Men’s D-I in general
Maine goaltender Ben Bishop has signed a pro contract with the NHL’s St. Louis Blues and will forego his senior season, team president John Davidson announced Tuesday. Bishop will join the AHL’s Peoria Rivermen for the remainder of the season. The 6-7, 210-pound netminder recorded a 13-18-3 record along with a 2.43 goals against average … Read more
With the playoffs now in full swing, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown spotlight NCAA hopefuls in this weekend’s matchups, discuss Notre Dame’s prospects, and draw parallels regarding Division III’s Adrian College.
Amidst a splintering of the votes, Michigan returned to the No. 1 position in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The Wolverines, who were idle over the weekend while awaiting their quarterfinal opponent in the CCHA playoffs, received 19 first-place votes. That was one fewer than second-ranked North Dakota, which tied St. Cloud State twice … Read more
Pile-up At The Finish Line I’m not going to even try to figure out all the different possible orders of finish in this absurdly close race as we go into the final weekend of the regular season. If I tell you that BC or Providence could finish as high as second and as low as … Read more
The ECAC Hockey first-round playoff series sat down at their respective computers the other day, and — following a rather protracted visit to addictinggames.com — proceeded to update their Facebook* pages, as intangible collegiate sporting events are known to do. After signing up for Scrabulous, leaving the “Back in my day, Pluto was still a … Read more
This is it, folks. This weekend, the Wayne State hockey program makes its final on-ice appearance in Detroit before jaunting to the CHA Tournament next weekend at Niagara. Can’t believe it’s been nine years, can you? That first game, albeit an exhibition against Western Ontario, back on Nov. 5, 1999 had glitz, glamour — and … Read more
Recruiting is a key part of success in any college sport, but hockey’s unique mix of sources of talent creates unique problems. Gerald D. Skoning, captain of the 1964 Princeton Tigers, offers some perspective on junior hockey’s role in the process.
The NCAAs Start Now With no AHA teams on the “Under Consideration” list, it’s obvious that only the league’s tournament champion is going to the NCAAs. So that makes the AHA playoffs essentially an extension of the big dance. Lose, and you go home. Your seniors have played their last game. So expect things to … Read more
Here we are, everybody — the final season of the regular season. We’ve got playoff spots to be decided with everybody except Wisconsin and Alaska Anchorage having a hand in their final fate. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Jack Hillen, CC. Why: Became the … Read more
Congratulations, Wolverines! Picked fourth in the preseason league coaches and media polls and third preseason by this reporter, the Wolverines surpassed all expectations by capturing their 10th regular-season league title last weekend. Upon winning, head coach Red Berenson said that his young team “found a way to win games night after night, home and away, … Read more
With the question of Minnesota Duluth’s eligibility resolved, Jayson Moy returns with an updated Bracketology.
It’s further PairWise chatter, the Hockey East home-ice tangle, props to Army, speculation about the conference playoffs and more from Jim Connelly and Scott Brown this week.
It’s another free-for-all for the WCHA — though with one fewer team than you might have expected if you’ve checked the PairWise Rankings lately. Jayson Moy sorts out the bracket.
North Dakota ran its nation-best unbeaten streak to 15 games last weekend, taking over the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll in the process. The Fighting Sioux garnered 37 of 50 first-place votes after sweeping Minnesota Duluth Saturday and Sunday, replacing Michigan as the No. 1 team in the nation. The Wolverines … Read more
Doing the Math It’s been a wild and wacky season in Atlantic Hockey, and as we head into the final weekend, the final 10 games of the regular season, there’s still much to be decided. For example, we could end with a four-way tie for first place, and Air Force and RIT are able to … Read more
Bemidji State traveled to North Dakota last weekend looking to end a horrid losing streak against the Sioux and nearly did. Though BSU came away with two defeats against the second-ranked team in the country, it could easily have been a split. In the finale on Sunday afternoon, Bemidji State nearly pulled it out, but … Read more
Just two weekends left in the regular season and some things are shaping up — we know three teams who will have home ice. Still, a lot of the league continues to be jumbled together so it looks like everything will come down to the final weekend … with two teams — the Badgers and … Read more
Virtual Hardware, Part 2 I’m limiting each all-league team to six players. The Girl Reporter All-CCHA Team Ryan Jones (F, Miami) Chad Kolarik (F, UM) Kevin Porter (F, UM) Kevin Roeder (D, Miami) Brock Sheahan (D, ND) Billy Sauer (G, UM) Porter and Roeder earned this last season as well. Porter, who got my nod … Read more
Princeton wasn’t among the favorites when the ECAC Hockey season started, but Guy Gadowsky’s Tigers have proved the pundits wrong. Elliot Olshansky reports.
What We Know, Vol. III Two games left, four points up for grabs. What does it mean to your team? Let’s find out. Clarkson and Princeton are assured of finishing in the top two, but the order is yet to be determined, with the Knights only a solitary point ahead of the Tigers. Can’t wait … Read more