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It’s been one year since Jennifer Flowers took over the job as Women’s Commissioner of the WCHA. She’s faced a number of surprises in those first 12 months, but is optimistic about what the future holds – even if she’s not quite sure what that future looks like right now.
Unsurprisingly for someone who has coached for 30-plus years at three very different types of programs, Don Lucia has a lot of connections in the college hockey world. Those connections were on display Wednesday when the newly-(re)formed CCHA named Lucia as its first commissioner in advance of its debut season in 2021-22 (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Long Island University’s decision to add men’s hockey sparked unavoidable discussion throughout college hockey.
For Long Island University, men’s hockey was always part of a plan.
The merger of the school’s Brooklyn and Post campus athletics departments created a whole host of opportunities at the Division I level, and the university had already been adding athletics programs to its stable of teams.
Long Island University’s recent announcement that men’s hockey is coming to campus this fall carried one guarantee amidst its exciting surprise and confusion.
During the offseason, our team of writers will reflect back on some of their favorite pieces written for USCHO.com.
When Bob Gaudet stepped behind the bench as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Dartmouth, he never pictured himself as a lifelong coach (photo: Dartmouth Athletics).
Efforts to grow the game of hockey have produced some innovative ideas, including how to increase scoring. One idea is a “two-point” arc, similar to the three-point arc in basketball (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
SIMULATION: Connor Mackey tallied the overtime game-winning goal as Minnesota State captured the national championship with a 4-3 victory over North Dakota (File photo: David Faulkner/SPX Sports)
Saint Anselm senior forward Amanda Conger has been named the winner of the 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award (photo: Jim Stankiewicz).
USCHO, with the assistance of the talents of a message board member, “Fighting Sioux 23,” is running a postseason simulation of all tournament games. The following is the summary of simulations for the national semifinals that would have been played on Thursday in Detroit. North Dakota 2, Ohio State 1 Hobey Hat Trick finalist Jordan … Read more
SIMULATIONS: Minnesota State’s Marc Michaelis scored the overtime game-winner to send Minnesota State to the Frozen Four with a wild 4-3 victory over Penn State in the Allentown Regional. They will join North Dakota, Boston College and Ohio State in Detroit April 9 and 11 (File photo: Matt Dewkett)
Boston College rookie Alex Newhook tallied the opening goal as the Eagles became the first team to advance to the Frozen Four with a victory over Cornell in the Worcester Regional championship game (File photo: Rich Gagnon)
Ohio State’s Carson Meyer scored in overtime as fourth-seed Ohio State provided the day’s biggest upset, knocking off two-time defending national champion and #1 seed Minnesota Duluth in a simulation of the NCAA Regional in Loveland, Colo. (File photo: Rachel Lewis)
Sunday night was supposed to have been when Cornell would find out the next step in its hockey journey. It was supposed to be the Big Red’s year, according to some quarters in the northeast and, perhaps, the nation. It sure looked like it through the end of February and the beginning of March (photo: Roman J. Uschak).
While Minnesota Duluth won’t have an opportunity to three-peat as National Champions, USCHO will simulate an NCAA tournament beginning this Friday. The Bulldogs are the top seed in the Loveland regional in this simulation (File photo: Jim Rosvold/2019)
Computer simulations produced North Dakota as the NCHC Champion and top-seed in a simulated NCAA tournament. The computer predicted that the Fighting Hawks skated past Denver, 4-2, in the NCHC title game (File photo: Jim Rosvold/2016)
UMass Lowell was one of a number of teams that a computer picked to pull off an upset in league semifinal action on Friday. The computer picked the River Hawks to advance over sister school, UMass, in overtime to face Maine in the Hockey East final. (File photo: Rich Gagnon)
Coming off back-to-back seasons of not qualifying for the NCAA tournament, there were a lot of questions facing North Dakota this season. Perhaps the biggest revolved around offense. Who was going to score? (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
For Saint Mary’s junior Delaney Wolf, the time she has spent volunteering and serving her community has helped her create a home in Winona.