The Robert Morris Colonials hockey team has spent the last week collecting hardware. Senior captain Cody Wydo is one of ten finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, given to the best college hockey player in the nation. Head coach Derek Schooley is the Atlantic Hockey coach of the year. Wydo, Zac Lynch, Chase Golightly and Dalton Izyk have made all-conference teams. Tonight, they begin to chase in earnest the piece of hardware that matters: the Atlantic Hockey Conference tournament championship ... Read More
RMU’s Derek Schooley is AHC coach of the year
The Robert Morris Colonials hockey team continues to collect accolades. On Thursday morning, captain Cody Wydo was named a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. This time, it was head coach Derek Schooley, who was the recipient of the Atlantic Hockey Conference’s coach of the year award on Thursday. After winning the AHC tournament and an earning NCAA tournament berth last season, Schooley’s Colonials are 24-7-5 so far in 2014-15, with a 19-5-4 conference record, which was good enough for the ... Read More
RMU’s Rob Mann recognized for defensive play
Robert Morris defenseman Rob Mann is an easy guy to notice. At 6’4”, 220 pounds, the sophomore from Oshawa, Ontario is an imposing physical specimen on the Colonials blue line. Recently, however, it has been his play, not just his size, that has drawn attention. Mann was named the Atlantic Hockey Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Colonials’ second-round sweep of the Niagara Purple Eagles last weekend. He led all Colonials defensemen with six blocked shots ... Read More