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Trey Augustine made 30 saves and Danny Russell scored twice in No. 4 Michigan State’s 4-1 win over No. 2 Wisconsin, giving the Spartans a weekend road sweep of the Badgers and propelling Michigan State into second place in the Big Ten standings. Russell’s shorthanded goal at 8:34 in the first put the Spartans ahead … Read more
Undergraduate men’s hockey athletes can now enter the transfer portal during a single 15-day window beginning the Monday after the NCAA championship game.
Fourth-year Michigan head coach Brandon Naurato has agreed to a contract extension through the 2029-30 season, the school announced Monday. Naurato guided the Wolverines to back-to-back Frozen Four appearances in his first two seasons. A 2009 graduate of Michigan, Naurato posted the most wins (26) of any first-year Michigan head coach before becoming the first … Read more
Providence has added goalie Michael Simpson to the roster, the school announced on Sunday. Simpson joins the Friars after spending this season with the Savannah Ghost Pirates of the ECHL. The London, Ont., native is expected to bolster the Friars at goalie in the wake of an injury to Philip Svedebäck, suffered in a game … Read more
Ohio State earned a weekend split with No. 2 Michigan State on Saturday, grinding out a 2-1 upset in Columbus.
No. 11 Dartmouth outlasted Harvard, 5-4, in a wild back-and-forth game that featured a third-period winner from Hank Cleaves.
Forward Tynan Lawrence — the No. 1 prospect in the 2026 NHL Draft, according to The Athletic — will join Boston University for the remainder of this season, the school announced on Tuesday. Lawrence recorded 10 goals and 7 assists in 13 games this season for the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the USHL. In 2024-25, he … Read more
Michigan, which hasn’t played since December 6 received 46 of 50 first-place votes to maintain the top spot in the first USCHO poll of 2026.
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 15 fared in games over the weekend of Dec. 27-28.
RIT stunned No. 8 Penn State with a 1–0 win in Rochester, riding a goal from Evan Konyen and a 44-save shutout from Jakub Krbecek.
Thomas Pichette’s two-goal night helps No. 15 Maine surge ahead of No. 6 Denver, upsetting the Pioneers in Magness Arena.
Team USA’s bid for a third straight World Juniors gold ended Friday night in St. Paul, as Finland knocked out the Americans 4–3 in overtime.
Special teams swung the final Group A round-robin game at the 2026 World Juniors, as Team USA fell 6–3 to Sweden in St. Paul.
Host HC Davos closed the 2025 Spengler Cup with a late surge, scoring three times in the final 4:39 to beat the U.S. Collegiate Selects 6–3.
The U.S. Collegiate Selects are headed to the championship game of the 2025 Spengler Cup after a 5–3 win over HC Sparta Praha in Davos.
Reigning national champion Western Michigan added another trophy, winning the Kwik-Trip Holiday Faceoff with a 4–1 victory over Wisconsin.
Team USA erased a pair of two-goal deficits and held on late for a 6–5 win over Slovakia at the 2026 IIHF World Under Junior Championship.
Michigan received 38 first-place votes to maintain its hold on the top spot in the USCHO Division I Men’s poll heading into 2026.
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 15 fared in games over the weekend of Dec. 27-28.
Michigan State and Michigan Tech will square off in the final of the Great Lakes Invitational on Monday after each team advanced in Sunday’s semifinals.