TMQ: How much does October hockey really mean?
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.
Jim Connelly
USCHO Game of the Week: Behind a Morris shutout, No. 2 Notre Dame takes Ice Breaker title over No. 4 Providence
No. 2 Notre Dame captured the Ice Breaker tournament with a 3-0 victory over No. 4 Providence, a night after surviving an overtime tie and shootout to advance (Omar Phillips)
Shootout goal advances Notre Dame to Ice Breaker title game after wild 6-6 tie with Mercyhurst
Rick Gotkin’s Mercyhurst Lakers pushed No. 2 Notre Dame to a 6-6 overtime tie but will play in the consolation game of the IceBreaker after losing, 1-0, in a shootout (photo: Mercyhurst Athletics).
GAME OF THE WEEK: Ice Breaker Tournament a major event for Mercyhurst, Erie
Last year’s national runner-up Notre Dame headlines the four-team field at this weekend’s Ice Breaker Tournament in Erie, Pa. (File photo/Jim Rosvold)
TMQ: Talking Vermont’s upset over Michigan, opening weekend, Oct. 8 poll, Army West Point’s emotional gesture
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).
Vermont upsets No. 4 Michigan on road behind career-high 48 saves for Lekkas
Vermont goaltender Stefanos Lekkas stopped a career-high 48 shots as the Catamounts upset #4 Michigan, 5-2, to open the season on Saturday. (Photo: Patrick Barron/UVM Athletics)
Hockey East teams looking for nonconference improvement, NCAA tournament success in ’18-19
At times, it’s difficult to believe that it’s been 35 years since a group of athletic directors, led by Providence’s Lou Lamoriello, came together to form what three and a half decades later would be considered one of the game’s strongest sports conferences (photo: Melissa Wade).
Five years in, the NCHC won’t rest on the laurels of its success
NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton is more than pleased with the success of the league over its first five seasons and hopes more is to come. (photo: NCHC)
Boston University’s Tkachuk, Michigan’s Hughes figure to be early first-round picks during NHL Draft
Two of last season’s top freshmen in college hockey are among the top prospects heading into Friday night’s NHL Draft taking place at American Airlines Center in Dallas (photo: Jeff Cox).
Last in, last standing: Minnesota Duluth defeats Notre Dame for second title
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Team of Destiny, Minnesota Duluth, closed out an improbable run through the NCAA tournament and earned the school’s second national title with a 2-1 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday. The final at-large team in the NCAA field, qualifying by one ten-thousandth of a point in the Ratings Percentage Index, … Read more
As Notre Dame, Minnesota Duluth meet for Frozen Four title, little separates the sides
It’s the Team of Destiny versus the Cardiac Kids for the 2018 national title on Saturday (photo: Melissa Wade).
After being dominated in the circle, Notre Dame scores three off faceoff wins
Michigan won 16 of 18 faceoffs in taking a 2-0 lead, but Notre Dame made things more even afterward (photo: Melissa Wade).
After being dominated in the circle, Notre Dame scores three off faceoff wins
Michigan won 16 of 18 faceoffs in taking a 2-0 lead, but Notre Dame made things more even afterward (photo: Melissa Wade).
Early goals help Minnesota Duluth past Ohio State in Frozen Four semifinal
ST. PAUL, Minn. — When you’re playing a big game on a big stage, you have to love a fast start, and in Thursday’s national semifinal between Minnesota Duluth and Ohio State, it was an explosive beginning that meant everything to the Bulldogs. Two goals in the opening 3 minutes, 4 seconds was all the offense … Read more
‘Opportunistic’ Michigan earns first Frozen Four spot since 2011 with win over Boston University
WORCESTER, Mass. — It’s great to be good and nice to be lucky. When you’re both, you’re probably going to win. Michigan, underdogs in many people’s eyes, including their own, wasn’t picture perfect but got what coach Mel Pearson admitted was a dose of puck luck in Sunday’s Northeast Regional final to head to the … Read more
Farrance’s third-period goal helps Boston University oust top seed Cornell
WORCESTER, Mass. — It might not be too wise to refer to Boston University as Cinderella, even if it seems like the glass slipper fits. A highly talented Terriers club that has needed to win to avoid the clock striking midnight on its season captured the Hockey East tournament title last weekend to advance to … Read more
Previewing the Northeast Regional: Cornell, Michigan, Northeastern, Boston University
Check out our preview of the Northeast Regional, which includes Cornell, Michigan, Northeastern and Boston University (photo: Omar Phillips).
TMQ: Catching our breath after conference championship weekend
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: CS Genovese).
Tournament bracketing straightforward, NCAA committee chair Tom McGinnis says
“There are no powerhouses in college hockey,” NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Committee chair Tom McGinnis says. “There’s lot of parity so it will be interesting to see how this year’s tournament plays out.” (photo: John Crouch)
Melanson’s third-period goal lifts Boston University past Providence for Hockey East title
BOSTON — The college hockey world needs to be aware: Boston University’s season isn’t over. A preseason favorite in many polls, it was hardly a banner year for the Terriers. But a playoff run to define the madness of March has BU and its lineup of blue chip players heading to the NCAA tournament after … Read more