http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com en-us en-us http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.30.07_rob_riley WEST POINT, N.Y. – After 18 years as head coach of Army’s hockey program, Rob Riley announced his retirement from college coaching today, ending a coaching career that spanned more than three decades. Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan named Brian Riley, associate head coach of the Black Knights for the past five years, to succeed his older brother at the helm of the Black Knights’ program. Rob Riley, who won his 300th career game last January, stood 14th among active head coaches on the NCAA all-time wins list following this past winter’s campaign. Only eight other current head coaches in the nation have been with the same school longer than Riley. He leaves the coaching profession to pursue an opportunity with Legg Mason Inc. in Boston, Mass. He concludes his coaching career at Army with a 257-288-33 (.473) mark and an overall ledger of 306-302-34 (.503). Riley and his father, legendary Hall of Famer Jack Riley, are the all-time winningest father-son combination in college hockey history with 848 victories between them... Fri, 30 Jul 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.30.07_rob_riley 2004-07-30T04:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.25.05_Pecknold_Contract Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey coach Rand Pecknold has agreed to a four-year contract extension that will run through the 2007-2008 season, as it was announced today by Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. In Pecknold's 10 seasons at Quinnipiac, he has become the all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac hockey history, won two MAAC regular season titles, one MAAC tournament title and guided the team to its first-ever NCAA berth in program history. A 2002 finalist for the Spencer Penrose Award, given to college hockey's national Division I Coach of the Year, Pecknold has amassed a 181-105-28 career record. Included in that overall mark is an astounding ledger of 107-31-19 in conference play at the Division I level. "Rand Pecknold represents all that is good about college ice hockey and intercollegiate athletics," said Quinnipiac Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald. "In addition to his very successful winning seasons, his student-athletes are very active in the community and excel in the classroom." Tue, 25 May 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.25.05_Pecknold_Contract 2004-05-25T04:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.05.13_mercyhurst_captains The Mercyhurst College men’s and women’s varsity hockey teams have named their team captains for the 2004-05 season. The men selected forward Scott Reynolds as captain and forward Rich Hansen and defenseman T.J. Kemp as assistants. Reynolds will be a junior next season while Hansen and Kemp will be seniors. The Lakers finished the 2003-04 season with a 20-14-2 mark, a 16-7-1 conference slate (second), and made the conference playoffs’ final four. The team owned non-conference wins over Ohio State, Western Michigan, and RPI and played Cornell to a 3-3 stalemate. Reynolds played in all 36 games; nine multiple-point games; only multiple-goal game came against Holy Cross (11-15-04); had seven game scoring streak from early November to early December; tied for fourth in power play goals with four; tied for second in shorthanded goals with two; second in the conference in shorthanded points with three and tied for first in shorthanded goals with two. Thu, 13 May 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.05.13_mercyhurst_captains 2004-05-13T04:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.23.04_eddy_nhl Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.23.04_eddy_nhl 2004-04-26T04:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.25.03_nhl.com Thu, 25 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.25.03_nhl.com 2004-03-25T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.21.04_hc_ncaa Mon, 22 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.21.04_hc_ncaa 2004-03-22T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.20.03_holycross_champs WEST POINT, N.Y. – Andrew McKay scored two goals and goaltender Tony Quesada made 28 saves to record his second shutout of the 2004 Atlantic Hockey Championships as Holy Cross cruised to a 4-0 victory over Sacred Heart to claim the league’s inaugural title in front of 1,428 fans at Tate Rink on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Saturday night. With the win, Holy Cross (22-9-4) earns the league’s automatic bid to the 2004 Men’s Ice Hockey NCAA Tournament. It marks the first trip to the national tournament in school history. Holy Cross will find out who it plays and where it will play Sunday night when the NCAA announces the field of 16. Sacred Heart finishes its season 14-17-5. Sat, 20 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.20.03_holycross_champs 2004-03-20T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.20.03_postgamequotes Sat, 20 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.20.03_postgamequotes 2004-03-20T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.03.14_weeklyrelease Wakefield, Mass. - - This week's Player of the Week helped his team to a spot in the Atlantic Hockey Championship Game, Saturday, March 20. Greg Kealey (Sr., F, Nepean, ONT) had four goals and two assists as Holy Cross skated to a 5-0 win over American International and a 4-1 win over Canisius in the quartefinal and semifinals respectively of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. In addition, Crusaders' goaltender Tony Quesada (So., G, South Freeport, ME)was selected as the Atlantic Hockey Co-Goaltender of the week. Quesada stoped 52 of 53 shots for the weekend allowing just one goal. His save percentage was .981. Quesada will go head-to-head against the other Atlantic Goaltender of the week in the Atlantic Hockey Championship game on Saturday. Kevin LaPointe (Jr., G, Quebec, QC) of Sacred Heart put up equally impressive numbers with wins over Connecticut, 3-0 and Mercyhurst 3-2. LaPointe made 48 saves for the weekend and had a save percentage of .958. LaPointe's teammate Pierre-Luc O'Brien (Fr., F, Nicolet, QC) earned the Atlantic Hockey Freshman of the Week accolades scoring two goals, including the game-winner while shorthanded against Mercyhurst. Fri, 19 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.03.14_weeklyrelease 2004-03-19T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/semifinals/2004.14.03_shu_mercy_recap West Point, New York - - Streaks are made to be broken in the month of March as tournament time and NCAA berths are on the line in college hockey. Mercyhurst College came into tonight’s semifinal with a four-game win streak and Sacred Heart University came into the game having beat Mercyhurst in their last three meetings. Tournament time also means that the student-athletes are playing for more than a win; they are playing for tomorrow and a chance to extend their season one more day. In the second semifinal of the day, Sacred Heart defeated Mercyhurst 3-2 and brought the Lakers win streak to an end. The Pioneers’ win makes them a perfect 4-0 against Mercyhurst this year and advances them to the Atlantic Hockey Tournament Championship Game for the first time in team history. Mercyhurst drops to 20-14-2. Sun, 14 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/semifinals/2004.14.03_shu_mercy_recap 2004-03-14T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/semifinals/2004.14.04_hc_can_recap West Point, New York - - Top seed the College of the Holy Cross (21-9-4) defeated Canisius College (10-15-8) 4-1 in the 2004 Atlantic Hockey Championship Tournament semifinal and will advance to the championship game on Saturday, March 20. Their opponent will be the winner of the Sacred Heart University versus Mercyhurst College semifinal played at 7:45 tonight at Tate Rink. Canisius and Holy Cross met three times in the regular season. The Crusaders won the head-to-head series 1-0-2. Closely matched up in all three meetings, Holy Cross looked to get off to a quick start and that is exactly what they did scoring less than :30 into the first period. Jeff Dams (Sr., F, Manotick, Ontario) beat Canisius goaltender Brian Worosz (Jr., G, Brantford, Ontario) assisted by Marc Bianchi (So., D, Ithaca, NY) and Greg Kealey (Sr., F, Nepean, Ontartio). The period ended with Holy Cross up 1-0. Sun, 14 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/semifinals/2004.14.04_hc_can_recap 2004-03-14T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.03_hc_aic_recap West Point, New York - - Top seed and Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Champions the College of the Holy Cross took to the ice in their first action of the post-season. Their opponent, #9 American International College, is coming off of a big win against tournament host U.S. Military Academy Friday night. The Crusaders dominated AIC in the regular season beating them in their three head-to-head meetings but came into the quarterfinal having dropped their last two regular season games. An obviously fresher team, Holy Cross, ended American International’s season with a 5-0 win in their Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal today and advanced to tomorrow’s semifinal round. The Crusaders improved to 20-9-4 for the season and will play in the 4:30 p.m. semifinal tomorrow against the lowest remaining seed. Tony Quesada (So., G, South Freeport, ME) was solid in goal for the Crusaders shutting down the Yellow Jackets who scored four goals against the U.S. Military Academy the night before. Quesada made 28 saves on the night. Sat, 13 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.03_hc_aic_recap 2004-03-13T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.03_mercy_bent_recp West Point, New York - - Rounding out the 2004 Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals on Saturday, March 13, was #7 Bentley College playing #2 Mercyhurst College. Mercyhurst and Bentley met three times this year and the Lakers swept the season series 3-0. Mercyhurst came from behind to beat Bentley, 5-4 after the Falcons dictated play for the majority of the game. The Lakers improved to 20-13-2 as they advanced to the semifinals and will face #4 Sacred Heart University tomorrow at 7:45 p.m. Bentley finishes their season at 9-19-4. A fast paced game kept the fans at Tate Rink on the edge of their seats as goal after goal changed the momentum of the game. The non-stop action was highlighted by Bentley’s Brendan McCartin (So., F, Camp Hill, PA) who scored a hat trick in the loosing effort. In addition to his three goals, McCartin assisted on the Falcons first goal of the night giving him three goals and an assist for the night. Sat, 13 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.03_mercy_bent_recp 2004-03-13T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.03_shu_uconn_recap West Point, New York - - The puck dropped at 10 a.m. as the 2004 Atlantic Hockey Championship Tournament Quarterfinals began with #5 University of Connecticut playing #4 Sacred Heart University. After an incredibly competitive Play-In Friday night between American International College and the U.S. Military Academy, where the Yellow Jackets moved onto the quarterfinals, the Pioneers and Huskies would not disappoint the fans at Tate Arena. Sacred Heart would prove to be too much for the Huskies winning 3-0 advancing to the Atlantic Hockey Semifinals tomorrow. Power plays and goaltending would be the story of this inter-state match up as the Pioneers improved to 13-16-5 overall with the win and the Huskies conclude their season 12-16-7. Sat, 13 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.03_shu_uconn_recap 2004-03-13T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.04_can_quin_recap West Point, New York - - The second Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal pitted #6 Canisius College versus #3 Quinnipiac University. In their three prior meetings during the 2003-04 Atlantic Hockey Regular Season, Canisius held the edge over the Bobcats with a 2-1 record. A quick paced physical game ended in overtime as Canisius upset Quinnipiac, 1-0. As the score indicated, the game was dominated by remarkable goaltending. The Griffins improved to 10-15-8 overall while the Bobcats end their season with a 15-14-6 mark. It just took 1:37 into the overtime period as Canisius’ Justin Carre (Jr., F, Azilda, ONT) came up big for the Griffins finding a way past the stoic Quinnipiac goalie Jamie Holden (Jr., G, Telkwa, B.C.) Carre’s goal was unassisted and perhaps his biggest of the season. Bryan Worosz (Jr., G, Brantford, ONT) was between the pipes for Canisius. He turned away 27 saves for Griffins in 61:37 of play. In addition, Worosz was able to stymie the Bobcat attack and power play throughout the game. Sat, 13 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/quarterfinals/2004.13.04_can_quin_recap 2004-03-13T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/play-in/2004.03.12_aic-army_recap West Point, N.Y. - - The Atlantic Hockey Championship Tournament had an exciting start tonight in the Play-In round. Army and American International faced off at 7 p.m. at Tate Rink and it was non-stop action until the end of the game. The Yellow Jackets scored first at the 5:47 mark of the first period. Senior defenseman # 27 Troy Johnston beat Army goalie Brad Roberts and was assisted by Andy Walbert and Jeff Valdes. Less than a minute later, Army tied it up as #6 Jon Boyle got past AIC netminder Frank Novello at the 6:40 mark. Boyle was assisted by #10 Michael Picone. Army took its only lead of the night as Chris Casey scored at the 8:41 mark. He was assisted by Chad Mayfield and Ryan Cruthers. The Black Knights held onto that lead until the 13:28 mark of the first when AIC's Jay Fennessy evened it up on an unassisted goal. Fri, 12 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/championship/play-in/2004.03.12_aic-army_recap 2004-03-12T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.03.12_allstars Wakefield, Mass. - - University of Connecticut junior forward Tim Olsen has been selected as the inaugural Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year. The Atlantic Hockey Awards were voted upon by the league’s nine head coaches. The Vadnais Heights, Minnesota native led Atlantic Hockey in scoring finishing the year with 19 goals, 18 assists for 38 points in conference play. His 19 goals was a league best while his 18 assists ranked him second amongst his peers. Olsen’s 38 points also gives him the Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Scoring Trophy. During the regular season, Olsen was named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Year four times. Sacred Heart University’s Pierre Luc-O’Brien garnered this year’s Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Year honors. The freshman forward, who hails from Nicolet, Quebec, tallied nine goals, 12 assists for 21 points for the Pioneers this season. Fri, 12 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/2004.03.12_allstars 2004-03-12T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/media/2004.03.10_uscho_holdenpotw Wed, 10 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/media/2004.03.10_uscho_holdenpotw 2004-03-10T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/20040308weeklyrelease Wakefield, Mass. - - Outstanding individual performances marked the final weekend of the 2003-04 Atlantic Hockey Season. Leading the way was this week's Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week, Tim Olsen. The junior forward hailing from Vadnais Heights, Minnesota had a seven point weekend for the Huskies. Olsen scored twice and added an assist in UConn's 6-1 defeat of AIC, and scored three goals and tallied another assist in a 9-6 win at Army. The hat trick was Olsen’s second of the season, and third of his two-year career at UConn. Olsen is joined by a pair of netminders who were stoic in goal this weekend, each garnering Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the week accolades. Simon St. Pierre of Bentley (Jr., G, Montreal, QUE) stopped 62 of a possible 63 shots as the Falcons skated to a pair of wins against Army and Holy Cross. Jamie Holden of Quinnipiac (Jr., G, Telkwa, B.C.) had an equally impressive performance stopping 86 of 89 shots for the Bobcats who had wins over Sacred Heart and Holy Cross. Rounding out this week's awards was the Atlantic Hockey Freshman of the Week. Bentley's Carmen Posteraro (Fr., F, Pittsburgh, PA) tallied one goal and three assists for the Falcons this weekend. Mon, 08 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/20040308weeklyrelease 2004-03-08T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/championships/2004.03.07_pairings Wakefield, Mass. - - Commissioner Bob DeGregorio announced the seeds and pairings for the 2004 Atlantic Hockey Championship Tournament on Sunday, March 7. The tournament is single elimination, featuring all nine Atlantic Hockey member institutions. Play begins on Friday, March 12 at 7 p.m. with the Play-In round. The United States Military Academy's Tate Rink will host this year’s tournament. After finishing the regular season with a 17-4-3 record, the College of the Holy Cross has earned the top seed for the upcoming Atlantic Hockey Tournament. The Play-In round between #9 seed American International College (3-17-4) and #8 seed United States Military Academy (6-15-3) will determine the Crusaders' quarterfinal opponent. Sun, 07 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/championships/2004.03.07_pairings 2004-03-07T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/members_spotlight/2004.03.03_uconn It is an unusual situation for a roster of 26 to include 15 freshmen, but that is the reality for the 2003-04 University of Connecticut men’s hockey team. Of the 28 men on the Huskies’ roster last season, only 10 returned this year. The result was head coach Bruce Marshall’s largest recruiting class in his 16 years at the helm of the program. The freshmen hail from eight states across the northern half of the country. Massachusetts is the home state of four freshmen, while groups of three call New York and Minnesota home. Two pairs of freshmen played for the same team prior to coming to UConn. James Martin and Matt Scherer both played for the Tri-City Storm in the USHL, while J.R. Corkery and Nick Marean were both members of the Danville Wings in the NAHL. Wed, 03 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/members_spotlight/2004.03.03_uconn 2004-03-03T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/20040301weeklyrelease Wakefield, Mass. - - Todd Bowler, Canisius (Jr., F, Branford, ONT) led the Griffs with five points in two wins over American International this weekend. Canisius won by scores of 4-2 and 6-3. Bowler highlighted his weekend by scoring three assists in the 6-3 victory Saturday Night. On Friday, Bowler scored the game-winning goal and assisted on another. Bowler has turned up his offensive production in the month of February, recording 11 points (3-8-11) in the Griff's eight games. With this performance, Bowler was named Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week. He joined by Bill Moss, Army (Sr. G, Reading, MA) who posted 68 saves on 73 shots and Justin Eddy, Quinnipiac (Sr. G, Apple Valley, MN) who had an equally impressive weekend stopping 60 of 64 shots. Eddy and Moss were named Atlantic Hockey Co-Goaltenders of the Week. Not to out shown, freshman Jamie Hunt of Mercyhurst tallied a goal and four assists en route to his second Atlantic Hockey Freshman of the Week Award. Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/20040301weeklyrelease 2004-03-01T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.29_army-shu Sun, 29 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.29_army-shu 2004-02-29T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.28_ben-mercy Sat, 28 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.28_ben-mercy 2004-02-28T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.28_can-aic Sat, 28 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.28_can-aic 2004-02-28T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.27_bent-quin Fri, 27 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.27_bent-quin 2004-02-27T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.27_can-aic Fri, 27 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.27_can-aic 2004-02-27T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.21_heroeshat Wed, 25 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.21_heroeshat 2004-02-25T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/members_spotlight/20040225_canisius BUFFALO, N.Y. – A tough guy mentality is commonly associated with hockey players. Grit, determination and physical toughness are all traits that describe how the public traditionally views hockey players. Every so often, a student-athlete comes around that shows another side of the “typical” hockey player -- the compassionate, caring individual that is honored by his brethren for helping others and making his community a better place to live. Canisius College junior defenseman Mark Persick, a finalist for the 2003-04 Hockey Humanitarian Award, is one of those student-athletes. Persick’s accomplishments have earned him the honor of being one of the five student-athletes throughout all of college hockey to be considered for the ninth annual award,... Wed, 25 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/members_spotlight/20040225_canisius 2004-02-25T05:00:00Z http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.24_shu-conn Tue, 24 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.atlantichockeyonline.com/news/game_stories/2004.02.24_shu-conn 2004-02-24T05:00:00Z