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It’s the final weekend of the regular season, and a lot of teams are battling for playoff position in their conference tournaments, as well as positioning for possible NCAA berths. How it all plays out is anyone’s guess, but Candace and Arlan take a look.
In Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Even the best teams in college hockey right now aren’t much better than a team that might qualify for the NCAA tournament as a 15 or 16 overall seed.
Boston College’s undefeated season came to an end, North Dakota beat Minnesota, Quinnipiac suffered another conference loss, and Mercyhurst took another step toward the CHA regular season title. Candace and Arlan look at that and more.
The Crimson and the River Hawks are both are 2-7 in their last nine games.
Harvard held first place for a night, North Dakota is moving on up in the WCHA, several teams, including Colgate and Penn State, have great freshmen, and Minnesota and Boston College have looked a little vulnerable.
The Huskies started the season 0-8-1 but are back at .500 after beating Boston College in the Beanpot semifinals.
Used to Beanpot success, the Terriers hadn’t reached the final since 2012 and hadn’t beat Harvard in the teams’ last five meetings.
Minnesota State, North Dakota and Boston University have proven to be the three teams in the mix for the top spot.
Candace and Arlan look at milestones from last weekend, the state of Boston University after being upset by Vermont, how Boston College and Minnesota are doing, the state of the CHA, what teams might move up in the PairWise, and preview next week’s Beanpot tournament.
The defenseman was an 18th-round pick in the USHL before becoming a second-round pick in the NHL.
North Dakota took over the top spot after Minnesota State stumbled. Minnesota, meanwhile, is out of the rankings for the first time in nearly four years.
Candace and Arlan look at the middle teams in the conferences, where the teams are jockeying fiercely for playoff positioning, debate the state of the CHA, and look at Chelsea Laden’s chances of challenging the NCAA shutout mark.
Jack Riley’s father coaches at Army, where his uncle and grandfather formerly coached.
The two leagues combine for the top six spots in the PairWise Rankings, with Minnesota State leading the way.
Candace and Arlan review what they learned from the big series between Minnesota and Wisconsin and the first battle between Boston College and Boston University, debate finish orders in the ECAC, Hockey East, and the WCHA, look at players having good and bad seasons, and pick the 10 finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
The IIHF U-18 Women’s World Championships were won by the U.S. over Canada, and featured plenty of future collegiate stars, including U.S. captain and Ohio State recruit Jincy Dunne, who scored the game-winner in overtime for the U.S.
Each week during the season we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Candace and Arlan preview tonight’s Boston College-Boston University game and this weekend’s Minnesota-Wisconsin series, discuss the decision by Minnesota-Duluth not to renew Shannon Miller’s contract, and debate ECAC dark horses.
Freshmen Jake Randolph and Tyler Vesel and sophomore Justin Parizek have developed a connection for the Mavericks.
Each week during the season we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.