Posts About "WCHA"
UAA Assistant Coach Josh Ciocco Takes Job at Brown
September 20th, 2016 Last month, it was announced that Alaska’s two division I hockey programs could be on the chopping block due to budget issues. This put athletic programs at both universities under extra scrutiny. Now, assistant coach Jose Ciocco has left Alaska Anchorage to become an assistant coach at Brown University, the school announced last...
The WCHA Adopts 3-On-3 OT, Adds Shootout
August 23rd, 2016 Starting in 2016-17, Western Collegiate Hockey Association league games will no longer end in a tie. On Tuesday, the league announced that the WCHA had adopted the 3-on-3 overtime format. This season, each conference game will have a winner and a loser. Like the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, if the game is tied after a...
WCHA Moves Conference Playoffs to On-Campus Sites
May 19th, 2016 On Monday, the Western Collegiate Hockey Conference Association announced that they were changing their playoff format for their conference playoffs. Starting in 2017, the WCHA will move away from neutral sites for their conference playoffs. The WCHA will hold their entire conference championship at on-campus sites. Per WCHA release --...
NCHC and WCHA Not Combining Conference Tourneys
May 13th, 2015 Things never stay the same, they evolve over time. Sometimes change isn't always for the better. For the most part, human beings are resistant to change because they're afraid of the unknown. With the conference realignment, some issues have emerged. After two years of watching their conference tourneys, National Collegiate Hockey...
WCHA Hockey: Five Must-See Non-Conference Series
August 13th, 2014 As we make our way through a very slow off-season, you can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The 2014-15 division I hockey season is slowly approaching, and there are roughly 52 days until the season begins. Looking at the composite Western Collegiate Hockey Association schedule, I’ve selected five WCHA must-see...
WCHA Women’s Hockey: League in Good Hands with Aaron Kemp
July 2nd, 2014 This past week, WCHA Women's Hockey Commissioner, Aaron Kemp, visited the University of North Dakota campus. Kemp was in town to tour the Ralph Engelstad Arena, and met with the UND administration about the upcoming WCHA Final Face-Off. North Dakota is set to host the Woman’s WCHA Final Face-Off on March 7-8, 2015, at the Ralph...
