Hockey East announces Maine-UMass Lowell, Merrimack-UNH series set for Dec. 19-20 will not be played; other men’s, women’s games updated

Hockey East announced Thursday more schedule updates for men’s and women’s teams. The Northeastern at Holy Cross women’s game on December 19 will now be played at 3:30 p.m. and aired live on NESN. Massachusetts’ home game against Vermont on Saturday, December 20 will now be seen live on NESN at 6 p.m. The UConn … Read more

Changes to 2021 Hockey East tournaments include all eligible teams qualifying, regular-season standings determining seeding

Hockey East announced Tuesday that all eligible teams in both the men’s and women’s conferences will qualify for their respective 2021 Hockey East tournament. Additionally, all games played by Hockey East teams in 2020-21 will count toward the final standings used to determine tournament seeding, including all games previously played under the “flex game” designation, … Read more

Hockey East announces schedule updates for men’s, women’s games being played Dec. 18-23

Hockey East announced Tuesday schedule updates for the upcoming week. Massachusetts is now scheduled to host Vermont for two games, December 19-20. Both games will begin at 6 p.m. and Sunday’s game will be aired live on NESN. The men’s teams at Northeastern and Providence are now scheduled to play two games, December 19-20, beginning … Read more

Hockey East announces schedule updates, including cancellations, for men’s, women’s games Dec. 11-13

Hockey East announced Wednesday the following schedule updates: The men’s series between New Hampshire and Maine on December 11-12 will now take place in Durham, N.H. Both games will be aired live on NESN+ at 7 p.m. from the Whittemore Center The UConn at Boston College men’s game on Friday, December 11 will be aired … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Games slowly, but surely, getting underway as commish says ‘we can pick up some momentum’

To say that the start of the Hockey East men’s season has had some bumps in the road may be an understatement. But you might not know that by talking to first-year Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf, who is still upbeat and very positive that the season is close to getting back on track. “It’s … Read more

Hockey East 2020-21 Season Preview: ‘Still a great uncertainty’ as conference struggles to get to starting line

Nothing about this year’s Hockey East season will feel normal, so neither then will be this year’s season preview. Yes, all 11 men’s team, as of the date of publication, are still planning on playing their seasons. At publication time, six teams were already supposed to have begun their seasons. Yet, only two have. COVID-19 … Read more

Hockey East announces changes to weekend men’s, women’s series

Hockey East announced Friday the following schedule updates: The women’s programs at Providence and UConn are now scheduled to play a home-and-home series Nov. 21-22. “The scheduling of this series is consistent with the league’s commitment to a flexible scheduling model to provide meaningful opportunities for competition for all student-athletes throughout the 2020-21 season while … Read more

Hockey East postpones Massachusetts-Maine series; UMass to play UConn in home-and-home this weekend instead

Hockey East announced Wednesday that the men’s series between Massachusetts and Maine scheduled for this weekend will be postponed to a later date. “Hockey East has built a schedule optimized for flexibility during this unique season in 2020-21 for a variety of reasons,” said Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf in a statement. “We are happy … Read more

Hockey East unveils 2020-21 schedule, with men’s, women’s games beginning Nov. 20

Hockey East announced today details for its return to play plan for the 2020-21 season, including composite league schedules, featuring a double round-robin format. League play will begin on Friday, Nov. 20 for both the men’s and women’s leagues. Hockey East also announced its NESN schedule through Jan. 1 and news that other games streamed … Read more