After a juggernaut season where Hobart has gone unbeaten in the regular season and SUNYAC tournament, established a new home win-streak, surpassing the great Cornell teams of the early 1970’s, surrendered less than one goal per game with fourteen total shutouts and finished ranked at the No. 1 spot in the country from pre-season … Read more
Loveland Regional, March 27-29 | Blue FCU Arena No. 1 Western Michigan (26-10-1) vs. No. 4 Minnesota State (22-10-7) | March 27, 2:30 p.m. p.m. ET (ESPNU) No. 2 Denver (25-11-3) vs. No. 3 Cornell (22-10-1) | March 27, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN-plus) Loveland Regional Championship | March 29, TBD WESTERN MICHIGAN How they got … Read more
The final weekly edition of the PodKaz for the 2025-26 season has hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski from USCHO.com reflecting on the Frozen Four. Wisconsin took home its second straight NCAA championship by beating Ohio State 3-2 in Sunday’s championship game. Is having the Badgers and the Buckeyes play for the title four years … Read more
Massachusetts goalie Michael Hrabal will forgo his senior year after signing a 3-year entry-level contract with the Utah Mammoth of the NHL, the school announced Wednesday. The contract will begin at the start of the 2026-27 season. The Prague, Czechia native was drafted in the second round, 38th overall, by the Arizona Coyotes in the … Read more
Sioux Falls Regional, March 26-28 | Denny Sanford PREMIER Center No. 2 Providence (23-10-2) vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac (26-9-3) | March 26, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN-plus) No. 1 North Dakota (27-9-1) vs. No. 4 Merrimack (21-15-2) | March 26, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Sioux Falls Regional Championship | March 28, TBD NORTH DAKOTA How they … Read more
Worcester Regional, March 26-28 | DCU Center No. 1 Michigan State (25-8-2) vs. No. 4 Connecticut (20-12-5) | March 26, 1:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) No. 2 Dartmouth (23-7-4) vs. No. 3 Wisconsin (21-12-2) | March 26, 5 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Worcester Regional Championship | March 28, TBD MICHIGAN STATE How they got here: At-large, 3rd … Read more
Brett Larson has agreed to a five-year contract to be the next coach of the Minnesota men’s hockey team, the school announced Tuesday. Larson comes to Minnesota from St. Cloud State where he served as the head coach for the past eight seasons. While at St. Cloud, Larson guided the Huskies to four NCAA tournament … Read more
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 Ed: Jim, when I talk about college hockey to people who have never been to a game, I often speak enthusiastically about the atmosphere. Loud crowds, the bands, and the usually … Read more
PODCAST: All six men’s D-I hockey conferences crowned a tournament champion over the weekend, while the NCAA regionals were set. We look at both.
The quarterfinal round on Saturday offered much more closely contested outcomes with three one-goal games including an overtime match-up between Norwich and Hamilton and a double OT thriller between Aurora and Endicott. Wisconsin-Stout stunned Utica and Hobart took down St. Norbert to punch their ticket to the Frozen four and keep the fire burning … Read more
In our last Monday 10 of the season, we’ll catch you up on 10 things to know about the men’s D-I hockey championship weekend and the NCAA tournament field.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Wisconsin Badgers survived a late push by Ohio State to earn their ninth national title on Sunday, taking a 3-2 victory in front of 3,785 fans at Pegula Arena on Penn State’s campus. Wisconsin’s nine national championships are the most of any program in the nation. UW coach Mark Johnson said he … Read more
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger analyze the NCAA’s 2026 Men’s D-I ice hockey bracket as announced on March 22, 2026.
Michigan is the No. 1 overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Division I men’s championship tournament. North Dakota (No. 2 overall), Michigan State (3) and defending NCAA champion Western Michigan (4) join the Wolverines as the four regional top seeds, while Dartmouth is making its first tourney appearance since 1980. FULL NCAA DIVISON I MEN’S … Read more
The NCAA Division I men’s ice hockey committee announced its field of 16 teams on Sunday. The following is the bracket.
BRACKETOLOGY XTRA: We discuss our final projected bracket after the games of Saturday, March 21, on this special episode.
WelThis is my final prediction for what the NCAA men’s hockey committee will do ahead of tomorrow’s selection show (3 p.m. ET on ESPNU).
BOSTON — For Merrimack to make history, it needed a championship performance. It got one from goalie Max Lundgren. Clinging to a one-goal lead for almost the entirety of the third period, the junior from Angelholm, Sweden, held off a furious Connecticut attack over the final minutes to preserve a 2-1 win for Merrimack and … Read more
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Wisconsin senior defender Caroline Harvey was announced as the 2026 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner on Saturday, March 21. She is only the third defender to win the Patty Kaz, joining Ohio State’s Sophie Jaques (2023) and Harvard’s Angela Ruggiero (2004). Last season, the Salem, New Hampshire, native broke Wisconsin’s single-season … Read more
Twelve teams are in, leaving four spots to be decided Saturday. Here’s what to know about the NCAA men’s hockey tournament.