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Welcome to Wockey Pool 2013!

"What is a Wockey Pool?", you may ask.  Good question!  No one knows for sure, but some speculate it was started in 1648 as a way for Native Americans and visitors to the "New World" to trade goods and services in their efforts to develop a mutually beneficial relationship.  Of course, those people are astonishingly off-base.  In reality, it is a college hockey pool started in 2006 as a way to help promote college hockey and wager on THE most exciting college tourney of the spring (sorry basketball fans).  Below you can visit our Hall of Fame/Shame, check out this year's prizes, and find links with which to study up for this year's tourney.  When you're done, register and enter your picks. 

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Latest Wockey Pool Blog Post

A Kuss for Celebration!

On a cold April day in 2006, Alex Walker, sitting at his school office desk dismayed by yet another lousy finish in an NCAA basketball pool, was hit with a once-in-a-lifetime idea.  “What if I started my own pool--my own NCAA Hockey Pool?  I’m the only person I know who follows college hockey.  I would win every freaking year!!”  And so, at a time when he should have been working to better the future of America’s youth, Alex instead went about creating this pool, this Wockey Pool.  And a year later, after inviting fourteen of his most dim-witted friends to participate, Alex stood at the top of the Wockey world, the first championship of what he expected to be many under his belt, and his wallet a fat ninety dollars thicker.

That year, Jason Kuss, Walker’s former intern, finished in third place.  As legend had it, Kuss took his $15 in winnings, spent it on PBR and rancid buffalo wings, and concocted a plan to outwit his mentor and eventually become Wockey Champion.

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Prizes!

As the Wockey Pool's pot keeps growing, the prizes keep getting more elaborate...and dangerous...or just confusing.  Click on the link to see what this year's Wockey Champion and Wockey Puckhead can look forward to!

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Wockey Pool Hall of Fame/Shame

Here at the Wockey Pool, we celebrate the feats of our champions almost as much as we do the faults of our failures. Click on the link to learn more about our past Wockey Champions and Wockey Puckheads.

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  • Sources: Maine Will Offer Job to Gendron

    Maine will offer its vacant head coaching position to Yale associate head coach Dennis "Red' Gendron, according to sources. Gendron was a finalist along with former Ohio State head coach Mark Osiecki. Gendron just completed his second season at Yale, helping the Bulldogs to the national championship. Prior to that, he spent six years with Massachusetts as an assistant coach and was with the Black ...

  • Montgomery Named USHL GM of the Year

    New Denver coach Jim Montgomery was named the United States Hockey League's General Manager of the Year. Montgomery, who was named Denver's new coach last month, recently led Dubuque to the league championship, the Clark Cup, for the second time in three years behind the bench. Dubuque also won the regular-season championship with 98 points. He did it after having to replace nine of his top 10 scorers ...

  • What, or Who, is Maine Waiting For?

    Tim Whitehead was relieved of his duties as head coach at the University of Maine on April 9. In the weeks since, not only has Maine director of athletics Steve Abbott yet hire his successor, but a prominent former player, Jim Montgomery, took the head coaching job at Denver, the university named Bob Corkum its interim head coach and Corkum, through university staffers, penned a not-so-cryptic open ...

  • Report: Scherr Leaving NCHC

    NCHC commissioner Jim Scherr is set to become Chief Operating Officer of the inaugural European Games, according to a report at the InsideTheGames.biz web site. According to the report, it was announced that Scherr would take the position during the European Olympic Committees Seminar last week. Scherr has denied he has accepted the job, but did tell USCHO that he was in discussions with the European ...

  • Shyiak Responds to Allegations

    Former Alaska-Anchorage coach Dave Shyiak responded to recent allegations that he struck a player during practice in 2011. In a statement to the media, Shyiak said the report "has resulted in irreparable damages including lost opportunity for coaching positions and having family members experience extreme and unnecessary stress and anxiety." Shyiak's response comes after it was revealed that former ...

  • Johnson Steps Down at UNO

    Nebraska-Omaha head coach Dean Blais announced today that assistant coach Steve Johnson will not be returning for the 2013-14 season. “Steve had decided to go in another direction with his career, and we wish him the best of luck,” said Blais.  “He was a valuable member of our staff and did a great job working with our players.  We'll begin looking for another high-quality coach to fill that ...

  • Atlantic Hockey to Increase Scholarship Limit

    The Atlantic Hockey Board of Directors have voted to raise the league's scholarship limit from 12 to 14 by the 2015-16 season. The move will bring the league's teams closer to the NCAA-wide maximum of 18. The first step will come in 2014-15, when the league increases to 13, followed by 14 the next year. “These policy changes are significant as the league moves forward into its second decade of ...

  • Former Anchorage Player Accuses Shyiak of Striking Player

    Former Alaska-Anchorage forward Mickey Spencer alleges that former coach Dave Shyiak hit a player with his stick during a practice in 2011, then told players to keep quiet about it. Spencer made his allegations in a letter written to the school president and Board of Regents, it was reported in the Anchorage Daily News. According to the letter, Shyiak violently struck forward Nick Haddad during a ...

  • Cavanaugh Chosen Over Experienced Field

    Despite considering a high-profile and experienced finalist for the position, Connecticut hired long-time Boston College assistant Mike Cavanaugh to lead its program and begin the transition to Hockey East. The school introduced Cavanaugh to the media Thursday afternoon. "This is a special day in our hockey history," UConn athletic director Warde Manuel said. "It's a time when we're transitioning ...

  • UConn Officially Hires Cavanaugh as New Head Coach

    Connecticut made it official late Wednesday, naming Boston College assistant Mike Cavanaugh its new head coach. David Berard had been the interim coach since Bruce Marshall resigned in January. Berard was interviewed to keep the position, but was passed over in favor of Cavanaugh, an assistant at BC the last 18 seasons, where he helped the Eagles win four national championships. UConn has one more ...

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  • UConn tabs longtime Boston College assistant Cavanaugh as head coach

    UConn's Mike-Cavanaugh UConn Athletics STORRS, Conn. -- Mike Cavanaugh, who served on the Boston College coaching staff for the past 18 seasons and helped lead the Eagles to four national championships, has been named the head men's ice hockey coach at the Connecticut. Cavanaugh will guide the Huskies in the upgrade of their program as UConn plays in Atlantic Hockey in 2013-14 and then joins Hockey East in 2014-15. Cavanaugh becomes only the fourth head coach in UConn history dating to the inception of the program in 1960. "I am very excited to be joining the UConn Husky family," Cavanaugh said. "This job is...

  • Big Ten announces conference schedule for inaugural season of men's hockey

    PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- The Big Ten on Wednesday announced the dates and opponents for the inaugural season of Big Ten men’s ice hockey, featuring 20-game schedules for each of the six hockey schools -- Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin. The 2013-14 Big Ten hockey schedule will feature 60 games beginning in late November, with the majority of contests being played on Friday and Saturday. The schedule also will feature a limited number of games on Thursday, Sunday and Monday. The Big Ten hockey schedule begins with a doubleheader on Nov. 29, with Michigan hosting Ohio State...

  • Winningest Yale head coach Taylor dies at 71; won 337 games in 28 seasons

    NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Tim Taylor, former Yale head coach with the most hockey wins at the Ivy League school, has died of cancer. He was 71. Taylor's wife, Diana Cooke, confirmed he died Saturday, two weeks after Yale won its first national championship. He was active internationally through January when he served as director of player personnel for the U.S. Junior National Team, which won gold at the World Junior Championships in Russia. Taylor served as Yale's head coach from 1976 to 2006. He coached 28 seasons in New Haven, not including two years with Olympic teams. He won more games (337) than...

  • Minnesota to host 2013 Ice Breaker event

    The 2013 Ice Breaker Tournament, the traditional start to the college hockey season, will take place Oct. 11-12 at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, and feature Minnesota, Clarkson, Mercyhurst and New Hampshire. College Hockey Inc., which manages the event on behalf of the Hockey Commissioners Association, will partner with the University of Minnesota to host the event, which is in its 17th year in 2013. “Next year will be the beginning of a new era for the Gopher hockey program, and we’re excited to open the season at Mariucci Arena with the Ice Breaker Tournament,” Minnesota head coach Don Lucia said. “It’s a...

  • Providence, Merrimack, Notre Dame, BC to play in Frozen Fenway 2014

    BOSTON, Mass. -- The Hockey East Association, the City of Boston and Fenway Sports Management (FSM) announced on Thursday that Providence will participate in Frozen Fenway 2014. The Friars will play Merrimack on Saturday, Jan. 4 in a nonconference game at the historic home of the Boston Red Sox. The game will be the first of a doubleheader, with Notre Dame and Boston College playing in the second game. "This is a great opportunity for our players, coaches, alumni and fans to take part in an event that will leave a lasting impression," athletics director Bob Driscoll said. "Watching the Friars...

  • Malcolm saves the day with 36

      PITTSBURGH — Shrieks of “Harvard sucks!” began as time wound down Saturday at the Consol Energy Center -- Yale faithful exorcising Quinnipiac, via their most traditional cheer. The extraordinary had happened: Losers of three consecutive games against East Coast Athletic Conference rival Quinnipiac this season, Yale finally had beaten the Bobcats, and in no small arena. 2013 MEN'S FROZEN FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Yale 4, Quinnipiac 0 Maloof: Malcolm saves day, helps Yale to title Houston: This time, Quinnipiac loses to Yale Recap | Gallery | Highlights | Box 1-on-1: Yale's Allain | QU's Pecknold Head2Head: Why They'll Win Cross: Nutmeg State takes center ice Houston: Quinnipiac confident, but not overly Maloof: Yale's Root...

  • 'That’s why they play the games'

      PITTSBURGH -- Yale’s 4-0 win against Quinnipiac in Saturday night’s Frozen Four final proved exactly why hockey games are played on ice and not paper. Quinnipiac appeared to have the upper hand going into the big game, the game that would determine the national champion. The Bobcats were ranked first in the nation, the Bulldogs came into the tournament seeded 15th out of 16 teams. Three times this year the two teams met, and three times Quinnipiac handled Yale. It had been more than two full years since Yale last overcame Quinnipiac. 2013 MEN'S FROZEN FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Yale 4, Quinnipiac 0 Maloof: Malcolm saves day,...

  • Yale breaks through, then pours it on Quinnipiac to win national championship

      PITTSBURGH -- Yale captain Andrew Miller stopped a reporter when he asked what it felt like to be the final school to make the 16-team when the NCAA tournament began. Actually, we were the 15th seed," Miller said. 2013 MEN'S FROZEN FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Yale 4, Quinnipiac 0 Maloof: Malcolm saves day, helps Yale to title Houston: This time, Quinnipiac loses to Yale Recap | Gallery | Highlights | Box 1-on-1: Yale's Allain | QU's Pecknold Head2Head: Why They'll Win Cross: Nutmeg State takes center ice Houston: Quinnipiac confident, but not overly Maloof: Yale's Root has roots in Pittsburgh Quinnipiac mic'd up at practice Frozen thoughts: Championship preview 1on-1: Quinnipiac goalie Eric Hartzell SEMIFINALS Quinnipiac 4, St. Cloud...

  • St. Cloud State's LeBlanc honored with Hobey Baker award as player of the year

      PITTSBURGH -- Drew LeBlanc has added another chapter to his historic story of success by becoming the first player in the history of St. Cloud State to receive the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, which is presented annual to the nation's outstanding Division I men's college hockey player. The award was announced on Friday at the Consol Energy Center as part of the 2013 Frozen Four. The other two finalists for the 2013 Hobey Baker award were sophomore forward Johnny Gaudreau of Boston College and Eric Hartzell of Quinnipiac. This marks the 33rd time the award has been presented by the Hobey Baker...

  • Root-ing interest

    PITTSBURGH -- Yale team captain Andrew Miller braced for the travelogue as the Bulldogs’ team bus rolled through Pittsburgh earlier this week. The city is hosting the 2013 Frozen Four, the last stop in the NCAA tournament. It’s also home to Yale forward Jesse Root, and he was eager to show it off. “He obviously wants to play at home and as soon as we got in [the tournament], we’ve been talking trash to him,” Miller said. “I got the tour on the bus coming in from the airport of every exit and every place he’s been to, and every restaurant in...