Men’s D-I in general
It’s Hobey Baker time. Beginning at noon ET today, fan balloting opened for the 2022 Hobey Baker Award. Awarded annually to college hockey’s top player, the Hobey Baker’s tremendously popular fan voting will run from now until Sunday, March 6 at midnight. College hockey fans can cast their vote by going to the voting website. … Read more
Overshadowed (in this space, at least) by defending NCAA champion UMass in recent weeks, the Northeastern men’s hockey team has quietly made its case as not only the best team in Hockey East, but as a national contender to boot. Going into Tuesday night’s home game vs. independent Arizona State, the Huskies have won six … Read more
The journey is much shorter, and the crowd won’t be nearly as raucous, but Cornell hits the road looking for another successful weekend away from Lynah Rink. The Big Red swept North Dakota last weekend at Ralph Engelstad Arena, in the process becoming the first ECAC Hockey team ever to accomplish that feat. Cornell will … Read more
In addition to the Omaha at North Dakota series postponed earlier today, the NCHC has announced this weekend’s series between Western Michigan and Colorado College at CC’s Ed Robson Arena and the St. Cloud State at Denver series at DU’s Magness Arena, both slated for this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14-15, have been postponed. In … Read more
This weekend’s NCHC series between Omaha and North Dakota, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14-15, at UND’s Ralph Engelstad Arena, has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the North Dakota hockey program. This series will attempt to be made up later this season. If the games are unable to be rescheduled, the games … Read more
Due to COVID-19 concerns and safety protocols within the Yale men’s hockey program, Cornell’s game against the Bulldogs scheduled for Friday, Jan. 14 has been postponed. ECAC Hockey and the two teams are continuing to explore alternative possibilities for contesting the game at a different point of the weekend.
Providence announced on Tuesday that fifth-year defenseman Ben Mirageas is no longer a member of the program. “We are appreciative of Ben’s contributions to our program over the past four-plus seasons,” Friars coach Nate Leaman said in a statement. “We wish Ben all the best in his future endeavors.” No reason was given for Mirageas’ … Read more
With 42 first-place votes, Minnesota State is the top-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for the fourth straight week. Quinnipiac remains No. 2 with five first-place nods and Western Michigan is again third in the poll. Michigan moves up two spots to No. 4 and garnered three first-place votes. DCU/USCHO.com Division I … Read more
Hockey East announced Monday schedule updates for men’s and women’s conference teams. The men’s series between Northeastern and Vermont, previously scheduled for Jan. 14-15, has been postponed. The Huskies are now scheduled to travel to Vermont for a single game on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 5:30 p.m. The women’s series between Holy Cross and Vermont, … Read more
Atlantic Hockey announced Monday a one-game suspension for Niagara graduate defenseman Chris Harpur, effective for the Purple Eagles’ next NCAA Division I game. The suspension is a result of Harpur’s major penalty and game misconduct for high sticking, which occurred at the 15:28 mark of the third period in Niagara’s home game on Saturday, Jan. … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Hail to the victors! It didn’t take long for Michigan to rewrite the narrative surrounding its January. A week ago, people were trolling and criticizing the Wolverines for cancelling their Great Lakes Invitational game against No. … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Jan. 3 fared in games over the weekend of Jan. 7-9. No. 1 Minnesota State (20-4-0) 01/07/2022 – Ferris State 1 at No. 1 Minnesota State 7 01/08/2022 – Ferris State 0 at No. 1 Minnesota State … Read more
Minnesota fifth-year goaltender Jack LaFontaine has left the Gophers to sign a one-year contract with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes through the end of the 2021-22 season. “As the reigning Mike Richter Award recipient, Jack has proven he’s ready to take the next steps in his career,” said Carolina GM Don Waddell in a statement. “We … Read more
If you read the last edition of Bettor’s Edge well before the holidays, there was a hope to return a week ago. But the schedule became pretty fractured between limited schedules and postponements related to COVID. Those postponements continue yet again this weekend, and it seems the popular opinion is that they will continue likely … Read more
The NCAA has released updated guidance for winter sports competing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 Winter Training and Competition document follows recent updates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including recommendations for quarantine and isolation. The updated guidance addresses broad considerations that differentiate COVID-19 management in Tier 1 individuals based on vaccination … Read more
USA Hockey announced today the men’s Olympic team assistant coaches for the 2022 games in Beijing that will work under head coach David Quinn. The assistants currently with NCAA hockey teams include Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings, St. Cloud State head coach Brett Larson and Penn State video coach Alex Dawes. In addition, Scott … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its men’s college hockey national players of the month for December. Denver’s Brett Stapley is the player of the month, followed by Wisconsin’s Corson Ceulemans as the national rookie of the month and Minnesota State’s Dryden McKay the top goaltender. Stapley went for five goals and nine points in … Read more
Hockey East announced Thursday schedule updates for conference men’s and women’s teams. The men’s game between Long Island and Northeastern on Friday, Jan. 7 will now air on NESN at 7:30 p.m. Additionally, Northeastern is now scheduled to play Arizona State at Matthews Arena on Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. The men’s game between … Read more
Due to COVID-19 concerns and safety protocols within the Yale men’s hockey program, the games at Princeton and Quinnipiac on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 7-8, have been postponed. The games will be rescheduled for a date and time to be determined.
With guidance from the Big Ten, the Wisconsin men’s hockey’s series against Ohio State will be played on Saturday and Sunday this weekend at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Saturday’s game will start at 6 p.m., with Sunday beginning at 3 p.m. The series was originally scheduled for Friday-Saturday but was postponed due to … Read more