Columns, excluding “This Week” columns
It’s Crunching Time Whip out your slide rules. The coming of a New Year also means that its time for USCHO to release its PairWise Rankings (PWR) and Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the current season. The PWR for each region approximates the Division III selection committee’s process for picking at-large teams and seeding the … Read more
Harvard churns out world leaders, renowned scientists, award-winning literary figures, and goalies. So what’s wrong with that?
Eight months after the 2002 NCAA title game, a Jim Connelly visit to the Twin Cities spells doom for another HEA team — or does it?
Midway through one of the most unpredictable seasons in recent memory, Chris Lerch offers up his assessment of the first half in Division III.
Shootouts take center stage; Wentworth upholds league pride; and Chris Lerch recaps last weekend’s tournament action.
Division III hockey is now fully underway and turkey tournaments are right around the corner. There’s lots to celebrate as Chris Lerch reports.
Marian visits unfamiliar territory in MCHA play; Neumann gets (a little) more comfortable in the ECAC West; and as always, Chris Lerch picks some of the nation’s top D-III contests.
In his second column for USCHO, Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna explores the difference between “cheating” and “gamesmanship.”
A proposal to further limit the Division III hockey season draws plaudits and opposition from coaches; also, Chris Lerch outlines the impact of officiating on sports.
The D-III season is off to its usual slow start, with just 21 games played during the first two weeks. Things begin in earnest this coming weekend, as league play begins in the NCHA, MICA and SUNYAC. The ECAC Northeast will begin play next week, but we’re still two full weeks away from the season … Read more
With Division III play just getting under way, Chris Lerch rounds up the offseason news, including the (near-) demise of the minigame, potential NCAA tournament layouts, and the 15-second faceoff rule.
Joe Bertagna begins his monthly columns for USCHO, wondering what happened to the likes of the late “Snooks” Kelley.
Somebody get this man to a game. Dave Hendrickson finds hockey to be his best therapy.
No, not Britney. Another in-season tournament. This time, it was the otherwise great Maverick Stampede that botched the overtime rules.
Speedier faceoffs is just one thing to look out for as another college hockey season begins.
Michigan coach Red Berenson is outspoken about players staying in school four years. Mike Machnik ponders the many questions raised by Red’s recent comments about two more defections.
The NHL Draft is always good for some surprises, but college hockey fans had to be pretty happy again. USCHO’s Jim Connelly gives his thoughts from Toronto.
Adam Wodon is back to give his take on the tournament that just passed, and the controversial regionalization requirements that wreaked havoc with the pairings.
Wayne State Warriors goalie Marc Carlson sat out his entire junior season after being diagnosed with testicular cancer last summer. Now free of cancer, he tells the story, in his own words.
There are plenty of unwritten rules in sports. You don’t bunt in baseball to break up a no-hitter. You don’t walk across a player’s putting line in golf. You don’t hoist a three-pointer in basketball with a 20-point lead in the final minutes. Football teams know that there’s no need for a Hail Mary instead … Read more