UMass’ Trivigno tabbed Hockey East player of year, Northeastern’s Levi top rookie, Huskies’ Keefe voted best coach for ’21-22 campaign

Hockey East announced Tuesday that Massachusetts senior forward Bobby Trivigno has been awarded the honor of 2021-22 Hockey East player of the year. Alongside Trivigno, Northeastern sophomore goaltender Devon Levi, who missed all of the 2020-21 season, was named rookie of the year, while the Huskies’ Jerry Keefe was voted coach of the year by … Read more

Minnesota’s Meyers chosen Big Ten player of year, Gophers’ Faber top defensive player, Ohio State’s Dobeš best goalie, Minnesota’s Motzko gains coaching honors

The Big Ten announced Tuesday the hockey all-Big Ten teams and individual award winners as selected by the conference’s coaches and a media panel. Minnesota’s Ben Meyers was named the Big Ten player of the year, while teammate Brock Faber was tabbed the defensive player of the year, which is awarded to a defenseman or … Read more

Minnesota State, Michigan Tech have four players each among 13 players honored on 2022 all-CCHA first, second teams

The CCHA has announced its two all-CCHA teams for the 2021-22 season. 2021-22 All-CCHA First Team F – Nathan Smith, Minnesota State – 41 points F – Brian Halonen, Michigan Tech – (35) F – Julian Napravnik, Minnesota State (26) D – Jake Livingstone, Minnesota State (22) D – Elias Rosén, Bemidji State (18) G … Read more

TMQ: NCAA Division I men’s hockey playoffs in full swing with conference championships to be decided this coming weekend

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: Two weeks ago, Dan, you asked me about potential chaos in the Big Ten playoffs and I said that I didn’t foresee anything out of the ordinary. I also said … Read more

Harvard’s Laferriere takes home top ECAC Hockey rookie honor, Quinnipiac’s Pecknold tabbed best coach for second straight season

ECAC Hockey has announced that the 2022 Tim Taylor Coach of the Year is Quinnipiac’s Rand Pecknold and the rookie of the year is Harvard forward Alex Laferriere. This is the second straight season that Pecknold has claimed this honor, and the fourth time in his career. Pecknold coached the Bobcats to their second consecutive … Read more

For eighth week in a row, Minnesota State takes top spot in DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

For the eighth consecutive week, Minnesota State is the No. 1 team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Mavericks earned 46 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Spots two through seven remain the same as a week ago, with Minnesota, Denver, Michigan, North Dakota, Quinnipiac and Western Michigan ranked, respectively. Minnesota, Michigan, Denver … Read more

ECAC Hockey names Quinnipiac’s Metsa best defensive defenseman, Clarkson’s Tsekos best defensive forward for 2021-22 season

ECAC Hockey has announced that Quinnipiac senior Zach Metsa is the winner of the 2022 best defensive defenseman award and Clarkson graduate student Zach Tsekos has won the best defensive forward award. Metsa is just the second Bobcat in program history to earn this award, and the first since 2013, while Tsekos has won his … Read more

Hockey East announces trio of all-star teams for 2021-22 season with Northeastern placing three players on first team

Hockey East announced Friday its 2021-22 men’s all-star teams as voted by the league’s 11 head coaches. First-Team All-Stars G: Devon Levi, Northeastern D: Jordan Harris, Northeastern D: Scott Morrow, Massachusetts F: Aidan McDonough, Northeastern F: Bobby Trivigno, Massachusetts * F: Ryan Tverberg, UConn Second Team All-Stars G: Owen Savory, UMass Lowell D: Declan Carlile, … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: With conference playoffs down to eight teams, battle for NCAA tournament autobid heating up this weekend

The opening round of the Atlantic Hockey tournament consisted of a pair of sweeps, one by the favorites and one by an underdog. At Mercyhurst, the story was Lakers goaltender Kyle McClellan who stopped 74 of 76 Holy Cross shots he faced in a pair of 2-1 wins. At Niagara, Bentley got a pair of … Read more

ECAC Hockey recognizes 18 players on three all-league teams for 2021-22 season

ECAC Hockey has announced its three all-league teams for the 2021-22 season. FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Forward: Alex Campbell, So., Clarkson Forward: Mathieu Gosselin, Jr., Clarkson Forward: Nick Abruzzese, Jr., Harvard Defenseman: Zach Metsa, Sr., Quinnipiac Defenseman: Sam Malinski, Jr., Cornell Goaltender: Yaniv Perets, So., Quinnipiac SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Forward: Zach Tsekos, Gr., Clarkson Forward: Ture … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Even with No. 1 seed in conference tournament, Denver not taking Miami lightly this weekend in opening round of playoffs

For as much as coaches and players talk about how brutal NCHC campaigns are, it comes as a surprise that only now, in Year 9 of its existence, the conference has crowned split regular-season champions. That quirk was news to Denver coach David Carle, whose Pioneers earned on Saturday a share of the Penrose Cup … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Michigan facing stiff test from Notre Dame in conference semifinal; Penn State hoping magic continues against Minnesota

Michigan has lost nine times this season and this weekend it’ll get another crack at the team responsible for 44 percent of those losses. The Wolverines will host Notre Dame on Saturday in the first Big Ten Tournament semifinal. The Irish won consecutive overtime games at Yost Ice Arena in November and wrapped up the … Read more

Bracketology: As college hockey playoffs kick into high gear, which teams are on the bubble, and which teams are locks for NCAA tournament bids?

We’re three weeks into Braceketology and we’re already seeing some conference tournament results that are having lasting impact. Last weekend, it was Ohio State losing its series in three games to Penn State. The Buckeyes have no games remaining to change their PairWise possibilities, and right now OSU sits right on the tournament bubble – … Read more

Hockey East unveils eight-player 2021-22 all-rookie team, plus six individual awards

Hockey East announced Wednesday the 2021-22 all-rookie team and six other season-long awards as voted by the men’s league’s 11 head coaches. ALL-ROOKIE TEAM G: Devon Levi, Northeastern * D: Ty Gallagher, Boston University D: Scott Morrow, Massachusetts * D: Ryan Ufko, Massachusetts D: David Breazeale, Maine F: Matt Crasa, UMass Lowell F: Justin Hryckowian, … Read more

NCHC announces 2021-22 all-conference teams, with five teams represented on first team

The NCHC on Wednesday announced its all-conference teams, with five different teams represented on the 2021-22 all-NCHC first team. Voting was conducted by the eight head coaches at each institution and eight media members, one covering each member school. Coaches and media voted for six forwards, four defensemen and two goaltenders, awarding first-team votes for … Read more