Jim ConnellySome people get jazzed up for the holidays. Others its about the start of a season like spring or summer. For me, there’s only one season that counts: college hockey’s playoff season. Things got underway this past weekend in formal (CCHA, ECAC, AHA) and informal (WCHA title, Hockey East’s home ice battle) ways. And coming … Read more
Some people get jazzed up for the holidays. Others its about the start of a season like spring or summer. For me, there’s only one season that counts: college hockey’s playoff season. Things got underway this past weekend in formal (CCHA, ECAC, AHA) and informal (WCHA title, Hockey East’s home ice battle) ways. And coming … Read more
The race for home ice in Hockey East just got a little bit muddier. Boston College was 64 seconds away from clinching the final home ice spot on Friday night, but a goal by Northeastern’s Wade MacLeod with 1:04 remaining in overtime gave the Huskies a 3-2 victory over the Eagles. It also made Saturday … Read more
Wayne State won’t be playing hockey next season but that doesn’t mean that the program is dead and buried forever. In an article in Friday’s Detroit Free Press, George Sipple writes that the school is in talks with the Detroit Red Wings to build a facility on the Wayne State campus in downtown Detroit that … Read more
Wayne State won’t be playing hockey next season but that doesn’t mean that the program is dead and buried forever. In an article in Friday’s Detroit Free Press, George Sipple writes that the school is in talks with the Detroit Red Wings to build a facility on the Wayne State campus in downtown Detroit that … Read more
For about six hours today, this exact blog space was occupied by a story reacting to what we thought was new legislation instituted by the NCAA men’s ice hockey committee that would require at-large teams in this year’s NCAA tournament to posses a record at or above .500. Well, according to an email that USCHO.com … Read more
For about six hours today, this exact blog space was occupied by a story reacting to what we thought was new legislation instituted by the NCAA men’s ice hockey committee that would require at-large teams in this year’s NCAA tournament to posses a record at or above .500. Well, according to an email that USCHO.com … Read more
We’ve reached the first full week of March with only one regular season league championship still up for grabs. The WCHA will come down to the final weekend of play, with North Dakota sitting just two points behind league-leader Colorado College. The Tigers may have the tougher opponent this weekend then they’ll face in-state rival … Read more
We’ve reached the first full week of March with only one regular season league championship still up for grabs. The WCHA will come down to the final weekend of play, with North Dakota sitting just two points behind league-leader Colorado College. The Tigers may have the tougher opponent this weekend then they’ll face in-state rival … Read more
If there has been any doubt in recent weeks which team in Hockey East is currently the most dominant, No. 3 New Hampshire answered that this weekend with a two-game sweep of No. 7 Boston College, winning Saturday night, 5-1. The back-to-back wins clinched the sixth Hockey East regular season title for the Wildcats and … Read more
Call it academic. Call it a foregone conclusion. Whichever you prefer, New Hampshire is on the brink of its sixth Hockey East regular season title thanks to a 2-0 victory over Boston College Friday night in front of a weather-reduced Kelley Rink crowd of 5,281. The Wildcats victory over the second-place Eagles coupled with losses … Read more
To Boston University, Maine goaltender Ben Bishop might have seemed more like the Riddle of the Sphinx than a 6-foot-7 duffle bag. He was nearly impossible to solve for more than 120 minutes of play over this weekend’s two-game series. The fact that the Terriers were able to finally solve him, barely, earned them two … Read more
If CBS executives are looking to cast members for the next season of Survivor, they might want to consider each and every player on the Massachusetts-Lowell hockey team. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead through two periods on power-play goals by Mark Roebothan and Kory Falite, the 19th-ranked River Hawks survived an all-out onslaught … Read more
Some of the longest suspensions in the history of college hockey were handed down by Atlantic Hockey last night in the aftermath of the Canisius-RIT melee that took place last Saturday night. Commissioner Bob DeGregorio issued a total of 20 additional games worth of suspensions to eight separate players, suspending two of the players involved … Read more
Some of the longest suspensions in the history of college hockey were handed down by Atlantic Hockey last night in the aftermath of the Canisius-RIT melee that took place last Saturday night. Commissioner Bob DeGregorio issued a total of 20 additional games worth of suspensions to eight separate players, suspending two of the players involved … Read more
Another Beanpot has passed with plenty of excitement, some outstanding story lines and enough to keep the Boston hockey community talking for a while. Boston College came out on top for the 14th time, this time as the favorite entering the tournament. The Eagles road was far from simple – needing overtime in both its … Read more
Another Beanpot has passed with plenty of excitement, some outstanding story lines and enough to keep the Boston hockey community talking for a while. Boston College came out on top for the 14th time, this time as the favorite entering the tournament. The Eagles road was far from simple – needing overtime in both its … Read more
When freshman defenseman Nick Petrecki scored his first career goal to give Boston College a 3-2 lead in the second period of Monday’s Beanpot championship game, he likely felt it was the biggest goal of his career. That was until he scored the overtime game winner. Petrecki fired home the rebound of a Pat Gannon … Read more