Ohio State has the third-best defense in the nation, allowing 2.08 goals per game on average — a significant improvement over last year’s 30th-best blue line that allowed close to three goals per game.
Andrew Oglevie moved to center right before the Irish went on their well-documented, 16-game winning streak (photo: Melissa Wade).
The award recognizes the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I men’s hockey (photo: Rachel Lewis).
For the Wolverines to make it to college hockey’s bonus round, they needed to improve every aspect of their game after midseason (photo: Melissa Wade).
It’s the second national coaching award for Jackson, who also was honored in 2007 (photo: Matt Dewkett).
For the second time in a five-season stretch, Jeff Jackson and Notre Dame found themselves being the new kids on the block in a conference (photo: Matt Dewkett).
The Buckeyes take the third-best defense (2.08) and the nation’s second-best combined special teams, including the best penalty kill in Division I, into the Frozen Four (photo: Omar Phillips).
The inaugural NCAA Midwest regional in Allentown, Pa., featured several subplots vying for attention (photo: Omar Phillips).
Penn State junior forward Andrew Sturtz will forgo his senior season after signing a two-year, entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators Wednesday afternoon (photo: Omar Phillips).
According to conventional wisdom, you don’t ever want to be the guy that replaces the legend. Far better to be the guy that replaces the guy that replaces the legend (photo: Melissa Wade).
St. Cloud State coach Bob Motzko is moving down the road to Minneapolis to become the coach at Minnesota (photo: Melissa Wade).
Minnesota freshman forward Casey Mittelstadt has given up his last three years of NCAA eligibility to sign with the team on a three-year, entry-level contract (photo: Dan & Margaret Hickling).
Seven years later, three-quarters of the 2011 men’s Frozen Four field is coming back to St. Paul, Minn.
Day 2 of the 2018 NCAA men’s hockey tournament gave two teams a return to the Frozen Four and put a third within striking distance.
After Notre Dame and Providence won in the East Regional and Air Force and Minnesota Duluth advanced in the West, the first two Frozen Four spots will be decided Saturday (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Minnesota sophomore defenseman Ryan Lindgren will forego his final two years of eligibility with the Gophers after signing an entry-level contract with the New York Rangers this week (photo: Dan and Margaret Hickling).
Check out our preview of the Midwest Regional, which includes Ohio State, Denver, Penn State and Princeton (photo: Rachel Lewis).
Check out our preview of the East Regional, which includes Notre Dame, Providence, Clarkson and Michigan Tech (photo: Rachel Lewis).
Check out our preview of the Northeast Regional, which includes Cornell, Michigan, Northeastern and Boston University (photo: Omar Phillips).
Don Lucia is leaving the Minnesota bench after a 19-year run as the Gophers head coach (photo: Jim Rosvold).