Minnesota is still the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, garnering 47 of a possible 50 first-place votes in this week’s poll. The Gophers swept Minnesota State last weekend. St. Cloud State, after sweeping Alabama-Huntsville, vaults up one notch to No. 2 and also gained a first-place vote. A sweep of Vermont … Read more
The Badgers, who have played one series in the last three weekends, travel to Miami this weekend.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
With 38 first-place votes, Minnesota maintains the No. 1 spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Gophers suffered their first loss of the season in a split with Notre Dame last weekend. Idle Michigan received nine first-place votes and remains No. 2 in the poll. St. Cloud State split with Miami and … Read more
The Gophers lost five players early after last season but have started 5-0-1.
Wisconsin and North Dakota are no longer WCHA rivals, but starting with the 2014-15 season, the two schools will play a two-game series in four of the next five seasons. Wisconsin joined the Big Ten this year, while North Dakota is a founding member of the NCHC. “We are excited to announce a long-term scheduling … Read more
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Goaltender Collin Olson, a sixth-round NHL draft pick, has left Ohio State, citing a lack of playing time.
Northeastern’s Kevin Roy and Notre Dame’s Vince Hinostroza have earned monthly national awards for October from the Hockey Commissioners Association.
Minnesota and North Dakota have agreed to terms on a two-year contract for nonconference games in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons.
The Gophers are 5-0-1 and ranked No. 1 heading into their first off weekend of the season.
Joe Battista, the longtime Penn State employee and associate athletic director for Pegula Ice Arena and hockey development, announced Tuesday that he will leave the school, effective Nov. 8, and will take a new role with Pegula’s East Management Services as its vice president of hockey related businesses. “Joe Battista has been an integral part … Read more
With a tie and a win last weekend over Boston College, Minnesota earned all 50 first-place votes and retains the No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Not since the first-ever USCHO.com polls on Oct. 6, Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, 1997, has a team been a unanimous top-ranked team in the … Read more
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota sophomore forward Christian Horn has left school to play for the Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League. Horn did not see any game action with the Gophers this year or in 2012-13.
League teams were 3-6-1 in road nonconference games last weekend.
Here’s our weekly look at big events and big issues around Division I men’s college hockey.
Minnesota’s sweep of Bemidji State has the Gophers assuming the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, up from their No. 3 rank of a week ago. The Gophers, who earned 31 first-place votes this week, are one of four 4-0 teams in the nation and all are ranked this week – … Read more
Conference teams went 7-2 on the opening weekend, and some young players made their first appearances in the spotlight with game-winning goals.
It’s hard not to feel a twinge of hopefulness for what the future holds, not only for the Penn State hockey program but the college game as a whole, Chris Peters writes.