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 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
Adam Augustine is a pragmatic man. A son of the great state of Wisconsin, the senior director of sports administration for the Big Ten is of course pleased with what he’s seeing from B1G hockey this season, but his Midwestern sensibilities add a dose of slow-your-roll when discussing any bigger picture. “While it’s nice that … Read more
How strange is this season of Big Ten hockey? If the season were to end today, five of the conference’s seven teams would play in the NCAA tournament. Minnesota would be the overall No. 1 seed and Penn State would likely be the top seed in its regional. How strange? Of the five Big Ten … Read more
As Jimmy Connelly and I lamented in the last TMQ of the first half of the season, once upon a time in the college hockey world, there were many significant and highly anticipated holiday tournaments. While the number of these tourneys has dwindled, the impact that any interleague play has on those who participate remains … Read more
With the first half of the season behind us, it’s a good time to reflect on how things have gone so far in the Big Ten. The B1G picture For the Big Ten, the first half was productive in several ways. With a record of 44-13-3, B1G Hockey has the best inter-conference win percentage (.758) … Read more
Raise your hand if you knew at the start of the season that Minnesota and Michigan State would be battling early for the top spot in Big Ten conference hockey. Come on, now. Don’t lie. This weekend, the “original six” of the Big Ten take the ice – everyone but Notre Dame – in three … Read more
By every possible measure, the past seven days have been extraordinary for Big Ten hockey. Minnesota swept Michigan at Yost Ice Arena. Michigan State – the team picked by coaches’ preseason to finish last – split a pair of road games against Penn State, and the Spartans sit in second place, one point behind the … Read more
After Michigan State’s Jagger Joshua tweeted about being called a racial slur in a Nov. 11 game against Ohio State, both MSU and the Big Ten released statements. Tuesday night, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith released a statement of his own on behalf of the school. https://twitter.com/OSU_AD/status/1595260479278030849
Michigan State senior forward Jagger Joshua posted Monday on Twitter that he was the target of a racial slur in the Spartans’ Nov. 11 game against Ohio State. Acts of racism do not belong in hockey.. pic.twitter.com/nm9AnIjSgV — Jagger Joshua (@jaggerjoshua8) November 21, 2022 Monday, the Big Ten issued a statement: “The Big Ten Conference … Read more
When fans think of Big Ten rivalries, the classic that comes to mind is Michigan vs. Ohio State. It’s easy to forget that the mutual disdain between these two bordering states extends well beyond the Wolverines and Buckeyes. While it may not be as well known, the Michigan State-Ohio State rivalry is intense, especially when … Read more
Is this B1G Hockey’s big season? Finally? While Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin have 23 national championships among them, not one of those titles was captured as a member of the Big Ten. Since its inaugural season in 2013-14, B1G Hockey has sent teams to the Frozen Four seven times, and two B1G teams … Read more
The Big Ten on Wednesday announced its preseason coaches poll as well as two preseason all-Big Ten teams. Coaches also picked the preseason teams. 2022-23 Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Minnesota 2. Notre Dame 3. Michigan 4. Wisconsin 5. Ohio State 6. Penn State 7. Michigan State 2022-23 Preseason All-Big Ten Hockey Teams FIRST … Read more
Steve Cash, Jim Johannson, Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, Monique Lamoureux-Morando, and Ryan Miller will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as the class of 2022. Cash was a standout Paralympic hockey player for the United States, while Johansson played at Wisconsin and later worked for USA Hockey. Lamoureux-Davidson and Lamoureux-Morando both played at … Read more
Former Michigan State hockey captain Brad Fast has rejoined the Spartans program as the director of player development. The Spartans have also announced that Will Morlock has joined the strength and conditioning staff with his primary duties training the MSU hockey program. Previously the director of hockey operations at MSU (2015-19), Fast comes back to … Read more
The next Great Lakes Invitational tournament will have a new look for the upcoming 2022 edition. Michigan Tech is once again the tournament host and brings the annual holiday classic to Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich., on December 27-28. GLI mainstay Michigan State will join the Huskies along with Western Michigan and Ferris … Read more
Mike Towns has been added to the Michigan State hockey staff as an assistant coach. Towns joins Jared DeMichiel as part of Adam Nightingale’s first staff in East Lansing, Mich. Towns will join the Spartan program after three years as the associate head coach at Clarkson, where he helped guide his charges to three top-three … Read more
Jared DeMichiel has joined the Michigan State hockey staff as the first hire by head coach Adam Nightingale as the team’s associate head coach. Since 2016, DeMichiel has been on staff at Massachusetts, first as an assistant coach and since 2019, the associate head coach. “Jared DeMichiel has shown that he can help rebuild a … Read more
Michigan State has added graduate student Miroslav Mucha and junior forward Zach Dubinsky to the Spartan hockey roster for the 2022-23 season. Mucha played four years at Lake Superior State and will join the Spartan roster for his fifth year of eligibility as a graduate transfer. He had 35 points (10 goals, 25 assists) in … Read more
Michigan State has announced the addition of goaltender Dylan St. Cyr and defenseman Michael Underwood as graduate transfers for the upcoming 2022-23 season. The pair of Michigan-born players join the Spartan roster after four-year collegiate careers. Underwood played four seasons at Clarkson, while St. Cyr played three at Notre Dame before spending the 2021-22 campaign … Read more