SAN DIEGO– It has been a chaotic past few weeks for former Robert Morris men's hockey goaltender Francis Marotte, who signed a contract earlier today with the Anaheim Ducks' American Hockey League affiliate, the San Diego Gulls. Marotte's one-year, two-way contract places...

TORONTO– Earlier today, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) announced that former RMU women's hockey captain Kirsten Welsh (2015-2019) will be the first female linesperson in league history. She takes the ice tonight in a preseason matchup against the Mississauga Steelheads and...

SEATTLE– The newest team in the NHL, the Seattle Kraken, have announced their inaugural training camp roster, and there is a familiar name to RMU hockey fans. Former RMU netminder Francis Marotte was named to the roster after spending last season with the ECHL's Allen Americans. As...

CALGARY, ALBERTA-- On Tuesday, the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championships concluded with Team Canada dramatically winning the gold medal. Team Finland, highlighted by RMU alumna Meeri Räisänen taking home the bronze medal after defeating Team Switzerland in the bronze medal...

Even after the program's extinction, RMU hockey is still producing success stories with four former players being drafted into the National Women’s Hockey League Tuesday evening. These include Emilie Harley (2nd overall) and Anjelica Diffendal (7th overall) to the Buffalo Beauts,...

YAMANASHI, JAPAN-- After a short 2020, former Robert Morris guard Honoka Ikematsu has signed with the Yamanashi Queenbees of the WJBL (Women's Japan Basketball League), one of the premier women basketball leagues in Japan. In her four years as a Colonial, Ikematsu, the first...

CEDAR PARK, TEXAS-- While the Robert Morris men's hockey season came to a close two months ago, the program was alive and well in Cedar Park, Texas last night when former goaltender Justin Kapelmaster earned the win in his AHL debut for the Cleveland Monsters, the AHL affiliate...

WHEELING, W. Va.-- Former Robert Morris men’s hockey player Alex Tonge will join the growing list of former Colonials players who have signed with the Wheeling Nailers in the ECHL throughout the years. On Monday, the Nailers announced via their website that they signed Tonge,...

CINCINNATI-- With the recent signings of Jake Coleman, Luke Lynch, and Justin Kapelmaster to ECHL teams, it is clear that RMU men’s hockey can produce talent capable of playing at the next level. Earlier today, it was announced that former Colonials’ defenseman Sean Giles...

Independence, MO-- On Tuesday afternoon, the ECHL's Kansas City Mavericks announced that they had signed former men's hockey goaltender Justin Kapelmaster for the upcoming season via their website.   Kapelmaster, who transferred over from Ferris State University for...