Category: Profiles

Brock Maschmeyer has experienced collegiate sports and contributed to the Northern Michigan University athletic department on multiple platforms. As NMU’s blue-line anchor, and the only senior defenseman on the team, he tallied a position-leading five goals and 16 assists for 21 points in 2016-17. But his work for the Wildcats outside of hockey has drawn attention for its uniqueness.…

For 25 years, Shattuck-St. Mary’s has gone national (and occasionally international) with its hockey program. The undertaking was a survival tactic after overall enrollment dipped to perilous lows, so much so that a full team of SSM students was not possible. Since the turnaround, hockey has remained a microcosm of Minnesota’s lone boarding school’s fortunes,…

Student-athletes are high-profile members of college campuses and the surrounding communities. They are well-known among the student body, administrators, and the general public. This presents an opportunity to make a lasting impact on the community. In Hamden, Conn., a member of the Quinnipiac women’s ice hockey team has made a significant impact on her community.…

It seemed fitting that the final college hockey game held at Joe Louis Arena would finish in double overtime. The hockey gods just were not quite ready to see the old barn go. But with Liam Folkes’ goal at 6:43 of the second overtime propelling the Penn State Nittany Lions to their first-ever Big Ten tournament…

One would think that Anders Bjork’s leadership off the ice, along with his runaway status as the team’s top point-getter, would make him a key cog in motivating his Notre Dame Fighting Irish teammates to excel in the game’s toughest situations. True as that may be, that is not what distinguishes Bjork in the broader South Bend community.…

Billy Exell was one of the last recruits in college hockey’s 2015 recruiting class to commit to a school, but eventually found himself on Minnesota-Duluth’s roster on June 24 of that year. The circuitousness is arguably strange given that Exell has had ties to the UMD program from birth. His uncle, Tom Milani, enjoyed four 20-goal seasons with…

It is safe to say that first-year forward Miles Wood is making an impression on New Jersey fans. His speed, aggressive forechecking, goal scoring and fighting all catch your eye. We began to see “Wood 44” jerseys in the stands at the Prudential Center after he’d played only a handful of games, and Wood has…

Last spring, Michigan forward Cooper Marody came down with mononucleosis, which kept him out of the Wolverines’ lineup for more than a month. During his time before the illness, the freshman had made a name for himself as one of the better secondary scorers on a stacked Michigan team. The illness quelled what had been…

For children growing up in a hockey family or an area where hockey is very popular, being on skates at a young age is quite common. Henry Hart had both of those factors working for him growing up the son of a former Dartmouth women’s hockey player in Stillwater, Minn. However, his hockey career did not…