Jim Connelly
Northeastern won the Hockey East championship on Saturday, 3-2 over Boston College, and now will work to win games in the NCAA tournament beginning next weekend (photo: Melissa Wade).
If teams haven’t figured it out yet, Friday’s semifinal between Northeastern and Boston University proved that you simply cannot give the Huskies life late in a game (photo: Melissa Wade).
Four teams will play at the TD Garden in Boston this weekend for the Hockey East championship, but the reality is you can break the final four into two packs of two (photo: Melissa Wade).
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 (photo: Omar Phillips).
No. 7 seed Boston College rallied from a game down and won Sunday’s game 3 over No. 2 seed Providence in Hockey East to advance to the TD Garden. BC will play top seeded Massachusetts on Friday (Photo: Ken Jancef)
Boston University was the only underdog in Hockey East to win on Friday, whitewashing UMass Lowell, 3-0. Six of Friday’s 17 D1 men’s playoff games were won by underdogs. (Photo: UMass Lowell/Rich Gagnon)
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 (photo: Omar Phillips).
It’s playoff season as four of the six leagues began their postseason this past weekend. To me, it’s the best time of the year (photo: Omar Phillips).
Dartmouth exploded for eight goals on Sunday to earn an 8-0 win over St. Lawrence and advance in the ECAC playoffs. Favorites won all three series-deciding games on Sunday (Photo: Beth Spadaccini)
MINNEAPOLIS — The evidence continues to mount that Minnesota is capable of making a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. The caveat, of course, is that the Gophers remain a long shot to qualify. Faced with the reality of having to win the Big Ten Tournament to get into the NCAA field of 16, the … Read more
In a game Minnesota never led, a Brannon McManus power play goal at 10:10 of overtime gave the Golden Gophers a 3-2 victory and the lead in the best-of-three Big Ten quarterfinal series against Michigan. The Wolverines jumped to a 2-0 on goals by Michael Pastujov in the first period and Will Lockwood in the … Read more
Most teams want to be playing their best hockey at the most critical juncture of the year. For Boston University, that seems to be the case (photo: William Cherry/Presseye).
On a night that created major PairWise movement, Minnesota upset Arizona State, yet the Sun Devlils remained No. 8 in the PairWise, keeping them safe for an NCAA bid. (Staff photo: Jim Rosvold)
When we looked back at last weekend, so many strange things happened that we felt the need to mention them all. Thus, we ask forgiveness as we take this column off the rails a bit to address some crazy moments in Hockey East (photo: Vermont Athletics).
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 (photo: Melissa Wade).
In an intense, playoff-like battle, Providence scored in the game’s final three minutes to upset No. 2 UMass, 3-2, at a sold out Schneider Arena on a night when Ohio State, St. Cloud State and AIC (share) all clinch conference titles (File photo: Rich Gagnon)
Last Friday night, with a 6-1 victory over UMass Lowell, Providence goaltender Hayden Hawkey earned a vaunted position in Friars hockey history (photo: Omar Phillips).
No team in Hockey East has more than five regular-season games left. Thus, it seems like the perfect time to examine where your favorite team can (and most likely will) finish in the standings (photo: Melissa Wade).
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 (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Yale earned two wins over the weekend, including an upset of No. 8 Cornell on Saturday (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).