Todd D. MilewskiFollowing is the television schedule for the 2011 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament. All times are EDT. For the first time, all games will be broadcast in high definition. Some games are not being aired live nationally, but those are available for syndication on local channels or regional networks. Where available, those channels are listed … Read more
Teams from four different conferences earned the No. 1 seeds in the regional brackets for the 2011 NCAA tournament when the seeds were announced on Sunday. Yale, North Dakota, Boston College and Miami are the top teams in the four regionals. Yale, the No. 1 overall seed, hosts the East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn., on … Read more
Join us starting at 11:15 a.m. EDT Sunday for this live blog to detail the announcement of the brackets for the 2011 NCAA men’s ice hockey tournament. The selection show begins at 11:30 a.m. on ESPN2. This chat is moderated, so comments will not appear until approved. USCHO.com NCAA selection show live blog
Photographer Shelley Szwast captured these images from Yale’s 6-0 victory over Cornell: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000mQEppJewFaA’ g_name=’20110319-Yale-Cornell-Szwast’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vwgKyruuDmlF2pya088s0GBPOOmBi3R1A–‘ ]
Photographer Shelley Szwast captured these images from Yale’s 6-0 victory over Cornell: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000mQEppJewFaA’ g_name=’20110319-Yale-Cornell-Szwast’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vwgKyruuDmlF2pya088s0GBPOOmBi3R1A–‘ ]
Photographer Rena Laverty captured these images from Miami’s 5-2 victory over Western Michigan: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G00003y5VkwkzWqg’ g_name=’20110319-Western-Michigan-Miami-Laverty’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vx.THZ1QgNXvSgMnls4N_U2XfQSOyMpZQ–‘ ]
Photographer Rena Laverty captured these images from Miami’s 5-2 victory over Western Michigan: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G00003y5VkwkzWqg’ g_name=’20110319-Western-Michigan-Miami-Laverty’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vx.THZ1QgNXvSgMnls4N_U2XfQSOyMpZQ–‘ ]
Photographer Omar Phillips captured these images from Air Force’s 1-0 victory over Rochester Institute of Technology: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000uVsFXZMtPNg’ g_name=’20110319-AirForce-RIT-Phillips’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vw4_.dRx9QS5k7uTEIO8bKB0Osht6E7Kw–‘ ]
Photographer Omar Phillips captured these images from Air Force’s 1-0 victory over Rochester Institute of Technology: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000uVsFXZMtPNg’ g_name=’20110319-AirForce-RIT-Phillips’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vw4_.dRx9QS5k7uTEIO8bKB0Osht6E7Kw–‘ ]
Photographers Tim Brule, Jason Waldowski and Jim Rosvold captured these images from North Dakota’s 3-2, double-overtime victory over Denver: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000eqXD9Ben1_g’ g_name=’20110319-NoDak-Denver’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vwoJQIzKuBX_.ODK.sTv5Rdt3z5YJZW8w–‘ ]
Photographers Tim Brule, Jason Waldowski and Jim Rosvold captured these images from North Dakota’s 3-2, double-overtime victory over Denver: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000eqXD9Ben1_g’ g_name=’20110319-NoDak-Denver’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y4gJxptcenONkIVOh4vwoJQIzKuBX_.ODK.sTv5Rdt3z5YJZW8w–‘ ]
USA Hockey is turning to one of its golden World Junior Championship coaches to lead the 2012 team. Nebraska-Omaha coach Dean Blais will take charge of the U.S. team in hopes of bringing home a second gold medal from the tournament in three years. In 2010, Blais led the Americans to the championship in Canada. … Read more
Hockey East and the WCHA each have three players among the 10 finalists for the 2011 Hobey Baker Memorial Award. The list, released Thursday, also includes two players from the CCHA — teammates Carter Camper and Andy Miele of Miami — and one from Atlantic Hockey. Boston College’s Cam Atkinson, Maine’s Gustav Nyquist (a Hobey … Read more
It might not rise to the level of certainty of death and taxes, but the likely addition of hockey to the Big Ten Conference lineup has college hockey commissioners doing some advance planning. WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said he has heard from Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and representatives from Wisconsin and Penn State that … Read more
The teams that will be sweating out the conference tournaments, waiting to see whether they get into the NCAA tournament, have earned that position, Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski write in this week’s edition.
For a moment, it looked like a nightmarish deja vu scenario for Holy Cross on Sunday night, but in the end the third-seeded Crusaders avoided the upset and downed eighth-seeded Canisius 7-3 in the decisive game of their best-of-three Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series at the Hart Center. Holy Cross allowed the Griffins to erase a … Read more
The Colgate Raiders officially own the Capital Region. Last weekend Colgate shocked Rensselaer in the first round of the ECAC playoffs, rallying from 1-0 deficit to top the Engineers in overtime in a decisive Game 3. This weekend, the resilient Raiders, the 12th seed in the tournament, repeated their performance, shocking top-seeded Union in Game … Read more
Photographer Michelle Bishop captured these images Friday at Qwest Center in Omaha, where Bemidji State won the first game of a best-of-three WCHA first-round series with Nebraska-Omaha 4-2. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000wItk9QUzI1w’ g_name=’20110311-Bemidji-NebraskaOmaha-Bishop’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ … Read more
Photographer Michelle Bishop captured these images Friday at Qwest Center in Omaha, where Bemidji State won the first game of a best-of-three WCHA first-round series with Nebraska-Omaha 4-2. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000wItk9QUzI1w’ g_name=’20110311-Bemidji-NebraskaOmaha-Bishop’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ … Read more
THIRD STAR Michael Biega, Harvard: It was a close vote between the Crimson senior and North Dakota’s Matt Frattin, who put up seven points in a series against Michigan Tech. But given that Harvard was playing to keep its season season going and that Biega’s two goals both ended up being winners against Clarkson, he … Read more