Atlantic Hockey Picks: Dec. 31 – Jan. 4

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At A Glance: Last week’s record: 3-1-1 Overall Record: 29-16-1 Over-.500 weeks: 4/6 (.667) This Week’s Picks*: *All games are subject to change. Thursday, December 31 Robert Morris at Niagara Fun story: Bentley played Air Force on New Year’s Eve, 2010. I invited my girlfriend at the time to the 5 p.m. puck drop but … Read more

Hockey East picks: Dec. 30-Jan. 4

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I feel the need to knock on wood as I type this. But should all of the scheduled games on the Hockey East slate go off as expected, we will see, by far, the busiest weekend of the season as we turn the page from 2020 (can’t do that soon enough) to 2021. So as … Read more

Team USA blanks Czech Republic 7-0, advances to quarterfinals of 2021 World Junior Championship

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Trevor Zegras (Boston University) had two goals and three assists, Bobby Brink (Denver) scored twice, and Spencer Knight (Boston College) made 22 saves to help the U.S. National Junior Team to a 7-0 victory over the Czech Republic in Edmonton Tuesday afternoon in the third game of preliminary round play at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Pickin’ the WCHA: Dec. 29-30

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Robert Morris at Bowling Green Jack: We here in the Midwest are still getting used to single midweek games, but this matchup should be good. Bowling Green is looking for the season sweep of RMU. I think they get it. Falcons win 4-2 Daver: Boy Bowling Green has been off to a great start to … Read more

TMQ: Discussing NCHC commish Fenton’s comments on NCAA hockey tournament seeds based on past showings

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.

Usually, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is a down time for TMQ, but in this most unusual hockey season, we perhaps should have anticipated that something would surface to merit comment this week, which is exactly what happened in the form of NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton’s unconventional ideas about how to choose the 2021 tournament field.

New Hobey Baker college hockey book is must-have, thorough, detailed recap of first 40 award winners

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Brian Shaughnessy said he had always been intrigued by the Hobey Baker Award.

So much, in fact, that the Massachusetts native recently penned a book, Hobey Baker Memorial Award: The First 40, featuring the award’s first 40 winners, starting with Minnesota’s Neal Broten in 1981 and ending with Minnesota Duluth’s Scott Perunovich in 2020.

Michigan Tech adds former Rensselaer forward Ashbrook for second half of 2020-21 hockey season

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Michigan Tech has added forward Tristan Ashbrook to the 2020-21 roster. Ashbrook, a Michigan Upper Peninsula native if Manistique, transfers to MTU from Rensselaer and is immediately eligible to play for the Huskies. Ashbrook played in all 34 games for RPI as a freshman during the 2019-20 season, collecting 13 points with nine goals and … Read more

United States rebounds with 11-0 rout over Austria in second game of 2021 World Junior Championship

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Trevor Zegras (Boston University) had two goals and two assists and Matthew Boldy (Boston College) scored three goals as 16 different players recorded points in the U.S. National Junior Team’s 11-0 victory over Austria in Edmonton Saturday night in preliminary round play of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. The U.S. outshot Austria 73-10 as … Read more

Hockey East announces schedule updates for men’s, women’s games of Dec. 26-30

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Hockey East announced Saturday schedule updates for conference men’s and women’s teams. New Hampshire’s men’s team is now scheduled to host Massachusetts for a single game on Wednesday, December 30 at 3:30 p.m. Holy Cross is now scheduled to host New Hampshire for a single women’s game on Wednesday, December 30. Hockey East Upcoming Schedule … Read more