Inducted into the RI Heritage Hall of Fame in 1968 Ralph was born in Cranston in 1924. Nicknamed “Benny” as a youth, Ralph starred on CYO teams in his Edgewood neighborhood before becoming an All-State hockey selection at LaSalle Academy in 1941. He then went on to star at Dartmouth College where he helped them [...]
Bob Ricci's done all right for himself. The 62-year-old Pawtucket native lives in California, working as a Strategic Account Manager for the Industrial Division of Sherwin-Williams Paint. It's a good job with an important company that has commercial and retail customers around the globe. Maybe it's not what you dream of as a kid, but [...]
There aren’t many families in Rhode Island or anywhere else that have produced three Division 1 hockey players. The Omiciolis – with brothers Kris, Mike and Drew – are members of that select group. Kris, the oldest, played at Bishop Hendicken and Brown University. Mike, the middle brother, played at La Salle Academy and Providence [...]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - David Quinn will serving as head coach of the U.S. Olympic Men's Hockey Team for the first time, but he is no stranger to international competition. The former head coach of the NHL's New York Rangers (2018-21), David last coached for Team USA as an assistant coach at the 2016 IIHF [...]
The New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University is widely recognized as the site of the first college football game in the USA. The Rutgers game, played in 1869 against Princeton (then known as the College of New Jersey), was reported to have more resembled the game of soccer than the “football” we know today. Two [...]
It’s every sports-minded young person’s dream to hit the home run that wins the game…nail the shot that beats the buzzer…score that sudden death goal. The ultimate thrill, however, as improbable as it might be, would be to someday “play in the bigs.” If you grew up in Rhode Island in the early and mid [...]
The Eccleston family, while producing several high impact players at the high school and collegiate levels, have had the most influence in the world of hockey from behind the bench, beginning with legendary patriarch Thomas Eccleston, Jr. Born in the north of England in 1910, Tom Jr. emigrated with his family to Bradford, RI, in [...]
Bishop Hendricken’s future Hobey Baker Award winner, David Emma, made it to the NHL in 1993, the same year as Steven King, one of the stars of the Providence Bruins’ Calder Cup run in 1999. But there was another Hawk who made it to the big show well before both and few know his name. [...]
WHEELING, WV- The Wheeling Nailers, the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, have announced that they have removed the interim tag from Derek Army, making him the team's head coach. "Derek's passion for the City of Wheeling and the Nailers organization is something that we truly cherish, as he is an excellent person to have [...]
While history notes that Thomas Eccleston Jr. founded Burrillville High School hockey in 1938, the record book suggests that the Menard family deserves at least a sub-title billing on the cover of that story. It was to Eccleston’s great good fortune that Maxime and Albina Menard, Canadian immigrants, had settled in Burrillville a half [...]
