Men’s D-I: Wisconsin

Six NCAA men’s hockey players added to United States Collegiate Selects roster for 2025 Spengler Cup

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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

Big Ten 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Are odds in conference’s favor of finally bringing home a national championship?

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Let’s go to Vegas, baby. The 2026 Frozen Four will be played in T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, and wouldn’t any team from the Big Ten love to ride a streak all the way to the final buzzer of the national championship game next April? Because, of course, not one of … Read more

Michigan State chosen top team in 2025 Big Ten preseason coaches poll; preseason all-conference teams also unveiled

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Two-time defending regular-season champion Michigan State is favored to win the 2025-26 Big Ten championship according to the Big Ten hockey preseason coaches poll released on Thursday. Preseason All-Big Ten teams were also selected in voting conducted by conference head coaches. BIG TEN 2025-26 PRESEASON POLL 1. Michigan State 2. Penn State 3. Minnesota 4. … Read more

Former NCAA hockey players Mounsey, Parise, Pavelski part of ‘remarkable’ U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2025

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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

Big Ten men’s hockey tournament moving to two-week, single-elimination format, starting in March 2026

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The Big Ten men’s hockey tournament will be shifting to a two-week, single-elimination format beginning in March 2026, with all games played on campus. Since 2018, the default format for the tournament included a three-weekend format with a best-of-three first round quarterfinal, followed by single-game weekends of semifinal and championship games at campus sites. The … Read more

Boston College, Lake Superior State, Western Michigan, Wisconsin to make up field for 2025 Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee

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The Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off returns to Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee with Wisconsin, Boston College, Western Michigan, and Lake Superior State comprising the fifth annual event Dec. 28-29, 2025. The semifinal play will take place on Sunday, Dec. 28 with the championship game and third-place game on Monday, Dec. 29. Matchups and times will be … Read more

Big Ten 2024-25 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Parity across conference should again yield intense competition as teams’ talent levels continue to improve

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Fans of Big Ten hockey had good reason to think that 2023-24 would be something of a fairy tale season for at least one B1G team. For the second consecutive year, the Big Ten led all Division I conferences in nonleague play, tallying a .731 interconference win percentage, up a few points from the season … Read more

Michigan State sits atop 2024-25 Big Ten Hockey preseason coaches poll; 12 players comprise preseason all-conference teams

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Defending regular-season champion Michigan State is favored to win the 2024-25 Big Ten championship, according to the Big Ten Hockey coaches preseason poll released on Friday. Preseason all-Big Ten teams were also selected in voting conducted by conference head coaches. 2024-25 BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL 1. Michigan State 2. Minnesota 3. Michigan 4. Wisconsin 5. … Read more

‘No worry on the bench’ as Czerneckianair pots overtime winner to send Quinnipiac to Providence regional final with 3-2 win over Wisconsin

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It took a little longer than the last time, but Quinnipiac will take it. Victor Czerneckianair scored at 11:04 of overtime to lift Quinnipiac to a 3-2 win over Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday before a crowd of 6,988 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion. It was … Read more

NCAA Hockey Tournament Providence Regional Preview: Boston College, Wisconsin, Quinnipiac, Michigan Tech

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Providence Regional, March 29-31 Amica Mutual Pavilion, Providence, R.I. Friday, March 29, 2:00 p.m., ET, ESPNU No. 1 Boston College (31-5-1) vs. No. 4 Michigan Tech (19-14-6) Friday, March 29, 5:30 p.m. ET, ESPNews No. 2 Wisconsin (26-11-2) vs. No. 3 Quinnipiac (26-9-2) Sunday, March 31, 4:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2 Providence Regional Championship BOSTON COLLEGE … Read more

Boston College’s Fowler, Colorado College’s Mbereko, Wisconsin’s McClellan named three finalists for 2024 Mike Richter Award as top goalie in men’s college hockey

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the final three candidates for this year’s Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. A watch list of 32 was reduced to 10 semifinalists and now, with playoffs underway, the final three have been chosen – Boston College freshman … Read more

Michigan’s Brindley named Big Ten player of year, Wisconsin’s McClellan top goalie, Michigan State’s Levshunov best freshman, Spartans’ Nightingale coach of year

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The Big Ten Conference and the Big Ten Network announced Big Ten Hockey postseason awards on Tuesday. This year’s honors included individual awards, all-Big Ten teams and Sportsmanship awards. Voting was conducted by conference coaches and a media panel. Michigan’s Gavin Brindley was named Big Ten player of the year and won the Big Ten … Read more