Feature stories
There are numerous ways one can describe a hockey team. Jeff Jackson, though, would appreciate it if people stopped using one term to describe Notre Dame. “I really hate when people say we’re a defensive team,” Jackson said Monday night. “We’re a puck-possession team, in my opinion. We really focus on our ability to possess … Read more
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. Dan: Alright, we are back, and for a switch this week, we’re going to start rotating our four national writers to give everyone some debate among our pairings. This week, I’m … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. North Dakota sweeps rival Pioneers Eleventh-ranked Denver entered last weekend having won just two of the Pioneers’ last 17 games at long-time rival North Dakota’s Ralph Engelstad Arena. Make it two of 19, after UND swept … Read more
Alex Laferriere scored four-straight goals for Harvard to break open a 1-1 tie and earn the Crimson a 5-1 victory over Colgate on Saturday (file photo: Harvard Athletics)
Scott Morrow’s game-winner was enough as No. 12 UMass beat No. 7 Providence, 1-0, while No. 10 WMU beat No. 4 UMD (photo: UMass Athletics).
We’re entering the fifth full weekend of men’s Division I play and second week with all teams, including the Ivies, active, and we’re seeing less and less upsets. Of last week’s five games we handicapped, the favorite won four. The only underdog to have success was UMass Lowell, which actually swept Boston University. Still a … Read more
By Joe Bertagna/Special to USCHO Joe Bertagna has spent the better part of the last half century in hockey as a player, coach, college administrator and commissioner. The final role in that list – that as commissioner – was a position he held for a significant period of time and one he recalls in his … Read more
Mac Berglove opted to use his extra year of eligibility that he was granted because the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on last season. It has turned out to be a great thing for Saint John’s, which saw Berglove record the fourth shutout of his career last weekend against Wisconsin-Eau Claire in a 1-0 win. “It’s always … Read more
This weekend is the first time nearly a year and a half that all dozen ECAC Hockey teams will play a conference game on the same night. And right away, there’s already a marquee matchup on the schedule. Cornell and Harvard play Friday night in Cambridge, Mass., in the league opener for both teams. The … Read more
A stretch of seven consecutive games played on enemy ice would be a challenge for any team, but goalie Darion Hanson of the Connecticut men’s hockey team chooses to focus on the positive. Long bus rides together and hanging out in the hotel with teammates have been valuable bonding experiences for him and his teammates, … Read more
When members of the media were looking at the teams in the newly-reconstituted CCHA this fall as we started to do our preseason picks and previews, one team made it easiest on everybody. And maybe it wasn’t the team you think. Have your guesses in? It might shock you to know that it was Michigan … Read more
Michigan State defeated Michigan in a – let’s just keep things simple and say entertaining – football game last weekend. Spartans’ head coach Danton Cole was asked if his team could possibly feed off that energy and keep things rolling when the two schools meet in a home-and-home series on the ice this weekend. “Well, … Read more
At 4-2-2, Rochester Institute of Technology is off to a strong start. The only Atlantic Hockey team currently over .500 overall, the Tigers sit atop the Atlantic Hockey standings, three points ahead of Mercyhurst. RIT took five of six points from the Lakers at home last weekend. While head coach Wayne Wilson isn’t completely satisfied … Read more
Fans of several NHL teams may have been noticing the creation of land acknowledgements, in which teams publicly recognize that their facilities sit on land stewarded by Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Western Michigan is one of a growing list of universities also participating in this practice. In September 2019, the university’s trustees approved an … Read more
The adoption of legislation by the NCAA on April 28 that extended one-time transfers to men’s hockey may have permanently and significantly changed the landscape of the sport. The ability for players to move to another program without having to sit a year — which only applied to men’s hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, football, … Read more
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. Jim: Well, Dan, we’re one month into the season for most teams, Ivies excluded. But everyone is now underway with their full schedule, so it’s time for me to ask a … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. McKay sets men’s NCAA shutout record It took Dryden McKay three games this season to tie Ryan Miller’s NCAA men’s record of 26 shutouts. It took just five more for McKay to claim the record for … Read more
Connor MacEachern celebrates his first of two goals as Penn State upset No. 6 North Dakota, 6-4, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville (Photo: Russell Hons/North Dakota Athletics)
A night after falling, 3-0, to No. 3 Michigan, Wisconsin jumped to a 2-0 lead and had an answer for every Wolverines tally as the Badgers earned the 4-2 upset (photo: Jonathan Knight/Michigan Athletics)
Okay, show of hands: Who took Western Michigan (+400) last Friday over then No. 1 Michigan? If you did, good for you. And if you hit a five-team parlay with last week’s five featured games, GREAT for you. A $100 bet on those games in a five-team parlay paid a whopping $7,075. That’s some real … Read more