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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
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
Insight on the weekend that was, and what’s ahead for Cornell and Harvard.
There’s still plenty of reasons to call this season special.
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.
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
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.
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.
Chris Lerch sorts out the nation’s top teams, and reports on a special tournament in California.
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.