Jayson MoyThe Vermont Catamounts did something on Saturday night that they have never done before. The Cats shut out Rensselaer, 3-0, and in the process pitched the first back-to-back shutouts in Vermont’s Division I history. The Cats also maintained its lead in the ECACHL at three points over Harvard. All the Cats needed were a goal … Read more
Everyone knew Dartmouth had firepower. But not a lot of people saw it in the first half of the season. Last week the Big Green scored six goals in taking the Ledyard Bank Classic and people thought that the Big Green were back. Take notice, the Big Green are back — with firepower. The Big … Read more
In a game with 52 total penalty minutes and 23 power plays, it was an even-strength goal by Chase Trull that gave St. Lawrence a 3-2 win over Rensselaer, giving both teams a split in their ECACHL opening weekends. Trull found the puck just inside the blueline and fired a shot that beat Rensselaer goalie … Read more
Two decades ago, a lad from Weston, Ont., led Rensselaer to a 30-game win streak and an NCAA championship, then went on to a record-breaking pro career. This weekend, NHL great Adam Oates returns to Troy, N.Y.
Are referees still backing off calling penalties in the third period, or are the players just learning by then?
Jayson Moy compares the five schools up for a spot in the ECAC, and pulls out a (conditional) winner.
On June 16, Mark Mazzoleni returned to his hometown of Green Bay, Wis., when he resigned from his position as head coach of the Harvard Crimson to become head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League. In a close-knit community such as college hockey, any event like … Read more
It seems like a welcome change this year for the ice hockey committees. There aren’t a lot of pressing issues on the agenda for the meetings that will take place from June 7-11 in San Francisco, but at the same time, there are very important ones, and most of them deal with the NCAA tournament. … Read more
Thirty-five years and 72 minutes. That’s the time it took between goals in the hockey rivalry between Big Ten schools Wisconsin and Ohio State, and the goal was the overtime winner to cap the only game ever to end regulation scoreless, and only the fourth 1-0 game and 25th shutout, in NCAA tournament history. The … Read more
The selections for the 2003-2004 NCAA Tournament were announced Sunday, and we almost hit it on the head with our final Bracketology. Once again USCHO.com’s PairWise Rankings correctly picked all 16 teams in the tournament, all 16 seeds correct, and, using Bracketology, we had every matchup correctly picked except for two, with two teams being … Read more
It’s all over. The games are done, it’s time for the NCAA Tournament. But we have to figure out who is in and who is out and who is going where. It’s been a crazy weekend, and now it’s time to check it all out and make my prediction as to what the tournament will … Read more
Niagara is in, CC isn’t quite out, and the ECAC and CCHA are rooting for the status quo in the Hockey East tournament.
Selection Sunday draws ever nearer, and the NCAA merry-go-round continues. Who’s in and who’s out? Here’s our best guess.
An updated breakdown of who might be going where, now that the committee is about to make its picks.
Sunday hockey in Troy looked inevitable at one point in the third period. Princeton held a 2-1 lead on Rensselaer and was less than three minutes from forcing a third game in the series. That’s when two seeing-eye shots changed it all. Scott Basiuk tied it with a shot that got through Eric Leroux’ five-hole … Read more
Rensselaer led 4-1 with 12:29 to go in the third, and 5-2 with 3:27 to go — meaning, of course, that the game was over. Somebody forgot to tell Princeton, as the Tigers scored twice in a span of 1:16, but couldn’t get the tying goal as the Engineers held off the Tigers in game … Read more
With the Division III women’s tournament selections coming this Sunday, Jayson Moy takes a look at the scenarios.
It’s good news for Colgate and Notre Dame — and not so good for St. Cloud State — in this week’s edition.
Week three focuses on hard choices: how to boost attendance, where to send North Dakota, and how to keep BC and UNH apart.
Another week, another set of predictions. USCHO.com brings you an updated look at the NCAA tournament selections.