The Big Ten Conference has big budgets, big atmosphere and big recruits. The conference boasts seven of the top 14 programs in college hockey for total expenses. All seven institutions are in the top twenty for average attendance and this year the league will host an outdoor game at Lambeau Field where the Ohio State … Read more
These are dark days indeed for Hockey East. Sort of. It’s all relative, of course, perhaps with a little hyperbole thrown in. Hockey East obviously remains one of the premier conferences in Division I men’s college hockey, but the specter of qualifying only two at-large teams for the 2026 NCAA tournament looms large entering this … Read more
Last season continued to prove that ECAC is rarely as straightforward as the broken record surrounding its paper preview. Yes, Quinnipiac is the defending regular season champion for the sixth consecutive year, and yes, the Bobcats failed to win a postseason’s Whitelaw Cup for the sixth time over those six years. And yes again, they … Read more
Another busy offseason brought more change to college hockey and the NCAA landscape in general. Atlantic Hockey saw more upheaval at the end of last season with the end of the Mercyhurst’s men’s program, leaving the conference with nine members. That means a change to the number of conference games (from 26 to 24) as … Read more
There’s been five seasons of the re-formed Central College Hockey Association, and in many ways, the league is going back to basics as it embarks on its sixth. Instead of the relative uncertainty that has been a feature of the conference — changes in coaches, conference membership and the big change in what kind of … Read more
Welcome back to USCHO’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback for the 2026-27 season. Each week, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey. Dan Rubin: Ed! We’re back! It’s hockey season! I know you’re just as excited as me to talk about our first weekend and the unofficial soft opening … Read more
Welcome back to USCHO.com’s Monday 10 for the 2026-27 season. Each week, we’ll pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend of college hockey. 1. Pandolfo, Naurato earn milestone wins Michigan’s Brandon Naurato and Boston University’s Jay Pandolfo, both in their fifth seasons at their respective schools, hit the 100-win milestone on the same … Read more
Matthew Van Blaricom had two goals and an assist to lead No. 19 Michigan Tech to a 3-2 season-opening home win over No. 14 Minnesota on Saturday at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. “It was a tremendous game, but we were able to make one more play in the third period and hang on,” … Read more
Arizona State coach Greg Powers has been placed on paid administrative leave as the university continues to examine the circumstances surrounding the Aug. 20 team workout that left sophomore transfer Matthew Mayich hospitalized, the school announced today. Assistant coach Mike Corbett will lead the Sun Devils when the season opens this weekend. The university said … Read more
Air Force head coach Frank Serratore announced that the upcoming 2026-27 season will be his final year. “Most professional coaches are nomadic contractors endlessly wandering the hockey highway from job to job,” Serratore said in a statement. “I was on this track until I came to Colorado Springs. (This) job has provided me with a … Read more
Seven Arizona State men’s hockey players have asked university president Michael Crow to place coach Greg Powers and his staff on administrative leave while the school investigates the Aug. 20 workout that left sophomore transfer Matthew Mayich on life support, according to a report by The Athletic. In a 26-page letter, the players challenged numerous … Read more
The NCAA is moving toward expanding the roster limit for D-I men’s hockey from 26 players to 28. According to a report in the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald, the NCAA D-I men’s hockey oversight committee has approved the proposed change, but it still must clear several hurdles before becoming official. The 26-player limit currently applies … Read more
Arizona State’s internal review of the workout that left hockey player Matthew Mayich on life support has raised as many questions as it answered, according to a report published on Tuesday by The Athletic. The review, released Tuesday, did not assign responsibility for what happened. Instead, the university promised to create a “blue-ribbon advisory panel” … Read more
The NCAA D-I men’s hockey committee announced it has elected to move the 2027 NCAA Bridgeport Regional to Hartford, Conn. PeoplesBank Arena will host the event for the first time, March 25-2.. Bridgeport’s Total Mortgage Arena is undergoing renovations making its ability to host unfeasible. The NCAA worked with the local host Sacred Heart and … Read more
The transfer portal continues to be an active and important part of the women’s college hockey offseason. Here’s our attempt at putting all the staffing changes and roster moves all in one place.
Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore will retire following the 2026-27 season, ending a 26-year tenure behind the Beaver bench, the university announced Wednesday. Associate head coach Travis Winter will succeed Serratore beginning with the 2027-28 season. Serratore, who played at Bemidji State from 1985-87, took over as head coach in 2001 and guided the program … Read more
Questions continue to mount over how an outside trainer was brought in to conduct an Arizona State hockey workout that ended with sophomore defenseman Matthew Mayich suffering exertional heatstroke and falling into a coma, according to a report from The Arizona Republic. Earlier this week, investigative reporter Robert Anglen reported that Tim Ziesel, a former … Read more
Stan Wong, T.J. Oshie, Amanda Kessel, Ryan Suter and Phil Kessel were announced Thursday as this year’s inductees into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Wong, an athletic trainer, spent 40 years in hockey, including stints with the Capitals and Panthers, plus five Olympics and dozens of IIHF tournaments with USA Hockey. Oshie helped … Read more
Arizona State’s policies for preventing and treating heat-related illness are being called into question following the Aug. 20 collapse of hockey player Matthew Mayich, who remains in a coma after suffering what his family’s attorney says was exertional heatstroke. According to a report in The Arizona Republic, Mayich had been in the Phoenix area for … Read more
Season 4 of The PodKaz continues with our preseason conversations with new head coaches in NCAA women’s hockey. Hosts Nicole Haase and Todd Milewski find out about Minnesota coach Boom May, who has worked in multiple roles at the school before moving up to the top job after the Gophers parted ways with longtime coach … Read more