USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
Mercyhurst at Wisconsin
CHA champion Mercyhurst and WCHA champion Wisconsin both seek their first Frozen Four berth in Saturday’s 7 p.m. CT NCAA quarterfinal broadcast.
Men’s D-I: Big Ten
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
Michigan’s Johnson Shines In First Playoff Series
This weekend, Michigan freshman defenseman Jack Johnson showed why he was the third pick overall in last year’s NHL Draft. Besides his physical gifts, Johnson’s ability to step up his game when it matters most has the Wolverines riding high heading into Joe Louis Arena for the CCHA Semifinals next weekend.
Commentary: Michigan Wisely Turns To Veteran Goalie
Michigan head coach Red Berenson has settled on his starting netminder to open the Wolverines’ CCHA playoff run: veteran Noah Ruden.
Wisconsin Leads WCHA Award Winners
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) has announced its 2005-06 award winners. Sara Bauer Wisconsin’s Sara Bauer has been named the 2005-06 WCHA Player of the Year. Bauer, a junior forward from St. Catharines, Ont., ranked second in the league scoring race with 38 points in 28 league games. She was third in goal scoring … Read more
Back In Form
Brian Elliott’s year had been straight out of a storybook — until his injury. Now, the junior netminder appears set to lead Wisconsin back to its early-season form in the WCHA playoffs.
Keeping Their Distance
Look, but don’t touch — that was Minnesota’s approach to its MacNaughton Cup title when the Cup was presented to the Gophers last weekend.
Goalie Situation Uncertain For Michigan
On Oct. 7, freshman Billy Sauer started in net for Michigan’s 3-1 season-opening win over Quinnipiac. Sauer also stood between the pipes when the Wolverines closed the season with a 4-3 overtime loss to Ferris State on Feb. 25. But despite opening and closing the regular season as the starting goalie, Sauer’s hold on the … Read more
A Good Work In Progress
Michigan State started strong, then struggled before coming on in the second half to the cusp of a No. 1 NCAA tournament seed. Sean Caruthers reports.
OSU Welcomes Fresh Playoff Start
If there is one good thing about starting the Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs, it is that all prior records are wiped out and every team starts at 0-0-0 again. For the Ohio State men’s hockey team, having the slate of the 2005-2006 regular season wiped clean is the best news they have had in … Read more
Badgers Back To Drawing Board
Back to the basics, back to square one. That was the message during a 20-minute players-only meeting following Wisconsin’s Feb. 25’s 7-3 loss to Minnesota State. And that was the message through all of this week’s practices. And despite a mediocre Wednesday practice, the Badgers finished a refreshing week Thursday — one that harkened back … Read more
Commentary: Jackson, Irish Ready For Playoff Push
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Jeff Jackson era. For those of you unfamiliar with the first-year Irish head hockey coach and his team, these next few weeks will be a crash course. Jump on the bandwagon now before it’s too late — this Notre Dame hockey team is going places. Jackson brings a pedigree … Read more
Minnesota’s Frazee Takes Lumps, Lessons In Net
If a player struggled to live up to considerable hype, watched as the job he was competing for was claimed by someone else and went through off-ice troubles, you would say he’s had a heck of a rough career, right? But, if all these things happened in just one season — let alone that player’s … Read more
2,118 Miles
Boston resident and Wisconsin alum Nicholas Jon Wood took in two of college hockey’s seminal events — the Beanpot and the Frozen Tundra Classic — in a weeklong trek covering thousands of miles. He’s here to tell the tale.
Struggling Wisconsin Falters Again
A month and a half ago, Wisconsin was on top of the world. Now the Badgers find themselves trying to dig their way out of a hole.
See You Next Season: NMU, Wisconsin To Play In Green Bay
Northern Michigan University will host the Wisconsin Badgers for a two-game series on Oct. 6-7 at the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. Tickets for Northern Michigan fans will go on sale Monday, NMU athletic director Ken Godfrey said, if the system can be finalized by TicketStar in Green Bay. Tickets will be $15 for … Read more
Minnesota’s Mayasich Honored With Lamoriello Award
John Mayasich, considered by many to be the greatest American-born hockey player of all time, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2006 Lou Lamoriello Award. The award, named after the former Providence College player and coach — and current New Jersey Devils president and coach — honors a former member of the college … Read more
USCHO Women’s Game of the Week:
Wisconsin at Ohio State
Regardless of what happens this weekend, Wisconsin will finish atop the WCHA standings for the first time in the history of the program. However, the road to the summit has been far from easy for the Badgers, and Ohio State ranks among the teams to throw a scare into the Badgers along the way. Last … Read more
Badgers’ Joudrey Out 3-4 Weeks
The Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team, already beset once by an injury to a key player this season, now find themselves without their most consistent forward. The team found out Monday that junior Andrew Joudrey will miss the next three to four weeks with a left knee injury. Joudrey’s injury occurred Saturday night against Michigan … Read more
Cup In Sight For Gophers
As the season nears its end, teams talk about wanting to control their own destiny. Minnesota now has just that power in the WCHA.
Minnesota’s Irmen Returns To Practice, Denver Series Status Uncertain
Minnesota’s men’s hockey team now has two players wearing jerseys with white crosses on them in practice. That addition occurred Tuesday as star junior forward Danny Irmen returned to the ice. Irmen missed last weekend’s series at Michigan Tech after suffering a third-degree separation to his right shoulder in the Gophers’ 3-1 win Jan. 28 … Read more