Game coverage from USCHO’s crew of writers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Ohio State Buckeyes took control in the first period of Friday’s national semifinal matchup with Northeastern and skated away with a decisive 5-0 win. The teams felt each other out over the first 10 minutes, but on a zone entry Northeastern got caught watching the puck carrier and lost sight … Read more
BOSTON — It wasn’t the prettiest play of the night, but it got Connecticut back to the Hockey East championship game. Tristan Fraser threw the puck into heavy traffic, where it bounced off two defenders and into the net at 1:18 of overtime to give UConn a 4-3 win over Boston College in the Hockey … Read more
This year’s NCAA tournament features some very intriguing first round matchups that defied past geographical considerations and made for some exciting D-III hockey. Hobart and Endicott enjoyed their first-round byes but now know who is coming to their barn for the quarterfinal round. Here is how the first round of the NCAA tournament went … Read more
NCAA Regional Semifinals (9) Princeton vs. (6) Connecticut Tia Chan made 16 of her 41 saves in the first period on Thursday as Princeton controlled the puck. But against the run of play, Connecticut got on the board late as Emma Eryou scored to give them a 1-0 lead on one of just five shots … Read more
Felix Caron’s overtime goal lifted Ohio State to a stunning 3-2 win at Michigan State Saturday, sending the Buckeyes to the B1G tournament final. 🗣️ Ohio State is moving on to the championship game! pic.twitter.com/Gll1YMnCqV — Ohio State Men's Hockey (@OhioStateMHKY) March 15, 2026 The No. 5 seed Buckeyes will take on No. 2 seed … Read more
MADISON — The Wisconsin Badgers will make their 17th appearance in the Frozen Four next weekend thanks to a decisive 6-0 win over #8 Quinnipiac in Saturday’s NCAA quarterfinal. The victory is UW coach Mark Johnson’s 700th – setting a new standard for women’s college hockey coaching wins. In was a statement from a UW … Read more
Boston College advances to HEA semifinals, both AHA favorites win their openers and two top-10 ECAC teams go down in quarterfinal opening-night action.
Like most of the regular season, there were ups and downs, twists and turns and surprises aplenty across all the title games this weekend with rare exception. There were overtimes, favorites upset and one Cinderella-run from a No. 6 seed all the way to the NESCAC title to name just a few things that … Read more
AHA Tournament (12) Mercyhurst at (3) Penn State Mya Vaslet scored from the slot midway through the first to put Penn State up 1-0. Just more than 20 minutes later, Nicole Hall tipped in a shot from distance from Sophie Marrow to extend the lead to 2-0. Just before the end of the frame, Katelyn … Read more
Logan Sawyer scored the game-winning goal early in the third period and Jack Parsons made 37 saves as No. 5 Providence concluded the Hockey East regular season with a 3-1 win over No. 14 Connecticut on Saturday night at Schneider Arena. Logan showing off some sweet patience for goal No. 13 of the season to … Read more
ST. PAUL — They waited until the final 5:30 of play, but the Ohio State Buckeyes secured their third-ever WCHA Tournament Championship on Saturday and wrapped up the top seed in the NCAA Tournament at the same time. It is OSU’s third confernece tournament victory – they last won in 2022 after earning their first … Read more
Wisconsin completed a two-game sweep of Penn State to significantly improve its NCAA tournament hopes on a night of postseason OT battles.
ST. PAUL — Ohio State scored twice on the power play and Hailey McLeod earned a shutout in net as the Buckeyes took a 4-0 win over Minnesota Thursday evening. OSU felt like they owned the game from the first puck drop. The game didn’t have the tenor of the relentless and sometimes frenetic pace … Read more
ST. PAUL — It was a bit of a rough start for #1 Wisconsin in Thursdays WCHA semifinal. They struggled to find possession and control the puck throughout the opening period while Minnesota State clogged the middle of the ice, closed up passing lanes and once again received spectacular goaltending from Hailey Hansen. They found … Read more
While many of the conferences are setup in a No. 1 v. No 2 scenario for the conference title this upcoming weekend, how the conferences got there certainly was some captivating hockey with several surprises and overtimes aplenty. The semifinal round for almost all the leagues is in the books. Here is how things … Read more
Bemidji State at (1) Wisconsin KK Harvey had three assists and Adéla Šapovalivová scored twice to lead the Badgers to a 7-0 win in the first game of the best of three series for the opening round of the WCHA playoffs. Laney Potter, Cassie Hall, Kirsten Simms, Maggie Scannell and Laila Edwards also scored in … Read more
Owen Michaels buried an overtime winner to lift Western Michigan to a 4-3 victory over North Dakota on Saturday night at Lawson Arena. The win gave Western Michigan a split in the weekend series and pushed WMU to 24-9-1 overall and 16-7-1 in NCHC play. Whitey has Lawson jumpin' pic.twitter.com/ZQiHtzTC4n — WMU Hockey (@WMUHockey) March … Read more
North Dakota clinched its seventh Penrose Cup as NCHC regular-season champions with a 5-3 road win at Western Michigan on Friday.
Well, that’s a wrap!! Leagues playing their final weekends saw battles for the top spot as well as tiebreakers invoked to determine who plays in post-season tournament action. Just goes to show that every point matters right to the bitter end. Oh, and there were some playoff games contested as well that set up … Read more
St. Cloud State at (1) Wisconsin Saturday’s game started 1-1, but the Badgers took off from there. Lacey Eden became the fourth player in program history to record 100 goals and did so in explosive fashion, with a hat trick and two assists. Kelly Gorbatenko added four goals and Wisconsin skated to a 9-2 win. … Read more