Goalies both old and new set to shine in new Hockey East season
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.
John Doyle
Hockey East 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Expect the regular contenders to contend again; Also, expansion isn’t happening
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
Boston University ‘just focused on Thursday’ as Terriers shooting for sixth NCAA championship, first since 2009
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
MANCHESTER REGION: Defending NCAA champion Denver ousts Boston College to return to Frozen Four
The Pioneers head to St. Louis for their second straight Frozen Four, 19th in program history and third in the last four years.
MANCHESTER REGION: Boston College survives on a late goal by James Hagens, gets past Bentley 3-1 to advance
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)
MANCHESTER REGION: Denver advances past Providence with ease, winning 5-1, to begin national title defense
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)
NCAA Hockey Tournament Allentown Regional Preview: Maine, Connecticut, Quinnipiac, Penn State
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
NCAA Hockey Tournament Manchester Regional Preview: Boston College, Providence, Denver, Bentley
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
NCAA Hockey Tournament Toledo Regional Preview: Michigan State, Boston University, Ohio State, Cornell
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
NCAA Hockey Tournament Fargo Regional Preview: Western Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Minnesota State
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
Maine shuts the door on UConn for first Hockey East playoff title since 2004 as game at TD Garden ‘felt like a home game out there’
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
Renwick lifts Maine to Hockey East title game, scores double-OT winner to bounce Northeastern
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
Muldowney’s hat trick leads UConn past BU for berth in Hockey East championship game
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
This Week in Hockey East: There’s still something at stake for Maine, BU, Northeastern, UConn in conference semifinals at TD Garden
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
This Week in Hockey East: Single-elimination playoff format, unique among conferences, appears here to stay
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
Monday 10: Notre Dame, Penn State pull off huge B1G upsets, Holy Cross survives in AHA, AIC says goodbye to D-I, Jackson gets 600th win
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
This Week in Hockey East: Makar to face former school as Maine making final push for regular-season crown
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
Monday 10: Minnesota, Michigan State crowned B1G regular-season co-champs, Quinnipiac tops in ECAC Hockey for fifth straight year, AHA playoffs get underway
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
This Week in Hockey East: Maine seniors reflect on turnaround, UMass coach Carvel approaches milestone
Checking in on a few trends around the league as “Senior Night” season heats up: —Senior forward Nolan Renwick was blunt in his assessment of where the Maine hockey program stood during his freshman season of 2021-22. “We weren’t very good,” Renwick said. “And our record reflected that.” Indeed. Maine finished dead last in Hockey … Read more
This Week in Hockey East: In first full year as coach, Wielder has ‘very resilient’ Catamounts believing, ‘pushing the program forward’
A year and a month after having the interim tag removed, Vermont coach Steve Wiedler is obviously focused on results, but it’s safe to say he’s not as obsessed as he might have been at this point in 2024. “At the end of the day, you go home to your wife and kids and you … Read more