Matthew Semisch
Months of planning are bearing fruit with the NCHC’s Student-Athlete Well-Being Task Force that the conference unveiled Tuesday (photo: NCHC).
Denver’s first two weeks of the new season have involved getting creative with travel logistics. That stuff is old hat for Pioneers assistant coaches Dallas Ferguson and Tavis MacMillan (photos: DU Athletics).
Not since the early aughts when the WCHA produced two schools that won back-to-back championships, then added a fifth title with Wisconsin’s win in 2006, has a conference been this dominant (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Our fourth and final Frozen Four preview spotlights defending champion Minnesota Duluth. Can the champs retain the national title? (photo: Omar Phillips).
Organizing an annual fundraising event over the last three years has been right up Fredonia senior and business management major Luke Rivera’s alley. Honoring his mother keeps him driven (photo: Fredonia Athletics).
Each week during the season, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature (photo: Omar Phillips).
Western Michigan’s hockey facility for the last 45 years has become known as a difficult place to play thanks in part to the Lawson Lunatics student section (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Miami is in an unenviable spot entering the final two weekends of the regular season, sitting in seventh place in the NCHC standings and knowing the RedHawks won’t play at home in the postseason (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Omaha coach Mike Gabinet believes his Mavericks can peak at the right time, but doing so will require increased efficiency (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
To say Western Michigan got back on the bike last weekend after getting swept two weeks ago at St. Cloud State is oversimplifying the situation (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Western Michigan coach Andy Murray doesn’t want to talk about the roll his Broncos have been on lately if it means piling pressure on his players (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
More and more, Mason Morelli is making up for lost time with Omaha (photo: Michelle Bishop).
There is something worth noting about what has been arguably the best conference in college hockey since its inception: parity (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
The best working relationships get to the point where people involved don’t just talk about work (photo: North Dakota Athletics).
Considering Western Michigan has won three of its last four games, it’s easy to wonder whether the Broncos’ bye weekend over Thanksgiving came at a bad time (photo: Gary Shook).
The Fighting Hawks have a habit of picking up positive results in bunches after “destination games,” but coach Brad Berry feels part of that is down to the company UND keeps (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our brand-new Monday 10 feature (photo: Melissa Wade).
Minnesota Duluth coach Scott Sandelin has a three-word explanation for the fact that, for the third consecutive week, there’s a new No. 1 new team in the country. “Because it’s October.” (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Question marks surrounded Denver heading into this season, largely because of the Pioneers’ newness. Eleven freshmen make up much of the roster, and there’s a head new coach in 28-year-old David Carle (photo: Maddie MacFarlane/University of Denver).
Some things don’t change year after year with the NCHC (photo: Melissa Wade).