Matthews memories — Northeastern prepares for bittersweet farewell to historic barn
The Dog House, Northeastern’s well-known student section at Historic Matthews Arena, will cheer for its Huskies one last time at Matthews this Saturday night.
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‘Putting forth our best product:’ Under first-year coach, LIU keeps flying flag for independents
frontd1m, When you first take the reins of a Division I hockey program that doesn’t belong to a conference, you, your staff and your new players are logistically up against it straight away. Of the 63 schools currently fielding D-I men’s hockey teams, just five of them are independents and none are going about … Read more
TMQ: Nearing midway point of 2025-26 college hockey season, can Big Ten, NCHC keep solid play going?
Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
MONDAY 10: Wisconsin sweeps Notre Dame to sit atop B1G standings, Stavroff pops four goals for Dartmouth, Northern Michigan gets win No. 1
Each week, USCHO.com picks the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.
Friendship Four in Belfast, N.I., continues to grow, evolve
The annual Friendship Four in Belfast, N.I., has grown from a four-team tournament to an international cultural exchange for all involved.
Riley putting his stamp on Ferris State, one game at a time
Moving to a new school is always a challenge for a new head coach. Figuring out the nuances of a new team, new campus, and new community is as stressful enough as it is. Now add a newborn baby to the mix. That’s the situation Brett Riley finds himself in. The first-year head coach … Read more
TMQ: Holiday tournaments, Hockey East and saying goodbye to an old friend
Historic Matthews Arena, the oldest operating multi-sport athletic facility in the world, will close its doors for good in the coming weeks.
MONDAY 10: Michigan, Michigan State sweep; Miami wins Friendship Four; BU is ‘Red Hot’ at MSG and Hagens hat trick lifts BC
Each week, USCHO.com picks the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Michigan, Michigan State both sweep the ECAC, setting up huge intrastate rivalry series for next week No. 1 Michigan and No. 3 Michigan State of the B1G each took two games from ECAC opponents over the Thanksgiving … Read more
TMQ: Wisconsin is for real, Michigan’s offense is a truck, and a time to give thanks
Wisconsin opened a lot of eyes this weekend with a two-game road sweep at then-No. 1 Michigan State.
MONDAY 10: Princeton’s Kai Daniells has a career weekend; 1st look at NPI
It was a career night and weekend for Princeton’s Kai Daniels who became the first player in 14 years to score five goals in a game.
How the team that’ll represent NCAA hockey at the Spengler Cup has come together
It took a few years to make a U.S. Collegiate Selects Team a reality. Then organizers had to put together a roster for the 2025 Spengler Cup.
College Hockey Inc.’s evolving role one year after the CHL eligibility decision
For executive director Sean Hogan and the staff at College Hockey Inc., CHL eligibility has meant a change to their mission.
A letter from USCHO Executive Editor Jim Connelly
USCHO Executive Editor Jim Connelly looks at to the 2025-26 college hockey season, which culminates at the men’s Frozen Four in Las Vegas.
As Western Michigan begins title defense, other college hockey championship coaches share tales of caution
Western Michigan begins its first season as defending national champions. Other coaches who have been in that position offer advice (File photo: Jim Rosvold)
What to know about how the NCAA new’s governance model impacts college hockey
Changes will streamline how changes are made in college hockey, and rules could look different in the men’s and women’s sides of the game.
The NCAA Power Index (NPI) is replacing the PairWise, but what does that mean for college hockey?
The PairWise Rankings have been as familiar – and often controversial – as any topic across college hockey for the better part of three decades. The term, first coined by three self-described “stat geeks” from the University of Minnesota (who went on to start USCHO back some 30 years ago), is going the way of … Read more
Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist Feature: Cornell’s Kempf all about giving back to local community with memory of late mother the catalyst for volunteering, helping, assisting others
Thousands of hockey players rotated through Cornell’s New York-based campus over Mike Schafer’s three decades of head coaching. From an on/ice perspective, their legacy is long entrenched as a piece of the Big Red’s history of building successful champions. Even in this last year, raising the Whitelaw Cup for a second straight season handed the … Read more
Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist Feature: By spearheading organ donor awareness events, Fortin’s ‘desire to make an impact to help others is a really great legacy that she leaves here at Bemidji State’
Like innumerable kids, Kendra Fortin grew up with a list of ideas as to what she may want to do for a profession once she was out of school. What separates the Bemidji State senior defenseman in that regard is how her ultimately chosen career route tied into something that happened to her family when … Read more
Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist Feature: Volunteering her service to special education individuals means Boston College’s Clougherty ‘doing it for others and for the smiles on those people’s faces’
The thread through nearly everything Boston College senior Keri Clougherty does is relationships. The youngest of three and an incredibly outgoing, generous and gregarious person, Clougherty always seems to be in the center of a group of people. She draws them in with her warmth and ability to meet everyone she meets where they are. … Read more
Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist Feature: With Sticks Together non-profit, St. Lawrence’s Thompson introducing game of hockey to all parts of the globe
After committing to Syracuse early in her high school career, Sarah Thompson thought she’d close out her hockey career with the Orange. But she has always been adaptable and when the opportunity came to use her last year of eligibility playing at St. Lawrence, Thompson couldn’t pass it up. After graduating from Syracuse with a … Read more