Men’s D-I in general
LOVELAND REGIONAL When: Thursday, March 24 & Saturday, March 26 Where: Budweiser Events Center, Loveland, Colo. Matchups: Minnesota Duluth vs. Michigan Tech, March 24, 3 p.m., ESPNU; Denver vs. UMass Lowell, March 24, 9 p.m., ESPNU; championship, March 26, 4 p.m./6:30 p.m., ESPNU 1. DENVER How they got here: At-large bid Overall season record: 27-9-1 … Read more
ALBANY REGIONAL When: Thursday, March 24 & Saturday, March 26 Where: MVP Arena, Albany, N.Y. Matchups: Minnesota State vs. Harvard, March 24, noon, ESPNU; North Dakota vs. Notre Dame, March 24, 6 p.m., ESPNU, championship, March 26, 4 p.m./6:30 p.m., ESPNU 1. MINNESOTA STATE How they got here: Won CCHA tournament championship Overall season record: … 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. Ed: Next to the Frozen Four, the weekend of conference championships is probably the best one of the year in D-I men’s college hockey. And this past weekend didn’t disappoint. Several … Read more
For the ninth straight week, Minnesota State is the top-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, getting 35 first-place votes this week. Michigan, up two to No. 2, took home 14 first-place nods from the voters. Denver stays No. 3, Western Michigan rises three to sit fourth, and Minnesota falls three to No. … Read more
The New York Rangers have announced that the team has agreed to terms with Omaha junior defenseman Brandon Scanlin. In signing with New York, Scanlin gives up his senior year with the Mavericks. Scanlin registered six goals and 25 assists for 31 points in 38 games in his junior season at Omaha, tying for second … Read more
The Vegas Golden Knights have announced that the team has signed Omaha junior goaltender Isaiah Saville to a three-year, entry-level contract. Saville, who will forego his senior year with the Mavericks, finishes his collegiate career at Omaha with a record of 38-36-5 to go with a 2.78 GAA and a .907 save percentage in 82 … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) The field is set For six months, 59 college hockey teams took to the ice intent on reaching April’s Frozen Four in Boston. On Sunday night, the field reduced itself to 16 teams with the announcement … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of March 14 fared in games over the weekend of March 18-19. No. 1 Minnesota State (35-5-0) 03/19/2022 – RV Bemidji State 1 at No. 1 Minnesota State 2 (OT, CCHA championship) No. 2 Minnesota (24-12-0) 03/19/2022 – … Read more
The NCHC and Xcel Energy Center announced Saturday that they have agreed to a three-year extension for the facility to remain the home of the NCHC Frozen Faceoff. The partnership will keep the NCHC’s championship weekend in Saint Paul through at least 2025. “We are thrilled to keep the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy … Read more
Michigan took advantage of Minnesota miscues Saturday night in scoring four straight goals and registering a 4-3 victory to capture its second Big Ten tournament championship before a packed house at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The win moves Michigan to the top seed in next week’s NCAA tournament. Michigan goalie Erik Portillo was named the … Read more
Neither Air Force coach Frank Serratore (7-0) or American International coach Eric Lang (2-0) had lost an Atlantic Hockey championship game. Something had to give. It was Lang’s Yellow Jackets that came out on top 7-0, thanks to goals by five different players and an 18-save shutout by goaltender Alec Calvaruso. “I’ve been here a … Read more
If Aaron Bohlinger scores a goal, there’s a 100 percent chance Massachusetts will hoist a championship trophy at the end of the game. Less than a year after scoring the game winner in the NCAA championship game for his first career goal, Bohlinger scored his second career goal in overtime to lift UMass to a … Read more
Western Michigan used two gritty goals from Ty Glover and big saves from netminder Brandon Bussi to notch its first NCHC win at the Frozen Faceoff with 4-2 victory Friday night over North Dakota. The win also solidified a No. 1 seed for the Broncos in next week’s NCAA tournament. “Just playing my game, getting … Read more
A year after not playing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard is one win away from being ECAC Hockey champions. The third-seeded Crimson scored three third-period goals to beat No. 2 Clarkson 5-3 in the second semifinal of the night Friday at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid. Harvard will face No. 1 Quinnipiac … Read more
It was ugly and sometimes even a little bloody, but UMass is on its way to the Hockey East championship game for the second straight season. The Minutemen rode a two-goal spurt in less than two minutes of the first period Friday night as a springboard for a 3-1 win over intra-state rival UMass Lowell … Read more
Frank Serratore has seen a lot of glory in his 25 seasons behind the Air Force bench. Those accolades include seven conference titles in addition to a 14-2 record in the Atlantic Hockey final four coming into tonight’s semifinal with Rochester Institute of Technology. But after dispatching Army West Point in this year’s Atlantic Hockey … Read more
Minnesota Duluth’s postseason magic continued with 2-0 win over Denver in a hard-fought NCHC semifinal matchup Friday night. The Bulldogs used there patented smothering defense to contain Denver’s potent offense. They missed out on numerous chances throughout game to extend lead to two goals until notching the second tally on an empty-net goal with 20 … Read more
Good things have come in threes lately for Blake Bennett, and American International hopes that continues. Bennett’s hat trick, his second in as many games, led AIC to a 5-4 win over Mercyhurst. The Yellow Jackets (21-12-3) are a game away from their third consecutive Atlantic Hockey playoff title. “It was an entertaining college hockey … Read more
As it has for much of the season, Quinnipiac outshot its opponent in Friday’s 3-1 win against Colgate in the opening game of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals at the Herb Brooks Arena. But the numbers don’t always tell the whole story. The Bobcats outshot the Raiders 33-26 in Friday’s game, although No. 5 Colgate hit … Read more
Darion Hanson would like to remind you that his team plays in a pro hockey barn, thank you very much. Unfazed by his first appearance at the TD Garden, the Connecticut graduate-student transfer netminder backstopped his Huskies past Northeastern’s Huskies to the tune of a 3-1 win in the semifinals of the Hockey East tournament … Read more