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While Hobart fell just short in achieving a perfect season and their fourth national title in a row in Sunday’s championship game against Hamilton, their stellar senior goaltender, Damon Beaver was the most significant piece in helping take the Statesmen to their first SUNYAC championship, a final No.2 ranking in the country after holding … Read more
A great season of college hockey came to an end on Sunday with Hamilton upsetting previously unbeaten Hobart to take their very first national championship and first for a NESCAC school since 2015. This is the opportunity for the USCHO to look back and recognize the outstanding performances on the ice and as you can … Read more
They say to be the best you have to beat the best and no coach exemplifies that more than Hamilton head coach Rob Haberbusch whose team overcame some late season challenges to win four consecutive games in the NCAA tournament and win their first-ever national championship after defeating previously unbeaten and three-time defending champions, … Read more
While Endicott fell short in the hunt for a national championship, losing in double overtime to Aurora in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament, goaltender Peter Sterling emerged as a key building block for the Gulls success this season and for the immediate future. Starting in all but two games this season for Endicott, … Read more
After a juggernaut season where Hobart has gone unbeaten in the regular season and SUNYAC tournament, established a new home win-streak, surpassing the great Cornell teams of the early 1970’s, surrendered less than one goal per game with fourteen total shutouts and finished ranked at the No. 1 spot in the country from pre-season … Read more
Having slayed their dragon that is Geneseo in the UCHC title game, Utica now prepares for hosting a first-round game with surprise NESCAC champions, Williams on Saturday night. Some style changes were employed to defeat a Knights team that owned the Pioneers in previous meetings, including last year’s conference title game – with their … Read more
Basketball and hockey were on the schedule on a recent Saturday at Boston College’s Silvio O. Conte Forum. But there was also a third game — one fans didn’t see. It wasn’t a game between two teams, but rather a race against the clock, in which dozens of workers dismantled the basketball court after the … Read more
Having won the inaugural Little East Conference championship last Saturday, the Norwich Cadets and their first-year head coach and Norwich hockey alum, Dominick Dawes, are looking to continue their strong play in the NCAA tournament starting with Saturday’s first round matchup with at-large bid recipient, Salve Regina. “We certainly didn’t have the usual prep … Read more
Robert Morris coach Derek Schooley has seen his teams execute turnarounds before. Midway through the 2013-14 season, the Colonials were 2-12-2 and in last place in Atlantic Hockey. But the team reset during the holiday break and closed out with a 14-6-3 run that included a conference playoff title and a trip to the NCAA … Read more
Behind a tandem of goaltenders, Alaska finished the season on a 9-2-1 clip and head into the inaugural United Collegiate Hockey Cup.
While still a young program, the Anna Maria AmCats have the opportunity to do something on Saturday that could only have been dreamed about just eight short years ago. Playing as an independent team, there was no league to win nor easy way to qualify for the national tournament. Fast forward to year two … Read more
In Michigan, there is nowhere for talented women to play Division I NCAA hockey. People at the state’s two Big Ten schools would like to see that change.
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.