TMQ: Taking a look at what to hope for, expect with college hockey playoffs starting this upcoming weekend

Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Dan: Well, everyone, we finally made it, and we’re here. March. The glorious month when the games start counting for real, and the postseason starts. No better way to ring it … Read more

TMQ: Discussing Bennett’s resignation at Union, Michigan under investigation, NCAA hockey players going to Olympics

Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Ed: Dan, it was great to see you in person over a snowy weekend in Waltham, Mass., as we were in adjoining broadcast booths at Bentley Arena for two really hard-fought … Read more

TMQ: How will the Winter Olympics and NCAA players participating impact the 2022 NCAA hockey tournament?

Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Dan: For all of the TMQs (TMQses?) that I’ve been tasked with doing over the past year, I’ve really looked forward to the time that I could banter with Mr. Ed … Read more

TMQ: Busy week in college hockey with top player bolting for NHL, COVID-19 disrupting schedule, potential NCAA players at Olympics

Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Dan: There are some weeks where I feel like this space is repetitive, like I’m rehashing points that either Jimmy or Ed made last week, and I know that there are … Read more

Monday 10: Michigan sweeps defending champ UMass, North Dakota swept on home ice by Cornell, ongoing COVID-19 woes in college hockey

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Hail to the victors! It didn’t take long for Michigan to rewrite the narrative surrounding its January. A week ago, people were trolling and criticizing the Wolverines for cancelling their Great Lakes Invitational game against No. … Read more

As college hockey inches back to pre-COVID times, conferences utilizing digital media to keep fans, supporters engaged

The first half of college hockey’s 2021-22 season brought about the return of familiar surroundings. Fans lost during a year of empty arenas once again filed through turnstiles and ticket booths in order to cheer their teams, and chants dating back decades rang through campuses across the United States. The pageantry of the sport, once … Read more

TMQ: Which teams hitting the panic button early in season, wondering if Frozen Four would work in Canada

Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Jim: Well, Dan, we’re one month into the season for most teams, Ivies excluded. But everyone is now underway with their full schedule, so it’s time for me to ask a … Read more

Monday 10: Potential for new No. 1-ranked team, Long Island homecoming, Ivy League ready to get back on ice

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Another new No. 1? Friday night marked a seismic event for the national radar when No. 1 Michigan lost 5-2 to a 17th-ranked Western Michigan squad at home at Yost Ice Arena. Five different players scored … Read more

College hockey community rising to occasion to save teams, but should such a responsibility fall on fans?

The 2020-21 season was another typical year for the Robert Morris hockey program. The Colonials won Atlantic Hockey’s Western Pod regular-season championship and were within a game of advancing to their seventh straight playoff semifinal appearance. It took an unorthodox playoff format and a double-overtime second game to stop the team, but RMU clearly ranked … Read more

Former Wisconsin college hockey standout Pavelski, New Hampshire alum Fornataro find new career shining spotlight on athletes’ training routines

The digital age altered the ways in which people interact with their professional heroes. It built windows into accessibility through the advent of social media, and the permanently-open door became a viewing point for opportunities to build content. Anyone with a phone or mobile device gained instantaneous access, and the athletes, celebrities and stars likewise … Read more

With Robert Morris dropping men’s, women’s hockey, university’s unpopular decision ‘affecting people’s families’

Those of us who have been associated with Atlantic Hockey of the years understand the league’s differences from its peers. The teams aren’t massive superpowers, but the hockey is as good as anywhere in the sport. There’s unparalleled parity, and the deep rivalries are tempered by an “all for one, one for all” mentality gripped … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: No longer an underdog, AIC wrapping arms around fact school is now a ‘hockey destination’

“Our guys embraced, initially, that underdog role, and I think that has morphed and transformed itself into the fact that we wanted AIC to be a hockey destination. There’s not a lot of people that knew where Gonzaga was, but there’s a lot of people that know that they’ve got a really good basketball team. That’s the goal here for AIC. They might know that there’s this little school in Springfield, Massachusetts, but that school has a pretty good hockey team. We’re pretty proud of that.” – AIC coach Eric Lang

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Army West Point tasting success, figuring out ‘who we want to be as a team’

The preseason media call is always an exercise in routine.

Coaches talk about their excitement for the upcoming season and touch upon the optimism of their team’s hard work and commitment, and everyone stresses the need to get better as the season advances.

The goal, everyone says, is the same every year: to be playing “your best hockey” when the March postseason rolls around.