Paula C. Weston

Previewing the 2023 NCAA hockey tournament, Allentown Regional: Michigan, Penn State, Michigan Tech, Colgate

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ALLENTOWN REGIONAL When: Friday, March 24 & Sunday, March 26 Where: PPL Center, Allentown, Penn. Matchups (all times Eastern): Penn State vs. Michigan Tech, March 24, 5 p.m., ESPNU; Michigan vs. Colgate, March 24, 8:30 p.m., ESPNU; championship, March 26, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 1. MICHIGAN How they got here: Won the Big Ten tournament Overall … Read more

Previewing the 2023 NCAA hockey tournament, Bridgeport Regional: Quinnipiac, Harvard, Ohio State, Merrimack

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BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL When: Friday, March 24 & Sunday, March 26 Where: Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport, Conn. Matchups (all times Eastern): Harvard vs. Ohio State, March 24, 2 p.m., ESPNU; Quinnipiac vs. Merrimack, March 24, 5:30 p.m., ESPNews; championship, March 26, 4 p.m., ESPN2 1. QUINNIPIAC How they got here: At-large bid Overall season record: 30-4-3 … Read more

Previewing the 2023 NCAA hockey tournament, Fargo Regional: Minnesota, St. Cloud State, Minnesota State, Canisius

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FARGO REGIONAL When: Thursday, March 23 & Saturday, March 25 Where: Scheels Arena, Fargo, N.D. Matchups (all times Eastern): St. Cloud State vs. Minnesota State, March 23, 5 p.m., ESPNU; Minnesota vs. Canisius, March 23, 9 p.m., ESPN2; championship, March 25, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU 1. MINNESOTA How they got here: At-large bid Overall season record: … Read more

TMQ: Talking results, surprises from conference championship weekend, looking ahead to NCAA tournament play

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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: Good morning, and a happy week to everyone out there. Just like that, all of the posturing and conversation from the past few weeks about which teams could make the … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Conference championship game between Minnesota, Michigan matching two of country’s top NCAA tournament-bound teams

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In many ways, No. 2 Michigan facing off against No. 1 Minnesota has felt like an inevitability for the past two months. Once the Golden Gophers reached the top of the standings, no one in the Big Ten was going to catch them. With just four total losses in B1G play and a 9-2-1 B1G … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: After ‘crazy’ first round of conference playoffs, upcoming weekend ‘going to be wild’

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The opening weekend of the Big Ten playoffs did not disappoint. Two series went to three games, one road team won, and the series that took two games to complete almost needed three. Michigan, the second seed in the tournament, came from behind Friday and Saturday to sweep Wisconsin, 6-5 and 7-4. The Friday game … Read more

Monday 10: Playoff hockey getting started, already in full swing for men’s college teams with exciting past weekend, more to come

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Michigan State gets first-ever B1G playoff win After dropping the first game of their quarterfinal series against Notre Dame, the Spartans beat the Fighting Irish in two 4-2 games to advance to the Big Ten conference … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Wacky regular season means conference playoffs shaping up to be anybody’s call

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After a hotly contested regular season, the first round of the Big Ten playoffs begins this week and it’s nearly impossible to predict who will advance to the semifinals. First-place Minnesota gets a first-round bye. The quarterfinal best-of-three series has No. 7 Wisconsin at No. 2 Michigan, No. 6 Penn State at No. 3 Ohio … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: After Minnesota crowned regular-season champs, rest of conference standings still in flux

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Heading into the final weekend of regular-season Big Ten play, we know two things for sure about conference playoff seedings: Minnesota has the first-round bye and Wisconsin travels for that first week of playoff action. Where the Badgers are going, though, remains a mystery for a few days more. First things first. Congratulations to the … Read more

TMQ: Taking detailed assessment of last little bit of 2022-23 college hockey regular season with playoffs on way

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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: Hey everyone, and Happy Tuesday! Well, Paula, we finally made it. The last week of the regular season (well, for some leagues). A season that started in October with hopes … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Minnesota aiming to clinch first place, first-round playoff bye, as Gophers looking to ‘play good hockey’

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In advance of Minnesota’s series in Wisconsin last weekend and two wins away from securing the Big Ten regular-season title, Golden Gophers coach Bob Motzko was asked about how his team had handled a break in the schedule the week before. “The best answer would be Saturday night late,” he said. “We’ll tell you.” The … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Taking a look at numbers, what they mean for seven conference teams entering stretch run

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With three weeks remaining in the regular season, everything in the Big Ten is a numbers game. Last weekend’s results created the kind of scenario that many sports fans love and coaches hate, the possibility that nothing concrete will be resolved until the last game of the season. Well, maybe not nothing. While results aren’t … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Death scare now in rearview mirror, Michigan’s Holtz feeling ‘pretty damned good, all things considered’

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This is a story about Steven Holtz, a player you may not know who nearly lost his life to adenovirus in November. This is also about an interim head coach whose approach exemplifies a new – and welcome – way of defining what it means to be a college coach. It’s also the story of … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Conference official Augustine weighs in on state of league, how B1G can be sustainable going forward

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Adam Augustine is a pragmatic man. A son of the great state of Wisconsin, the senior director of sports administration for the Big Ten is of course pleased with what he’s seeing from B1G hockey this season, but his Midwestern sensibilities add a dose of slow-your-roll when discussing any bigger picture. “While it’s nice that … Read more

TMQ: PairWise numbers starting to show which teams are national contenders, which teams are pretenders

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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: Ed, I hardly know where to begin this week after what feels like a dramatic weekend for the top 10 teams in the USCHO poll, resulting in St. Cloud climbing … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Conference standings looking to become clearer as teams starting push for playoff seedings, NCAA tournament berths

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How strange is this season of Big Ten hockey? If the season were to end today, five of the conference’s seven teams would play in the NCAA tournament. Minnesota would be the overall No. 1 seed and Penn State would likely be the top seed in its regional. How strange? Of the five Big Ten … Read more