Hockey

The National Hockey League Coaches Association recently selected Charice Paoli for a prestigious Female Coach spotlight. She was featured among 85 female hockey coaches from across North America.

Here are five things to do in Kane County this weekend, March 15-17

Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson stepped to the mic at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday and announced his team selected Connor Bedard with the No. 1 overall pick.

Marian Central defeated Cristo Rey St. Martin in their play-in match at the Class 2A Marian Central Volleyball Regional on Monday.

Savannah Harmon and the U.S. women's hockey team settled for silver in Beijing after a 3-2 loss to rival Canada in the gold-medal game, but the Downers Grove native had plenty to smile about from her Olympic debut with two goals and five assists in seven games.

Crystal Lake South came back to tie the D-155 Predators

Adam Sacharoff, president of the D155 Predators hockey club, considered it good timing when he ran into Columbus Blue Jackets assistant coach Kenny McCudden at the Crystal Ice House.

Wyatt Schingoethe, who shoots left-handed, was taken with the 195th pick.

West Dundee native Ryan Hartman has agreed to terms with the Minnesota Wild on a two-year, $3.8 million contract, the Wild announced Monday.

Ryan Hartman had been in the dark while away on a fishing trip in remote northern Canada, apparently without cellphone service.

After some difficulty, the West Dundee native and NHL forward did learn of his trade and impending free agency via satellite phone Tuesday, his father, Craig Hartman, said.

The D155 Predators scored four goals in the third period to rally for a 5-3 victory over Highland Park on Sunday at Centennial Ice Arena in Highland Park.

If nothing else, Arizona State hockey has one thing going for it that most other Division I hockey teams can’t match. “The weather,” Jacobs sophomore Matt Romer said.

The D155 Predators hockey team notched a 4-2 victory over the Buffalo Grove-Hersey-Wheeling Stampede, the defending combined-school state champions, on Saturday.

Every Wednesday for the next few weeks, Crystal Lake native and Notre Dame hockey player Tory Dello, along with some of his teammates, will drive from South Bend, Indiana, to Chicago to play in the Chicago Pro Hockey League.

The Mission won a USA Hockey national championship last week in Philadelphia, topping Team Wisconsin, 3-1, in the title game.

South played an inspired third period and erased the Predators’ three-goal lead, but that was how it stayed as they finished with a 3-3 tie in their Illinois High School Hockey League game.

Crystal Lake South goalkeeper Garrett Braden made 19 saves in a 3-0 shutout victory over New Trier Gray on Thursday in Wilmette.

Randl, who attended Jacobs High School for two years, plays for the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League. He is committed to play in college at Michigan.

Carpentersville native Jack Randl was among 22 athletes chosen to play on the USA Hockey Under-18 Select Team at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup Tournament in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Bratislava, Slovakia.

Three McHenry County area hockey players helped the AAA Tier 1 Chicago Mission Bantam Major U14 hockey team win a national championship Monday in Scottsdale, Arizona.

It was only 10-and-a-half months ago that Crystal Lake native Tory Dello captained Tri-City to the Clark Cup as champions of the United States Hockey League.

The Gators (26-17-1) appreciated a boisterous crowd which came out to support them. South has only made it to the White Division state title game twice, with 2000 being the other time.

Crystal Lake South took some consolation from playing Loyola Maroon, one of the state’s top hockey programs, fairly even on the scoreboard for the final two periods.

Nick Losch had a goal and two assists Wednesday at The Edge in Bensenville to help Crystal Lake South's hockey team defeat Notre Dame, 5-1, and advance to the championship game of the AHAI White Varsity state tournament.

Crystal Lake South's hockey team defeated Lake Park, 5-1, Sunday at The Edge in Bensenville to advance to the semifinals of the AHAI Varsity White state tournament.

The Hawks selected Ryan Hartman with the 30th overall pick in the 2013 NHL Draft. For the local kid, it was a dream come true. He came up through the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs before making his NHL debut with the Hawks in 2015.

Four players scored for the D155 Predators in a 4-1 win Friday at Evanston. Nick Michelsen (Crystal Lake Central), Cory Zordan (Prairie Ridge), Dylan Poulin (Central) and Russell Catt (PR) scored goals.

Crystal Lake South's hockey team celebrated senior night Sunday with a 6-2 victory over Evanston at Leafs Ice Centre in West Dundee.

Eric Helm, Michael Helm and Midas Bacidore each scored goals for the Gators.

Five different D155 Predators scored in a 5-2 win over Carmel on Thursday at Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills

The Crystal Lake South hockey team lost to Highland Park, 6-2, Saturday at Leafs Ice Centre in West Dundee.

Michael Helm finished with a hat trick Thursday to lead the Crystal Lake South hockey team to a 5-3 victory over Kings Hockey Club at the Crystal Ice House in Crystal Lake.

Crystal Lake South's hockey team held off the D155 Predators, 2-1, Sunday at Leafs Ice Centre in West Dundee.

Crystal Lake South's hockey team rallied to defeat Gurnee Warren, 2-1, Sunday night in the championship game of the PREP Thanksgiving Showcase Tournament at West Meadows in Rolling Meadows.

Crystal Lake South and District 155 both lost Saturday on the second day of the PREP Hockey Thanksgiving Showcase Tournament at West Meadows Ice Arena in Rolling Meadows.

Prairie Ridge's Kyle Smolen scored five goals Friday for the District 155 Predators in a 10-1 hockey win over Plainfield North at the PREP Thanksgiving Showcase Tournament at West Meadows Ice Arena in Rolling Meadows.

Crystal Lake South hockey lost to Marist, 4-2, at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville

The Kings lost the AHAI playoff game, 4-1

The Kings took on DuPage at The Edge Ice Arena

The Kings are the No. 6 team in state heading into the Blackhawk Cup

Tot Hockey With Coach Gus class on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, at Leafs Ice Centre in West Dundee

When Jared Boll first met Kenny McCudden as a 10-year-old at a hockey camp in Crystal Lake, he wasn’t a huge fan.