Columns, excluding “This Week” columns
During his playing days, Minnesota coach Brett Larson joked that when it came to weight training, the focus was on just a couple tough heavy lifts. The Gophers’ first-year coach has had a front-row seat to witness some big changes in weight training since he played defense for Minnesota Duluth in the early 1990s.”It was … Read more
There were plenty of excuses Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel could have used after a weekend sweep at Colorado College to open the 2026-27 season. The Minutemen had no exhibition games to work out the kinks; they were playing at altitude; and Colorado College proved to be better than preseason prognostications indicated. Carvel mentioned all those … Read more
There were quite a few rules changes in college hockey before this season and for the first time, the NCAA hosted a webinar with NCAA Secretary-Rules Editor Steve Piotrowski to specifically talk about how those changes and areas of focus would affect women’s college hockey.
Barring a miracle, the Mercyhurst men’s hockey program essentially started and ended with Rick Gotkin. His tenure at Mercyhurst began in 1988 shortly after the school began its transition from club to NCAA Division III. The Lakers were at various times D-III and D-II before making the move to Division I in 1999. As a … Read more
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