Former Purple Eagle standout Mike Novosad (Candiac, QUE) has inked another professional contract. The 2007 graduate has spent the past several seasons playing in France in the top French professional league (Ligue Magnus).
For the 2010-2011 “Novo” has signed a contract with Arizona Sundogs of the CHL. During his two years with the team Mike made immediate contributions using his physically imposing presence and fantastic shot. Mike averaged nearly two points per game in his senior season.
Mike will be entering his fourth season playing professional hockey.
The entire ACHA Purple Eagles family wishes Mike the best during his first season with the Sun Dogs.
To follow Novo this upcoming season please visit http://www.arizonasundogs.com
NCAA, ACHA, NJCAA, CIS, CIAU it doesn't matter. As long as you continue to play and get better, you have an opportunity to play professional hockey. Once you quit, then you have no chance, but until that day there is always a possibility.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Major Junior and NCAA Battle
Had things remained as planned, Jarred Tinordi would have started fall classes at Notre Dame last week, extending the summer sessions in which the 18-year-old already had enrolled.
But Tinordi is long gone from South Bend. On Aug. 11, Tinordi signed with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, said goodbye to Notre Dame, and gave up his NCAA eligibility. By doing so, Tinordi, drafted 22d overall by the Canadiens this year, became the second highly touted defenseman to withdraw his Notre Dame commitment in the last two years. Cam Fowler, Anaheim’s first pick in June, would have been a Fighting Irish freshman in 2009-10. Fowler opted for Windsor of the OHL.
Naturally, Paul Kelly, executive director of College Hockey, Inc., is disturbed by the departures.
“We have to stop the continuing relentless recruiting that goes on after a kid enrolls or commits to a college program,’’ said Kelly, head of the 9-month-old program. “If Jarred Tinordi enrolls at Notre Dame, starts taking college classes, intends to stay with the program, and physically moves to campus, once that happens there shouldn’t be any continued recruiting until the end of the season. They’ll go back at them in the summer months and convince them to change their chosen path. You see it happening more and more — this constant unending effort to lure kids away even after they’ve signed a letter of intent, enrolled, and have been on campus. It’s not a two-way street.’’
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It sucks for NCAA. I mean, once a kid plays Major Junior, an NCAA cannot recruit him, but when a kid begins NCAA, Major Junior can continue recruiting. Now, people are saying let Major Junior kids play NCAA, but that would be insane. Kids would constantly be replaced, and in the end, would that be good for NCAA. Yes, the talent level would increase, but NCAA hockey is about development. Ultimately, it would halt American development.
But Tinordi is long gone from South Bend. On Aug. 11, Tinordi signed with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, said goodbye to Notre Dame, and gave up his NCAA eligibility. By doing so, Tinordi, drafted 22d overall by the Canadiens this year, became the second highly touted defenseman to withdraw his Notre Dame commitment in the last two years. Cam Fowler, Anaheim’s first pick in June, would have been a Fighting Irish freshman in 2009-10. Fowler opted for Windsor of the OHL.
Naturally, Paul Kelly, executive director of College Hockey, Inc., is disturbed by the departures.
“We have to stop the continuing relentless recruiting that goes on after a kid enrolls or commits to a college program,’’ said Kelly, head of the 9-month-old program. “If Jarred Tinordi enrolls at Notre Dame, starts taking college classes, intends to stay with the program, and physically moves to campus, once that happens there shouldn’t be any continued recruiting until the end of the season. They’ll go back at them in the summer months and convince them to change their chosen path. You see it happening more and more — this constant unending effort to lure kids away even after they’ve signed a letter of intent, enrolled, and have been on campus. It’s not a two-way street.’’
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It sucks for NCAA. I mean, once a kid plays Major Junior, an NCAA cannot recruit him, but when a kid begins NCAA, Major Junior can continue recruiting. Now, people are saying let Major Junior kids play NCAA, but that would be insane. Kids would constantly be replaced, and in the end, would that be good for NCAA. Yes, the talent level would increase, but NCAA hockey is about development. Ultimately, it would halt American development.
Friday, August 27, 2010
NSU Bison set ACHA hockey tryouts
NDSU has scheduled some quality teams for the 2010-2011 campaign. They will open the season in a suburb of Chicago when they take on fellow ACHA M-1 Robert Morris (IL) on September 24 and 25. Minot State, Indiana, and Oklahoma are the other ACHA M-1 teams on the schedule.
There are also ACHA M-2 and M-3 teams on the schedule. The Bison will play St. Cloud State and Minnesota-Crookston, who are both ACHA M-2 teams. The only ACHA M-3 team on the NDSU schedule is South Dakota State. The schedule rounds out with Dakota College at Bottineau who was all set to become an ACHA M-3 team this year, but has reportedly backed out and rejoined the NJCAA.
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So Dakota College at Bottineau backed out of ACHA. I wonder what made them do that...
There are also ACHA M-2 and M-3 teams on the schedule. The Bison will play St. Cloud State and Minnesota-Crookston, who are both ACHA M-2 teams. The only ACHA M-3 team on the NDSU schedule is South Dakota State. The schedule rounds out with Dakota College at Bottineau who was all set to become an ACHA M-3 team this year, but has reportedly backed out and rejoined the NJCAA.
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So Dakota College at Bottineau backed out of ACHA. I wonder what made them do that...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Colorado University Buffs Hockey
The University of Colorado hockey team has released their regular season schedule for the upcoming 2010-11 American Collegiate Hockey Association campaign.
CU will open the regular season on the road at the University of Denver on Friday Oct. 1 at 9:15 p.m. at Magness Arena inside the DU Richie Center. The next night the Buffs will play their home opener against the Utah State Aggies at 7:15 p.m. at the CU Ice Arena inside the Student Recreation Center on the Boulder campus.
Colorado won’t have an easy time defending their ACHA West title and their number three national ranking from a year ago as they’ll play 11 teams that finished in the top 13 in the West region and four of the top national ACHA division one and two programs.
The Buffs’ schedule also features four road trips to California, Utah, Florida and Oklahoma and four games against arch rival Colorado State, including two contests that will be played at two of the state’s premier hockey venues
Colorado’s first meeting against CSU will be on Oct. 29 where they’ll play the Rams at the Pepsi Center in Denver, the home of the National Hockey League’s Colorado Avalanche. Eight days later on Nov. 5 the series will move to Fort Collins where the Buffs and Rams will square off for second time in the season. On Feb. 4 the series will resume with another game at one of the state’s premier venues, the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland, the home of the Colorado Eagles of the Central Hockey League. The season series will then finish at home for Colorado at the CU Ice Arena on Feb. 11.
The Buffs will also play two home-and-home weekend series’ against another rival, the Northern Colorado Bears on Nov. 12-13 and on Feb. 18-19.
Some of the other games CU will play in the fall include playing host to Denver and Weber State on Oct. 15-16 and playing at Metro State on Oct. 9.
CU will make their first road trip of the season to San Jose, Calif. on Oct. 21-23 where they will participate in the 4th annual Mid-State Electric Best of the West Showcase, hosted by San Jose State University. Along with the Spartans, the Buffs will also face Eastern Washington and Long Beach State while at the showcase.
From Nov. 18-21 the Buffaloes will once again hit the road, but this time they won’t have to travel too far, just to the other side of the Rockies where they’ll participate in the Utah State/Weber State Beehive Showcase in Logan and Ogden, Utah. Other than battling the two host schools, Colorado will also play San Jose State and Eastern Washington in the second of three meetings each this year. CU will next play EWU on Dec. 3 as part of the Western Classic Tournament and will play SJSU in Boulder on Feb. 12 in the last game of the final ranking period.
The Buffs will once again co-host the Western Classic Tournament with Colorado State from Dec. 2-5 in Boulder and Fort Collins. CU will play all four games at home beginning with Texas A&M on Thursday Dec. 2. After playing EWU on Friday night, Colorado will finish the weekend tournament against Northern Arizona on Saturday night and San Diego State on Sunday morning before going on a nearly six week hiatus for winter break.
Coming back from the break the Buffaloes will head to sunny Fort Myers, Fla. where they’ll look to defend their title in the Gulf Coast Clash against three of the top teams in the ACHA. CU will face Michigan State who finished last season ranked eighth nationally, Boston College who ended their season fifth, and host Florida Gulf Coast who finished second in the nation in 2009.
Colorado’s final road trip will be to Oklahoma where they’ll take on the ACHA D-I Central Oklahoma Bronchos for two games on Jan. 28-29.
The ACHA West Regional’s will be held in Utah from Feb. 25-26 and the 2011 ACHA D-II National Championships will be played in San Jose from Mar. 15-20. San Jose State will be hosting the tournament and will be given an automatic bid to nationals. What that means is that instead of two automatic bids to nationals from the West, only the top team will be guaranteed a spot at the tournament after the final rankings unless San Jose State finishes in the top two in the region. This should make for an interesting season with the West powerhouses of CU, CSU, Eastern Washington and Utah State all battling for one automatic bid.
In the time between regional’s and nationals, Colorado will host their annual alumni game on Saturday Mar. 5 at 7:15 p.m. at the CU Ice Arena.
The Buffs will play three preseason games to get ready for the 2010-11 campaign with a home-and-home series against the Colorado Thunderbirds AAA on Sept. 17-18 and an inter squad game versus CU’s junior varsity team on Sep. 25.
Colorado Buffaloes hockey 2010-11 season schedule
Sept. 17 – Colorado Thunderbirds AAA, 7:15 pm (preseason)
Sept. 18 – @ Colorado Thunderbirds AAA, 3:45 pm (preseason)
Sept. 25 – CU Junior Varsity, 7:15 pm (preseason)
Fri. Oct. 1 – at Denver, 9:15 p.m. (season opener)
Sat. Oct. 2 – Utah State, 7:15 p.m. (home opener)
Sat. Oct. 9 – at Metro State, 6 p.m.
Fri. Oct.15 – Denver, 7:15 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 16 – Weber State 7:15 p.m.
4th Annual Mid-State Electric Best of the West Showcase in San Jose, Calif. at Sharks Ice
Thu. Oct. 21 – at San Jose State, 8:15 p.m. North Rink
Fri. Oct. 22 – Eastern Washington, 9 p.m. South Rink
Sat. Oct. 23 – Long Beach State, 9:45 p.m. South Rink
Fri. Oct. 29 – Colorado State at the Pepsi Center in Denver, 7:00 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 5 – at Colorado State, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 12 – Northern Colorado, 6:15 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 13 – at Northern Colorado, 9 p.m.
Utah State/Weber State Beehive Showcase – Logan and Ogden, Utah
Thu. Nov. 18 – at Utah State, 7 p.m. in Logan
Fri. Nov. 19 – at Weber State, 8:15 p.m. in Ogden
Sat. Nov. 20 – San Jose State, 4 p.m. in Logan
Sun. Nov. 21 – Eastern Washington, 9:45 a.m. in Ogden
Western Classic Tournament in Boulder and Fort Collins
Thu. Dec. 2 – Texas A&M, 8:00 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 3 – Eastern Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 4 – Northern Arizona, 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 5 – San Diego State, 10:00 a.m.
Gulf Coast Clash in Fort Myers, Fla., Germain Arena
Fri. Jan. 14 – Michigan State, 6 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 15 – Boston College, 6 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 16 – at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.
Fri. Jan 21 – TBA
Sat. Jan. 22 – TBA
Fri. Jan. 28 – at Central Oklahoma (D1), 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 29 – at Central Oklahoma (D1), 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 4 – at Colorado State at the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland, 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 11 – Colorado State, 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 12 – San Jose State, 7:15 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 18 – at Northern Colorado, 9 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 19 – Northern Colorado, 7:15 p.m. (senior night)
Feb. 24-27 – ACHA West Regionals in Utah
Sat. Mar. 5 – CU Alumni Game at the CU Ice Arena, 7:15 p.m.*
Mar. 15-20 ACHA D-II National Championships in San Jose, Calif.
All Dates, Times, and Opponents are subject to change
All times are regional
Bold indicates home games
Blue indicates Tournaments/Showcases
* Indicates CU Alumni Game
CU is no joke. I believe they had two alumni sign with the Colorado Eagles (CHL) for the upcoming season.
CU will open the regular season on the road at the University of Denver on Friday Oct. 1 at 9:15 p.m. at Magness Arena inside the DU Richie Center. The next night the Buffs will play their home opener against the Utah State Aggies at 7:15 p.m. at the CU Ice Arena inside the Student Recreation Center on the Boulder campus. Colorado won’t have an easy time defending their ACHA West title and their number three national ranking from a year ago as they’ll play 11 teams that finished in the top 13 in the West region and four of the top national ACHA division one and two programs.
The Buffs’ schedule also features four road trips to California, Utah, Florida and Oklahoma and four games against arch rival Colorado State, including two contests that will be played at two of the state’s premier hockey venues
Colorado’s first meeting against CSU will be on Oct. 29 where they’ll play the Rams at the Pepsi Center in Denver, the home of the National Hockey League’s Colorado Avalanche. Eight days later on Nov. 5 the series will move to Fort Collins where the Buffs and Rams will square off for second time in the season. On Feb. 4 the series will resume with another game at one of the state’s premier venues, the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland, the home of the Colorado Eagles of the Central Hockey League. The season series will then finish at home for Colorado at the CU Ice Arena on Feb. 11.
The Buffs will also play two home-and-home weekend series’ against another rival, the Northern Colorado Bears on Nov. 12-13 and on Feb. 18-19.
Some of the other games CU will play in the fall include playing host to Denver and Weber State on Oct. 15-16 and playing at Metro State on Oct. 9.
CU will make their first road trip of the season to San Jose, Calif. on Oct. 21-23 where they will participate in the 4th annual Mid-State Electric Best of the West Showcase, hosted by San Jose State University. Along with the Spartans, the Buffs will also face Eastern Washington and Long Beach State while at the showcase.
From Nov. 18-21 the Buffaloes will once again hit the road, but this time they won’t have to travel too far, just to the other side of the Rockies where they’ll participate in the Utah State/Weber State Beehive Showcase in Logan and Ogden, Utah. Other than battling the two host schools, Colorado will also play San Jose State and Eastern Washington in the second of three meetings each this year. CU will next play EWU on Dec. 3 as part of the Western Classic Tournament and will play SJSU in Boulder on Feb. 12 in the last game of the final ranking period.
The Buffs will once again co-host the Western Classic Tournament with Colorado State from Dec. 2-5 in Boulder and Fort Collins. CU will play all four games at home beginning with Texas A&M on Thursday Dec. 2. After playing EWU on Friday night, Colorado will finish the weekend tournament against Northern Arizona on Saturday night and San Diego State on Sunday morning before going on a nearly six week hiatus for winter break.
Coming back from the break the Buffaloes will head to sunny Fort Myers, Fla. where they’ll look to defend their title in the Gulf Coast Clash against three of the top teams in the ACHA. CU will face Michigan State who finished last season ranked eighth nationally, Boston College who ended their season fifth, and host Florida Gulf Coast who finished second in the nation in 2009.
Colorado’s final road trip will be to Oklahoma where they’ll take on the ACHA D-I Central Oklahoma Bronchos for two games on Jan. 28-29.
The ACHA West Regional’s will be held in Utah from Feb. 25-26 and the 2011 ACHA D-II National Championships will be played in San Jose from Mar. 15-20. San Jose State will be hosting the tournament and will be given an automatic bid to nationals. What that means is that instead of two automatic bids to nationals from the West, only the top team will be guaranteed a spot at the tournament after the final rankings unless San Jose State finishes in the top two in the region. This should make for an interesting season with the West powerhouses of CU, CSU, Eastern Washington and Utah State all battling for one automatic bid.
In the time between regional’s and nationals, Colorado will host their annual alumni game on Saturday Mar. 5 at 7:15 p.m. at the CU Ice Arena.
The Buffs will play three preseason games to get ready for the 2010-11 campaign with a home-and-home series against the Colorado Thunderbirds AAA on Sept. 17-18 and an inter squad game versus CU’s junior varsity team on Sep. 25.
Colorado Buffaloes hockey 2010-11 season schedule
Sept. 17 – Colorado Thunderbirds AAA, 7:15 pm (preseason)
Sept. 18 – @ Colorado Thunderbirds AAA, 3:45 pm (preseason)
Sept. 25 – CU Junior Varsity, 7:15 pm (preseason)
Fri. Oct. 1 – at Denver, 9:15 p.m. (season opener)
Sat. Oct. 2 – Utah State, 7:15 p.m. (home opener)
Sat. Oct. 9 – at Metro State, 6 p.m.
Fri. Oct.15 – Denver, 7:15 p.m.
Sat. Oct. 16 – Weber State 7:15 p.m.
4th Annual Mid-State Electric Best of the West Showcase in San Jose, Calif. at Sharks Ice
Thu. Oct. 21 – at San Jose State, 8:15 p.m. North Rink
Fri. Oct. 22 – Eastern Washington, 9 p.m. South Rink
Sat. Oct. 23 – Long Beach State, 9:45 p.m. South Rink
Fri. Oct. 29 – Colorado State at the Pepsi Center in Denver, 7:00 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 5 – at Colorado State, 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 12 – Northern Colorado, 6:15 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 13 – at Northern Colorado, 9 p.m.
Utah State/Weber State Beehive Showcase – Logan and Ogden, Utah
Thu. Nov. 18 – at Utah State, 7 p.m. in Logan
Fri. Nov. 19 – at Weber State, 8:15 p.m. in Ogden
Sat. Nov. 20 – San Jose State, 4 p.m. in Logan
Sun. Nov. 21 – Eastern Washington, 9:45 a.m. in Ogden
Western Classic Tournament in Boulder and Fort Collins
Thu. Dec. 2 – Texas A&M, 8:00 p.m.
Fri. Dec. 3 – Eastern Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Sat. Dec. 4 – Northern Arizona, 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 5 – San Diego State, 10:00 a.m.
Gulf Coast Clash in Fort Myers, Fla., Germain Arena
Fri. Jan. 14 – Michigan State, 6 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 15 – Boston College, 6 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 16 – at Florida Gulf Coast, 7 p.m.
Fri. Jan 21 – TBA
Sat. Jan. 22 – TBA
Fri. Jan. 28 – at Central Oklahoma (D1), 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 29 – at Central Oklahoma (D1), 7:30 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 4 – at Colorado State at the Budweiser Event Center in Loveland, 7:05 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 11 – Colorado State, 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 12 – San Jose State, 7:15 p.m.
Fri. Feb. 18 – at Northern Colorado, 9 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 19 – Northern Colorado, 7:15 p.m. (senior night)
Feb. 24-27 – ACHA West Regionals in Utah
Sat. Mar. 5 – CU Alumni Game at the CU Ice Arena, 7:15 p.m.*
Mar. 15-20 ACHA D-II National Championships in San Jose, Calif.
All Dates, Times, and Opponents are subject to change
All times are regional
Bold indicates home games
Blue indicates Tournaments/Showcases
* Indicates CU Alumni Game
CU is no joke. I believe they had two alumni sign with the Colorado Eagles (CHL) for the upcoming season.
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