Men’s D-I in general
ECAC Hockey was a very different league in the mid-2000s. It was, for starters, an actual part of the ECAC, the sports federation that was founded in the early 1930s. It was initially like its parent organization, but college hockey’s realignment in the 1980s saw a division of teams break away to form Hockey East. … Read more
Omaha announced Thursday the passing of assistant coach Paul Jerrard. He was 57. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of assistant coach Paul Jerrard,” Omaha head coach Mike Gabinet said in a statement. “Paul had been quietly fighting a long-term battle with cancer. Our program will be forever indebted to PJ … Read more
New Hampshire coach Mike Souza has had a front-row seat to the rivalry between his school and state-line rival Maine for the better part of three decades, both as a player and a coach. Going back to the 1999 season as a player, when Maine and UNH were the toast of Hockey East, if not … Read more
The longer a hockey season goes on, the less that coaches of teams in the bottom halves of their leagues look for perfection on game day. If something’s working, pretty or not, let it work. Such was the case Saturday for Colorado College in its shootout win at No. 16 Omaha, following a 2-2 tie … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the semifinalists for this year’s Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. Nine goaltenders from a watch list of 41 were singled out by a panel of voters from across the hockey community. There is a distinct international feel … Read more
A massive snowstorm hit Buffalo back on Dec 23-24, shutting the city down for days. That prevented Canisius from flying to Air Force for a two-game series scheduled for Dec. 30-31. With no free weekends left for either school, much less the same one for both, Atlantic Hockey was faced with choosing the least terrible … Read more
It always feels like this. In the 10 years I’ve spent covering the old WCHA, then the new WCHA, and now finally the new CCHA, it can often feel like I’m writing the same story every year at the season’s end: Nothing is decided, and everyone is pretty close. Michigan Tech leads Minnesota State by … Read more
Fans can (and do!) argue endlessly about which team has the country’s toughest schedule. And while the Pairwise, RPI and KRACH have largely rendered these discussions moot (there’s math involved!) what’s not up for dispute of this: No team in college hockey has it tougher travel-wise than the Alaska Nanooks. Just take a gander 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. Dan: Happy Tuesday, everyone. Well, we’re back for another week, and it’s safe to say that the end of the season is getting wild. Incredibly wild. So wild that I don’t … Read more
With 26 first-place votes this week, Quinnipiac jumps one spot to become the new No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Minnesota is down one to No. 2 and picked up 16 first-place votes. Denver moves up one to No. 3 and collected seven first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Michigan is … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 6 fared in games over the weekend of Feb. 10-11. No. 1 Minnesota (21-8-1) 02/10/2023 – No. 1 Minnesota 4 at Wisconsin 1 02/11/2023 – No. 1 Minnesota 1 at Wisconsin 3 No. 2 Quinnipiac (24-3-3) … Read more
Wisconsin scored three straight goals in front of a season-high 11,075 fans at the Kohl Center to take down No. 1 Minnesota 3-1 in an upset win on Saturday. Carson Bantle posted a goal and an assist and Jack Horbach notched a pair of helpers to lead Wisconsin to the victory. Goaltender Kyle McClellan stood … Read more
Sean Farrell (two goals, three assists) recorded a career-best five-point night to lead No. 10 Harvard to a 6-3 win over Dartmouth on Friday night at Thompson Arena. Alex Laferriere (goal, assist) and Ian Moore (two assists) also recorded multiple-point nights for the Crimson. Sean Farrell. (G, 3A). Another big time performance. Great play by … Read more
The pain of finding value is a valiant effort of every sports gambler out there. And then we look at Maine playing at Boston College on Friday night, a game where the odds send mixed messages. The Black Bears are the second-best team in Hockey East since December 1. But they’re still an underdog against … Read more
The Atlantic Hockey Board of Directors announced Thursday that the conference’s regular-season championship trophy will be renamed the Robert DeGregorio Trophy in honor of the retiring Atlantic Hockey commissioner. The announcement was made Thursday evening as DeGregorio participated in a pre-game puck drop prior to the start of the Niagara-RIT game at Niagara’s Dwyer Arena. … Read more
With three weeks remaining in the regular season, everything in the Big Ten is a numbers game. Last weekend’s results created the kind of scenario that many sports fans love and coaches hate, the possibility that nothing concrete will be resolved until the last game of the season. Well, maybe not nothing. While results aren’t … Read more
A watch list of 27 first-year NCAA men’s hockey players was announced today by the Hockey Commissioners Association. According to a news release, “one of these talented rookies will likely receive the Tim Taylor Award” as national rookie of the year by the nation’s assistant coaches. At season’s end, a ballot consisting of each Division … Read more
The conversations surrounding the ECAC postseason have always been divided into three distinct parts. The first four teams, the ones that receive first-round byes, usually lead that discussion, but the next two groupings – the ones that play off in the first round – are just as important for the way they offer matchups and … Read more
Since the Beanpot has featured the same four teams for its entire 70-year history and rotates the first-round matchups on a three-year cycle, the law of averages dictates that Harvard and Northeastern should have previously met in the final about a dozen times. But it’s never happened before until this year, and Monday’s championship matchup … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the men’s monthly award winners for January. Player of the month is Michigan freshman forward Adam Fantilli, co-rookies of the month are Boston University defenseman Lane Hutson and Bentley forward Nicholas Niemo, and goaltender of the month is Omaha freshman Simon Latkoczy. Fantill collected five goals and 14 points … Read more