Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation Announces Five Finalists for 2020 during its 25th anniversary celebration

By Pete Souris | The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announced the five finalists for the 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Devin Brosseau (Saint-Lambert, Que.) Senior, Forward, Clarkson University Brosseau, who was a 2019 Hockey Humanitarian Award nominee, spearheads the Golden Knights’ Team Impact with a local disabled teenager. […] | more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation Announces 2020 Nominees

By The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation | Minneapolis, Minn. — The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation today announced 13 nominees for the 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award. The award, which is celebrating its 25th year, is presented annually to college hockey’s finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team but also to the community-at-large through leadership […] | more

Wisconsin’s Jake Bunz named 2019 Hockey Humanitarian Award Recipient

By The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation | The other four award finalists were Cam Beecy (Norwich), Annie Pankowski (Wisconsin), Tommy Parran (Ohio State) and Luke Rivera (SUNY-Fredonia) The Hockey Humanitarian Award is given each year to college hockey’s finest citizen — a student-athlete who makes significant contributions not only to his or her team, but also to the community-at-large through leadership in […] | more

The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation mourns the loss of Kristine Pierce-Brassie

By The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation | It is with profound sadness that we share the news of the loss of one of our first Award winners. Kristine Pierce-Brassie passed away last week after a battle with cancer. Her career at RIT was interrupted for nearly a year when she was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease in 1997. She underwent six months of […] | more

Ohio State’s Tommy Parran goes under the radar on the ice but makes a big difference off it

By The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation | To outsiders, Tommy Parran might not be the most well-known player on the Ohio State roster. He’s doesn’t score a ton of goals, and his name doesn’t usually appear on the score sheet for points at the end of games. “He’s played a lot of games for us in his four years and he kind […] | more

Training future guide dogs continues long history of Wisconsin’s Annie Pankowski giving back

By Nicole Haase | Wisconsin redshirt senior captain Annie Pankowski is standing outside the Badgers locker room, giving an interview to a handful of reporters, when a she gets distracted for a moment and then pauses her answer to lean down and scratch the head of a dog that’s now happily wagging its tail and sitting at her feet. […] | more

Inspired by his mom’s recovery from a stroke, Fredonia’s Luke Rivera uses his platform to raise money

By Matthew Semisch | Organizing an annual fundraising event over the last three years has been right up Fredonia senior and business management major Luke Rivera’s alley. Honoring his mother keeps him driven. Fredonia’s Stroke Awareness Game event has grown in profile each year, with almost $30,000 being raised for the Gates Vascular Institute of the Kaleida Health Facility […] | more

For Wisconsin’s Jake Bunz, helping Haitian orphanage becomes a passion

By Benjamin Worgull | Jake Bunz would welcome the opportunity to lead a symposium for all incoming student-athletes at the collegiate level. He would do so for all those who come in with dreams of being the team’s leading scorer, winning championships or garnering a professional contract, and let them know that failure to accomplish those goals don’t define […] | more

Norwich’s Cam Beecy wholly committed to helping others

By Tim Costello | For Norwich senior defenseman Cam Beecy, being named as a Hockey Humanitarian Award finalist is just surreal. But that is the kind of response one might expect from an Air Force ROTC college student who will graduate in May and begin his training as a military nurse in the Sacramento, California, area at Travis Air […] | more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation Announces Five Finalists for 2019

By Pete Souris | The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation today announced the five finalists for the 2019 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Cam Beecy (Stowe, Vt.), Senior, Defense, Norwich University Beecy has embodied the epitome of the NCAA student-athlete during his four years as an Air Force ROTC scholarship […] | more