Paula C. Weston
What a good weekend it was for Big Ten hockey – and what an interesting season this is already proving to be. B1G teams went 6-2-1 in nonconference play last week, bringing the league’s overall nonconference record to 36-14-4 on the season for the best win percentage (.704) among all conferences in nonleague play. Especially … Read more
What a difference a week makes. Last week, Wisconsin was the No. 1 team in the country, garnering 32 first-place votes in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Badgers, then 9-1-0 overall with a 4-0-0 record in conference play, had just come off a bye week and by virtue of the ever-changing landscape among … 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: Happy short work week everyone, and an early Happy Thanksgiving. I’m sure everyone, like me, is venturing into a supermarket this week to load up on things that you don’t … Read more
The biggest story in college hockey this week is right here in the Big Ten: Wisconsin is the No. 1 team in the country for the first time since the USCHO.com 2005-06 preseason poll. While it’s been 18 years since the Badgers sat in that spot, it took Wisconsin less than a month to go … 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: Without having played a single game this past weekend, Ed, Wisconsin moves into the top spot of this week’s USCHO.com Men’s D-I Poll with 32 first-place votes. There are two … Read more
With a month of the 2023-24 season behind them, the Buckeyes may not be where they’d like to be, but they’re definitely not where they think they’ll be five months from now. “We’re doing fine,” said Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik. “We continue to try to strive to get better. That’s our goal. Lots of … Read more
This weekend is the first full slate of Big Ten play, with three conference series plus a home-and-home tilt between Minnesota and Minnesota Duluth. Since the start of the season, Big Ten teams have played a total of 43 nonconference games with a 29-12-2 record for the best win percentage in interleague play – barely. … 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. Ed: What a fun season this has been already, Paula! Probably the biggest story so far has been Wisconsin. I know just about everyone around college hockey has had high expectations … Read more
A week away from a full slate of Big Ten games, there are a number of interesting nonconference series for B1G teams, including No. 8 Michigan State’s pair at No. 3 Boston College and No. 16 Ohio State visiting an old CCHA foe, No. 20 Omaha. Last weekend, B1G play began with a single series, … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Hiccups in the top 6 Each of the top six teams in the USCHO.com Men’s Division I Poll lost a game this past weekend. No. 1 Minnesota split with No. 5 North Dakota in Grand Forks, … Read more
For the second straight season, the Big Ten has put up good numbers in nonconference games before the start of league play. Through three weeks and 22 nonconference games, the Big Ten is collectively 16-6-1 and has outscored opponents 81-57. It’s a solid beginning and a good omen. At roughly the same point last year … 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: It’s great to be back on the TMQ beat with you Ed, and like Jimmy Connelly and Dan Rubin said in their season-opening column last week, it’s just plain good … Read more
The Big Ten made big strides last season, with a 55-21-2 record in nonconference play, the best winning percentage (.718) in D-I interleague play. From top to nearly bottom, Big Ten Hockey was a force to be reckoned with, and four of the conference’s seven teams played their way into the NCAA tournament. As the … Read more
When Joe Bertagna stepped down after 23 years as Hockey East commissioner at the end of the 2019-20 season, he had no idea that he was setting a trend. Two years after Bertagna’s departure, Josh Fenton left the NCHC after serving as that league’s only commissioner since its inception in 2013. At the end of … Read more
Through one period of play in Saturday’s NCAA championship game, it looked as though Minnesota had solved Quinnipiac’s suffocating 1-1-3 defense.
A former walk-on, third-string goalie will start the national championship game for the Gophers on Saturday.
The first two-time Richter winner was unable to attend Friday’s ceremony because he’s now an NHL goaltender.
The Wolverines came from behind to win three times in the postseason but didn’t have a fourth in them against Quinnipiac.
Mike Koster tied the game 1-1 late in the first period and Luke Mittelstadt put the Gophers ahead 3-2 early in the third.
Entering their Frozen Four semifinal game Thursday, Michigan on average allows double the number of goals per game than Quinnipiac.