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Time seems to drag by the end of summer. There are a good share of bad golf rounds, and my neck’s burned a couple of times over. The baseball pennant race is starting to thin out, and football is only in preseason mode. The lack of any real sports drama makes me itch for something … Read more
College hockey has a long history and a dedicated fan base, but it is a little brother in the family of college sports. In terms of participation, revenue, and interest, men’s hockey often trails sports like football and men’s basketball, and by a wide margin (photo: Omar Phillips).
College hockey’s national tournament has seen a surge of underdogs in recent years (photo: Jim Rosvold/USCHO.com).
Fairbanks native Erik Largen was named the ninth head coach in Nanook hockey’s Division I modern history in late April, following a somewhat circuitous selection procedure (photo: Alaska Athletics).
Two of last season’s top freshmen in college hockey are among the top prospects heading into Friday night’s NHL Draft taking place at American Airlines Center in Dallas (photo: Jeff Cox).
Saint John’s rising senior Evan Okeley had no idea what to expect when he and his teammates flew out to Japan for a 10-day trip in late May that was highlighted by hockey and, maybe more importantly, the cultural experience of a lifetime. “It seems like a dream that we went there,” Okeley said. “Flying … Read more
Though many people had assumed it was only a matter of time before former Denver coach Jim Montgomery left the Pioneers for the NHL, according to Montgomery, he wasn’t actively working to make that happen (photo: Melissa Wade).
Anders Lee tallied his first 40-goal NHL season for the New York Islanders in 2017-18. The Minnesota native and Notre Dame alum might have given a few of those scores back to have had the Islanders make the Stanley Cup playoffs instead (photo: Fighting Irish Media).
It’s clear that Bruce Haas is a big college hockey fan. His new book, Great Game! D1 College Hockey: People, Places, Perspectives (Beaver’s Pond Press), is a love letter to the game, a book by a fan, for fans.
A total of 11 schools were represented on women’s D-III All-USCHO teams that were announced today, with national champion Norwich and NCHA champion Adrian each placing four players on the teams.
She engineered an incredible turnaround, taking a Hamline program that a sub-.500 record last year all the way to the Frozen Four and a victory in the third-place game against perennial power Plattsburgh. Natalie Darwitz is the USCHO women’s D-III coach of the year.
Bulldogs coach Scott Sandelin depended on leadership from captain Karson Kuhlman during periods of learning and in times of difficulty.
Kobe Roth suffered a fractured tibia in the first period Saturday, but linemates Jade Miller and Billy Exell added captain Karson Kuhlman to the mix and contributed a goal.
“We haven’t been able to find that third goal, for whatever reason,” Duluth coach Scott Sandelin said. “I was hoping tonight would be [the night].”
For most of the national championship game, the Irish struggled to simply get the puck into the offensive zone.
The Bulldogs won all four of their NCAA tournament games by one goal, including the last three by 2-1 scores.
In five postseason games before Saturday’s national championship, the Irish had managed to find a way to win one-goal games in spite of being dead even with opponents in third-period scoring.
Minnesota senior goalie Sidney Peters was honored Friday as the 23rd recipient of the Hockey Humanitarian Award (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Senior Jordan Gross has transformed himself from an offensive defenseman to a legitimate two-way defender.
Even though they were the two players who spurred the comeback, Andrew Oglevie and Jake Evans both said that they didn’t need to calm the team down when they were two goals in the hole.