Four games into the season, Miami still figuring out its roles
The RedHawks swept a home-and-home series against Ohio State last weekend after a loss and tie against Providence.
Matthew Semisch
Three things: Oct. 11
A handful of the bigger talking points from the first official weekend of the college hockey season: UND opens with win, tie, trophy Fourth-ranked North Dakota made its longest road trip of the season over the weekend to Portland, Maine to take part in the Icebreaker Tournament. UND opened with a 6-2 victory over Lake … Read more
Three things: Oct. 11
A handful of the bigger talking points from the first official weekend of the college hockey season: UND opens with win, tie, trophy Fourth-ranked North Dakota made its longest road trip of the season over the weekend to Portland, Maine to take part in the Icebreaker Tournament. UND opened with a 6-2 victory over Lake … Read more
Young in some areas, Miami still has talent to compete in NCHC
The RedHawks lost three big players after last season but Anthony Louis and Sean Kuraly return to bolster the offense.
With new coach and large roster turnover, North Dakota leans on program’s culture
Brad Berry takes over for Dave Hakstol and has to replace three of UND’s top five scorers from a team that made the Frozen Four last season.
Omaha has plenty to build on after first Frozen Four appearance
The Mavericks return a good deal of offensive firepower but need to replace their starting goaltender.
Picked for seventh, Western Michigan hopes to decrease number of penalty minutes
The Broncos were the most penalized team in the NCHC last season.
League’s third season set to begin
Greetings, all. We hope your summer went well and that you’re as excited for the new college hockey season as we are here at USCHO. My writing partner Candace Horgan and I are getting ready to help guide you through the NCHC’s third season. All but one of the conference’s eight teams kick off their … Read more
League’s third season set to begin
Greetings, all. We hope your summer went well and that you’re as excited for the new college hockey season as we are here at USCHO. My writing partner Candace Horgan and I are getting ready to help guide you through the NCHC’s third season. All but one of the conference’s eight teams kick off their … Read more
Frozen Four preview: New heights for Omaha but not for its veteran coach
Dean Blais won two national championships in 10 seasons at North Dakota, but he doesn’t try to compare his Mavericks teams to those outfits.
Three things: March 22
Miami wins playoff title, at a cost Congratulations are in order for the Miami RedHawks, winners of this season’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff. MU won the league’s playoff title on Saturday by virtue of a 3-2 win over St. Cloud State. Getting past the Huskies allowed Miami to wrap up the league’s autobid into the first … Read more
Three things: March 22
Miami wins playoff title, at a cost Congratulations are in order for the Miami RedHawks, winners of this season’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff. MU won the league’s playoff title on Saturday by virtue of a 3-2 win over St. Cloud State. Getting past the Huskies allowed Miami to wrap up the league’s autobid into the first … Read more
Beyond the trophy, St. Cloud State has most to play for at NCHC’s Frozen Faceoff
The Huskies are the only team in the field not yet secure of an NCAA tournament spot entering the semifinals.
NCHC picks: March 15
Candace and I both predicted Miami to sweep Western Michigan this weekend in the teams’ NCHC first-round playoff series, but Western forced a Game 3 with a win last night in Game 2. Ahead of tonight’s series-decider, here are our updated predictions. Candace: Western Michigan has made this series very hard on the RedHawks, and … Read more
NCHC picks: March 15
Candace and I both predicted Miami to sweep Western Michigan this weekend in the teams’ NCHC first-round playoff series, but Western forced a Game 3 with a win last night in Game 2. Ahead of tonight’s series-decider, here are our updated predictions. Candace: Western Michigan has made this series very hard on the RedHawks, and … Read more
Gaarder scores game-winner as North Dakota sweeps Colorado College
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — There’s something about big moments in late-season games that brings out the best in Connor Gaarder. The North Dakota senior forward is probably best-known for a double-overtime game-winning goal in last season’s NCAA Midwest Region championship game against Ferris State. On Saturday, he scored a game-winner that wasn’t quite as big, but did … Read more
Three Things: March 7
North Dakota wins Penrose Cup outright Congratulations are in order for North Dakota, which won the NCHC regular season championship outright on Friday by virtue of a 2-1 road win over second-place Miami. The RedHawks could have picked up a share of the Penrose Cup title if they had swept UND this weekend in Oxford … Read more
Three Things: March 7
North Dakota wins Penrose Cup outright Congratulations are in order for North Dakota, which won the NCHC regular season championship outright on Friday by virtue of a 2-1 road win over second-place Miami. The RedHawks could have picked up a share of the Penrose Cup title if they had swept UND this weekend in Oxford … Read more
Regular season-closing North Dakota-Miami series stands to live up to billing
The RedHawks can grab a share of the Penrose Cup with two wins; UND needs just a tie to gain sole possession of the title.
Three things: Feb. 22
Some of the bigger talking points from the weekend that was in the NCHC: Omaha suffers sweep Before Omaha visited unranked St. Cloud State this weekend, UNO hadn’t been shut out in a single game this season. Nor, in fact, had the Mavericks been swept in any two-game set during the current campaign. Both of … Read more