Wisconsin blueliner Ceulemans signs with Blue Jackets, forgoes junior, senior seasons with Badgers

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Wisconsin sophomore defenseman Corson Ceulemans to an entry-level contract. In signing the NHL deal, Ceulemans gives up his junior and senior seasons with the Badgers. A 2021 first-round pick (25th overall) at the 2021 NHL Draft, Ceulemans also signed an AHL tryout contract with the Cleveland Monsters, the Blue … Read more

D-III Women’s 2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: The field, conference winners, game recaps, & winning-team photos!

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It’s officially tournament time! How did we get here you ask? Well, we’ll review that now with a recap of the conference championships a few days ago and also take a look at this week’s upcoming games that begin on Wednesday, March 8. The 2023 Women’s D-III NCAA Bracket Overview   Auto-Bids: Amherst (24-3-0) – … Read more

Saint Michael’s standout Ciancio earns NE10 Elite 24 Award as athlete with highest GPA playing at finals site

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Saint Michael’s sophomore David Ciancio was introduced as the winner of the Northeast-10 Conference Elite 24 Award on Saturday following his team’s NE10 championship title game at Saint Anselm. The Elite 24 Award honors the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at a finals site. A business administration and accounting double major, Ciancio … Read more

Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Granato done after seven seasons, 105-129-16 record with Badgers

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Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato will not return for the 2023-24 season. Granato just completed his seventh season behind the Badgers’ bench. “Coach Granato is a great Badger, and no one is more passionate about Wisconsin hockey or the University of Wisconsin than he is,” Wisconsin director of athletics Chris McIntosh said in a statement. … Read more

Minnesota garners 38 first-place votes, maintains No. 1 ranking in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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Minnesota was idle last weekend, but the Gophers earned 38 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll to stay atop the rankings. Quinnipiac, also off last weekend, stays No. 2 with the other 12 first-place votes. Denver stays third, Michigan remains fourth, and Boston University moves up two spots to No. 5 … Read more

Talking playoff upsets, Alaska holding serve, overachievers this season: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 23

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by the NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four, April 6th and 8th, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Secure your seats at NCAA.com/mfrozenfour

Topics include:

• Michigan State rallies to beat Notre Dame
• Holy Cross comes back from loss to oust American International
• Niagara downs Sacred Heart in three
• Ferris State completes a road sweep over Bowling Green
• Princeton and Yale both win ECAC first-round road games
• Boston University wins Hockey East regular season
• Alaska sweeps Lindenwood and stands an excellent chance at an at-large bid
• Who overachieved this season?
• What are the biggest potential upsets for this weekend?

 

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Monday 10: Playoff hockey getting started, already in full swing for men’s college teams with exciting past weekend, more to come

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Michigan State gets first-ever B1G playoff win After dropping the first game of their quarterfinal series against Notre Dame, the Spartans beat the Fighting Irish in two 4-2 games to advance to the Big Ten conference … Read more

Aurora’s Matson collects NCHA women’s player of year award, Concordia Wisconsin’s Spejcher top rookie, St. Norbert’s Aitken best coach

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The NCHA women’s conference has announced its 2022-23 season award winners, including player of the year, coach of the year, freshman of the year, the all-conference team, and the all-freshman team. The 2022-23 player of the year is Darci Matson, a sophomore forward at Aurora. The Wasilla, Alaska, native not only paced the conference in … Read more

CHA postseason trophy to be renamed Robert DeGregorio Cup in honor of retiring conference commissioner

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College Hockey America announced Saturday that the conference’s postseason championship trophy will be renamed the Robert DeGregorio Cup in honor of retiring CHA commissioner Robert DeGregorio. The announcement was made Saturday afternoon as DeGregorio participated in a pre-game puck drop prior to the start of the CHA championship game between Penn State and Mercyhurst at … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Minnesota wins WCHA tournament championship

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MINNEAPOLIS – Putting together one of the most complete games for the program in years, the Minnesota Golden Gophers won the WCHA Tournament Championship on Saturday, defeating the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 3-1.  The started off  evenly matched, with the teams trading possessions and looking for an opening. The Gophers took a 1-0 lead late … Read more

Utica skating to be No. 1… in the UCHC

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The Utica Pioneers have been here before. Highly ranked and winners of the regular season in the UCHC. They have even gone on to win the league tournament and highly seeded in the NCAAs but have not translated all those things into a national championship for the school – Yet! This year Utica finished the … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Boston University clinches Hockey East regular-season championship, Michigan rallies to top Wisconsin in OT, Minnesota Duluth upsets St. Cloud State, Denver edges Colorado College

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Boston University won the 2022-23 Hockey East regular-season title after a 6-4 victory over Providence on Friday night at Agganis Arena. The seventh-ranked Terriers celebrated its Class of 2023 in the best possible way, as BU’s win over Providence, coupled with a Northeastern loss to UMass Lowell, clinched the program’s 11th Hockey East regular-season title … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: Gophers advance to WCHA title game with win over Wisconsin

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MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Golden Gophers advanced to the WCHA Tournament championship by exacting a little revenge on their border rivals Wisconsin in a 3-2 win Friday evening. The Badgers had taken five of six points from Minnesota in the second-to-last series of the regular season at Ridder Arena, but the Gophers weren’t about to … Read more