For selfless life-saving act, strong play on ice, Saint Anselm’s Conger wins 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award
Saint Anselm senior forward Amanda Conger has been named the winner of the 2020 Hockey Humanitarian Award (photo: Jim Stankiewicz).
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SIMULATIONS: North Dakota, Minnesota State to play for national title after each team earns dramatic semifinal wins on Thursday
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, North Dakota advance to Frozen Four; will join Boston College, Ohio State in Detroit on April 9
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)
SIMULATIONS: Boston College, Ohio State advance to the Frozen Four; Penn State, Minnesota St., NoDak and UMass to play in regional finals on Sunday
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)
SIMULATIONS: Ohio State upsets UMD as Buckeyes, Denver, Cornell and BC all advance to regional finals
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)
After dominating vast majority of 2019-20 campaign, Cornell’s superlative season canceled by coronavirus
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).
BRACKETOLOGY SIMULATION: Here is how we break down the brackets for the simulated 2020 Men’s Division I hockey tournament
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)
SIMULATIONS: Computer produces NoDak, Penn State, Cornell, Lowell, Bemidji St. and SHU as champs; simulated NCAA field produced
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)
SIMULATIONS: See who the computer picked to face-off in each of the six league championship games
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)
After 45-point output, North Dakota’s Kawaguchi garners USCHO Player of the Year accolades
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).
A simple kindness stuck with Saint Mary’s Wolf, who has repaid the favor many times over
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.
Keene sense of giving at UMass Boston born of humble roots
For senior Dakota Keene from UMass Boston, the spirit of giving and helping others is spawned from a blue-collar upbringing and strong desire to stay very busy in creative and productive ways.
Saint Anselm’s Conger takes giving of self to new heights
As a senior at Saint Anselm in New Hampshire, Amanda Conger takes the Benedictine principles of distinguishing one’s life with meaning, leadership and achievement to heart each every day as a student, hockey team captain and this year as an organ donor.
With work on, off ice, Notre Dame’s Burke becomes ‘one of our great captains’
Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson knew last season that Cal Burke would be a captain for the Fighting Irish as a senior, but Burke’s leadership skills didn’t only come about in South Bend, Indiana.
For Clarkson’s Brosseau, mixing volunteer work with hockey is seamless
Devin Brosseau doesn’t like to consider his volunteerism as work.
USCHO’s Dan Rubin: With recent events forcing college hockey to abruptly end, I believe there is light hatching from the darkness
If you’re like me, you probably sat by your computer to watch the last week unfold in real time. You watched the world continually change, minute after minute, through social media and news alerts. Sports adapted to atmospheres without crowds before shutting down for the interim (photo: Bentley Athletics).
Sunday hockey roundup: Minnesota recovers from loss in series opener, rallies to knock off Notre Dame, 3-2, advance to B1G semis; home teams prevail in Sunday’s deciding games
The Minnesota Golden Gophers kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive with a 3-2 victory over Notre Dame in game three of the Big Ten quarterfinals. They will face Penn State in the semifinals next weekend (photo: Jim Rosvold)
GOTW: Gorowsky hat trick paces Bentley past Canisius, 5-3, sends Falcons to AHA quarterfinals
Ryner Gorowsky registered a hat trick as Bentley knocked off Canisius, 5-3, to sweep the first-round Atlantic Hockey playoff series. The Falcons advance to the quarterfinals next weekend. (File photo: Bentley Athletics)
Friday hockey wrap-up: Notre Dame drops No. 19 Minnesota to open B1G playoffs, 1-0; plenty of other upsets as postseason opens
Trevor Janicke had plenty of reason to celebrate on Friday as he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over No. 19 Minnesota to open a best-of-three Big Ten quarterfinal series on the road. The Irish were one of a handful of road teams to win on the opening night on conference playoffs. (File photo: Mike Miller/Fighting Irish Media)
GOTW: No. 1 Cornell routs No. 7 Clarkson in final night of regular season, 5-1, skates into ECAC playoffs on nine-game winning streak
No. 1 Cornell goaltender Matthew Galajda made 25 saves as the Big Red earned their final regular-season win over No. 7 Clarkson, 5-1, propelling Cornell into the playoffs on a nine-game winning streak (File phot: Omar Phillips)