Waterloo, Iowa (Courtesy Waterloo Black Hawks) – Bailey Conger’s steady regular season and superlative playoff performance have provided the Waterloo Black Hawks forward with the opportunity to join the Providence College Friars this fall. During 2016/17 – his first full United States Hockey League season – Conger ranked fifth in scoring for the Hawks, recording
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — Dubuque Fighting Saints associate head coach JB Bittner has accepted the position of assistant coach with the Ohio State University Buckeyes hockey program. He will join the Buckeyes’ coaching staff for the 2017–18 season. Along with the departing head coach/GM Jason Lammers, Bittner helped coach a Dubuque Fighting
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Dubuque Fighting Saints forward Michael Boyle (Phoenix, Ariz.) has committed to Bentley University in the Atlantic Hockey Conference for the 2017–18 season. Boyle came to the Fighting Saints this past season after spending his first season in the USHL with the Sioux City Musketeers. “I’m really excited about the school, the direction
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Courtesy Dubuque Fighting Saints) — Dubuque Fighting Saints defenseman Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi (Pietarsaari, Finland) has committed to the University of Maine, making his college choice for the future. This is Tiuraniemi’s first season with the Saints, in which he excelled as an offensively-minded presence on the blue line. Tiuraniemi was selected by the Fighting
The North American Hockey League (NAHL) website announced today Billy Exell, a member of the Robertson Cup championship Minnesota Wilderness will move on to play and study at the University of Minnesota Duluth this fall. Exell, a 19-year-old native of Thunder Bay, ON is thrilled to be moving to play hockey at nearby Minnesota Duluth.