The United States Collegiate Selects hockey team has announced the addition of six players to the 2025 Spengler Cup roster — Vinny Borgesi (Northeastern), Matt DiMarsico (Penn State), Quinn Finley (Wisconsin), Adam Gajan (Minnesota Duluth), Ryan Walsh (Cornell) and JJ Wiebusch (Penn State). The newcomers bring the team’s roster total to 18 student-athletes, who will … Read more
It took a few years to make a U.S. Collegiate Selects Team a reality. Then organizers had to put together a roster for the 2025 Spengler Cup.
The first monthly honorees of the Men’s Hockey Commissioners Association have been chosen. This year’s monthly selections have expanded to four honorees – forward, goaltender, defender and rookie of the month. Men’s Co-Forward of the Month: Max Plante, SO F, Minnesota Duluth (Hermantown, MN) Men’s Co-Forward of the Month: JJ Wiebusch, SO F, Penn State … Read more
The United States Collegiate Selects hockey team has announced the addition of two players to the 2025 Spengler Cup roster — Jack Musa (UMass) and Zam Plante (Minnesota Duluth).
The recruiting landscape in college hockey these days, and in American college sports in general, isn’t what our parents grew up with. The NCAA rolling out the transfer portal in October 2018, letting student-athletes move freely from one school to another, made sure of that. Seven years later, the recruiting scene in NCAA Division … Read more
Western Michigan begins its first season as defending national champions. Other coaches who have been in that position offer advice (File photo: Jim Rosvold)
With 32 first-place votes, Western Michigan remains the top team in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll. Michigan State, with 11 first-place votes, moves from No. 3 to No. 2, Boston University gets two first-place votes and drops one spot to No. 3, Penn State bags four first-place nods and is up one … Read more
Year-in and year-out, ever since their conference held its first games in 2013, coaches and players from NCHC member schools have talked about the meat-grinder that is their league. It might be even tougher now, and it’s certainly as difficult as ever to predict who will end up where. The conference boasts the defending national … Read more
At the latest meeting of the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Oversight Committee, the final vote for championship selection criteria was passed unanimously finalizing the use of the NCAA Power Index (NPI) for the 2025-26 season. The NPI replaces the PairWise, which had been in use since the 2013-14 season. One of the benefits … Read more
The competing teams for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 Friendship Four hockey tournaments have been announced, marking a major milestone as the event celebrates its 10-year anniversary in Belfast in 2025. Founded by the Odyssey Trust and held annually at the SSE Arena, Belfast, the Friendship Four is the first and only NCAA Division I … Read more
Defending national champion Western Michigan earned 29 first-place votes in the preseason USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll to start the year ranked No. 1. No. 2 Boston University took home three first-place votes, while No. 3 Michigan State picked up 14 first-place votes. Denver is slotted fourth and Penn State, with three first-place votes, … Read more
While the NCHC has awarded the Julie and Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup (Penrose Cup) to its regular-season champion since 2014, the conference’s tournament trophy has never had a name. That is until the 2026 NCHC tournament. With the NCHC moving its postseason tournament, the Frozen Faceoff, entirely to campus sites across the country this coming … Read more
The NCHC has released its 2025-26 preseason media poll. Defending national champion Western Michigan was picked first, followed by Denver and North Dakota. Four different teams received first-place votes in the poll. 2025-26 NCHC Preseason Media Poll 1. Western Michigan, 252 points (19 first-place votes) 2. Denver, 225 (4) 3. North Dakota, 220 (5) 4. … Read more
The NCHC has announced its 2025-26 preseason all-conference team, as selected by members of the media. 2025-26 NCHC Preseason All-Conference Team F: Sam Harris, Denver, Jr. F: Cullen Potter, Arizona State, So. F: Max Plante, Minnesota Duluth, So. D: Jake Livanavage, North Dakota, Jr. D: Eric Pohlkamp, Denver, Jr. G: Hampton Slukynsky, Western Michigan, So. … Read more
Former NCAA hockey standouts Tara Mounsey (Brown), Zach Parise (North Dakota) and Joe Pavelski (Wisconsin) will be enshrined into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2025. Photographer Bruce Bennett and former player Scott Gomez will also be inducted. “The collection of talent that is part of the U.S. … Read more
Denver has announced that Will Healey has been hired as the Pioneers’ director of hockey operations. Healey comes to the Pioneers after spending the 2024-25 campaign with Providence as a graduate assistant with men’s hockey, where he was responsible for live tagging time-on-ice, video review for coach’s challenges and oversaw the video operations during practices. … Read more
Denver has named 2005 national champion Peter Mannino as its assistant athletic director for name, image and likeness (NIL). Mannino will lead Denver’s NIL and strategy for the Pioneers’ varsity athletic programs. The position will have a strong focus on building out an academic program with DU’s Daniels College of Business and its Sturm College … Read more
Miami has announced that Gord Farnell has joined the RedHawks staff as assistant director of human performance at the Goggin Ice Center. Farnell comes to Oxford after four years as the head strength and conditioning coach for the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers. “We are honored to welcome Gord Farnell and his wife Kennedy to Miami University,” … Read more
Miami announced Friday that Jimmy Spratt will join the staff as assistant to the head coach. Spratt, who was an assistant coach with the USHL’s Fargo Force last season, returns to Oxford after previously serving as the RedHawks’ director of hockey operations from 2019 to 2022. “We are thrilled to welcome Jimmy Spratt to our … Read more
Denver will host Minnesota at Ball Arena on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. MT in the 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game. Tickets for the game start at around $35 and go on sale to the public at Ticketmaster.com on Friday, Aug. 1 at 10 a.m. MT. The exclusive presale is set from … Read more