FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Boston College blanks Maine, 5-0, to advance to HEA semifinals
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.
D-III Men’s Ice Hockey – NCAA First Round Picks – March 13, 2026
Everyone has played to get in, but only 14 teams remain in contention for the national championship with six teams dropping out of the chase after the results of this Saturday’s first round action. Hobart and Endicott earned first round byes but will be watching with interest to see who advances to the … Read more
Utica not focused on style points entering NCAA tournament
Having slayed their dragon that is Geneseo in the UCHC title game, Utica now prepares for hosting a first-round game with surprise NESCAC champions, Williams on Saturday night. Some style changes were employed to defeat a Knights team that owned the Pioneers in previous meetings, including last year’s conference title game – with their … Read more
From hardwood to hockey: Inside the work of the BC bull gang
Basketball and hockey were on the schedule on a recent Saturday at Boston College’s Silvio O. Conte Forum. But there was also a third game — one fans didn’t see. It wasn’t a game between two teams, but rather a race against the clock, in which dozens of workers dismantled the basketball court after the … Read more
Cadets taking strong momentum into NCAA tournament
Having won the inaugural Little East Conference championship last Saturday, the Norwich Cadets and their first-year head coach and Norwich hockey alum, Dominick Dawes, are looking to continue their strong play in the NCAA tournament starting with Saturday’s first round matchup with at-large bid recipient, Salve Regina. “We certainly didn’t have the usual prep … Read more
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA PODCAST: Digging into a must-swap situation that protects attendance
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: Ten or 11 teams are already locks, so the battle is around the bubble.
BRACKETOLOGY: A must-swap situation to protect attendance
This week’s Bracketology column examines when the NCAA committee’s hands are almost forced into making a swap to protect attendance.
UPON FURTHER REVIEW: Considering 10 candidates for the Tim Taylor rookie of the year award
UPON FURTHER REVIEW PODCAST: We consider 10 candidates for the Tim Taylor rookie of the year award, including two tiers of forwards, a defenseman, and three goalies.
TMQ: Postseason college hockey dominates the conversation
While college hockey’s postseason and the first full week of playoff action delivered plenty of drama, we were lacking any major upsets.
WEEKEND REVIEW: All higher seeds advance in weekend full of overtime games, plus NPI bubble trouble
PODCAST: In a weekend filled with overtime games, all of the higher playoff seeds advanced. And we look at teams in NPI bubble trouble.
D-II/III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Weekend Wrap-up – March 9. 2026
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
Women’s Hockey Weekend Wrap – March 9, 2026
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
The PodKaz: 11 teams left, 10 games to go: Looking ahead to the NCAA women’s hockey tournament
On the PodKaz from USCHO.com for March 10, 2026, hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski are wrapped up in the NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament that starts Thursday and how we got there. First, a look back at the five conference championship games. Penn State, Quinnipiac, UConn, Franklin Pierce and Ohio State came away … Read more
MONDAY 10: Conference playoffs take center stage
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature 1) Hawks take care of business at home, could again North Dakota likely cemented its No. 1 regional seed chances for the NCAA tournament when the Fighting Hawks advanced to the NCHC playoff semifinals. Back-to-back wins over … Read more
Bracket unveiled for 2026 NCAA D-III men’s hockey tournament
Hobart will go for a four-peat as one of 14 teams in this year’s NCAA D-III men’s hockey tournament field. Hobart — which boasts a 34-game win streak — was an automatic qualifier as champions of the State University of New York Athletic Conference and received a first-round bye, along with Conference of New England … Read more
Bracket unveiled for 2026 NCAA D-III women’s hockey tournament
Wisconsin-River Falls will shoot for its third straight NCAA Division III championship with a bye to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. The Falcons, champions of the WIAC, are one of 13 teams that make up this year’s D-III women’s tournament field, announced on Sunday night. Two other teams were awarded first-round byes and will … Read more
Bracket unveiled for 2026 NCAA National Collegiate women’s hockey tournament
Ohio State, Wisconsin, Penn State and Minnesota are the hosts for regionals leading into the Frozen Four. Here’s who else made the field.
SATURDAY ROUNDUP: Providence closes regular season in style
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
WCHA Championship – No. 2 Ohio State 2, No. 1 Wisconsin 1
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
FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Badgers complete sweep; OT rules playoffs
Wisconsin completed a two-game sweep of Penn State to significantly improve its NCAA tournament hopes on a night of postseason OT battles.