Former NCAA Players Keep Going Places

 Former NCAA hockey players keep going places as the 2021-22 season approaches.

Zach Parise (North Dakota), who was released by Minnesota this summer after nine seasons with the Wild, has signed with the New York Islanders, his father's old NHL club.

Jordy Murray (Wisconsin) has joined Notre Dame as its new volunteer assistant coach, while Mike Jamieson (Northeastern) has returned to his alma mater as its men's hockey director of operations, and R.J. Enga (Colorado College) is joining St. Cloud State as its new men's hockey director of operations and video coordinator.

Former NCAA and NHL standouts Paul Holmgren (Minnesota) and Peter McNab (Denver) will both be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame later this year.

Lastly, current/former NHL head coaches John Hynes (Boston University), David Quinn (Boston University), Todd Reirden (Bowling Green) and recently-retired NHL goaltender Ryan Miller (Michigan State) will serve as assistant coaches to Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan (Boston University) for the 2022 U.S. men’s hockey team that will compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in China in February.

In other college-related hockey news, the NCAA has added an extra day between games to the men's regional round of the national tournament starting in 2022, while Colorado College officially opened its new on-campus Ed Robson Arena this weekend with the Tigers also taking the ice there for the first time.