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Defending national champion Denver began its quest for a repeat on Friday with a decisive 5-1 victory over Providence in the Manchester Region (photo: Brian Foley/PC Athletics)
In its first NCAA Tournament appearance, the Connecticut Huskies scored twice in the first and added goals in each of the final two periods to beat Quinnipiac, 4-1, in the Allentown Region (photo: UConn Athletics)
Aydar Suniev’s second goal of the game in overtime gave UMass a 5-4 win over Minnesota and sets up a regional final game against Western Michigan (photo: Tim Brule)
It took two overtimes, but top seeded Western Michigan found a way past Minnesota State, 2-1, on Grant Slukynsky’s goal (photo: Tim Brule)
TOLEDO, Ohio — Cornell just won’t let the Mike Schafer retirement tour end. The latest entry was punctuated with Sullivan Mack’s power-play goal with 10 seconds remaining to give the Big Red a 4-3 victory over regional top seed Michigan State on Thursday. Mack scored off a cross-ice feed from Charlie Major to give Cornell … Read more
Top seed Boston College (26.5%) is the most picked team to win the national championship in the USCHO Bracket Challenge. Michigan State (23.4%) is a close second.
Cole Eiserman capped off a two-goal game by scoring from below the goal line in the third period of the Terriers’ win over the Buckeyes
Allentown Regional, March 28-30 | PPL Arena, Allentown, Pa. No. 2 Connecticut (22-11-4) vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac (24-11-2) |March 28, 5 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 1 Maine (24-7-6) vs. No. 4 Penn State (20-13-3) | March 28, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Allentown Regional Championship | March 30, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2) MAINE … Read more
Manchester Regional, March 28-30 | SNHU Arena, Manchester, N.H. No. 1 Boston College (26-7-2) vs. No. 4 Bentley (23-14-2) | March 28, 2 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 2 Providence (21-10-5) vs. No. 3 Denver (29-11-1) | March 28, 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) Manchester Regional Championship | March 30, 4:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET (ESPN2) … Read more
Toledo Regional, March 27-29 | Huntington Center, Toledo, Ohio No. 2 Boston University (21-13-2) vs. No. 3 Ohio State (24-13-2) | March 27, 2 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 1 Michigan State (26-6-4) vs. No. 4 Cornell (18-10-6) | March 27, 5:30 p.m. ET, (ESPN+) Toledo Regional Championship | March 29, 4 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. … Read more
Fargo Regional, March 27-29 | SCHEELS Arena, Fargo, N.D. No. 1 Western Michigan (30-7-1) vs. No. 4 Minnesota State (27-8-3) | March 27, 5 p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 2 Minnesota (25-10-4) vs. No. 3 Massachusetts (20-13-5) | March 27, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Fargo Regional Championship | March 29, 4 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. ET … Read more
The Minnesota Golden Gophers dropped to a two seed in the Fargo Region and will face Massachusetts on Thursday evening in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament field was announced on Sunday (File photo: Jim Rosvold)
MINNEAPOLIS — Wisconsin fifth-year forward Casey O’Brien was announced as the 2025 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner on Saturday, March 22. “It’s a surreal feeling. It’s one of those things that you dream of as a little kid, but you’re not sure it’s ever going to quite happen. This year, with the amazing team that … Read more
Wisconsin, defending champion Ohio State, Cornell and Minnesota earned hosting spots for the opening rounds of the 2025 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament when the bracket was unveiled on Sunday. The NCAA committee had to make a small adjustment in the bracket based on needing to avoid an intra-conference matchup between Clarkson and St. … Read more
Sophomore forward Josh Nadeau posted a goal and three assists to help Maine skate to a 5-2 victory against Hockey East rival New Hampshire on Saturday night at Alfond Arena. Maine took five of a possible six Hockey East points on the weekend from UNH. UNH led 2-1 after two periods. Brandon Holt, Sully Scholle … Read more
“It takes you back to this is a game, this is fun.” Here’s what Big Ten officials said about their experience.
A New England native is making good in the Midwest in his final season of NCAA eligibility. The uniquely-named Gunnarwolf Fontaine (East Greenwich, R.I) spent the last four years at Northeastern University, compiling 32 goals and 97 points and helping the Huskies to two Beanpot tournament titles, while personally earning 2024 Beanpot MVP honors after … Read more
VANTAA, Finland — The 2025 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships begin Saturday. At press time, 18 of the 25 women on the US roster and 22 of 24 women on the Canada roster have already announced their commitment to play NCAA DI women’s hockey. The seven as-yet uncommitted Americans are all too young to be … Read more
For the first time since 1943, No. 4 Minnesota shutout No. 6 Michigan on back-to-back nights, completing the weekend sweep with a 2-0 blanking of the Wolverines (Photo: Jim Rosvold)
No. 13 Boston University rallied from 3-1 down to defeat Notre Dame, 4-3, in the championship game of the Friendship Four in Belfast, N.I. (Photo by Andrew Paton / Press Eye)