Category Archives: College
More honors for Ortega as Escondido native chosen NCHC Player of the Month
January 4th, 2017University of Nebraska-Omaha senior forward Austin Ortega has been named the National Collegiate Hockey Conference’s (NCHC) Player of the Month for December. It is the second monthly award for Ortega, who picked up the same hardware in December of 2014. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE Ortega led the NCHC in scoring in December with five goals…
Acton product, Harvard goalie Madsen picks up ECAC Hockey weekly honor
January 3rd, 2017Harvard junior goaltender Merrick Madsen has been named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, as announced by the league office Jan. 3. Madsen earns the award after posting his third 30-save performance of the season last Friday in helping No. 4 Harvard to a 5-1 victory over Rensselaer. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE The Acton…
Escondido’s Ortega tabbed NCHC Offensive Player of the Week
January 3rd, 2017The Bauer National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) Players of the Week for the weeks of Dec. 16, 2016 through Jan. 1, 2017 include University of Nebraska-Omaha senior forward Austin Ortega (Offensive Player of the Week). Ortega is now a six-time NCHC Offensive Player of the Week, including three times this season, and has claimed seven…
Former Jr. King Wilkins claims Hockey East Rookie of the Week award
January 2nd, 2017Providence College freshman forward Josh Wilkins was named Hockey East Rookie of the Week in an announcement made by the league on Jan. 2. READ OUR LATEST ISSUE Wilkins put the Friars up 2-1 on the power play just 1:16 into the third period with the eventual game-winning goal in Providence’s 3-1 win over then…
Concussion ends Edson’s on-ice career, but California native still contributing at Air Force
December 30th, 2016Post-concussion symptoms have kept Max Edson from taking a regular shift for four years, but they haven’t prevented him from contributing to a successful college hockey program. The 24-year-old, once a highly-recruited forward prospect from Hermosa Beach, has displayed a rare perseverance while carving out an important niche as a video coordinator for the Air…
Escondido product Ortega takes home weekly NCHC honors
December 6th, 2016Escondido native Austin Ortega has been named the Bauer NCHC Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 4. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Austin Ortega, Omaha Senior Forward Escondido, Calif. Ortega totaled five points to power Omaha to a tie and win at Wisconsin last weekend. On Friday, he dished out an…
Acton product Madsen grabs ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week award
November 23rd, 2016Harvard University junior goaltender Merrick Madsen has been named the ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Week, for the week ending Nov. 20, 2016. The award is the first such honor for Madsen and the first weekly award bestowed upon a Harvard student-athlete this season. Going up against No. 3 Boston College, Madsen stopped a season-high…
Titans, OC Hockey Club alum Delia takes home weekly Hockey East honor
November 22nd, 2016After his efforts between the pipes backstopped Merrimack College to a 2-0 shutout victory on the road against Wisconsin on Saturday night, junior goaltender Collin Delia has been named the Hockey East Co-Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 20, 2016. Delia, who becomes Merrimack’s first major weekly award winner from the…
Escondido native Ortega claims weekly NCHC honors
November 15th, 2016The National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) announced the Bauer NCHC Players of the Week for the week of Nov. 7-13 and among the honorees was a California connection. OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Austin Ortega, University of Nebraska-Omaha Senior Forward Escondido, Calif. Ortega led Omaha to its first sweep of the season and first ever…
Walnut Creek’s Durflinger makes NCAA plans with Denver
November 2nd, 2016“You blankety blank, blank, blank!” “Why, I ought to clobber you!” Jake Durflinger has just about heard it all during his four seasons of junior hockey, most of the past two with the Bloomington Thunder of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Through it all, the forward from Walnut Creek has done whatever it has…