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This Week in ECAC Hockey: Battling consistency, Union primed for weekend Mayor’s Cup game with Rensselaer

January 26, 2023 by Dan Rubin

This weekend marks the return of several historic rivalries throughout the college hockey landscape. In nearly every league, a major matchup dots the schedule with a rare confluence of games, and it feels as if fans got together and circled a collective date for the weekend series between Boston College and Boston University, Northern Michigan … Read more

Key Hockey East, Big Ten, NCHC games provide mostly close lines: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 11

January 20, 2023 by Dan Rubin

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger pick out five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as a further analysis of the matchups.

This week’s games:

• UConn (+105) at Massachusetts (-135); o/u 5.5
• Northeastern (+100) at Merrimack (-130); o/u 5.5
• Michigan (+130) at Minnesota (-160); o/u 6.5
• Denver (-105) at St. Cloud State (-125); o/u 6
• Western Michigan (-205) at Colorado College (+165); o/u 6.5

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This Week in ECAC Hockey: By finding ways to ‘create your own breaks,’ Brown making noise as conference race intensifying

January 19, 2023 by Dan Rubin

My brother Mike is a big reason why I’m involved with college hockey. He’s been at Brown University since his days as an undergraduate student in the late 1990s, and after a year working as a sports information intern with the athletics department, he started broadcasting for the Bears as part of what eventually became … Read more

Several close lines in pivotal conference showdowns: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 10

January 13, 2023 by Dan Rubin

USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also discuss getting information on injuries and lineups when betting.

This week’s games:

• Ohio State (+135) at Michigan (-165); o/u 6
• Providence (-110) at Merrimack (-120); o/u 6
• Minnesota (-150) at Notre Dame (+120); o/u 6
• Western Michigan (-105) at North Dakota (-125); o/u 6.5
• Minnesota Duluth (-110) at Omaha (-120); o/u 5.5

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This Week in ECAC Hockey: With Pecknold back behind Quinnipiac bench, wins keep coming for nation’s top-ranked team

January 12, 2023 by Dan Rubin

In 1994, Quinnipiac hired Rand Pecknold to replace Jim Armstrong as the head coach of its Division II hockey program. The assistant coach at Connecticut College, Pecknold won the 1990 ECAC South championship as part of a career spent skating as both a forward and a defenseman. He had never been a head coach, but … Read more

TMQ: Looking at PairWise numbers, remembering game’s simpler times, what NCAA should do to keep improving college hockey

January 10, 2023 by Dan Rubin

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: Greetings to all of our readers, and a special Happy New Year to you all…and especially Happy New Year to my cohost for the week. It’s been a wild couple … Read more

A prohibitive favorite plus a questionable money line among this week’s top games: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 9

January 6, 2023 by Dan Rubin

This week’s games:

Desert Hockey Classic (at Tempe, Az.)
• Boston University (-675) vs. Air Force (+410); o/u 6.5
• Michigan Tech (+100) at Arizona State (-130); o/u 6

• Notre Dame (-145) at Wisconsin (+115); o/u 5
• Minnesota Duluth (-125) at Bemidji State (-105); o/u 5
• Minnesota State (-185) at Northern Michigan (+150); o/u 5.5

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This Week in ECAC Hockey: Princeton’s Hobey Baker Rink celebrating 100 years this weekend with Tigers men’s, women’s teams joining in recognition

January 5, 2023 by Dan Rubin

Walking into any arena in college hockey produces a certain number of expectations. A sport built around its emotion and drama now has buildings capable of manufacturing the dopamine levels required for delirious fans wanting to cheer their teams to victory, and the climate of a building is often artificially produced through lights or video … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Taking a look at each conference team’s Christmas wish list

December 21, 2022 by Dan Rubin

Ah yes, the holidays. It’s a time for family and friends to celebrate a jolly fat man in a red suit as he squeezes his way down chimneys with a reckless abandon for the possibility of getting roasted by the embers of burning winter yule log. It’s a time to sit around the table and … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Yale trending upward on improvement track as Bulldogs taking steps to more than moral victories

December 15, 2022 by Dan Rubin

The first month of the season felt like the continuation of a bad dream at Yale. A team that finished no lower than sixth in the run-up to COVID-19 won its first game of the 2022-23 season after finishing tied for 11th last year, but the next seven games piled loss after loss onto a … Read more

TMQ: What has been expected, unexpected so far over college hockey’s first half of ’22-23 season?

December 13, 2022 by Dan Rubin

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: For college hockey fans, this season has been loaded with the unexpected. Teams doing better – or a lot worse. Crazy upsets and comebacks. Even what seems to be a … Read more

Two traditional rivalries plus three pivotal conference games highlight week’s slate: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 8

December 9, 2022 by Dan Rubin

USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also discuss the impact of analytics on betting lines.

This week’s games:

• No. 6 Michigan at No. 12 Michigan State

• No. 7 Boston University at Boston College

• North Dakota at No. 17 Western Michigan

• No. 5 Penn State at No. 19 Notre Dame

• No. 1 Denver at Minnesota Duluth

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This Week in ECAC Hockey: After wins over Dartmouth, Harvard, rejuvenated Colgate squad ‘very dialed in and focused on our league games’

December 7, 2022 by Dan Rubin

Every conference has that one team that sets the bar for the rest of its league. It isn’t the best team in the standings – those teams are usually the ones who exceed the bar – but it’s the one team that can compete with anyone on any given night. It can play any style, … Read more

TMQ: Looking back on weekend upsets, teams looking to advance up PairWise Rankings

December 6, 2022 by Dan Rubin

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: It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve been able to jump back into this space with anyone, but I’m glad that I picked this week for my return. Why, … Read more

Denver, Michigan are heavy favorites while Providence-BC is a tossup: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 7

December 2, 2022 by Dan Rubin

USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also consider why college hockey is such a tough sport for oddsmakers.

This week’s games:

• No. 4 Minnesota at No. 13 Michigan State

• No. 7 Harvard at RV Cornell

• No. 10 Providence at RV Boston College

• No. 5 Michigan at Wisconsin

• RV Arizona State at No. 1 Denver

(RV=Receiving Votes)

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This Week in ECAC Hockey: Fresh off Mayor’s Cup win over Providence, Brown taking strides ‘to be an elite team’

November 30, 2022 by Dan Rubin

The ride from Brown University’s Meehan Auditorium to Providence College’s Schneider Arena isn’t a very long trip across Providence. It only takes two or three miles to head down College Hill, and the drive largely avoids the busy downtown area around Federal Hill and the Providence Place Mall. It stays on the periphery, and with … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Running down the list of 10 things worth being thankful for this holiday season

November 23, 2022 by Dan Rubin

A little under a decade ago, old friend and former colleague Dave Hendrickson created a list of 20 things that made him thankful about covering Hockey East. It was a departure from the usual format of how we do our weekly columns, but it struck a chord with me at a time when I was … Read more

Monday 10: Minnesota sweeps Michigan, independents fare well versus non-Division I teams, Minnesota State’s CCHA streak ends

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 by Dan Rubin

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Gophers sweep undermanned Michigan At a surface level, the Minnesota-Michigan series was always going to capture headlines regardless of the outcome, but nobody could have foreseen or foreshadowed the layers and surreality of what occurred at … Read more

Minnesota-Michigan is razor thin while other top 20 games have strong favorites: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 6

November 18, 2022 by Dan Rubin

USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also consider why college hockey is such a tough sport for oddsmakers.

This week’s games:

• No. 17 Michigan State at No. 6 Penn State

• No. 2 Minnesota at No. 3 Michigan

• No. 18 Northeastern at No. 11 Boston University

• Minnesota Duluth at No. 14 Western Michigan

• No. 4 St. Cloud State at Colorado College

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This Week in ECAC Hockey: Lengthy review, discussion period leads conference to revamp postseason format for 2023 games

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 by Dan Rubin

My most memorable college hockey game occurred when Brown hosted Princeton during the 2019 ECAC Hockey tournament’s first round. It was the second game of a best-of-three series, but it was the third consecutive game between the two teams after they played the last game of the season and managed to land in a playoff … Read more