USCHO’s Game of the Week previews
With both teams in the thick of the battle for the top spot in the Hockey East standings, this weekend’s series between UMass Lowell and Providence is a tale of two goalies (photos: UMass Lowell Athletics, Rich Gagnon).
Cornell’s Michael Regush scored one of two goals for Cornell as the Big Red shutout Boston University to capture the 2019 edition of Red Hot Hockey and remain a perfect 9-0-0 (File photo: Omar Phillips)
Conceived as a novelty and launched in 2007, Red Hot Hockey has become an institution at Madison Square Garden (photo: Omar Phillips).
Zach Solow’s redirected of a pass over the glove of Maine goaltender Jeremy Swayman with 4:13 remaining gave Northeastern a 3-2 victory and weekend sweep of Maine (Photo: Jim Pierce)
When he arrived on the Northeastern campus, Northeastern coach Jim Madigan knew that he had something with Matt Filipe (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Cam Donaldson and Jeff Malott each posted a goal and an assist to lead No. 3 Cornell past No. 7 Clarkson at Cheel Arena Friday night (photo: Jim Meagher).
Describing Clarkson’s Casey Jones and Cornell’s Mike Schafer as friendly rivals and leaving it at that doesn’t do justice to how deep their relationship runs (photos: Cornell Athletics/Clarkson Athletics).
Noah Cates extra-attacker goal with 31 seconds remaining helped Minnesota Duluth rally for a 3-3 tie with No. 1 Denver. Pioneers Brett Stapley scored in a shootout to earn the extra NCHC point. (File photo: Bradley K. Olson)
Entering this weekend against the defending national champions from Minnesota Duluth, the 8-0 and top-ranked ranked Denver Pioneers see only an opportunity to continue their journey and growth as a hockey team (photo: Denver Athletics).
Notre Dame fell behind early on the road at Minnesota but rallied back to earn a 5-3 victory and earn four out of six Big Ten points in the weekend series (Photo: Jim Rosvold)
The offseason narrative surrounding Minnesota was quite clear — it was going to be a young and inexperienced team (photo: Minnesota Athletics).
Tyler Madden scored two second-period goals as No. 11 Northeastern broke a 1-1 tie to skate to a 4-1 road victory over No. 14 St. Cloud State (Photo: St. Cloud State Athletics)
With 10 freshmen on its roster, St. Cloud State has had a lot of introductions to make early on this season (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Minnesota State twice trailed by two goals but goals by Nathan Smith (above) and Connor Mackey helped earn the Mavericks a 4-4 tie with North Dakota
Don’t worry, Americans. Although Oktoberfest is over, look no further than Mankato, Minn., where the celebration of German culture on the ice lasts all season (photo: Minnesota State Athletics).
The 2019 NHL Draft was a good one for college hockey (photo: wild.com).
Johnny Walker returns to Arizona State a season after leading the Sun Devils in scoring and to an NCAA tournament berth (Photo: Omar Phillips)
Regardless of the location, there has been one constant: Denver and North Dakota have been in the Frozen Faceoff every year (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Sammy Walker was a sophomore at Edina High School three years ago when he committed to play hockey at Minnesota – all 5-foot-9, 135 pounds of him (photo: Minnesota Athletics).
It might be hard to go unnoticed when you’re leading the country in GAA and save percentage, but that’s how it’s gone for Quinnipiac’s Andrew Shortridge (photo: Rob Rassmussen).