Jim Montgomery new coach at DU

Heading to #Avs locker room ... New DU coach will be at denverpost.com/sports in a couple minutes
— Mike Chambers (@MChambersDP) April 13, 2013

Here is the link to the story at the Dever Post via Mike Chambers.

NEWS CENTER Has learned that Jim Montgomery has been offered the head coaching job at the University of Denver. #mesports #umhockey
— LEE GOLDBERG (@WCSHSPORTSGUY) April 13, 2013

Looks like DU has their new head coach. Montgomery was an assistant coach at RPI and is the current head coach of the USHL's Dubuque Fighting Saints. This is an interesting development. Montgomery also played hockey in the NHL with the Blues, Canadiens, Stars, Flyers and Sharks.

Denver U. did not name interim hockey coach. Montgomery is their first choice. Denver offered to beat Maine to it. Last coach made mid 300k
— LEE GOLDBERG (@WCSHSPORTSGUY) April 13, 2013

The 32 game National College Hockey Schedule - CBS sport announced 18 game schedule

CBS Sports Network (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

As the Lockout enters the tenth day with no end in sight – hockey fans have been given even more options to fill the void left by theNHL lockout.

Earlier, I posted a 24 game college hockey schedule for NBC Sports Network. Today, CBS Sports Network announced their 18 game schedule and starting on Thursday November 15, 2012 with a game between Notre Dame and Michigan in Ann Arbor Michigan.

I took the liberty of combining the two schedules and now between the CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports Network schedules hockey fans have 32 game national college hockey schedule that hockey fans can choose from. You can check your local cable companies listings for what channel these sports networks are on. For those fans that have DirecTV, NBCSN is on channel 603 and CBSSN is on channel 613.

Ice Breaker Tourney

Fri. Oct. 12 Notre Dame vs. Maine (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Fri. Oct. 12 Army vs. Nebraska (TBD.) – NBCSN

Sat. Oct. 13 Final (Teams TBD) (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Nov. 15 Notre Dame at Michigan (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Nov. 16 Harvard at Cornell (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Nov. 30 Boston College at Boston University (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Nov. 30 Vermont at Maine (8:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Nov. 30 Wisconsin at Denver (10:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Dec. 1 Boston University at Boston College (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Dec. 7 Michigan State at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Dec. 8 Maine at Boston University (8:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Dec. 14 Western Michigan at Michigan (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 4 Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 4: Robert Morris at Army (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 5 Merrimack at Vermont (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 11 Union at Princeton (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 11 Nebraska-Omaha at Denver (10:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 12 Army at Air Force (6:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 18 Harvard at Yale (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Jan. 19: Alaska at Notre Dame (7:00 p.m. ET)  – CBSSN

Jan. 25 Ferris State at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Jan. 25 Yale at Cornell (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 1 Dartmouth at Union (7:30 p.m.ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 8   North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 8 Michigan at Notre Dame (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 10 Providence at New Hampshire (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 15 Notre Dame at Miami (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 15 Boston University at Maine (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 22 Yale at Quinnipiac (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 22 North Dakota at Denver (10:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Feb. 22 Notre Dame at Western Michigan (7:30 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 23 New Hampshire at Vermont (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Feb. 24 Boston College at Merrimack (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

March 1 Wisconsin at Nebraska-Omaha (7:30 p.m.ET) – NBCSN

Mar. 1 Ferris State at Michigan (7:00 p.m. ET) – CBSSN

Mar. 3 UMass-Lowell at Merrimack (4:00 p.m. ET) – CBSS

March 8 Maine at New Hampshire (7:30 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Hockey East Tournament

March 15 Quarterfinals (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

March 22 Semifinals (4:00 p.m. ET) and (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

March 23 Final (7:00 p.m. ET) – NBCSN

Originally posted at The Hockey Writers - Combine  

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• CBS Sports Network 2012-13 college hockey schedule (timesunion.com)

EDIT: CBS Sports Network releases 18 game hockey schedule

2012-13 COLLEGE HOCKEY SCHEDULE

(ALL TIMES EASTERN)

Nov. 15 (Thurs)	Notre Dame at Michigan Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	7:30 PM
Nov. 30 (Fri)	Vermont at Maine Harold Alfond Sports Arena, Orono, ME	8:00 PM
Dec. 8 (Sat)	Maine at Boston University Agganis Arena, Boston, MA	8:00 PM
Dec. 14 (Fri)	Western Michigan at Michigan Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	7:30 PM
Jan. 4 (Fri)	Robert Morris at Army Tate Rink. West Point, NY	7:30 PM
Jan. 5 (Sat)	Merrimack At Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, VT	7:30 PM
Jan. 12 (Sat)	Army at Air Force Cadet Ice Arena, Colorado Springs, CO	6:00 PM
Jan. 19 (Sat)	Alaska at Notre Dame Compton Family Center, South Bend, IN	7:00 PM
Jan. 25 (Fri)	Ferris State at Notre Dame Compton Family Center, South Bend, IN	7:30 PM
Feb. 8 (Fri)	Michigan at Notre Dame Compton Family Center, South Bend, IN	7:30 PM
Feb. 10 (Sun)	Providence at New Hampshire The Whittemore Center, Durham, NH	4:00 PM
Feb. 15 (Fri)	Notre Dame at Miami Goggin Ice Center, Oxford, OH	7:30 PM
Feb. 22 (Fri)	Notre Dame at Western Michigan Lawson Arena, Kalamazoo, MI	7:30 PM
Feb. 23 (Sat)	New Hampshire at Vermont Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, VT	4:00 PM
Feb. 24 (Sun)	Boston College at Merrimack J. Thom Lawler Arena, North Andover, MA	4:00 PM
Mar.1 (Fri)	Ferris State at Michigan Yost Ice Arena, Ann Arbor, MI	7:30 PM
Mar. 3 (Sun)	UMass-Lowell At Merrimack J. Thom Lawler Arena, North Andover, MA	4:00 PM
Mar. 8 (Fri)	Boston University at Northeastern Matthews Arena, Boston, MA	7:30 PM

* * * * *

The CBS Sports Network released its 2012-13 Television schedule today and you will see that the WCHA schools were shutout for this season and for the most part CBSSN is showing only Hockey East and CCHA games.

Per Dan Sabreen of CBS - "CBSSN does not have a deal with the WCHA."

Sioux tie Black Bears 3-3

Cross Posted at Inside Hockey.
Image via WikipediaGrand Forks, ND — The Fighting Sioux hockey players that played on last season’s squad, have been looking forward to a rematch with the Maine Black Bears for some time. Last Season the Fighting Sioux left Orono, Maine with a bad taste in their mouth. After they were swept handedly by the Black Bears on October 23, 2010, the Fighting Sioux hoped they would get one more crack at the Black Bears during the NCAA tourney. That didn’t happen. The Fighting Sioux went on to the Frozen Four and the Black Bears went home after they lost in the first round of the Hockey East playoffs. Fast forward to this season. This weekend’s theme has been about looking for a little revenge against the Black Bears.

The Black Bears took over where they left off from last night’s game and again proved to be a miserable team to play against. The first break went to the Black Bears, as they went on the power play at the 3:05 mark of the first period.

Brock Nelson took a minor penalty for interference and the Maine Black Bears scored less than a minute later at the 4:02 mark of the second period on a power play goal by Black Bears forward Bryan Flynn. Assisting on the goal was Will O’Neal and Spencer Abbott.

The Black Bears outshot the Fighting Sioux 7-9 and did a good job getting in the passing lanes and taking away the Fighting Sioux’s time and space.

The second period proved to be a wild one as the Maine Black Bears came out on fire and wasted little time as they scored 46 seconds into the period. The goal was a thing of beauty, as Maine Defenseman Will O’Neil took a nice pass from Kyle Beatie and shot the puck into the net, as Fighting Sioux goalie as Aaron Dell was trying to get over and cover the post.

The Fighting Sioux fortunes changed at 3:32 mark of the second period. The Fighting Sioux got a much needed break, as Black Bears forward Kyle Beattie was penalized (boarding), and defenseman Mark Nemec (high sticking) were sent to the penalty box, giving the Fighting Sioux a two-man advantage. Fighting Sioux defenseman Nick Mattson wasted little time making the Black Bears pay when he scored a powerplay goal from the left point just 43 seconds later.

The Maine Black Bears took another untimely penalty at the 5:17 mark of the second period, when Ryan Hegarty was penalized for hooking. The Sioux wasted little time again making the Black Bears pay, as Danny Kristo scored a power play goal just 10 seconds later at the 5:27 mark, with a howitzer from the left point to tie the game.

The Fighting Sioux got another goal on the power play at the 17:25 mark of the second period with a goal from Kristo, as he blasted another hard shot from the left point through traffic. That was the third point of the third period for Kristo and the third power play goal for the Fighting Sioux.

Things got more interesting for the Sioux during the third period. Fighting Sioux defenseman Andrew MacWilliam was called for interference. On the power play, the Black Bears tied the game with a goal at the 12:18 mark of the third period. Ryan Hegarty deflected a pass from Spencer Abbott past Aaron Dell through the five hole. The Fighting Sioux outshot the Black Bears during the third period 8-6.

The game was tied at the end of regulation and went to overtime. The Sioux outshot the Black Bears 3-1 in overtime, and Fighting Sioux goalie Aaron Dell had to come up with a huge save at the end of the game on a breakaway by Spencer Abbott to preserve the tie for the Fighting Sioux.

There were a lot of bright spots for the Fighting Sioux on the weekend, junior forward Corbin Knight went an impressive 37-11 in face-offs for the weekend. While the Fighting Sioux were outshot 31 to 21 on Friday night, the Sioux managed to close the game as they were only outshot 28-27 by the Black Bears on Saturday. The Fighting power play who went 0-6 on the power play on Friday night went impressive 3-5 for five on the power play on Saturday. Fighting Sioux junior forward Danny Kristo has four points on the weekend (2g-2a-4pts).

Box Score

Sioux vs. Black Bears game 2

Image via WikipediaSioux vs. Black Bears

Tonight’s TV: FSSN, MidcoSN3 (GF Ch. 323), Fox College Sports Central, DirecTV 623.

Fighting Sioux

Forward lines

16 Mark MacMillan – 10 Corban Knight (A) – 7 Danny Kristo
9 Mario Lamoureux (C) – 29 Brock Nelson – 15 Michael Parks
21 Brendan O’Donnell – 27 Carter Rowney –11 Derek Rodwell
28 Stephane Pattyn 14 Taylor Dickin – 20 Joe Gleason

Defensive Pairings

4 Derek Forbort – Ben Blood (A)
2 Andrew MacWilliam (A) – Dillon Simpson
5 Nick Mattson – 22 Andrew Panzarella

Goalies

32 Aaron Dell
31 Brad Eidsness
35 Tate Maris

Scratches for the Fighting Sioux: 8 Dan Senkbell, 17 Colten St. Clair, 19 Rocco Grimaldi, 13 Conner Gaarder

Maine Black Bears

Maine Forward Lines

13 Spencer Abbot (A) – 10 Brian Flynn (C) –18 John Swavely
26 Adam Shemansky – 21 Kyle Beattie – 29 Conner Leen
11 Theo Anderson – 91 Klas Leidermark - 24 Mark Anthoine
5 Andrew Cerretani – 22 Stu Higgins – 15 John Parker

Defensive Paring

27 Will O’MNeill (C) – 57 Matt Mangene
44 Ryan Hegarty – 3 Mark Nemec
71 Nick Pryor 2 Mike Cornell (A)


Goalies

30 Dan Sullivan
51 Martin Ouellette
31 Josh Seeley

Refs for tonight's games - R: Matt Ulwelling 23, Craig Welker 17, AR: Andy Dokken (70), Nathan Freeman (78).

   

Fighting Sioux Stop Black Bears 3-1

Cross Posted at Inside Hockey.
Image via WikipediaGrand Forks, ND — Going into this series the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux had lost four games in a row to the Maine Black Bears and they were swept last October in Orono, Maine by a score of 7-3 and 4-2. This week one could describe the theme for the Fighting Sioux as looking for a little revenge against the Black Bears.

On the other side of the ice the Maine Black Bears knew that the Fighting Sioux were going to be looking to even the score and wouldn’t be looking past the Black Bears, especially after last season results.  Tonight the Fighting Sioux’s fortunes changed against the Black Bears, the Fighting Sioux lead by Corbin Knight and Ben Blood (a goal and an assist each); combined with a goaltending gem by Brad Eidsness gutted out a hard fought 3-1 win.

The First period started out slow for the Fighting Sioux as they had to kill two Maine power plays in the early going. After killing the two Black Bears power plays the Fighting Sioux had trouble getting on track as the Black Bears did a good job of limiting the Fighting Sioux’s time and space. The Fighting Sioux were out shot by the Black Bears 11-6 in the first period.

Goaltending coming into the week was one of the major question marks for the Fighting Sioux. Last year’s first team All WCHA first team goalie Aaron Dell was shaky last weekend in two games during the Ice Breaker Tourney against Air Force Academy Boston College. Dell was pulled in the second period against the Boston College Eagles and senior goalie Brad Eidsness relieved Dell in the second period and stopped the bleeding for the Fighting Sioux. Eidsness looked sharp against the Eagles stopping seven of eight shots, after the game against the B.C. Eagles some questioned if there was a goaltending battle brewing in Grand Forks.

After tonight it appears that some of those goaltending questions have been answered as Brad Eidsness stopped 30 of 31 shots, many of those shots were close in from the slot as the Maine Black Bears were all over the Fighting Sioux through two periods of hockey.

I don’t think it would be inaccurate to say that Brad Eidsness stopped at least five very difficult shots from close in during the first period and second periods keeping the Fighting Sioux in the game, if Eidsness had not been sharp the game could have gotten out of hand. In retrospect, this was probably one of Eidsness’ best game in a Fighting Sioux uniform.

The game was a scoreless tie until Fighting Sioux freshman winger Michael Parks was called for interference penalty at the 01:58 mark of the Second period. The Maine Black Bears didn’t take long to capitalize on the power play as they scored five second later on a goal by Maine forward Spencer Abbot took a shot from the point that blew past Eidsness. That’s all the Black Bears would get past Eidsness who stoned the Black Bears the rest of the way.

The Fighting Sioux evened the score about three minutes later when Parks made up for his miscue and scored his first goal of his Fighting Sioux career at the 5:01 mark of the second period to tie the game.
The Sioux went into the third period being out shot 26 – 14 by the Black Bears, did manage to out shot the Black Bears 7-5 during he third period. Fighting Sioux goalie Brad Eidsness continued to stand tall in the early minutes of the third when he stopped Maine forward Abbott close in to keep the game at 1-1, that save by Eidsness would prove to be a game saver for the Fighting Sioux.

The Sioux finally started getting the better of the Black Bears and in the third period and took the game over. Black Bear forward Joey Diamond took three ill advised penalties in the third period and at the 14:32 mark planted Fighting Sioux defenseman Ben Blood into the boards.

Blood enjoyed the best revenge three seconds later when  he took the feed from Corbin Knight off the face off and blasted the puck past Maine Goalie Martin Ouellette.  After the game Black Bears head coach Tim Whitehead said that Diamond would be watching tomorrow night’s game from the stands after taking three penalties in the third period.

The Fighting Sioux closed out the scoring at the 18:35 mark when Blood returned the favor and fed Corbin Knight a nice pass who was standing at the goal mouth and shot the puck past Ouellette who was out of position. The Sioux and the Black Bears play game two Saturday night at 7:07 pm.

Box Score

Sioux vs. Black Bears

Image via WikipediaUND Fighting Sioux vs. University of Maine Black Bears

Fighting Sioux

Forward lines

16 Mark MacMillan – 10 Corban Knight (A) – 7 Danny Kristo
9 Mario Lamoureux (C) – 29 Brock Nelson – 15 Michael Parks
14 Taylor Dickin – 27 Carter Rowney –11 Derek Rodwell
21 Brendan O’Donnell – 28 Stephane Pattyn – 13 Connor Gaarder

Defensive Pairings

4 Derek Forbort – Ben Blood (A)
2 Andrew MacWilliam (A) – Dillon Simpson
5 Nick Mattson – 22 Andrew Panzarella

Goalies

31 Brad Eidsness
32 Aaron Dell
35 Tate Maris

Scratches for the Fighting Sioux: 8 Dan Senkbell, 17 Colten St. Clair, 19 Rocco Grimaldi,  20 Joe Gleason

Maine Black Bears

Maine Forward Lines

13 Spencer Abbot (A) – 10 Brian Flynn (C) – 39 Joey Diamond
26 Adam Shemansky – 21 Kyle Beattie – 29 Conner Leen
11 Theo Anderson – 91 Klas Leidermark - 24 Mark Anthoine
5 Andrew Cerretani – 22 Stu Higgins – 15 John Parker

Defensive Paring

27 Will O’MNeill (C) – 57 Matt Mangene
44 Ryan Hegarty – 3 Mark Nemec
71 Nick Pryor 2 Mike Cornell (A)

Goalies 

51 Martin Ouellette

30 Dan Sullivan

31 Josh Seeley

Refs for tonight's games - R: Matt Ulwelling 23, Craig Welker 17, AR: Andy Dokken (70), Nathan Freeman (78).