Monday 10: Top-ranked Denver off to 10-0-0 start, Boston College sweeps Maine, Dartmouth stays hot, Alaska keeps picking up points

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Sweeps abound; Denver stays unbeaten League play began in earnest this weekend with only six non-conference games played compared to 22 last weekend. Of the 24 series played this past weekend, 16 ended in sweeps, including … Read more

SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Sweeps galore as No. 1 Denver downs Lindenwood, No. 10 North Dakota defeats Minnesota Duluth, No. 12 St. Cloud upends Miami, No. 4 Michigan State doubles up No. 13 Ohio State, No. 3 Minnesota gets by Wisconsin in OT, No. 7 Michigan drops No. 20 Notre Dame

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Tenth-ranked North Dakota jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after 20 minutes and kept control throughout, notching a 4-1 victory over Minnesota Duluth and securing the series sweep on Saturday night from AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn. UND notches its first sweep of the season and records its sixth straight win over Minnesota Duluth. … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: No. 17 UMass Lowell downs No. 9 Boston University, No. 3 Minnesota rallies to beat Wisconsin, No. 2 Boston College edges No. 5 Maine, Yale ties No. 6 Cornell, top-ranked Denver beats Lindenwood

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No. 17 UMass Lowell scored two goals 34 seconds apart in the third period to snap a 3-3 tie and defeat No. 9 Boston University 5-3 Friday night at Agganis Arena in Boston. Libor Nemec made it 4-3 River Hawks at 11:28 of the final period and then Dillan Bentley gave UML the insurance goal … Read more

D-III West Hockey Weekend Picks

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Week No. 2 of the college hockey season is here and one of the highlights will be Adrian’s weekend in New York. The Bulldogs play Cortland and Oswego in games that could go a long way for them come March. There are also a couple of conference matchups and some intriguing non-conference battles. Let the … Read more

Analyzing league matchups in Big Ten, Hockey East, NCHC for Nov. 8, 2024: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 5

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college hockey money lines over under wagering

USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger look at money lines and over/under for five games (plus our “pizza money” game) on November 8, 2024:

  • Notre Dame +190 @ Michigan -250; over/under 6.5
  • Ohio State +200 @ Michigan State -270; o/u 5.5
  • Maine +165 @ Boston College -215; o/u 5.5
  • Arizona State +135 @ Colorado College -175; o/u 5.5
  • North Dakota -195 @ Minnesota Duluth +150; o/u 6.5
Our “pizza money” game:
  • UMass Lowell +260 @ Boston University -360; o/u 6.5

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NCAA Division I Council votes to make major junior players eligible for NCAA hockey with change taking effect Aug. 1, 2025; CHL players still ineligible for D-III hockey

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The NCAA Division I council voted Thursday to make Canadian Hockey League (major junior) players eligible for NCAA Division I hockey and those players may start to participate on NCAA Division I hockey teams effective August 1, 2025. Players may participate in the CHL (Ontario Hockey League, Western Hockey League, and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Western Michigan rookie Nehring ‘exactly the player we recruited’ as Jets prospect turning heads early in ’24-25

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Last June, Western Michigan coach Pat Ferschweiler attended the 2023 NHL Draft specifically to witness Broncos recruit Zach Nehring becoming the Winnipeg Jets’ third-round pick. Nehring had been on WMU’s radar for some time, stemming from his successful prep hockey career at Minnesota’s Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. And now, there’s no surprise in the Broncos’ camp … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Minnesota State-St. Thomas weekend series part of ‘iron sharpens iron piece every week’ in conference play

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Nobody can accuse Minnesota State of taking the easy way out to start the 2024-25 season. In their first five weeks of play, the Mavericks have skated every weekend without a bye, and their opponents have included: two top-10-ranked nonconference opponents (Michigan and North Dakota), one team that was ranked before the series (Omaha), one … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: After sweeping North Dakota to open ’24-25 season, Cornell knows it’s ‘a long way from being where we want’

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Every year, the debate surrounding the Ivy League schools in college hockey ends with one of the more mind-boggling stalemates among the sport’s followers. It seldom advances beyond their unique or quirky scheduling arrangement limiting the six hockey-sponsored schools to six fewer games than the rest of college hockey, a debate that’s almost never accurately … Read more

New Roger Williams NCAA D-III men’s hockey program tabs experienced Hall as Hawks’ first head coach for start of 2025-26 season

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As Roger Williams University prepares to kick off a men’s hockey program in the fall of 2025, Chris Hall has been named the first head coach for the rebooted program. Roger Williams is located in Bristol, R.I. “I’m incredibly honored to be the first leader of the RWU men’s ice hockey program in this new … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey America: Veteran leadership leading the way as fifth-year players taking charge at Bentley

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Last season was the first for Andy Jones behind the bench at Bentley. Jones, who was appointed in late June of 2023, didn’t have a lot of time to get to know his team well and inherited a recruiting class put together by the departing Ryan Soderquist. The Falcons were picked to finish in last … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Golden Gophers booming with confidence heading into Wisconsin series as Minnesota’s blue line a ‘catalyst for us’

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After sweeping Penn State in their opening weekend of Big Ten play, Minnesota is 7-1-0, the team’s best start since beginning the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season with 10 wins in a row. The seven wins in eight games is the Golden Gophers’ best start under Bob Motzko outside of that truncated season. “A lot of guys … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 27 – A look at intriguing debuts in the Rivalry Series

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USCHO.com’s Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski look back at last week’s results in NCAA women’s hockey, including a bounce back by Quinnipiac in ECAC Hockey and more questions for Clarkson and Cornell. Wisconsin, meanwhile, kept rolling along with two more shutouts. Then we take a look ahead at this week’s start of the Rivalry Series … Read more