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Hockey Humanitarian Award nominations now open for 2025 edition of honor that recognizes college hockey’s ‘finest citizen’

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The Hockey Humanitarian Award is presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” and seeks to recognize college hockey players, male or female, who contribute to local and/or global communities in a true humanitarian spirit. Each year the Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation receives many submissions from SID’s and hockey coaches across men’s and women’s Division I … Read more

TMQ: Upsets, underdogs the talk of early part of 2024-25 college hockey season as parity becoming more prevalent around NCAA game

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Ed: Dan, as USCHO’s ECAC Hockey beat writer, I don’t need to tell you how much coaches of the six Ivy League teams dislike being limited to 29 NCAA games each … Read more

Denver’s Devine, Union’s Muthersbaugh, Augustana’s Kotai, Notre Dame’s Say take home monthly HCA accolades

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The first Hockey Commissioners Association monthly awards for men’s hockey have been announced for the month of October. Denver senior forward Jack Devine is the player of the month, Union freshman forward Ben Muthersbaugh is rookie of the month, and Augustana sophomore Josh Kotai and Notre Dame junior Owen Say are co-goaltenders of the month. … Read more

Gagnon (Lindenwood), Kebreau (Alaska Anchorage), Grabko (Alaska), Bartoszkiewicz (Lindenwood) highlight October honors for NCAA D-I men’s hockey independent schools

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The 2024-25 season got off to a strong start for the NCAA’s five men’s Division I hockey programs and four players have earned monthly honors from NCAA Division I Independent Hockey. All five schools enjoyed impressive road wins, eight cumulatively, with those victories coming at Notre Dame (2), Wisconsin, Merrimack, Lake Superior State, Miami, Northern … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: No. 9 Cornell opens season downing No. 6 North Dakota, No. 11 Michigan drops No. 5 Boston University, No. 1 Denver blanks Yale, No. 7 Maine shuts out Merrimack, Bemidji State upsets No. 16 Minnesota State

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Sullivan Mack recorded a goal and an assist and Ian Shane made 23 saves in goal as No. 9 Cornell opened its 2024-25 season with a 4-1 win over No. 6 North Dakota Friday night at Lynak Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. Nick DeSantis, Tyler Catalano and Nicholas Wolfenberg also scored for the Big Red, and … Read more

Former Northeastern director of men’s hockey operations Harlow returns to Huskies as new assistant coach

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Matt Harlow has been named an assistant coach for the Northeastern men’s hockey team. Harlow spent the past three seasons as the director of hockey operations for the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack, assisting with all aspects of hockey operations including player personnel, player movement, and player contracts while also handling the day-to-day operations of the club. … Read more

TMQ: How to define ‘rapid success’ when it comes to college hockey, how a coach can affect a team’s turnaround from one season to the next

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Dan: I woke up this morning to the crispy feel of leaves under my feet and 30-degree temperatures in the air. It was fall in New England, the perfect time of … Read more

Monday 10: Top-ranked Denver remains undefeated, Providence’s Leaman gets win No. 400, Union takes home Capital Skates Trophy, Minnesota keeps filling the net

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. No. 1 Denver still perfect after convincing wins over No. 20 Wisconsin The Pioneers beat the Badgers in two games, 4-2 and 6-1, to improve to 6-0-0 on the season, one of four teams that remain … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: No. 7 North Dakota downs No. 3 Boston University, top-ranked Denver doubles up No. 20 Wisconsin, No. 4 Michigan State blanks Canisius, No. 12 St. Cloud State edges Augustana, No. 13 Providence downs Vermont in OT as Leaman wins 400th

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No. 7 North Dakota had its offense going Friday night, knocking off No. 3 Boston University 7-2 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D., thanks to a five-goal first period. Jackson Kunz scored two goals for the Fighting Hawks, while Louis Jamernik V had a goal and two assists and Jake Schmaltz, Abram … Read more

TMQ: Dealing with NCAA hockey transfer portal, different ‘tiers’ of college hockey, possible coaching turnover

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Ed: Jim, last week on our USCHO Spotlight podcast, Rensselaer coach Dave Smith answered our question about how he was dealing with the transfer portal. He summed it up by saying … Read more

With 48 first-place votes, Denver retains No. 1 spot in Oct. 21 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll; Minnesota, Cornell also garner first-place votes

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Denver is again the top team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, picking up 48 of 50 first-place votes in this week’s poll. Boston College, Boston University and Michigan State are again all ranked two through four, respectively, while Minnesota, with a first-place vote, is up one to No. 5. USCHO.com Division I … Read more

Monday 10: Top-ranked Denver keeps winning with Northeastern sweep, Maine sweeps Quinnipiac, Augustana takes both at Omaha, Alaska gets first win of ’24-25 season

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. No. 1 Denver sweeps Northeastern on banner raising weekend There was a celebration fitting of a 10-time national champion in Denver this weekend, and on the ice, the Pioneers delivered, sweeping Northeastern by identical 5-2 scores. … Read more