Finding T-Mo
Minnesota State’s Travis Morin might have flown under the national radar for most of his college career, but Dan Myers finds the senior forward vastly appreciated in Mankato.
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Minnesota State’s Travis Morin might have flown under the national radar for most of his college career, but Dan Myers finds the senior forward vastly appreciated in Mankato.
Dartmouth junior David Jones was named Ivy League Player of the Year among postseason honors announced Wednesday. Jones, the first player since Ross Brownridge in 1980 to be a unanimous selection, was also chosen first-team All-Ivy. He becomes just the third player in Dartmouth history to be named the Ivy League Player of the Year. … Read more
Brian Stewart was thrust into the limelight against Ohio State last weekend, and didn’t disappoint. Matt Mackinder reports on the former junior MVP turned freshman surprise for Northern Michigan.
Notre Dame’s class of 2007 played in the NCAA tournament as freshmen, but the program’s true rise would have to wait for a couple more years. Tim Rooney traces the evolution of the Fighting Irish in an USCHO Extra exclusive now available to everyone.
While Alaska pulls off the weekend’s biggest playoff upset, it’s bubble-speculation time for Scott Brown as he examines WCHA archrivals on the fringe of the field of 16.
Niagara’s Sean Bentivoglio, Ted Cook and Les Reaney were honored for the second straight year as College Hockey America announced its all-league teams Tuesday. Four members of the First Team were unanimous selections, including Bentivoglio, Cook, Shaun Arvai of Alabama-Huntsville and Matt Climie of Bemidji State. Head coaches and assistant coaches from the five schools … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell’s Hockey East membership may be at stake as the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees considers the program’s future. Jim Connelly says all the River Hawks need is a little help from their friends.
A week off was just the tonic for Notre Dame to re-establish its dominance in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The CCHA regular-season champion, which earned a bye through the first round of the conference playoffs, took 36 of 40 first-place votes in Monday’s release to remain No. 1 for the fifth straight week. … Read more
Concerns over competitive balance, funding, Title IX requirements for gender equity, and an apparent turf war in the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees are combining to put Massachusetts-Lowell’s membership in Hockey East — and perhaps the very future of its men’s hockey program — in question. According to an article in the Lowell Sun … Read more
The NCAA has announced the participants for the second annual Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 6 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two … Read more
With Minnesota on the cusp of the MacNaughton Cup last weekend, St. Cloud State refused to cooperate. The WCHA race will soon be settled, but both teams have made their marks, Scott Brown says.
One More Time For Number Seven I can’t believe it’s over. Last Saturday, my son Ryan played his final game for the Wesleyan Cardinals. It’s been a long, wonderful journey since that first time I laced up his skates and led him onto the ice where I wrapped my arms around him to hold him … Read more
Off The Top Of My Head Okay, so we know three things for sure: Alaska-Anchorage will finish last, Minnesota-Duluth will finish ninth, and those two will play Minnesota and St. Cloud in the first round of the WCHA playoffs next weekend (though we don’t know who will face who). Get ready for a wild weekend. … Read more
Awards, Part 2 Last week I had a little on-air chat with Jim Hunt, Michigan’s amiable radio color man, about this season’s year-end awards. As one would expect from Mr. Hunt, I was put on the spot — on the air — immediately. Which three forwards, he asked, would I choose for the All-CCHA First … Read more
A few bumps and bruises are the order of the day in Burlington, where the Vermont Catamounts have parlayed aggressive defense into success on the ice. Tyler Birnbaum reports.
There’s nothing more to say about the regular season; bygones are bygones and now it’s playoffs all the way. All the coaching cliches have come out. It’s time for the ever-popular “lower-body injuries,” that it’s anyone’s game, and goodness knows no team holds any specific advantage over another any more. Every opponent is rife with … Read more
As Far As They Could Go RIT’s unprecedented mission was accomplished last Friday at Bentley, where the Tigers defeated the Falcons 3-0 to wrap up the Atlantic Hockey regular-season title. It was bittersweet for Wayne Wilson’s team, since RIT, two years removed from Division III, is ineligible for the postseason. “We knew the deal going … Read more
Niagara was the only team in the nation to do what this season? And no, the answer doesn’t have Ted Cook in it, though he is a big reason for the answer. The Purple Eagles went undefeated on their home ice at Dwyer Arena after beating and tying Robert Morris last weekend to end up … Read more
On Wednesday, 10 finalists were announced for the 2006-07 Men’s Hockey Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, which honors character, community involvement, academics and sporting achievement. The finalists will compete in the all-new hockey division of the national award for NCAA senior student-athletes. An acronym for “Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School,” the award was … Read more
Decisions, decisions. With two opposing strategies for seeding the NCAA tournament facing him, Jayson Moy makes the call in this week’s Bracketology.