John Doyle
When Caeden Herrington scored the first goal of Vermont’s season 52 seconds into the third period of its opener, it did more than break a 0-0 tie and lead to an eventual 2-1 win for the Catamounts over St. Lawrence.
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.
The biggest challenge Hockey East goalies will face this season — aside from a barrage of pucks heading straight toward them every night — might very well be a psychological one.
It’s a pattern that seems to repeat itself every winter — Hockey East and the NCHC battle all year for the proverbial “best conference” label, both leagues making their case with numerous teams hogging the top spots in the USCHO men’s D-I poll. Then the NCAA tournament plays out and the NCHC is the one … Read more
This is the fourth of four previews for teams playing in the 2025 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four this week in St. Louis. Click here for all of USCHO’s Frozen Four coverage. Boston University Terriers Season record: 23-13-2 How they got to St. Louis: Won the Toledo Regional, beating Ohio State 8-3 and Cornell 3-2 (OT) … Read more
The Pioneers head to St. Louis for their second straight Frozen Four, 19th in program history and third in the last four years.
Boston College, the tournament’s top overall seed, needed every ounce of effort to knock off a pesky Bentley team making its first NCAA Tournament appearance (photo: BC athletics)
Defending national champion Denver began its quest for a repeat on Friday with a decisive 5-1 victory over Providence in the Manchester Region (photo: Brian Foley/PC Athletics)
Allentown Regional, March 28-30 | PPL Arena, Allentown, Pa. No. 2 Connecticut (22-11-4) vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac (24-11-2) |March 28, 5 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 1 Maine (24-7-6) vs. No. 4 Penn State (20-13-3) | March 28, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Allentown Regional Championship | March 30, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2) MAINE … Read more
Manchester Regional, March 28-30 | SNHU Arena, Manchester, N.H. No. 1 Boston College (26-7-2) vs. No. 4 Bentley (23-14-2) | March 28, 2 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 2 Providence (21-10-5) vs. No. 3 Denver (29-11-1) | March 28, 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) Manchester Regional Championship | March 30, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2) … Read more
Toledo Regional, March 27-29 | Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio No. 2 Boston University (21-13-2) vs. No. 3 Ohio State (24-13-2) | March 27, 2 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 1 Michigan State (26-6-4) vs. No. 4 Cornell (18-10-6) | March 27, 5:30 p.m. ET, (ESPN+) Toledo Regional Championship | March 29, 4 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. … Read more
Fargo Regional, March 27-29 | SCHEELS Arena, Fargo, N.D. No. 1 Western Michigan (30-7-1) vs. No. 4 Minnesota State (27-8-3) | March 27, 5 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 2 Minnesota (25-10-4) vs. No. 3 Massachusetts (20-13-5) | March 27, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Fargo Regional Championship | March 29, 4 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. ET … Read more
BOSTON — The population of Maine is listed at about a million and a half. At least half of them were at TD Garden on Friday night. Or at least that’s what it sounded like, as a crowd of 17,605 at TD Garden — heavily dominated by Maine hockey fans from Fort Kent to Kittery … Read more
BOSTON — Growing up in Canada, Nolan Renwick said he didn’t even know college hockey existed. So scoring a game-winning overtime goal in the Hockey East semifinals is more of a recent dream for the senior forward from Milestone, Saskatchewan. Nolan Renwick’s goal at 11:02 of double overtime lifted Maine to a 4-3 win over … Read more
BOSTON — Joey Muldowney had high hopes for his first time playing at TD Garden. The Connecticut sophomore forward might not have had visions of hats raining down on him, however. But that’s what happened Thursday night, as Muldowney led the way for the Huskies with a hat trick en route to a 5-2 win … Read more
One could look at the Hockey East semifinals and assume there’s little at stake. Only Northeastern, the No. 9 seed, is fighting for its survival beyond this weekend — the Huskies need to win the Lamoriello Trophy for a bid to the NCAA tournament. The other three schools — Connecticut, Boston University and Maine — … Read more
Hockey East is the only one of college hockey’s six conferences to stage an entirely single-elimination tournament. That’s just fine with Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel. “Love it,” Carvel said. “I think the three-game series are stupid.” A best-two-of-three quarterfinal round was a mainstay of the Hockey East tournament until 2021, the first year post-pandemic when … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. Time to call it a regular season. With Hockey East and the NCHC wrapping things up, it’s about to be all playoffs, all the time. Here’s what went down in the college hockey world this past weekend… … Read more
By any account, Taylor Makar had a solid three-year stint as a forward for Massachusetts. In three seasons with Minutemen, Makar played in 85 games, including all 36 in 2023-24, putting up nine points in four goals and five assists with one game-winning goal. The previous year, Makar led the Minutemen with 10 goals. But … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. It’s the last full month of the college hockey season, but if its first weekend was any indication, it will be an exciting one. Conference regular-season champions are being crowned and playoff seeding possibilities are endless. All … Read more