TMQ: Expanding the college hockey fan base, assessing conference play early in 2022-23 season

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. Paula: Hello, Ed! How nice to chat up some college hockey with you again this season! Last week’s TMQ featured an all-Massachusetts cast. This week, it’s a couple of New Yorkers … Read more

Monday 10: Arizona State takes U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game over North Dakota, Penn State still undefeated, 13 overtime games dot weekend

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. No. 16 Penn State continues to roll With a home sweep of Wisconsin in their opening weekend of Big Ten play, the Nittany Lions have improved to 8-0-0, the best start in the program’s history. The … Read more

USCHO Edge: Getting difficult to find value in games pitting nationally-ranked ranked teams against each other

We are four weeks into the USCHO Edge column and I’m beginning to see a trend: for the most part, the oddsmakers are doing a better job at setting lines. Last weekend, four of the five games we handicapped were won by the favorites and the fifth was taken by an even-money (+100) underdog, Notre … Read more

Monday 10: Thrilling North Dakota-Minnesota split highlights weekend slate of top-20 college hockey matchups

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. North Dakota-Minnesota series goes both ways in OT Fans at 3M Arena at Mariucci for either of the North Dakota-Minnesota games this weekend got more than they bargained for, both figuratively and literally. Figuratively because each … Read more

USCHO Edge: After difficult week to handicap, oddsmakers limit number of heavy favorites among top-ranked teams

Last Friday’s games, which featured five matchups of nationally-ranked opponents, proved pretty difficult to handicap. Of the eight USCHO staff, only four were above .500 and just one didn’t take a loss (nice job Jack Hittinger). For the first time in the two seasons of writing this column, we also had non-conference games that featured … Read more

TMQ: Looking at Hockey East vs. NCHC, talking college hockey conference realignment for the not-so-distant future

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. Paula: Dan, my friend! How nice to be back on the TMQ beat with you. I want to echo Jimmy Connelly’s season-opening remarks from a week ago and say hello to … Read more

USCHO Edge: As 2022-23 college hockey season opens, there’s plenty of access to gambling odds across the country

Welcome back to another season of USCHO Edge, a column that looks at college hockey through the light of the oddsmakers. Not surprisingly, as sports wagering becomes legalized in more and more portions of the country, there are more and more college hockey games that can be wagered upon in areas that allow sports betting. … Read more

Have portal, will transfer: College hockey players finding new homes, enjoying fifth years due to new NCAA guidelines

The transfer portal is akin to the intercollegiate athletics version of free agency — more so now than ever — with the NCAA relaxing its transfer rules last year, at least where ice hockey was concerned. Previously, student-athletes in most NCAA sports who transferred to a new school were required to sit out a full … Read more