Category Archives: College
Laguna Hills’ Pankowski named to U.S. Women’s National Team
February 25th, 2016Laguna Hills native and former Anaheim Lady Ducks forward Annie Pankowski has been named to the roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team that will compete in the 2016 IIHF Women’s World Championship. The tournament runs March 28-April 4 at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, British, Columbia. Pankowski is wrapping up her sophomore season at…
Santa Clara’s Vallis wins weekly WCHA award
February 9th, 2016Max Vallis tied for the NCAA lead with three goals and led all Division I players with two game-winning markers, leading No. 14 Michigan Tech University to a sweep of Lake Superior State University and its 45th Winter Carnival championship last weekend. The senior from Santa Clara scored the Huskies’ first two goals in a…
San Diego State sets sights on regionals berth
January 14th, 2016There are times in life that are referred to as transition periods. One chapter of life’s journey comes to a close, and another soon opens. As a senior business management major at San Diego State University, Travis Sevilla isn’t quite ready to see college come to a conclusion; rather, he’s trying to extend his competitive…
Escondido’s Ortega wins weekly NCHC award
January 5th, 2016Escondido’s Austin Ortega was named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Offensive Player of the Week on Jan. 4 – his second such award this season. The junior forward at the University of Nebraska-Omaha earned the nod on the basis of his work against Arizona State University on Dec. 19-20. He tied for the team-scoring…
Marhoff twins help elevate Fullerton’s program
December 31st, 2015For those who grew up in cooler climates, there’s a good chance their hockey careers began with a time-honored tradition. That, of course, is skating on frozen ponds. Kurt and Nancy Marhoff were well acquainted with the traditions of a hockey mecca; Kurt is from Detroit, and Nancy originally from Toronto. With backgrounds like that,…
McCrea, Pankowski cop weekly NCAA awards
December 9th, 2015Two California natives – El Cajon’s Alec McCrea and Laguna Hills’ Annie Pankowski – picked up weekly awards in their respective NCAA Division I conferences for the week ending Dec. 7. McCrea, a freshman defenseman with Cornell University, was named the ECAC Rookie of the Week after leading all league freshmen in scoring while also…
Cal another worthy college hockey alternative
November 18th, 2015When people think of the University of California, Berkeley, the first thing that usually comes to mind is its exceptional academic standards. It’s certainly not hockey. But when Nic Kawasaki started applying to colleges across the country, he took notice that one of the institutions he was thinking about spending the next four years at…
No sophomore slump for UMass’ Kravchenko
November 17th, 2015Dennis Kravchenko is fluent in Russian, English and passing, and he’s picking up French, Spanish and goal-scoring quite nicely as well. Multi-lingual and multi-dimensional, the University of Massachusetts sophomore from Laguna Niguel got off to a blazing start this year, scoring 12 points in the Minutemen’s first six games, including seven goals. That comes on…
Stirtzinger, Demko earn weekly awards
November 9th, 2015Liam Stirtzinger, from Moorpark, was named the North American Hockey League Midwest Division Star of the Week for the week ending Nov. 8. A forward with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, the former California Titan played a big role in his club’s success as the ‘Dogs ran their winning streak to five straight games with a…
4 Californians cop October college, junior awards
November 5th, 2015A trio of California products took the NCAA Division I ranks by storm last month, copping prestigious honors in their respective conferences. In Hockey East, junior Thatcher Demko, a former San Diego Jr. Gull and Los Angeles Jr. King, was named the Goaltender of the Month for October after the San Diego native and Vancouver…