USCHO Staff
Despite only getting 18 first-place votes this week, Boston College is the new top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. North Dakota, the former No. 1 team, falls to No. 2 with 31 first-place votes. Boston College earned 960 voting points to North Dakota’s 959. Denver is up one to No. 3 and … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Nov. 20 fared in games over the Nov. 22-26 Thanksgiving weekend. No. 1 North Dakota (11-2-1) 11/24/2023 – Bemidji State 2 at No. 1 North Dakota 3 (OT) 11/25/2023 – Bemidji State 0 at No. 1 North … Read more
Ondrej Psenicka’s goal at 8:24 of the third period stood as the game winner and No. 16 Cornell held on to defeat No. 5 Boston University 2-1 in the Red Hot Hockey game Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ryan Walsh had tied the game for Cornell at 3:58 of the … Read more
Alaska Anchorage was outshot 41-21 but scored the only goal of the game to pull off the 1-0 upset at No. 6 Wisconsin Friday night in front of 8,496 at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Jared Whale finished with 41 saves for the shutout in the Seawolves net. “Amazing performance by Jared Whale,” said … Read more
Minnesota and men’s hockey head coach Bob Motzko have agreed to a two-year contract extension. The deal keeps Motzko with the Golden Gophers through the 2027-28 season. “I am grateful to (director of athletics) Mark Coyle and the rest of the athletics administration for believing in me and our staff and our leadership of Gopher … Read more
Following the recently completed series at Bemidji State, Minnesota State women’s hockey coach John Harrington shared with the team that he would temporarily step away from his role to undergo hip surgery. The procedure was performed Nov. 20. In light of the news, Shari Dickerman has been tabbed as associate head coach and will also … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced that the game between Army West Point and AIC originally scheduled for Oct. 27 will now be played next Tuesday, Nov. 28 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m. EST. The game was postponed from its original date due to a travel disruption that prevented … Read more
With 33 first-place votes this week, North Dakota moves up one spot to No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Boston College earns six first-place nods and jumps two spots to No. 2, Quinnipiac gets eight first-place votes and vaults from seventh to third, Denver moves down one to No. 4, getting two … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced Monday a one-game suspension for Bentley defenseman Pat Lawn, effective for the Falcons’ next game. The suspension is a result of Lawn’s major penalty and game misconduct for contact to the head, which occurred at the 17:23 mark of the second period in Bentley’s home game on Nov. 18 against Holy Cross. … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Nov. 13 fared in games over the weekend of Nov. 16-19. No. 1 Wisconsin (9-3-0) 11/17/2023 – No. 1 Wisconsin 2 at No. 11 Michigan State 4 11/18/2023 – No. 1 Wisconsin 2 at No. 11 Michigan … Read more
No. 11 Michigan State completed its sweep of No. 1 Wisconsin on Saturday with a 3-2 victory in front of a sellout crowd at Mason Rink at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Mich. The Spartans now move to the top of the Big Ten standings at the completion of the third week of Big … Read more
The NCHC announced Saturday that the conference has issued a one-game suspension to Minnesota Duluth grad student forward Luke Loheit. The suspension stems from a stick infraction during the Bulldogs game against St. Cloud State Nov. 17 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. At the end of Friday night’s game, Loheit was assessed a … Read more
Michigan State became yet another team to upset a No. 1 team in the USCHO.com poll, this time newly-minted Wisconsin (Photo: Michael Caples/MSU Athletics Communication)
One of Boston’s most hallowed traditions, the Beanpot, returns to TD Garden this year with more prestige than ever – and with double the impact. The annual men’s college hockey tournament returns on the first two Mondays in February for the Dunkin’ Beanpot. And this year, for the first time ever, the women’s Dunkin’ Beanpot … Read more
Wisconsin sat idle last weekend, but still picked up 32 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, moving up two spots in the rankings. North Dakota also moved up two spots, sitting No. 2 this week and collecting nine first-place votes. Denver falls one to No. 3, picking up three first-place votes, … Read more
Hockey East announced Monday that UMass Lowell sophomore forward Dillan Bentley has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 1:13 of the first period on Nov. 11 at Boston University. No penalty was called on the play. Bentley is ineligible to play Nov. 15 at Merrimack and is able to return to … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Nov. 6 fared in games over the weekend of Nov. 10-11. No. 1 Boston College (7-2-1) 11/10/2023 – No. 1 Boston College 2 at No. 13 Maine 4 11/11/2023 – No. 1 Boston College 2 at No. … Read more
No. 10 Quinnipiac defeated local rival Yale, 5-2, to capture the annual Heroes’ Hat in the Battle of Whitney Ave. (Photo: Quinnipiac athletics/Rob Rasmussen)
Hockey East announced today that UConn sophomore forward Tristan Fraser has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 12:06 of the third period on Nov. 10 against Merrimack. On the play, Fraser was assessed a five-minute major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct. Fraser is ineligible to play Nov. 11 at … Read more
No. 13 Maine took down No. 1 Boston College 4-2 on Friday night in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,043 at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine. The Black Bears got on the board first thanks to captain Lynden Breen only to see the Eagles respond 90 seconds later on a Jack Malone goal. That’ll … Read more