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Between the Lines

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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.

A Warrior’s Battle

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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.

The Unwritten Rule

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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

An Easterner Visits Mecca

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I’ve lived in New England all my life and intend to stay there. So I’m an Eastern guy, a Hockey East guy to be specific. But I’d been really looking forward to this pilgrimage to college hockey’s Mecca. We can show our appreciation for the sport out East, but you Minnesotans have the reputation for … Read more

Division III Women’s Tournament Explained

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As usual, the NCAA’s tournament selection has drawn criticism. But the selection process in hockey is normally a formulaic, easily-explained, step-by-step process. And that is the case here, too, for the first NCAA Women’s Division III tournament.

Penn State Wins Third Straight Club Title

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The top ranked Nittany Lion Icers (28-4-1) shutout Big Ten rival and seventh ranked Illinois (24-10-1), 4-0 in the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championship game in front of a standing room only crowd of over 2,500 at the Gardens Ice House in Laurel, Md. on Sunday. The Icers were tested by No. 12 Drexel … Read more

This Rivalry Really Stinks

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It’s a tradition only a Cornell fan could love: the annual tossing of the fish as Harvard is introduced. But it was appropriate on this night, as the Big Red asserted their ECAC dominance.

What Next?

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The upcoming opening at Michigan State does not hurt for candidates. Sorting out who will be the Spartans’ third head coach of the last 50 years will be the current one, Ron Mason. Steve Klein, who knows him well, gives his perspective.

What?

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We at USCHO.com hear and obey. Special correspondent Sam Bohney returns with the second installment of What?, USCHO.com’s feature on historical facts and figures.

This Week in Division III: Nov. 29, 2001

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As if the Thanksgiving feasts weren’t enough, all of last week’s upsets were enough to make some coaches sick. Chris Lerch delves back into the harried Division III scene after a holiday hiatus.

What?

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There are easy questions, hard questions, and questions that just make you say, “What?” USCHO’s resident history buff, Sam Bohney, answers reader queries about the common and the arcane in college hockey lore.

This Week in Women’s Hockey: Nov. 1, 2001

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Just Another Olympic Year Within an hour of winning the Inaugural Women’s Frozen Four last March, Minnesota-Duluth coach Shannon Miller was already brimming with optimism about 2001-02, and with good reason. None of her players from European national teams would be missing for any key stretch of the season. “We’ve been negotiating with the Swedish … Read more

Seven’s Heaven

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Few people at USCHO had a relationship with Shawn Walsh that followed him through his rise, fall, and rise again. Mike Machnik is one of them, and his personal tale is a lasting tribute to a coach we lost much too soon.

Numb

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Soon will be time to talk hockey, but for now, our general manager, Jayson Moy — a lifelong New Yorker — shares his own gut-wrenching feelings about the tragedy of Sept. 11.

Sorrow, Pride and Dangers

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So much sorrow… All the images from the last few days keep racing through my mind. Strangely, the one that I find most haunting is a quiet one: the New Jersey grammar school with over 100 children in its gymnasium last Tuesday evening because no parent had come to pick them up. I reassure myself … Read more