NCHC posts 8-3-3 nonconference record on opening weekend

With most Division I men’s college hockey teams participating in nonconference play during the new season’s first batch of games, member schools of the NCHC fared better than much of the rest of the country. Discounting Colorado College’s 8-4 exhibition win Saturday over the US Under-18 Team, the NCHC completed its first weekend of official … Read more

Rookies leave their mark early

Every team outside of the Ivy schools is now at least two games into its season. Here’s a look at some notables in the the early going: Rookies make an impact:  Several freshman made their presence felt immediately over the last two weekends. Clarkson goal Steve Perry stopped 54-of-55 shots in a pair of wins … Read more

Hockey East picks: Oct. 11-12

Welcome back to another season of great hockey. Other than Boston College, which snuck in a Thursday night game , everyone is 0-0-0.  Even Jimmy. For at least this week, he’s dead even with me. We’ll see how long that lasts. Dave’s record-to-date: 0-0-0 Jim’s record-to-date: 0-0-0 Here are this week’s picks: Friday, Oct. 11 Massachusetts at … Read more

10/11/13 WCHA picks: Alaska-Anchorage hosts Kendall Hockey Classic

Ferris State kicked off the WCHA’s 2013-14 regular season a week ago by splitting with the ECAC’s Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y. — a 7-4 win Friday and 1-0 loss Saturday — and will take the weekend off before playing another nonconference game on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the other nine conference members are all in action on … Read more

NCHC picks: Oct. 11

8 DEC 2012: Austin Czarnik (Miami - 7), Matt Bruneteau (LSSU - 27) The Lake Superior State Lakers shut out the Miami RedHawks 1-0 at Steve Cady Arena in Oxford, OH. (USCHO - Rachel Lewis) (Tim Brule)

Welcome, to the inaugural season of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. I and Matthew Semisch will be co-columnists this year for the conference. In addition to a Monday morning wrap blog and our weekly column, Matthew and I will be picking the games every Friday. To add a little spice, much like I do with … Read more

Another pick for the Boston College-Michigan game

I basically dropped the ball on getting my picks to Paula before she posted her own. It won’t become a trend…hopefully. Here goes! I will not claim to be an expert on the Eagles. I’ve seen their highs in winning a national title a couple years ago. I’ve also personally seen their lows when Minnesota … Read more

A pick for tonight’s Boston College-Michigan game, plus our own preseason predictions

Is it wrong for me to be so excited about tonight’s Boston College-Michigan game that I can barely sit still? The Wolverines are 4-0-0 versus the Eagles in Yost Ice Arena and 11-6-0 all-time against Boston College. Michigan beat BC in their last meeting, 4-2, a semifinal game at the 2011 Great Lakes Invitational at … Read more

Women’s D-I wrap: Oct. 7

Players on the 2012-2013 All-USCHO D-I Women

And we’re back … What is to be learned from the games and exhibitions over the first couple of weeks? As is often the case early, results can be unpredictable. Consider the CHA, where the only team with a winning record is Penn State, a second-year program that took its lumps last season. The Nittany … Read more

As college hockey changes, so do we

The big story as the 2013-14 Division I men’s college hockey season gets under way is the large-scale landscape change that is finally going into effect after three years of planning. Thirty-five of the 59 teams are either playing in a new conference this season or are part of a league that has changed membership. … Read more