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For nearly seventy-five years, the Walter Brown Award has represented the very best of American-born players at the highest level of college hockey in New England. Started in 1953 and presented by the Gridiron Club of New England (formerly Greater Boston), the award recognized excellence on the ice, academic excellence, sportsmanship and leadership. It … Read more
With only three seniors and eight upperclassmen, the amount of first-hand knowledge of Miami’s recent history in the RedHawks’ dressing room isn’t terribly extensive. But it doesn’t have to be. Not for a team that’s laser-focused on where it is and where it’s going. Not for a Miami team that, entering the final two weeks … Read more
It was a goal Landon Fandel had been waiting for his entire life. Except, at one point, he didn’t even think it would be possible. “I’d say growing up, moving on to play hockey out of Sioux Falls wasn’t ever really a thing. Like you kind of just, you played Flyers through high school, and … Read more
Just two seasons removed from Trinity College’s national championship run in 2024 where they lost in a close title game to Hobart, hockey coach Kim Weiss has advanced her career quickly where few female coaches have ascended with her current assistant coaching role for the Colorado Eagles, the AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. … Read more
Sitting just two points behind Norwich with a game in hand and a Saturday matchup on tap with the Cadets this weekend, the Babson Beavers are in a great position in the first season for the Little East Conference. With just six games remaining in the regular season, no one is taking anything for … Read more
Few if any of us see our career paths take the exact same routes that we thought they would when we were growing up. Sometimes, those jobs aren’t even around yet. Such would’ve been the case for Bryn Chyzyk. A former North Dakota assistant captain who later spent the 2019-20 season as a graduate assistant … Read more
In the always turbulent MIAC conference, the battles for wins and points are very meaningful in a conference where all the teams are bunched up in the standings and one weekend’s results can send you up or down the table quickly. For St. Olaf’s, the season has already shown their ability to play in … Read more
College hockey rosters used to be set in stone. Not anymore. How BC and BU’s midseason pickups are having an impact in Hockey East.
Falcons senior captain Chris Hedden is on the precipice of the career century mark, with 97 points with 10 regular season games remaining.
A look at the CNE standings finds the usual suspects lurking at the top of the standings with UNE, Curry and Endicott in close proximity but none atop the leaderboard. The Suffolk Rams currently hold the top spot by a single point following their weekend sweep of Wentworth last weekend and look to build … Read more
For the first time in 46 years, Dartmouth men’s hockey’s NCAA chase feels real with players like Hayden Stavroff leading the way.
After a 5-4-1 start to the season, Wisconsin – Eau Claire has found their formula for winning hockey as the Blugolds are unbeaten since early December and are preparing for the WIAC conference battles to come in the second half. “We have started to play some really good hockey,” stated head coach Matt Loen. … Read more
If you’re only as good as the company you keep, the Fighting Irish are better than their record would indicate. At the bottom of the Big Ten standings, Notre Dame is 4-15-1 overall and still looking for its first conference win through 10 games. The Irish are in good company, though, when it comes to … Read more
Thomas Wolfe is famous for his quote that “you can’t go home again.” For new Franklin Pierce head coach Conor Foley, the Ravens program is truly his home, and he is thrilled for the coaching opportunity at his alma mater as well as the return of the team to being competitive in the NE-10 … Read more
Minnesota Duluth assistant equipment manager Dale “Hoagie” Haagenson is cherished as someone who bridges present-day Bulldog hockey with what it was when he joined the program in 1981. But as UMD associate head coach Adam Krause puts it, his and any number of fellow former Bulldog players’ relationships with Haagenson doesn’t start and end with … Read more
Omaha radio color analyst Terry Leahy, who has held that role since Maverick hockey began nearly 30 years ago, has known the team’s current coach for half of 44-year-old Mike Gabinet’s life. But what sticks out to both of them is that the longer they’ve known each other, the more their working relationship feels the … Read more
We’re halfway into the first college hockey season with Canadian Hockey League recruits playing for NCAA teams.
And, as it turns out, the sky has not fallen.
Every team has an unsung hero. These seven Big Ten players contribute in ways that are often unnoticed but are never unappreciated.
What a blur that was! Just like Santa’s fantastic trip around the globe on Christmas Eve, the first half of the 2025-26 season went by in a flash leaving us wanting much more in the New Year! And so, in the spirit of the season, and in advance of the annual requests to the … Read more
The Dog House, Northeastern’s well-known student section at Historic Matthews Arena, will cheer for its Huskies one last time at Matthews this Saturday night.