: Notre Dame To Hockey East; Merrill Suspended; CIS Upsets
College Hockey Roundup is the newest regular feature on United States of Hockey, covering the biggest news off the ice in the NCAA. There might be a point during this college hockey season when we can all just focus on … Continue reading
College Hockey Roundup: BGSU & Buffalo; Uh Oh, UAH; Power of Notre Dame; Michigan Lands Trouba
Every few weeks I’ll be publishing a College Hockey Roundup, taking a look at some of the big news off the ice involving NCAA hockey. Bowling Green and… Buffalo? More drama in college hockey? You don’t say. It appeared that … Continue reading
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