This Week in Atlantic Hockey America: American International down to final weeks as NCAA D-I team; Yellow Jackets coach Lang organizing transfer showcase event April 5-6

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In early November, American International announced that it was downgrading its hockey program to Division II. This means, barring a last-minute long-shot reprieve, this season will be the final one in Atlantic Hockey for the Yellow Jackets, who won four regular-season titles from 2019 to 2022 and enjoyed three playoff championships/NCAA appearances in 2019, 2021, … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Wisconsin’s Finley showing no signs of sophomore slump with 18 goals, confidence ‘oozing out of him’

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“There’s a real piece to sophomore slumps.” That’s the way that Wisconsin coach Mike Hastings began to answer a question in his weekly press conference about Badgers forward Quinn Finley, who most decidedly is not experiencing that stereotypical setback. After a 10-goal rookie campaign, Finley leads Wisconsin with 18 goals and 15 assists, and the … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: New Hampshire, UMass look for some scoring punch, UConn preps for CT Ice and, oh yeah, Boston College vs. Boston University

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Checking in on a few trends around the league on the eve of CT Ice and a big series between a couple of prominent programs: — New Hampshire has a big problem: It can’t score. The Wildcats have lost four straight by a combined score of 15-7 and were held to just one goal on … Read more

Hobey Baker Memorial Award fan balloting now open through March 9 to help choose winner of 2025 honors

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It’s Hobey Baker time. Beginning at 11 a.m. ET today, fan balloting opened for the 2025 Hobey Baker memorial Award. Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker’s tremendously popular fan voting will run from Jan. 22 until March 9 at midnight. College hockey fans can cast their vote by going to the … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Well-conditioned Miami squad aiming for late-January push, looking to ‘build on the good’

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Miami may be mired in a 14-game losing streak, but first-year RedHawks coach Anthony Noreen is keen to make his team one that nobody will want to face down the stretch. Better conditioning was evident both of the last two weekends for Miami, even if it didn’t show up on the scoreboard as the RedHawks … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Will a single conference team make the 2025 NCAA tournament? And which one?

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The 2023 NCAA tournament returned ECAC Hockey to one of its highest watermarks in college hockey’s storied history. Alongside the Big Ten, the conference claimed four of the tournament’s 16 spots and represented a full quarter of the teams entered into the competition for the national championship. Two teams – Quinnipiac and Cornell – advanced … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: Movement abounds for potential NCAA tournament field with schedules heading to late January

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Welcome to Week 2 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday, March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the Men’s NCAA Division I tournament and attempt to seed a bracket based on the current field. This past weekend was a little volatile for the PairWise Rankings. The top two teams, … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 34 – The Beanpot wraps up, upsets in ECAC Hockey and an early Bracketology

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Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com look ahead to Tuesday’s Beanpot championship game between Boston University and Northeastern, who won semifinals last week but then dropped games over the weekend. A look back to last week’s results includes overtime wins by Brown and a pair of losses by Clarkson in ECAC Hockey and an … Read more

TMQ: Talking the Jan. 20 USCHO.com D-I poll, Stonehill’s upset of UMass Lowell, underrated players in NCAA men’s hockey

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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. Paula: Well, Dan, there’s a new No. 1 this week and understandably so. After holding the top spot since Dec. 16, Michigan State drops to No. 2 and Boston College ascends … Read more

Boston College takes over as No. 1 team in Jan. 20 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, getting 36 first-place votes to unseat Michigan State

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With 36 first-place votes, Boston College takes over as the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, moving up one spot in the rankings. Michigan State falls one spot to No. 2, earning 13 first-place votes, while Western Michigan is up one to No. 3, Minnesota is down one to No. 4, … Read more

Monday 10: Michigan, Michigan State split latest rivalry series, Army West Point sweeps Air Force for first time at home since 2008, Arizona State moves into first place in NCHC

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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 and Michigan State split home-and-home series Fans went home happy as the top-ranked Spartans and No. 10 Wolverines each won in front of their home crowds. In Friday’s 3-2 overtime win, Michigan was able to … Read more

NCAA D-III West Men’s Hockey Weekend Roundup

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Lake Forest came to play in Friday’s NCHA series opener against No. 6 Adrian, stunning the Bulldogs 5-2 on Friday night for its first win over a ranked team this season. Dylan Kruss played a key role in the win, stopping 38 shots against the Bulldogs, who came into the night on an nine-game winning … Read more