Men’s D-I in general
CSTV, acknowledging an significant public demand, will now air Friday’s first ECACHL semifinal between Cornell and Vermont on the same day, albeit still tape delayed. Originally, CSTV, the only station available nationally to carry the ECAC semifinals, was only going to televise the first semifinal on tape delay Saturday morning at 11 a.m. But after … Read more
With top-seeded teams advancing in their respective conference tournaments, there was little movement among the top spots in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. Colorado College retained the No. 1 spot after a sweep of St. Cloud State, receiving 26 of 40 first-place votes. Denver (three first-place votes) was again No. 2 after sweeping Michigan … Read more
It’s time once again for what we like to call Bracketology — college hockey style. It’s a weekly look at how the NCAA tournament might look if the season ended today. More than that, it’s a look into the thought process behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. This is the penultimate installment of … Read more
It’s time once again for what we like to call Bracketology — college hockey style. It’s our latest investigation of how the NCAA tournament might look if the season ended today. More than that, it’s a look into the thought process behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. Here are the facts: • Sixteen … Read more
The CHA’s awards banquet Thursday turned into the Andrew Murray awards, as the Bemidji State senior captured both CHA Player of the Year and CHA Student-Athlete of the Year honors — the first such feat in league history — as well as being unanimously named first-team All-CHA. Murray, who scored 16 goals and added 21 … Read more
It’s time once again for what we like to call Bracketology — college hockey style. It’s a weekly look at how the NCAA tournament might look if the season ended today. More than that, it’s a look into the thought process behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. This is a special installment of … Read more
Early on in the season, my CSTV studio partner Adam Wodon and I were asked for our teams to watch in the ECACHL, Hockey East, CCHA, and WCHA. My four were Minnesota-Duluth in the WCHA, Michigan State in the CCHA, Cornell in ECAC, and Maine in Hockey East. Colorado College was my dark horse to … Read more
Denver battled back to share the MacNaughton Cup, but now must focus on the task at hand: dangerous, if last-place, Michigan Tech. Also, Minnesota-Duluth gets hot at the right time, but Wisconsin can’t say the same; the WCHA’s final standings confound the pundits; and Todd D. Milewski previews all five first-round series.
The tightest season in Atlantic Hockey history makes for some tough tournament prognosticating, but Jim Connelly takes his best crack at it with previews of all four single-game quarterfinals.
The CHA packs all the excitement into just three days, with an NCAA tournament bid the prize at the end of the rainbow. Scott Brown previews this weekend’s playoff championship.
The CCHA has announced its all-star teams for 2004-05. First Team Forwards T.J. Hensick, Michigan (10 First Place Votes, 50 Points) Jeff Tambellini, Michigan (7, 45) Scott Parse, Nebraska-Omaha (10, 53) Defensemen Nathan Oystrick, Northern Michigan (4, 32) Andy Greene, Miami (8, 49) Goaltender Tuomas Tarkki, Northern Michigan (6, 45) Second Team Forwards Rod Pelley, … Read more
This week, it’s the continuation of Paula C. Weston’s Girl Reporter awards, and, of course, a long look at the first round of the CCHA playoffs. Will Michigan cruise to Detroit? Can Ohio State keep up its season-long strong play? Has Michigan State come together just in time? This weekend will tell.
Four teams down, eight remaining. The next leg of the trip to Albany comes this weekend in the ECACHL quarterfinals, and Juan Martinez is here to preview all four playoff series.
With New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts-Lowell hanging on the NCAA tournament bubble, Scott Weighart checks around the league and the USCHO staff for explanations. Also: previews of all four Hockey East quarterfinal series, and more.
The catalyst for A.J. Thelen’s dismissal from the Michigan State hockey team on Monday was his underage drinking the night before a game, and missing a team function, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday. Thelen admitted in the newspaper story that he was benched for last Friday’s game against Notre Dame for missing a VIP … Read more
The latest winter storm to hit the Northeast has forced the postponement of Tuesday evening’s Atlantic Hockey play-in game. The contest, featuring No. 8 seed Army hosting No. 9 seed American International, will instead be played Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET, at Tate Rink on Army’s West Point campus. Army (10-20-3, 5-16-3 Atlantic Hockey) … Read more
It’s time once again for what we like to call Bracketology — college hockey style. It’s a weekly look at how the NCAA tournament might look if the season ended today. More than that, it’s a look into the thought process behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. This is the eighth installment of … Read more
Colorado College, which split a Thursday-Friday series with Denver to earn each school half of the MacNaughton Cup, stayed No. 1 in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The Pioneers moved up a spot to No. 2, displacing idle Cornell. The Big Red earned 16 of 40 first-place votes, the same as CC, but finished … Read more
Another regular season has come to a close, which means it’s time for Scott Weighart’s annual look at the best games of the year.
CCHA Rookie of the Year favorite Bill Thomas of Nebraska-Omaha headlined the conference’s 2004-05 All-Rookie Team, announced Monday. Thomas, a 21-year-old forward from Pittsburgh, ranked second on the Mavericks in CCHA and overall scoring with 33 and 42 points, respectively. He is the nation’s leading scorer among freshmen. Nebraska-Omaha had two players named to the … Read more