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Minnesota State made a big statement last weekend against Bowling Green. In the first (and only) regular-season series between the consensus two top teams in the conference, the Mavericks swept the Falcons in fairly convincing fashion. They won 4-1 and 5-0, showing off their depth and their defensive prowess in the process.
Connecticut junior Carter Turnbull doesn’t think there was ever a dramatic shift.
Instead, Turnbull, one of 10 upperclassmen with the Huskies, thinks there was a culture shift from the moment he began at UConn, a process that’s led them to where they are now, being ranked for the first time in program history.
“We Play Free” is more than a social media slogan or team tagline, it’s a program-wide philosophy that eschews rigid systems and has helped Colgate become one of the top teams in the country.
It’s hard to keep a good hockey referee down, especially one who has been calling games since he was nine years old.
If ever there was a sport that finds ways to take people out of action for a while, though, Scott Fitzpatrick had found it.
There’s a new No. 1 in the Big Ten, and there can be no doubt about the validity of this top contender.
“Since coming off of our pause, I’m really so proud of these guys. They’ve been really focused, and we’re just trying to get a little better every day to work towards the playoffs.” – Sacred Heart coach CJ Marottolo
Among the few teams with a schedule at the D-III level in the East, Anna Maria College has had their patience and resolve tested by game postponements on successive weekends.
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.
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.
No. 11 Wisconsin put an absolute beat-down on No. 2 Minnesota, handing the Gophers their worst home loss in the long history of the series between the two clubs, 8-1 (photo: Jim Rosvold)
Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay made one of his 30 saves on Friday in posting his seventh shutout in 11 starts this season, a 4-0 whitewashing of No. 8 Bowling Green (photo: Jim Rosvold)
When you play in a league as competitively brutal as the NCHC, a rest weekend during the season can be a godsend.
St. Cloud State was off last weekend, coming off a sweep of Miami that had restored some of their swagger, swagger that had been tarnished when the Huskies were swept in Western Michigan three weeks ago.
Notre Dame recently learned that it will be skating on home ice for the Big Ten tournament at the end of the season.
Now, the Fighting Irish have 10 games to put themselves in the best possible position for said tournament, starting with this weekend on the road against Ohio State.
Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel comes across to the average person as somewhat soft spoken, very transparent, and most certainly mild mannered.
And whether he is being somewhat sarcastic, when he tells you that he is sick of people asking about which goaltender is going to start his next game, there’s probably a small amount of truth.
In a season that’s been extraordinary for a number of reasons, Robert Morris has looked to keep things as “normal” as possible.
The Colonials have managed to play 17 games so far this season, the most of any Atlantic Hockey team.
Ask Northern Michigan coach Grant Potulny what is the one thing his team needs, and he will give you a simple, one-word answer: consistency.
Reid Cashman had plenty of success in the professional coaching ranks, but he always knew he wanted to return to coaching college hockey.
The first game of the season at the D-III level in the East was played on Saturday where Babson beat Castleton 6-0 to open a sprint-like 13-game schedule over the next six weeks. While the vast majority of conferences and teams had already made the decision not to play in the 2020-21 campaign, Babson and … 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.
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.