Paula C. Weston
Let’s go to Vegas, baby. The 2026 Frozen Four will be played in T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, and wouldn’t any team from the Big Ten love to ride a streak all the way to the final buzzer of the national championship game next April? Because, of course, not one of … Read more
This is the first 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. Penn State Nittany Lions Season record: 22-13-4 How they got to St. Louis: Won the Allentown Regional, beating Maine 5-1 and Connecticut 3-2 (OT) Top players: F … Read more
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. PAULA: Well, Dan, here we are for the last TMQ of the season, and the logical place to begin is with the regional action we just witnessed. Congratulations to Boston University, … Read more
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
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
EAST LANSING, Mich. — With less than 10 minutes to play in the Big Ten championship game at Munn Ice Arena, Michigan State watched a two-goal lead evaporate. Two periods later, the Spartans became the first team in Big Ten conference history to secure consecutive playoff championships coupled with back-to-back regular-season titles. Isaac Howard capped … Read more
Raise your hand if you predicted at the start of the 2024-25 season that Ohio State would be playing for the Big Ten tournament championship this weekend. If your hand’s up, you’re either a diehard Buckeye fan or someone whose familiarity with honesty is questionable. Picked to finish last in the Big Ten preseason coaches’ … Read more
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. Dan: Well, Paula, we’ve finally made it to the last weekend of the postseason! For all of the projecting and preseason banter, the excitement surrounding the weekly grind or first weekend … Read more
“The kids did what I asked them to do.” That is what Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said after the Fighting Irish bested Minnesota in Big Ten quarterfinal action last weekend. After holding off the Golden Gophers for a 3-2 win Friday, the Irish lost 4-2 Saturday to force a deciding Sunday game There was … Read more
Congratulations to Michigan State and Minnesota on their shared regular-season title. Each finished the season with 50 points, marking the first time in Big Ten hockey history that two teams have topped the standings together when all was said and done. The end was quite dramatic, too, with Minnesota securing its portion of the title … Read more
Hockey coaches and players famously embrace both the world of belief and the world of self-determination. They’re a superstitious lot, some more so than others. They can look you straight in the eye and begin a sentence with gratitude for puck luck and finish it with a triumphant declaration of TCB. Never is that dichotomy … Read more
Magic is a fickle thing. A week ago, the only Big Ten team mathematically capable of finishing first in the conference while controlling its own destiny was Minnesota. Entering the weekend, the Golden Gophers were five points behind first-place Michigan State with two games in hand on the Spartans, who had a bye. In their … Read more
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. Paula: Well, Dan, we’re in mid-February, which means that time is running out on the regular season. The competition is tightening, especially as teams attempt to finish as high as they … Read more
Oh, Big Ten hockey fans, time is fleeting – and so much can change with just a game or two. While Michigan State remains at the top of the Big Ten standings, the Spartans no longer control their own Big Ten destiny. In their last 10 games, the Spartans have gone 5-3-2 and most recently … Read more
If you need proof of how good the Big Ten is this season, look no further than sixth-place Penn State. Since the start of the calendar year, the Nittany Lions are 5-2-3, having most recently split a pair of games on the road against No. 13 Michigan. The other loss in that stretch came at … Read more
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. Dan: Hearty happy Tuesday to you all, and especially happy week to my cohost Paula, who I hope dealt with significantly less stomach flu than the Rubin house possessed. I’m not … Read more
“You don’t have to do anything special. You just can’t do anything wrong.” That nugget from Minnesota coach Bob Motzko speaks to so much in life, but it’s especially useful when trying to contain one of the top lines in the country, a line that also happens to play for your own team’s top conference … Read more
“There’s a real piece to sophomore slumps.” That’s the way that Wisconsin coach Mike Hastings began to answer a question in his weekly press conference about Badgers forward Quinn Finley, who most decidedly is not experiencing that stereotypical setback. After a 10-goal rookie campaign, Finley leads Wisconsin with 18 goals and 15 assists, and the … Read more
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. Paula: Well, Dan, there’s a new No. 1 this week and understandably so. After holding the top spot since Dec. 16, Michigan State drops to No. 2 and Boston College ascends … Read more