Feature stories
California is known for its college baseball, basketball and football traditions. Over the weekend, it hosted another college sports event that Southern California hockey fans hope will spark a new tradition on ice (photo: Anthony Ciardelli).
In 2010, Minnesota Duluth’s reign was coming to an end and Minnesota’s was just beginning. The Bulldogs won their fifth title to start the decade. The Gophers had just two NCAA national championships when the decade started. Clarkson emerged as a force to be reckoned with and become the only non-WCHA team to win … Read more
The Minnesota Golden Gophers won their first Mariucci Classic since 2012 with a 4-1 victory over St. Cloud State (Photo: Harrison Barden/Minnesota Athletics)
In the first college hockey game to be played in the state of California in 20 years, Harvard bested Arizona State in the opening game of the SoCal Clash (photo: Josh Lavallee/Anaheim Ducks)
After spending a season as a back-up goaltender, sophomore Evan DeBrouwer has started his playing career strong for No. 16 Arizona State, something he hopes will continue against No. 17 Harvard in this weekend’s SoCal Clash in Irvine, Calif. (photo: Arizona State Athletics).
Holiday tournaments. At one point in the college hockey universe, an invitation was a sign of respect, or that the host team needed an easy opponent to beat so that they could guarantee themselves a spot in the championship game. Nowadays, there is a level of neutral existence of why teams participate and what the purpose of the tournament is (photo: USCHO. com).
Though it is only in its seventh season of play, the NCHC has clearly established itself as the dominant conference in the college hockey landscape (photo: Candace Horgan).
When it comes to the IIHF Under-20 World Championship, known better to most as World Juniors, recent history for the United State team has been one that should provoke moments of wistful glee for fans of the American squad (photo: Dan & Margaret Hickling).
As we look back on the last decade for Hockey East, one can certainly say that there was a very positive start (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
If there is one word that best sums up what the WCHA has been through since 2010, it is “change” (photo: USCHO).
For a conference that did not exist when the calendar turned to Jan. 1, 2010, the story of college hockey in this decade cannot be written without the Big Ten (photo: Rich Gagnon).
The 2010s began with a Cornell team that finished with nine losses en route to a conference tournament title and ends with another strong Big Red team leading the ECAC (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
For roughly a quarter-century, the Princeton athletic fellows program has encouraged faculty and staff to involve themselves with the sports teams as far as the NCAA allows. In return, they help student-athletes to balance a demanding double life and make meaningful time for other enriching aspects of college (photo submitted: Cathy Phillips).
Max Ellis’ first career goal turned out to be the game-winner as Notre Dame ended a six-game losing streak and earned a weekend split with Penn State, 3-0, on Saturday (Photo: Fighting Irish Media/(Mike Miller)
Penn State rallied from 2-1 down in the third to earn a 4-2 victory on Friday, a night that was mostly kind to higher-ranked teams (Photo: Fighting Irish Media/Mike Miller)
Jake Bresser was at a family Christmas when he first had an interest in hockey sparked inside of him. One of his cousins, then a player at Marian, put a pair of skates on him. The rest is history. “We were bored one day and he threw a pair of skates on me. I loved … Read more
Cornell and Boston University had emphatic wins over ranked opponents to close out the first half and head into the winter break.
In a battle filled with a number of big hits, Providence scored twice on the power play to skate past UMass Lowell, 4-1, and earn a weekend split with the River Hawks (Photo: Rich Gagnon)
Jeff Malott and Brenden Locke staked No. 2 Cornell to a two-goal lead in the opening period and managed the remaining 40 minutes well enough to emerged with a 3-1 victory over rival No. 12 Harvard. Check out Jeff Malott's goal, giving @CUBigRedHockey an early 1-0 lead at Harvard! Watch: https://t.co/ttp9FGElXL #YellCornell pic.twitter.com/maR9Vslw1M — Cornell … Read more
No. 5 Wisconsin-Eau Claire is in the midst of a stretch of five straight games against ranked teams. Thanks to a strong defense and team depth, the Blugolds have so far run through the teams without a loss.