The Details Who: No. 11 Ferris State (13-3-2), Merrimack (7-8), No. 7 Wisconsin (11-5-2), No. 9 Yale (7-3-2) When: Saturday, Jan. 2 and Sunday, Jan. 3 Where: Kohl Center, Madison, Wis. Tickets: Click here (new window) Saturday’s games: Ferris State vs. Yale, 4 p.m. Central; Merrimack vs. Wisconsin, 7 p.m. Sunday’s games: Ferris State/Yale vs. … Read more
The Details Who: Alabama-Huntsville (4-9-1), Mercyhurst (9-9-2), No. 12 Minnesota-Duluth (11-6-1), Vermont (8-6-2) When: Saturday, Jan. 2 and Sunday, Jan. 3 Where: Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, Vt. Tickets: Click here (new window) Saturday’s games: Mercyhurst vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 4 p.m. Eastern; Alabama-Huntsville vs. Vermont, 7 p.m. Sunday’s games: Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. Eastern; semifinal winners, 7 p.m. … Read more
The Details Who: No. 5 Boston College (10-3-2), No. 2 Denver (11-5-2), Nebraska-Omaha (9-7-4), St. Lawrence (8-7-2) When: Friday, Jan. 1 and Saturday, Jan. 2 Where: Magness Arena, Denver Tickets: Click here (new window) Friday’s games: Boston College vs. St. Lawrence, 4:30 p.m. Mountain; Denver vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games: Nebraska-Omaha vs. St. Lawrence, … Read more
The Details Who: No. 3 Colorado College (11-4-3), No. 4 Cornell (7-2-2), Maine (9-7-1), Princeton (4-8-1) When: Tuesday, Dec. 29 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 Where: Germain Arena, Estero, Fla. Tickets: Click here (new window) Tuesday’s schedule: Princeton vs. Maine, 4 p.m. Eastern; Colorado College vs. Cornell, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s schedule: Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. Eastern; … Read more
The Details Who: Bentley (6-7-3), Connecticut (2-12-2), No. 15 Massachusetts (10-5), No. 18 Union (8-3-5) When: Tuesday, Dec. 29 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 Where: Freitas Ice Forum, Storrs, Conn. Tickets: Click here (new window) Tuesday’s games: Massachusetts vs. Union, 4 p.m. Eastern; Connecticut vs. Bentley, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday’s games: Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. Eastern; semifinal … Read more
The whole idea of turning college hockey games into outdoor “events” is starting to wear on USCHO national columnist Dave Starman.
Boston University recently pulled its goalie for a 6-on-3 advantage in a non-desperation situation. Might that become a trend? Scott Weighart reports.
35 former NCAA women’s players are competing for Team USA and Canada, looking to gain a coveted spot for the 2010 Olympics. The two teams faced off Saturday in Denver, Candace Horgan reports.
Letters To Santa For the final column before the holidays, we’ve once again intercepted mail from Hockey East arenas to the North Pole and are sharing them with you. On New Hampshire stationery: Hey, Santa, Dick Umile here. Things are looking pretty good here in Durham. First place in Hockey East with a 7-2-2 record. … Read more
Hockey East’s first-place team is back in the top 20. New Hampshire, which extended its unbeaten streak to six games last weekend with victories over No. 8 Massachusetts-Lowell and at No. 19 Vermont, entered the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll on Monday at No. 19. Related link: USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll: Dec. 7, 2009 … Read more
Marcou, Minutemen Putting Best Foot Forward As December has arrived, I think the feel-good story of the year in Hockey East is Massachusetts. Few gave the Minutemen a chance preseason, including yours truly, who picked them to finished eighth in Hockey East. But with the holiday break right around the corner, the Minutemen have shocked … Read more
Hockey East correspondent Dave Hendrickson has a riddle for you involving one of the teams that’s making waves early this season.
From the Penthouse to the Outhouse Boston University fans lived charmed lives last season, watching their Terriers win championship after championship, including the big enchilada in dramatic fashion. So far this year, however, those fans are paying for it. After finishing in every first place possible one season ago, the Terriers now find themselves in … Read more
Splitsville We’ve just about reached Thanksgiving, and amazingly every single league series in Hockey East has been split. And I mean split. No team has taken four points in a two-game series. Similarly, no team has taken three points from the same team. Granted, Hockey East plays less two-game series than, say, the WCHA and … Read more
Former Mass.-Lowell River Hawks forward Ryan Golden was killed in the early hours Saturday morning when his car rolled over on the highway in his hometown of Reading, Mass. Golden, who played at Lowell from 1993 through 1997, was a member of the last two River Hawks teams to appear in the NCAA tournament in … Read more
Boston University ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over Merrimack on Saturday, and USCHO photographer Melissa Wade compiled a photo gallery:
Up Is Down And Down Is Up It’s enough to make you cue up Diana Ross singing “Upside Down.” (I’m not going to infringe on the copyright of songwriters Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards by adding anything more than, “inside out and round and round.” Got the tune in your head now? OK, let’s roll.) … Read more
An excerpt from USCHO Senior Writer Scott Weighart’s book about Boston University’s run to the 2009 national championship.
More Tightly Packed Than Ever? Hockey East has gotten off to a sluggish (at best) start against the other conferences. A 16-14-1 record doesn’t appear all that bad at first glance, but once you get past the 5-0 record against upstart Atlantic Hockey, the results are decidedly underwhelming: 3-3 against the ECACHL, 6-5-1 versus the … Read more
Two teams that were recently down on their luck, Merrimack and Massachusetts-Lowell, have put together good starts to the 2009-10 season, senior writer Jim Connelly reports.