The WCHA announced news of its new mobile web site Wednesday, for the men’s and women’s web site, noting that it includes significant updates and upgrades to the previous platform. The release is here.
Tampa Bay’s 2012-13 prospects are ranked, including winger J.T. Brown at No. 3, in a story from NHL.com on the team web site here.
According to U.S. College Hockey Online, it appears the 2014 NCAA Division III men’s title game will be held in conjunction with the Division I Frozen Four in Philadelphia. The Todd Milewski story is here.
Robert “Evan” Nyhus, a Duluth native who played on Denfeld High School’s first hockey team, and at Minnesota Duluth and the University of Minnesota, recently died in San Diego, Calif. An update from the News Tribune is here.
In recent professional signings: former University of Minnesota forward Nico Sacchetti of Virginia is with Vålerenga in Norway in a non-translated release here.
And Duluth native Josh Mizerek is with Eindhoven Kemphanen in the Netherlands here.
U.S. coach Phil Housley talked with NHL.com on reviewing the recent USA Hockey Junior Evaluation Camp in Lake Placid, N.Y., in a story here.
Kara Goucher looks back at her Aug. 5 race in the Summer Olympics women’s marathon, from Wednesday’s News Tribune, here.
And Goucher’s older sister, Kelly Grgas-Wheeler of Duluth, talked with the Northland’s NewsCenter about her Olympian sibling and a trip to London for the Summer Games here.