Men’s D-I in general
Hockey East announced Wednesday the 2022-23 all-rookie team and six other season-long awards as voted on by the men’s league’s 11 head coaches. The awards come as part of the celebration of the 38th annual Hockey East tournament, which begins tonight. The all-rookie team consists of seven players, including three unanimous selections in Boston University … Read more
Minnesota Duluth coach Scott Sandelin, who has led the Bulldogs for longer than many of his current players have been alive, has been at it long enough to know the opportunity in front of his team this weekend is a rare one. The first round of this season’s NCHC playoffs will see UMD travel to … Read more
And then there were four in the quest for the Riley Cup. Last weekend’s Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals saw three of the four series go the distance, with two lower seeds advancing: – Rochester Institute of Technology swept Mercyhurst in a pair of tight games. The Tigers got the game-winner from Adam Jeffery on Friday with … Read more
Bowling Green junior defenseman Anton Malmstrom has signed an entry-level contract with the NHL’s St. Louis Blues. He will report to the franchise’s AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds. Malmstrom, a native of Osterhaninge, Sweden, spent three years at BGSU, playing in 87 games and serving as an alternate captain in 2022-23. He gives up his … Read more
The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed Wisconsin sophomore defenseman Corson Ceulemans to an entry-level contract. In signing the NHL deal, Ceulemans gives up his junior and senior seasons with the Badgers. A 2021 first-round pick (25th overall) at the 2021 NHL Draft, Ceulemans also signed an AHL tryout contract with the Cleveland Monsters, the Blue … Read more
With the regular season in the books, the NCHC unveiled its 2022-23 all-rookie team on Tuesday, with five different teams represented on the six-man squad. North Dakota’s Jackson Blake was a unanimous selection to the All-Rookie Team, earning all 15 possible first-team votes for 45 points. Voting was conducted by the eight head coaches at … Read more
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. Paula: What a wild weekend of hockey, Dan, to give us much to discuss in this week’s TMQ. Three-game quarterfinal series in two conferences, the last weekend of regulation for the … Read more
Wisconsin head coach Tony Granato will not return for the 2023-24 season. Granato just completed his seventh season behind the Badgers’ bench. “Coach Granato is a great Badger, and no one is more passionate about Wisconsin hockey or the University of Wisconsin than he is,” Wisconsin director of athletics Chris McIntosh said in a statement. … Read more
Minnesota was idle last weekend, but the Gophers earned 38 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll to stay atop the rankings. Quinnipiac, also off last weekend, stays No. 2 with the other 12 first-place votes. Denver stays third, Michigan remains fourth, and Boston University moves up two spots to No. 5 … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Michigan State gets first-ever B1G playoff win After dropping the first game of their quarterfinal series against Notre Dame, the Spartans beat the Fighting Irish in two 4-2 games to advance to the Big Ten conference … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 27 fared in games over the weekend of March 3-5. No. 1 Minnesota (25-8-1) Did not play. No. 2 Quinnipiac (28-3-3) Did not play. No. 3 Denver (28-8-0) 03/03/2023 – Colorado College 1 at No. 3 … Read more
Boston University won the 2022-23 Hockey East regular-season title after a 6-4 victory over Providence on Friday night at Agganis Arena. The seventh-ranked Terriers celebrated its Class of 2023 in the best possible way, as BU’s win over Providence, coupled with a Northeastern loss to UMass Lowell, clinched the program’s 11th Hockey East regular-season title … Read more
A week ago, I wrote about two games where we felt the lines were off. Way off. And I told readers when there is a line that is off, it’s a must bet. Well, I heard plenty from UMass fans when they upset Northeastern despite being even money at home. I get it, your team … Read more
The Minot State men’s hockey team is set to meet two NCAA Division I programs on the ice. The Beavers, two-time ACHA national champions, have signed a deal to play at Denver and Colorado College this coming December. Minot State, who wrapped up the regular season ranked No. 1 in the latest ACHA poll released … Read more
Union head coach Josh Hauge faced a decision in his locker room on Saturday night. His Dutchmen were already in the throes of an emotional night, and he needed to determine if he wanted to throw the added mix into the fire. The team had entered the weekend tied with RPI, its Capital District rival, … Read more
After a hotly contested regular season, the first round of the Big Ten playoffs begins this week and it’s nearly impossible to predict who will advance to the semifinals. First-place Minnesota gets a first-round bye. The quarterfinal best-of-three series has No. 7 Wisconsin at No. 2 Michigan, No. 6 Penn State at No. 3 Ohio … Read more
Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf acknowledges there are pros and cons to running a league known for parity. Pros: Hockey East is widely acknowledged as an “any given night” league where there’s little surprise when a team low in the standings beats a contender. See: The second-half resurgences of Maine and New Hampshire, which are … Read more
Let me first begin by welcoming back USCHO’s long-time bracketologist Jayson Moy and giving him a cap tip/apology as last week his bracket and reasoning were missing because I didn’t check the spam folder in my email and thus never found what he had sent. This week, without incident, Jayson is back and ready to … Read more
After a CCHA campaign unlike any other came down to, quite literally, the final minute and a half of the regular season, it’s almost hard to believe the playoffs are starting this weekend. Minnesota State ended up winning the MacNaughton Cup – their sixth in a row – with just a tiny bit of drama … Read more
Denver’s two national championships in the NCHC era came in 2017 and 2022, when the Pioneers also won their conference’s regular-season championship trophy, the Penrose Cup. They clinched that again last weekend at eighth-ranked Western Michigan. Third-ranked Denver will feel its job this season is only a third of the way done — there’s still … Read more