Ed Trefzger

Despite the impending loss of Alabama-Huntsville from the ranks of Division I hockey, College Hockey Inc. executive director Paul Kelly remains optimistic about the expansion of the sport. Kelly, a guest on the Nov. 1 episode of USCHO Live!, said that he is continuing to speak with “four to six” schools about moving to D-I. Kelly would … Read more

On the next edition of USCHO Live! — our weekly college hockey talk show — we’ll be joined by Paul Kelly, executive director of College Hockey Inc., to discuss the landscape of college hockey and his organization’s role in promoting the sport. Join us for the conversation and information, Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 8 to 9 p.m. … Read more

An old friend of mine, a retired sports information director, beats everyone on his list to the punch by sending out his Christmas cards early. He beat his own record this year: I received his card yesterday. (Thanks, Roger!) We’ve sent out our Christmas card to statistical fanatics a bit early, too. It’s way too … Read more

Coming soon, USCHO.com’s weekly call-in program USCHO Live! debuts, featuring news, analysis, guests — and your calls. Watch for it.

If you’re like us, you spend a lot of time talking college hockey. Now we’re giving you a chance to call in and talk college hockey with us. Debuting at the Frozen Four is USCHO Live, our new call-in program dedicated to the sport we love: NCAA hockey. We’ll be streaming live each day from … Read more

USCHO.com is gearing up for wall-to-wall coverage of the 2011 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four. In addition to features, news and game recaps, we’ll also keep you updated here with blog posts from our team of writers, editors and photojournalists. You can find all of USCHO’s coverage of the Frozen Four at our Frozen Four Central … Read more

Here at USCHO.com, we always have fun finding weird hypothetical Division I college hockey conference playoff scenarios that put teams in or out of the NCAAs. We know that some of you do the same. Can you get your team in the 2011 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament? Show us how the Atlantic Hockey, CCHA, ECAC … Read more

Friday afternoon, we were discussing among the USCHO staff what one game that evening would have the greatest impact on the PairWise Rankings. We zeroed in on Merrimack at New Hampshire. Why? That contest got the Warriors to 10 games against Teams Under Consideration (TUC) — and that’s the number needed for that criterion to … Read more

Robert Morris’ loss Thursday night to Canisius had a big effect on North Dakota’s PairWise ranking. The Colonials dropped as a Team Under Consideration (TUC) when their RPI fell below .500 in the 5-4 defeat. That cost the Fighting Sioux two wins against TUC (causing them to lose that comparison against Denver) and a few … Read more

We’ve gotten a few emails from readers who have asked us, “Why doesn’t USCHO endorse KRACH?” USCHO doesn’t endorse KRACH or, for that matter, any ranking algorithm. (We don’t even endorse the PairWise Rankings, even though we were the first to publish them 15 seasons ago as a model that mimics the process the NCAA … Read more

Yale’s No. 1 ranking in last Monday’s USCHO.com Division I poll certainly generated a lot of  controversy, at least judging by the comments left here on USCHO. So while it’s probably a bit early to start making brackets for Bridgeport, Manchester, St. Louis and Green Bay, it’s not too early to take a look at … Read more