Men’s D-I in general
I should probably keep this to myself, but I’ll just say it: Only six teams are playing this weekend (including Union’s exhibition against the kids), so my readership will likely be a bit lighter. I’ve been out of the country all week (for pleasure rather than business, I’ll admit), and between study period, finals, early … Read more
It’s hard to lead off this column with anything other than Bemidji State, but when the crumbling conference that is the CHA boasts the No. 4 team in the country, there’s a reason why the Beavers deserve top billing. It also doesn’t hurt that BSU leads the country with 13 wins. They got Nos. 12 … Read more
Streaking There’s very little mediocrity at this juncture of the Atlantic Hockey season. Seven of the league’s 10 teams are on some kind of streak, good or bad. Let’s keep things positive for now and talk about the four teams that have won at least four games in a row. RIT and Air Force have … Read more
Baby, It’s Cold Outside For the months of October and November and for the first few weeks of December this year, Flint resembled Columbus in climate. As much as I wanted to leave Ohio for Michigan — nothing personal, Buckeye State — I knew one week into November 2008 that I had been spoiled by … Read more
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
USCHO senior writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski go over conference standings in this week’s edition.
In his junior year, Marc Cheverie has already set a Denver record for shutout minutes and seems poised to lead the Pioneers deep this season. Candace Horgan reports.
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
Double-Barreled Pop quiz, hockey nuts: Who is the only ECAC Hockey freshman to currently leading his team in scoring outright? St. Lawrence’s Kyle Flanagan? Almost; he’s tied with senior Mike McKenzie atop the Saints’ scoring list. Brandon Pirri? Jerry D’Amigo? Nice try, but Chase Polacek has ’em beat by a half-dozen points. Andrew Miller? Well, … Read more
Hope your Thanksgiving went well and you didn’t overstuff yourself. Also hope that the leftovers are slowly being expunged from your fridges (almost gone over here …). The point spread between first and last in the league jumped up a bit to 11 (15 points for the two Colorado schools sharing first and four for … Read more
Bemidji State is no longer in the Cinderella category. No more glass slippers — the Beavers are for real. Just look at what happened last weekend in Grand Forks. BSU toppled the nation’s top team, Miami, in the first game of the Subway Holiday Classic and then went to overtime with an always-tough Ohio State … 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
I Had That Feeling of Self-Pity I can’t take this anymore. Three correct picks two weeks ago. Four last week. I picked Michigan State to sweep in the College Hockey Showcase. I picked Ohio State to be swept in North Dakota. At least I picked Michigan to split. Is it too much to ask for … Read more
Knight Time Army opened the month of November with a 1-3 record, scoring just four goals in those four games. But things began to turn around offensively for the Black Knights two weeks ago at Bentley, when Army scored eight times in a series split with the Falcons. Last weekend, hosting a Canisius team that … Read more
Minnesota forward Jordan Schroeder will be looking for a third straight place on the United States roster for the World Junior Championships when he and 28 others take part in a pre-tournament training camp later this month. Schroeder, the only one of the 29 players invited who has taken part in both the 2008 and … Read more
Does Bemidji State answer to the name David anymore? That’s one of the topics as USCHO.com senior writers Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski debate.
The departure of goaltender Richard Bachman was supposed to make this a rebuilding year for Colorado College. Instead, freshman Joe Howe has emerged as a leading goaltender, helping CC rise to the top of the WCHA once more. Candace Horgan reports.
Miami is still atop the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, but its lead is dwindling after going winless in three games. The RedHawks claimed the top spot Monday for the eighth straight week, but they failed to get a majority of the first-place votes. Only 20 of the 50 voters had Miami atop their ballot, … Read more
I know there is a lot of Thanksgiving-related material these days, but don’t be a spoil-sport if you’re Canadian: You already had your Thanksgiving. Cut us a little slack; things move slower down here. Home Work We are all blessed, at least in some small way, to be part of a league that values the … Read more
First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving! As is the norm for this space on this date every year since 2005, it’s time to look at the teams that make up College Hockey America and make note of what each team is thankful for on this Turkey Day Eve. First off, each team needs to look in … Read more