The Minot Minotauros are proud to announce that goaltender Tyler Parks has committed to play NCAA Division 1 Hockey for the St. Lawrence Saints next season. Parks is the first player to commit to a D1 program in Minotauros’ season and a half of existence.
University of Wisconsin defenseman John Ramage was named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week after notching overtime goals in both games over the weekend against Minnesota State-Mankato.
Ramage, a senior captain, helped the Badgers extend their unbeaten streak to 10 games with their first-ever sweep at Mankato. UW has now won six straight games.
Sam Warning doesn’t like to think of himself as a pass-first player. The Gophers winger prefers to call himself a playmaker, but he agrees that his natural inclination is to be a middleman, one who believes the best route to a goal is usually to put the puck on a teammate’s stick.
Wisconsin will wear a replica jersey for its mid-February outdoor game in Chicago.
On February 17, the Badgers men’s hockey team will play its third outdoor game in the last eight seasons, when Wisconsin faces off with Minnesota in the Hockey City Classic at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Monday, Badgers defenseman John Ramage shows off the uniform Wisconsin will wear for the outdoor game. It’s a replica of the jersey Wisconsin wore back in the early 1930’s.
The Minnesota State men’s hockey roster suddenly is a little thinner up front.
Last week, junior forward Corey Leivermann decided to leave the team, and today, junior forward J.P. Burkemper will have surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip that has ailed him throughout much of the first half of the season.
It comes as no surprise that Bentley’s Brett Gensler has become a target of opposing defensive schemes. The bull’s eye has been affixed since last year when Gensler burst upon the scene, scoring 23 goals and adding 27 assists.
Matthew Tkachuk, the son of NHL 500-goal scorer Keith Tkachuk, announced via Twitter today that he has verbally committed to Notre Dame.
More than just a famous name, Tkachuk is considered one of the top 1997-born forwards in the United States while playing for the St. Louis AAA Blues program. This year, playing at the Midget Minor level, Tkachuk leads his team in scoring with 15 goals and 36 assists for 51 points through 28 games, which places him fourth overall in the Tier I Elite Hockey League. Listed at 5’10” 150 lbs., he certainly doesn’t seem to have his dad’s power forward type size, but as a late ’97 birthdate, there’s also still plenty of time for him to grow.
On Tuesday evening the OHL London Knights announced the signing of University of Denver Freshman Dakota Mermis. Clearly this was a move designed to get Dakota’s hockey career back on track towards someday achieving a roster spot in the NHL.
The Robert Morris hockey program has become so respected that its 1-0 victory against No. 5 Miami on Saturday at Consol Energy Center was viewed as a surprise but hardly a shock.
Coach Derek Schooley‘s Colonials have done this kind of thing before.
Freshman forward Nick Saracino (St. Louis, Mo.) was named the Hockey East Association’s Pro Ambitions Co-Rookie of the Week, it was announced by the conference on Monday afternoon. Saracino netted the game-tying goal with 11 seconds to play against second ranked Boston College at a sold out Schneider Arena on Friday night.
