Western Michigan’s Polin named NCHC player of year, Denver’s Chrona top goalie, North Dakota’s Blake best rookie for ’22-23 campaign

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On the eve of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff in St. Paul, Minn., the conference named its major award winners Thursday night. Western Michigan’s Jason Polin took home player of the year and forward of the year honors, while WMU’s Pat Ferschweiler was named Herb Brooks coach of the year. Denver’s Magnus Chrona was named goaltender … Read more

Looking at the odds for semis and finals this weekend: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 19

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger analyze this weekend’s college hockey semifinals in Hockey East, ECAC Hockey and the NCHC and finals in Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, and CCHA. We look at money lines and over/under as well as providing further analysis of the matchups. We also discuss what the line on Alaska making the tournament would look like.

Hockey East semifinals:

Providence (+175) vs. Boston University (-215); o/u 6
UMass Lowell (+110) vs. Merrimack (-140); o/u 5

ECAC semifinals:

Colgate (+275) vs. Quinnipiac (-355); o/u 5
Cornell (-110) vs. Harvard (-120) o/u 6

NCHC semifinals:

Colorado College (+330) vs. Denver (-440); o/u 5
North Dakota (+120) vs. St. Cloud State (-150) o/u 6

AHA finals:

Holy Cross (+135) at Canisius (-165); o/u 5.5

B1G finals:

Michigan (+140) at Minnesota (-175); o/u 6

CCHA finals:

Northern Michigan (+190) at Minnesota State (-235); o/u 6

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Harvard’s Farrell bags ECAC Hockey player of year laurels, Quinnipiac’s Pecknold again top coach, Bobcats’ Perets best goaltender

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ECAC Hockey announced Thursday recipients of the league’s major individual award men’s winners for the 2022-23 season ahead of crowning the ECAC Hockey tournament champion this weekend in Lake Placid, N.Y. Harvard forward Sean Farrell as the 2023 ECAC Hockey player of the year. For the third consecutive season, Rand Pecknold has been named the … Read more

Arizona State captain Doan gives up junior, senior seasons, leaves Sun Devils for NHL deal with Coyotes

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The Arizona Coyotes announced Thursday that the team has signed Arizona State sophomore forward Josh Doan to a three-year, entry-level contract, beginning with the 2023-24 NHL season. Doan will report to the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners and will play his first professional game on Friday against the Calgary Wranglers at the Tucson Convention Center Arena. “We … Read more

Penn State’s Janecke posts 47-point campaign for Nittany Lions, takes home 2022-23 national rookie of year accolades

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Penn State freshman forward Tessa Janecke has been chosen by the nation’s assistant coaches as the 2023 women’s college hockey rookie of the year. Janecke had two goals and an assist in her first varsity game, a 4-1 win over WCHA powerhouse Wisconsin back on Sept. 22, and never looked back. An integral part of … Read more

After taking Northeastern back to national semifinals, Northeastern’s Flint collects national coach of year honors for ’22-23 season

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For again leading his team into the NCAA semifinals, Dave Flint of Northeastern has been chosen CCM/AHCA Women’s Division I Coach of the Year. This is the second CCM/AHCA Coach of the Year honor for Flint, who also captured the award in 2021. Flint and his Huskies take on defending NCAA champion Ohio State on … Read more

Northeastern’s Philips earns 2023 Women’s College Hockey Goalie of the Year Award

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The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced that Northeastern senior Gwyneth Philips has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Women’s College Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. It is the third year this award has been handed out and all honorees have come from Northeastern. (NU’s Aerin Frankel won in 2021 and 2022.) … Read more

MIAC selects St. Scholastica’s Ledenkov top offensive player, Saints’ Bostedt best defensive player, Concordia’s Harguindeguy rookie of year

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The MIAC has announced its men’s hockey award honorees for the 2022-23 season. St. Scholastica junior forward Arkhip Ledenkov and junior goaltender Jack Bostedt were selected by MIAC head coaches as the offensive and defensive players of the year, respectively, while Concordia first-year forward Joe Harguindeguy was named rookie of the year. St. Scholastica head … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Down to final four teams as conference playoffs wrap this weekend in Lake Placid

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Well, we made it. Months of meetings, interviews, practices, film sessions, refinements, power plays, penalty kills, shots, scores, saves, blocks, games, broadcasts, and anything else that anyone can think of. Five-plus months after the first puck dropped on St. Lawrence’s game at UMass Lowell, the final skate to award the Whitelaw Cup, occurs this weekend … Read more

NCAA D-III Quarterfinal Preview: Norwich vs. Endicott – Playing from start to finish

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Way back on October 29, 2022, the Cadets traveled to face-off against the Gulls in the opening game of the 2022-23 season and skated away with a 3-0 road victory. The Gulls have been anxiously awaiting the outcome of the first-round game between Plattsburgh v. Norwich for their quarterfinal opponent and now have the chance … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Conference championship game between Minnesota, Michigan matching two of country’s top NCAA tournament-bound teams

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In many ways, No. 2 Michigan facing off against No. 1 Minnesota has felt like an inevitability for the past two months. Once the Golden Gophers reached the top of the standings, no one in the Big Ten was going to catch them. With just four total losses in B1G play and a 9-2-1 B1G … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Rematch of 2015 NCAA title game between Boston University, Providence highlights conference semifinal weekend

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One doesn’t have to look too far back in time to know how significant it is for Boston University and Providence to face off at TD Garden. There was the 2018 Hockey East championship game, won by the Terriers 2-0. And with all due respect to the Hockey East tournament, there was a meeting with … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: Taking one last shot at NCAA tournament seedings ahead of conference title games this weekend

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Here we are with the final Bracketology prior to Saturday night’s championship games where the final field will be set. Jayson and I are taking a little bit of a different approach this week, yet again, so let’s see what that yields. (Editor’s note: Jim and Jayson will produce a single, final bracket prediction on … Read more