Men’s D-I in general
Three times this season, Northern Michigan has knocked off the No. 1 team in the country. They’ll get a chance to do it for a fourth time on Saturday night when they take on No. 1 seeded Minnesota State, the nation’s top-ranked team. The fifth-seeded Wildcats defeated fourth-seeded Lake Superior State in a tough three-game … Read more
ECAC Hockey has announced the 2022 men’s all-rookie team, with six players from four teams being honored. Forward: Matthew Coronato, Fr., Harvard Forward: Ayrton Martino, Fr., Clarkson Forward: Alex Laferriere, So., Harvard Defenseman: Hank Kempf, Fr., Cornell Defenseman: Ian Moore, Fr., Harvard Goaltender: Clay Stevenson, So., Dartmouth
All four home teams won their playoff series in the opening round of the ECAC Hockey postseason. Now, they’ll head on the road to try and repeat that success. Colgate and Union swept their respective opponents, while St. Lawrence and Rensselaer won in three games. The Saints beat Brown 4-3 in overtime on Sunday, while … Read more
With the single-elimination Hockey East tournament set to begin Wednesday, there’s only one absolute certainty — one team will win it, hoist the Lamoriello Trophy at TD Garden on March 19, and earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. And while it’s unthinkable that Hockey East will wind up with the tournament winner … 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. Jim: I don’t remember, Ed, a weekend as crazy as this past one was. A Hockey East regular season that went down to the last seconds, a co-championship in the NCHC … Read more
For the first time in NCHC history, only two teams are represented on the all-rookie team as co-Penrose Cup champions Denver and North Dakota make up the entire team. 2021-22 NCHC All-Rookie Team F: Carter Mazur, Denver – 42 (14 first-team votes) F: Massimo Rizzo, Denver – 34 (10) F: Matteo Costantini, North Dakota – … Read more
Minnesota State is once again on top of the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, picking up 46 first-place votes in this week’s poll. Minnesota again sits No. 2 with one first-place vote, while Denver stays No. 3, also with a first-place vote, Michigan is up one to No. 4, getting one first-place vote, and North … Read more
Ten NCAA men’s hockey student-athletes who excel both on and off the ice were selected as finalists today for the 2021-22 Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, student-athletes must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior or graduate student and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character, … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 28 fared in games over the weekend of March 4-6. No. 1 Minnesota State (33-5-0) 03/04/2022 – St. Thomas 2 at No. 1 Minnesota State 3 (CCHA Quarterfinal Game 1) 03/05/2022 – St. Thomas 2 at … Read more
Scott Borek has signed a multi-year contract extension to remain the head coach of the Merrimack men’s hockey team. Borek first went behind the Warriors’ bench starting with the 2018-19 season. “Scott’s relentless leadership has been a cornerstone of Merrimack Hockey’s return to the top of the ranks in Hockey East,” said Merrimack director of … Read more
I said it last week in this space, that if you can pick the right upset, there is a lot of money to be made this time of year. A week ago, Cornell, a team that pretty much most who follow the ECAC know is one of the top teams, knocked off Quinnipiac at a … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the men’s players of the month for Feb. 2022. Denver’s Bobby Brink takes home player of the month honors, while Minnesota’s Rhett Pitlick is rookie of the month and Minnesota State netminder Dryden McKay has been named goalie of the month. Brink put up strong numbers against a strong … Read more
The NCHC announced Thursday that the conference has begun the search for its next commissioner, contracting with Parker Executive Search, who will facilitate the process to find the conference’s third full-time commissioner since being founded in 2011. The NCHC search committee consists of representatives from all eight member institutions. It is co-chaired by North Dakota … Read more
It was an unseasonably warm Wednesday afternoon in Omaha — 75 degrees, on March 2 — when Mavericks coach Mike Gabinet spoke about a UNO team that seems to be heating up. Six points back in the NCHC standings from fourth-place Minnesota Duluth, UNO (20-14) is all but assured of a road trip for the … Read more
The Big Ten playoffs start this weekend, and here are reasons for and against each team winning the championship and getting the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Michigan Why the Wolverines will win the tournament: Michigan failed to take its name off the list of teams to never win a Big Ten regular season … Read more
When the dust settled on the 2021-22 Atlantic Hockey regular season, we were left with the following seedings for the upcoming AHA tournament: 1. American International 2. Canisius 3. Army West Point 4. Rochester Institute of Technology 5. Sacred Heart 6. Air Force 7. Mercyhurst 8. Niagara 9. Bentley 10. Holy Cross Army West Point … Read more
As we approach the home stretch of the college hockey season, we’re seeing some teams really solidify their NCAA tournament positions. We can say certainly that Minnesota State, Michigan and Minnesota all have punched their NCAA tickets and Denver, North Dakota, Western Michigan Notre Dame and St. Cloud State are all virtual locks (though my … Read more
North Dakota announced on Wednesday that head hockey coach Brad Berry has received a contract extension through the 2025-26 season. Berry is currently in his seventh year at the helm of the Fighting Hawks and has continued to put his own distinct stamp on a culture already steeped in tradition and success. He has guided … Read more
The Mason Cup is back. After a nine-year absence, the CCHA will award the championship trophy once again to the winner of its conference tournament, which begins with quarterfinal action this week. The trophy, named after famed Bowling Green, Lake Superior State and Michigan State coaching legend Ron Mason, was created in 2001. “We were … Read more
In the end, there was relatively little change in the standings during the final regular-season weekend in ECAC Hockey. Three of the top four teams – Quinnipiac, Clarkson, and Harvard – entered the weekend having already clinched a first-round bye. The fourth team, Cornell, blanked Princeton 4-0 Saturday to hold on to the final top-four … Read more