Nine conference quarterfinal games were played Sunday, with some teams eliminated from the 2020-21 season and some advancing to play another day.
Are we there yet?
It’s a valid question, given how long this COVID-compressed season has felt, given how easily the season could have been derailed, given the intensity of competition that’s taken place in mostly empty arenas.
As each team in the Big Ten prepares for the three-day, single-elimination playoff championship tournament that begins March 14, a picture of a unified, almost defiant conference emerges along with snapshots of the unique, specific experiences that define each team in the league.
The Michigan-Michigan State game scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, in East Lansing, Mich., has been canceled upon mutual agreement by both schools.
There’s no denying that Dylan St. Cyr has earned his opportunity in net.
Notre Dame’s senior netminder appeared in only 11 contests during his first three seasons on campus after being a mainstay for the USA Hockey National Team Development Program the two years prior.
The Big Ten announced Thursday that it has changed the dates of the 2021 Big Ten men’s hockey tournament from March 18-20 to March 14-16.
On Tuesday of this week, Todd Milewski wrote in the Wisconsin State Journal that the Big Ten will likely be moving up the start date of the playoff tournament to Sunday, March 14. That is something that Wisconsin coach Tony Granato let slip, apparently, before anything official had been announced by the league.
The Penn State-Minnesota men’s hockey series scheduled for February 27-28 has been canceled due to positive COVID-19 results among Penn State’s Tier 1 personnel.
With Wisconsin coming into town, Michigan didn’t exactly get to ease back into things after a COVID-19-related pause forced it to take 22 days off.
In a memo from the NCAA obtained by USCHO Tuesday, it has been learned that the NCAA intends to play the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh on April 8 and April 10 from the PPG Paints Arena.
The Big Ten announced Monday a pair of suspensions under the conference’s supplemental discipline process for separate incidents that occurred in a game between Arizona State and Michigan State on Sunday, Feb. 14.
Fifteen NCAA Division I hockey players who excel both on and off the ice have been selected as candidates for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award.
The Penn State men’s hockey team has paused all team-related activities due to positive COVID-19 results among Tier 1 personnel.
NCAA Division I hockey student-athletes, coaches and administrators unveiled a new initiative Wednesday – College Hockey for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – that is designed to create positive cultural change in the sport through communication, education, allyship, and advocacy.
There’s a new No. 1 in the Big Ten, and there can be no doubt about the validity of this top contender.
The Ohio State at Penn State series scheduled for this Friday and Saturday has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 results among Penn State’s Tier 1 personnel.
The Hockey Commissioners Association announced Thursday its men’s national players of the month for January.
Notre Dame recently learned that it will be skating on home ice for the Big Ten tournament at the end of the season.
Now, the Fighting Irish have 10 games to put themselves in the best possible position for said tournament, starting with this weekend on the road against Ohio State.
On Saturday, Jan. 30, the Minnesota vs. Ohio State men’s hockey game delivered 164,810 viewers and became the most-watched men’s ice hockey game in Big Ten Network history.
The Big Ten announced Saturday that Michigan State sophomore forward Jagger Joshua has been suspended for one game as a result of an incident that occurred in a game against Wisconsin on January 29, 2021.
With the addition of guest Arizona State, B1G Hockey has at least a one-team measurement for nonconference play, but it’s still nearly impossible to gauge where a team really stands in the national picture. Because of that uncertainty, this admission from Wisconsin coach Tony Granato is no surprise.
“I kind of peek at the rankings,” said Granato. “Everybody does.”