Centre Ice on Twitter….Yikes.
June 30, 2009 by Dave Weldon
Filed under Off the Ice
I don’t really know what Twitter is, society says that I should, but I don’t. In an effort to get more people to read the blog, I made one. Not sure if it will help. To be honest, I don’t care.
The Men’s team already has a Twitter page, and have been “tweeting” for quite some time….I feel dirty.
Apparently everyone twitters, even Matthew Barnaby, he’s a former Penguin and a badass on ESPN…again, I feel dirty. It doesn’t upset me that Barnaby is tweeting, if I cared, I’d love to know what color socks he puts on in the morning, or if he puts his pants on the same way I do…one leg at a time…pretty sure that he does, but if I followed his twitter page, I would probably know for sure.
Stage Right, Barnaby —>
Boucher becomes the first Colonial to play in Europe
June 30, 2009 by Dave Weldon
Filed under Colonials in the Pros
Former Colonial Goaltender Christian Boucher has left his CHL team to sign a contract with Romjinders Dar Devils Nijmegen of the Dutch Eredivisie League in Europe. Christian is currently listed as the team’s only goaltender, wearing the #53 sweater. Christian joins 5 other players of North American flavor, so at least he will have someone who can help teach him the lingo.
It’s no doubt that Christian had a stellar year with the Killer Bee’s, but as the following article points out, it was always a dream of Christian’s to play in Europe, congrats to Christian for making it come true.
If you can read it, go here: Nijmegen Devils
Some info on the team’s Wikipedia Page: Nijmegen Devils
Schooley to lead Annual Summer Camp
June 29, 2009 by Dave Weldon
Filed under Off-season
RMUColonials.com announced today that RMU Men’s Hockey Head Coach Derek Schooley will lead the 2009 Colonial Hockey Camp at the RMU Island Sports Center, from July 20-24.
[The Camp] aims to provide campers with top notch instruction in all aspects of the game. Players will be broken down into three age groups to learn the basic fundamentals of hockey, while playing in a small game type setting.
Current RMU players will help Coach Schooley assist young campers during their instruction.
Camp highlights include two hours of on-ice instruction per day and a one hour small game session. Additionally, the players will be instructed in special skill development sessions in an atmosphere that stresses good sportsmanship.
If you would wish to sign up for the 2009 Colonial Camp, contact Coach Schooley at (412) 397-447 or his email – schooley@rmu.edu.
2009-2010 Schedule coming together
June 27, 2009 by Dave Weldon
Filed under Men's Team
Coach Schooley has been working hard on putting together the upcoming 2009-2010 season schedule for his Colonials, here are some of the dates that have been released by the opponents…
Bemidji’s fate has been decided
June 26, 2009 by Dave Weldon
Filed under CHA Conference
Exciting news has arrived today from the Bemidji Pioneer, to the people of Bemidji, Minnesota, in the future of Bemidji State University’s Men’s Hockey Program: WCHA says “yes.”
It’s official, the Beavers have found a new home with the CHA Conference all but gone, with the addition of Nebraska-Omaha, joining along with the Beavers, to increase the WCHA to 12 total teams.
This announcement by the Western Collegiate Hockey Association is the realization of a decade-long dream for Bemidji State University,” Bemidji State President Dr. Jon E. Quistgaard.
With the construction of the Bemidji Regional Events Center, the University was able to make a claim from the start that their efforts in the last 10 years to join the WCHA, was the eventual goal in bringing a more state-of-the-art hockey center for the Bemidji area, as well as the BSU Beavers.
Changes coming to website
June 25, 2009 by Dave Weldon
Filed under Men's Team
Some structural changes are coming to RMU Centre Ice in the coming weeks, some routine maintaince, but overall a better flow, look and appeal for fans and readers alike.
More changes to Colonial Coaching Staff; Kostopolous leaving
June 12, 2009 by Dave Weldon
Filed under Men's Team
RMU will be adding another change to next year’s roster, once again behind the bench. Assistant Coach Chris Kostopolous will be leaving Western PA to return to the Alliance Bulldogs, this time as the Director of Coaching and Development , a Tier I Elite U18 Midget Major AAA program in Texas.
Read more about his time with the team and his new title: Alliance Hockey
With two coaching vacancies now at RMU, it was all but obvious that the Colonials would be filling these roles quite quickly, Michigan College Hockey Blog has the inside scoop on the new Colonial coaches, Matt Nicholson of Adrian College, and Joe Shawhan, who was a former Goaltender at Lake Superior State prior to his coaching career, where he spent last season as a volunteer coach with Northern Michigan.
Read more about this development on MiCHO
An official announcement will be made within the next few weeks by RMU and Coach Schooley.
