Boston University announced Wednesday that Albie O’Connell will not return as head coach of the Terriers’ men’s hockey program. In four seasons, O’Connell compiled a 58-49-16 record and led the Terriers to one NCAA tournament appearance. The 2021-22 season came to an end with a loss in the Hockey East quarterfinals as BU missed out … Read more
UMass Lowell junior forward Andre Lee has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Los Angeles Kings. In signing with the NHL team, Lee will give up his senior season with the River Hawks. Lee was drafted by the Kings in the seventh round (188th overall) of the 2019 NHL Draft. “We are extremely proud … Read more
Massachusetts sophomore forward Josh Lopina has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks. Lopina will give up his junior and senior seasons with UMass. In two seasons with the Minutemen, Lopina helped UMass to back-to-back Hockey East tournament titles and NCAA berths and a national championship in 2020-21. The Minooka, Ill., native, who … Read more
Massachusetts junior defenseman Matt Kessel has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the St. Louis Blues. Kessel will forgo his senior year with UMass. Kessel, a two-time Hockey East all-star and 2021-22 assistant captain, helped the Minutemen to the 2020-21 national championship and back-to-back Hockey East tournament titles (2021 and 2022). The Bloomfield Hills, Mich., … Read more
The win took a come-from-behind effort as UMass swung the game open with two goals in a 56-second span in the first period.
The Broncos won their first NCAA tournament game after seven losses despite the Huskies’ third-period rally in the Worcester Regional opener.
All 16 teams in the field were on the final line of at least one bracket in the contest.
WORCESTER REGIONAL When: Friday, March 25 & Sunday, March 27 Where: DCU Center, Worcester, Mass. Matchups: Western Michigan vs. Northeastern, March 25, noon, ESPNU; Minnesota vs. Massachusetts, March 25, 6 p.m., ESPNU; championship, March 27, 4 p.m./6:30 p.m., ESPN2 1. WESTERN MICHIGAN How they got here: At-large bid Overall season record: 25-11-1 Top players: F … Read more
No. 1 Denver advanced to Saturday’s regional final, where it will play No. 2 Minnesota Duluth for a trip to the Frozen Four.
The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Thursday that Massachusetts senior forward Bobby Trivigno is recipient of the 70th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born Division I college hockey player in New England. Trivigno also won the award in 2021. Trivigno, a native of Setauket, N.Y., scored 20 goals and added 28 … Read more
Providence junior goaltender Jaxson Stauber has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks, forgoing his senior season with the Friars. Stauber’s contract runs through the 2023-24 season. The native of Plymouth, Minn., who was a Walter Brown Award and Mike Richter Award semifinalist for the second consecutive season, posted a 21-14-2 record with … Read more
The Minnesota Wild has announced that the team has signed UConn junior forward Vladislav Firstov to a three-year, entry-level contract starting with the 2022-23 season. Firstov will report to the AHL’s Iowa Wild on an amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. The native of Yaroslavl, Russia, just wrapped up his junior season … Read more
LOVELAND REGIONAL When: Thursday, March 24 & Saturday, March 26 Where: Budweiser Events Center, Loveland, Colo. Matchups: Minnesota Duluth vs. Michigan Tech, March 24, 3 p.m., ESPNU; Denver vs. UMass Lowell, March 24, 9 p.m., ESPNU; championship, March 26, 4 p.m./6:30 p.m., ESPNU 1. DENVER How they got here: At-large bid Overall season record: 27-9-1 … Read more
All 15 games will be on ESPNU, ESPNews or ESPN2 along with streaming availability. See the schedule here.
Only one small tweak was needed once we put together the full bracket with bracket integrity.
If Aaron Bohlinger scores a goal, there’s a 100 percent chance Massachusetts will hoist a championship trophy at the end of the game. Less than a year after scoring the game winner in the NCAA championship game for his first career goal, Bohlinger scored his second career goal in overtime to lift UMass to a … Read more
Our final Bracketology will be posted soon but until then here are the 16 teams that have earned spots in the 2022 NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament, broken down by seed.
It was ugly and sometimes even a little bloody, but UMass is on its way to the Hockey East championship game for the second straight season. The Minutemen rode a two-goal spurt in less than two minutes of the first period Friday night as a springboard for a 3-1 win over intra-state rival UMass Lowell … Read more
Darion Hanson would like to remind you that his team plays in a pro hockey barn, thank you very much. Unfazed by his first appearance at the TD Garden, the Connecticut graduate-student transfer netminder backstopped his Huskies past Northeastern’s Huskies to the tune of a 3-1 win in the semifinals of the Hockey East tournament … Read more
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee announced Wednesday the top 10 candidates for the 2022 award honoring college hockey’s top player. Alphabetically, they are: Matty Beniers, So., F, Michigan Bobby Brink, Jr., F, Denver Brian Halonen, Sr., F, Michigan Tech Luke Hughes, Fr., D, Michigan Devon Levi, So., G, Northeastern Dryden McKay, Sr., G, Minnesota … Read more