Area hockey scene: ‘Not exactly business as usual’

From The News-Gazette By Joey Wright   CHAMPAIGN — Things will look a bit different when the puck drops in central Illinois this fall. Nick Fabbrini was the director of coaching for the Champaign Urbana Youth Hockey Association as well as the head coach for the University of Illinois club program. He left the area […]

Oswego State welcomes Anthony Del Tufo

From Oswego State ACHA Hockey   OSWEGO – The Lakers are ecstatic to announce the commitment of goaltender, Anthony Del Tufo! Anthony comes in as a junior transfer from SUNY Plattsburgh’s D3 NCAA program. The 1999 birth year comes from Livingston, NJ where he developed in the New Jersey Hitmen AAA organization. After high school, […]

Hockey Ops Update for 8/26

  The hockey season is one week closer!  From the emails I am getting, it looks like it is going to be first “full season” since early 2020.  This is very exciting and can’t wait to be back in rinks to see games.   Many of you are working your way through the registration process now, […]

Calvin Graduate/Howie’s Hockey Tape Owner Max Sieplinga Featured in National Publication

From Calvin Athletics   Calvin graduate Max Sieplinga is the subject of a feature story in the national online publication The Athletic today. The story, which requires a subscription to The Athletic, details Sieplinga’s Howie’s Hockey Tape business which he developed shortly after his graduation from Calvin. Sieplinga’s business has grown considerably since its founding […]

SDSU skaters to go boldly where no other Aztec team has gone before

From The East County Californian By Phillip Brents   The face of collegiate club ice hockey has undergone a major facelift in California for the upcoming 2022-23 season. The San Diego State University Aztecs helped start it. Even before the 2021-22 American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II season was officially in the record books, the […]

ACHA Hockey Ops Update for Aug. 19th

Hockey Operations Update for August 19, 2022   Hope everyone had a great summer and is excited to get the new hockey season started.  The goal of these updates will be to keep you in the loop about various information and deadlines that will be coming up during the season.  Starting in September, these updates […]

Dam tabbed to lead Warriors’ Men’s Hockey

From Midland Athletics   FREMONT, Neb. – Midland University has announced that Jan Dam will continue to head the men’s hockey program after serving as the interim head coach last season. Dam was inserted into the head coaching role midyear of the 2021-22 season after serving as an assistant coach the previous season. Coach Dam […]

ACHA featured in USA Hockey Magazine!

The ACHA is featured in the August 2022 edition of USA Hockey Magazine! Check out the great article by Brian Lester here:  http://touchpointmedia.uberflip.com/i/1475892-august-2022-digital-exclusive/31?

ACHA WELCOMES NEW TEAMS FOR 2022-2023 SEASON

TROY, MI (August 10, 2022) – The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA), the governing body for non-NCAA men’s and women’s hockey in the United States, is excited to announce that as of August 9, 2022, at least 24 new college hockey programs will be joining the ACHA membership During the past 2021-2022 season, the ACHA […]

Former Flames DI assistant coach hired as a scout for the NHL’s Tampa Lightning

From Liberty Club Sports By Ted Allen   Marc-André Bourdon (‘17), who spent the 2021-22 season as executive director and general manager of the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) after serving four years on their coaching staff, was named an amateur recruiting scout for the NHL’s 2020-21 Stanley Cup champion […]