Category Archives: College
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…
CSUN raises bar with first-class amenities
October 20th, 2015Club sports are organizations created by students for the benefit of students. They’re a source of pride for the student body; they symbolize an assumption of ownership by a group of their own. At Cal State Northridge, the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II team has been making waves with the amount of investment being put forth…
Locals schooled on benefits of college route
September 21st, 2015With the escalating amount of elite talent being developed across the state, more and more players are being forced to make tough decisions regarding their futures at a young age. Advocates of the college hockey experience – namely College Hockey Inc., an organization designed to ensure those players and their families are in-tune with the NCAA…
USC-UCLA rivalry boosts college game’s interest
September 17th, 2015When it comes to college athletics, it’s no secret there’s a number of historic and heated rivalries. The debates over whose is most intense can be just as fierce, and right in the thick of the conversation is the battle between Los Angeles’ USC and UCLA. Phil Foster had heard of but had never quite…
College Hockey Showcase makes its way to TSC
July 31st, 2015It’s no secret the growth and success of hockey throughout California has reached unprecedented levels in recent years, and perhaps none more pronounced than within the burgeoning youth segment. These days, NCAA programs and top-level junior teams are courting elite male players in their teenage years with regularity, and tough decisions regarding their developmental paths…