Men’s D-I: Hockey East

Hockey East Picks 1/22 – 1/23

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Hockey East announced a new scheduling format this week to avoid cancellations, announcing which games will be played at the start of the week. Northeastern misses another week and teams scramble to change opponents, or, as we call it in the 2020-21 season, a normal week. So, throw out your old schedules and embrace the … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Rapidly-improving Connecticut team making waves with added experience, talent

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Building and continuously rebuilding a college sports program is easily the greatest challenge that every coaching staff faces.

Success, particularly in college hockey, often leads to NHL teams taking notice and players being snatched prior to the conclusion of their four-year college career, often leaving significant holes in a lineup.

Three years ago, Connecticut coach Mike Cavanaugh faced exactly that.

Hockey East ditches season schedules, will instead plan rest of 2020-21 men’s, women’s seasons on weekly basis

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In a decision aimed at allowing the maximum amount of games to be scheduled for each member school, Hockey East announced Tuesday that previously released composite schedules for both the men’s and women’s teams will be set aside and the remainder of the 2020-21 season will continue to be scheduled on a weekly basis.

Hockey East Picks: 1/15 – 1/17

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Bold of us to assume the games get in as scheduled this time around, but let’s give it a go.  Boston University already had two series canceled; first with UMass Lowell, then with UMass, and UMass’ Wednesday game with Providence was also nixed. It’s a mess, but our picks have been solid. Jim last week: … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Inconsistent schedule ‘can be weird at times,’ freshman players ‘ready for anything’

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This hockey season is likely the weirdest time ever for a freshman to begin their collegiate hockey career.

With tons of regulations, inconsistency on the schedule, and some teams having 10 more games than others, it’s a lot to sort through. For anyone entirely new to college hockey, they have the luxury of not knowing how normal things felt in the before times to compare to.

Hockey East picks: Jan. 8-13 (UPDATED)

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In this space last week, I knocked on wood saying that barring COVID setbacks, last week would produce the busiest week for Hockey East since the restart. All of those games went off without a hitch. But that seems like a distant memory as both UConn and UMass Lowell have COVID tests in recent days … Read more