The college hockey season is a six-month-long debate, but Penn State has already crafted an impressive opening statement. Averaging 5.17 goals per game through their first three series – six games, all wins – with all but three goals coming at even strength, the Nittany Lions are playing hockey that looks a lot more Penn … Read more
With 21 first-place votes this week, Minnesota is again the top-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. St. Cloud State received 14 first-place votes and moved up from No. 8 to No. 2 in this week’s poll. Denver took home seven first-place votes and jumped one spot to No. 3, while Michigan bagged … Read more
Everyone in the Big Ten has played at least four games. Every team in the Big Ten, with one exception, has at least two wins to start the season. That exception is Wisconsin, which is 0-4 to start the season. The Badgers opened 2022-23 with 3-1 and 4-3 road losses to Ohio State. In each … Read more
Minnesota is the new No. 1 team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, picking up 31 first-place votes. The Gophers move up one spot from their No. 2 ranking of a week ago. Minnesota State is up three spots to No. 2, getting 14 first-place votes, while Quinnipiac is up five places to No. … Read more
It’s two weekends deep into Division I play and the Big Ten is already showing what it may do best this season: score. In a dozen collective games, four B1G teams have put up some impressive goal differentials. Yes, it’s far too early in the season to project too much, but these early numbers are … Read more
Is this B1G Hockey’s big season? Finally? While Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin have 23 national championships among them, not one of those titles was captured as a member of the Big Ten. Since its inaugural season in 2013-14, B1G Hockey has sent teams to the Frozen Four seven times, and two B1G teams … Read more
The Big Ten on Wednesday announced its preseason coaches poll as well as two preseason all-Big Ten teams. Coaches also picked the preseason teams. 2022-23 Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Minnesota 2. Notre Dame 3. Michigan 4. Wisconsin 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Michigan State 2022-23 Preseason All-Big Ten Hockey Teams FIRST … Read more
Steve Cash, Jim Johannson, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, Monique Lamoureux-Morando, and Ryan Miller will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as the class of 2022. Cash was a standout Paralympic hockey player for the United States, while Johansson played at Wisconsin and later worked for USA Hockey. Lamoureux-Davidson and Lamoureux-Morando both played at … Read more
Former Michigan State hockey captain Brad Fast has rejoined the Spartans program as the director of player development. The Spartans have also announced that Will Morlock has joined the strength and conditioning staff with his primary duties training the MSU hockey program. Previously the director of hockey operations at MSU (2015-19), Fast comes back to … Read more
Ohio State will welcome Michigan for an outdoor game, the Faceoff on the Lake, at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The stadium is home to the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. “Haslam Sports Group is dedicated to creating unique, memorable experiences for fans throughout the year, and we are excited to partner with … Read more
Michigan has announced the hiring of assistant coach Rob Rassey and Topher Scott as the program’s director of hockey operations. Rassey has 11 years of coaching experience, most recently serving as the head coach of the USHL’s Sioux Fall Stampede. He took over as head coach and general manager of the USHL’s Omaha Lancers midseason … Read more
Brandon Naurato will serve as Michigan’s interim men’s hockey head coach for the 2022-23 season, AD Warde Manuel announced on Sunday.
The United States has their captains for the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championship. Minnesota defenseman Brock Faber has been named captain of the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team, while forwards Thomas Bordeleau (Michigan) and Landon Slaggert (Notre Dame) were named alternate captains. Faber and Slaggert were members of the gold medal-winning 2021 U.S. National Junior … Read more
In a story published Tuesday by The Athletic, according to an anonymous survey of Michigan players and staff, Wolverines head coach Mel Pearson is accused of telling players to provide false information on COVID contact-tracing forms, of misleading recruits about how much scholarship money they would receive, and of allegedly calling one player a “Jew.” … Read more
Jordy Murray has been named an assistant coach with the Michigan Tech hockey team. Murray played collegiately at Wisconsin and was a volunteer assistant coach at Notre Dame during the 2021-22 season. “I am excited to announce the addition of Jordy Murray to our staff,” MTU head coach Joe Shawhan said in a statement. “He … Read more
Luke Strand has been named an assistant coach for the Ohio State men’s hockey team. Most recently, Strand was with the USHL’s Sioux City Musketeers, where he led the team to the 2022 Clark Cup title. “We are excited about the addition of Luke Strand to the staff,” Buckeyes head coach Steve Rohlik said in … Read more
As we look ahead to Thursday’s opening round of the 2022 NHL Draft, those who follow college hockey shouldn’t be as optimistic for the same success as there was in 2021.
The transfer portal is akin to the intercollegiate athletics version of free agency — more so now than ever — with the NCAA relaxing its transfer rules last year, at least where ice hockey was concerned. Previously, student-athletes in most NCAA sports who transferred to a new school were required to sit out a full … Read more
Steve Miller has joined the Minnesota men’s hockey team as the Gophers’ new associate head coach. Miller most recently served at Ohio State in the same role for the previous five seasons. “Steve is one of the most decorated coaches in our sport,” Minnesota head coach Bob Motzko said in a statement. “From the national … Read more
Denver has announced that the Pioneers have signed forwards Casey Dornbach and Tristan Broz as transfer students for the 2022-23 season. Dornbach joins the Pioneers as a graduate student after playing the previous four years with Harvard, including captaining the Crimson last season, while Broz comes to DU after helping Minnesota to the Frozen Four … Read more