2012-13 Atlantic Hockey season preview Photo: RIT captain Chris Saracino is one of four players left from the school's 2009-10 roster that made a run to the NCAA Frozen Four (courtesy of Tony Ding/Icon SMI) The always competitive Atlantic Hockey conference will look to shake things up in the NCAA when the 2012-13 season gets underway. Among the many players in Atlantic Hockey to watch this season is the conference’s lone NHL prospect, Anthony Hamburg. 2012-13 NCAA Independents Season Preview Photo: Forward Max Gardiner, shown here playing for the University of Minnesota, has transferred to the fledgling D-1 program at Penn State University (courtesy of Josh Holmberg /Icon SMI) For the 2012-13 season, the NCAA will feature two independents in Alabama-Huntsville and Penn State. Hockey’s Future takes a closer look at the two programs. Hurricanes’ prospect Slavin bettering game in USHL Photo: Carolina Hurricanes prospect Jaccob Slavin, shown here at their prospect camp, will move on to Colorado College in the 2013-14 season (courtesy of Jamie Kelleher/HF) Better and better. That is how Chicago Steel head coach Scott McConnell describes defenseman Jaccob Slavin’s game. Video: 2012 All-American Prospects Game – Ryan Fitzgerald Photo: Ryan Fitzgerald, a forward for the Valley Junior Warriors of the EJHL, had a memorable CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game as he tallied three assists and copped MVP honors at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY (courtesy of Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) It is unlikely that a quick scan of the rosters for the 2012 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game by the average observer would have produced much more than a shrug when coming across the name, Ryan Fitzgerald. Video: 2012 All-American Prospects Game – Rob McClanahan and Phil Housley Photo: Former Olympic hockey star Rob McClanahan talks to the media at the 2012 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game (courtesy of Ken McKenna/HF) The two coaches in the inaugural CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game were two names not only associated with the past of the host team, the Buffalo Sabres, but they also carved out their own path to fame in the game of hockey. |
