Three east-west games, including North Dakota at Cornell, top our slate: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 4

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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 1, 2024:

  • North Dakota -120 @ Cornell -110; over/under 5.5
  • Michigan +120 @ Boston University -154; o/u 6.5
  • Boston College -215 @ St. Cloud State +165; o/u 6
  • Minnesota State -160 @ Bemidji State +124; o/u 5
  • Wisconsin +110 @ Notre Dame -140; o/u 5.5
Our “pizza money” game:
  • Penn State +250 @ Minnesota -345; o/u 6.5

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Former Northeastern director of men’s hockey operations Harlow returns to Huskies as new assistant coach

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Matt Harlow has been named an assistant coach for the Northeastern men’s hockey team. Harlow spent the past three seasons as the director of hockey operations for the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack, assisting with all aspects of hockey operations including player personnel, player movement, and player contracts while also handling the day-to-day operations of the club. … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: First-year Miami coach Noreen realizing ‘there’s something special here’ as RedHawks ‘making sure we live by a standard’

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On the face of it, considering Miami hasn’t finished a season with a winning record since 2015, it would’ve been understandable for Anthony Noreen to want to make a big rebrand out of the RedHawks. New coach, new team, new us. But it quickly struck him, after being announced on April 1 as the program’s … Read more

MASCAC Men’s Hockey Season Preview – Panthers face new challengers in expanded MASCAC league

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Plymouth State has ruled the roost in MASCAC hockey for several years in a row and in their final season in the conference face new challengers in Anna Maria and Rivier who now make the conference a 10-team league for the upcoming season. The former Independents will bring a lot of enthusiasm to their first … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Young Northern Michigan squad stumbling early, but ‘we’re holding our heads high right now’

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For Northern Michigan, this season is about the process, not results. Maybe that sounds like a tired sports cliche, but considering this team had to refresh basically its entire coaching staff and roster in the span of five months, it’s a reasonable expectation. Last weekend’s series against Arizona State is a case in point: The … Read more

SUNYAC Men’s Hockey Season Preview – Cardinals, Lakers, Red Dragons expected to battle for the league title

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SUNYAC has also been impacted by conference re-alignment as the long-expected adoption of SUNY-Canton to the league was offset by the departures of Brockport and Geneseo to the UCHC for the 2024-25 season. So, the former nine-team league will play as an eight-team conference moving ahead with travel partners that will better facilitate travel and … Read more

NCHA Men’s Hockey Preview: Bulldogs, Green Knights headline contender list

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By Brian Lester No question the NCHA is a pretty strong hockey conference, especially with two of the nation’s best teams in it. Reigning league champion Adrian leads starts the year at No. 3 nationally in the USCHO.com poll while St. Norbert is ranked fifth and projected to be the Bulldogs’ biggest challenger to a … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Clarkson emphasizing ‘those teaching moments for your team to progress’ with Golden Knights off to 5-2-0 start

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The average college hockey fan wouldn’t view Jean-Francois Houle’s career path for a potential return to his alma mater. The former Clarkson scoring wizard in the 1990s returned to the Golden Knights after ending his on-ice career but jumped on an arc within earshot of a bench boss job within the NHL. He spent five … Read more

Maine’s Barr talks Black Bears, recruiting, recent success, changing landscape: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 7 Episode 3

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Maine head coach Ben Barr joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk Black Bears hockey through the early part of the season, transfer portal, recruiting, factors toward recent success, CHL eligibility, pending legislation, rule changes, and series this coming weekend vs. Merrimack.

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This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Niagara ‘building something special’ as Purple Eagles boast an optimistic ‘eclectic group that learns from each other’

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Parity continues to reign in Atlantic Hockey America. Ask any coach about the league and they’ll tell you one of its strengths is that the margin between the top and bottom is small. To date, there have been six conference series, with four resulting in splits, and two more that featured one team getting four … Read more

UCHC Men’s Hockey Season Preview – Pioneers face-off with new challengers in re-vamped UCHC

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The UCHC was among the most impacted D-III hockey conferences moving from an       11-team league in 2023-24 to just a six-team conference in 2024-25 before further planned re-alignment for the 2025-26 campaign. Misericordia, with head coach Kevin Cole, will field its inaugural D-III hockey squad this season that enables an eight-team MAC league … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Early nonconference action sees Big Ten teams romp to .703 win percentage, good for tops in NCAA hockey

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For the Big Ten, the season is starting and fast and, well, big. With 37 games played collectively against nonconference foes, the Big Ten’s .703 win percentage in non-league play leads all conferences as November begins, with Hockey East (.628) and the NCHC (.627) not too far behind. Last weekend, six of the league’s seven … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey: The PodKaz Episode 26 – Brown’s Mel Ruzzi joins the show after a 4-0 start

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Hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com welcome Brown coach Mel Ruzzi, whose team defeated Quinnipiac and Princeton last weekend to improve to 4-0. Those weren’t the only surprising results of the weekend, and Nicole and Todd discuss the key games. Plus: Some thoughts on news that the PWHL is looking to expand and … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Northeastern leaning on veteran core through brutal stretch of early 2024-25 schedule

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Though its roster lacks a returning senior from last year, Northeastern will nevertheless be relying on veteran leadership for success this season. While much has been made of the heralded freshman classes that highlight the rosters of crosstown rivals Boston College and Boston University, the Huskies’ top two scorers — forward Jack Williams (2-4-6) and … Read more

Misericordia men’s hockey team hires Swanson, Jatczak as assistant coaches on eve of inaugural 2024-25 season

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Scott Swanson and Stan Jatczak have been named assistant hockey coaches at Misericordia. The Cougars will begin their inaugural season of competition at Buffalo State on Nov. 1. Swanson served as a team captain of the Springfield Pics junior hockey team and was a three-time team captain in five seasons at Norwich. He led Norwich … Read more

CNE Men’s Hockey Season Preview – Colonels, Gulls, Nor’easters expected to battle for CNE crown

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Gone is the Commonwealth Coast Conference as this season a re-brand re-names the 40-year old league to the Conference of New England or the CNE. While the eight-team league for hockey maintains the same number of competitors, two Rhode Island schools have swapped leagues for the 2024-25 season with Salve Regina moving to the NEHC … Read more

NEHC Men’s Hockey Season Preview – Statesmen looking for ‘three-peat’ in final season of NEHC alignment

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The 2024-25 season already brings us several conference re-alignments and a new playing league to the D-III mix that will impact conference races and national tournament bid opportunities next spring. In what will be the final season of the NEHC as we have seen it in recent years, the conference adds Albertus Magnus from the … Read more

TMQ: How to define ‘rapid success’ when it comes to college hockey, how a coach can affect a team’s turnaround from one season to the next

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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. Dan: I woke up this morning to the crispy feel of leaves under my feet and 30-degree temperatures in the air. It was fall in New England, the perfect time of … Read more