There were quite a few rules changes in college hockey before this season and for the first time, the NCAA hosted a webinar with NCAA Secretary-Rules Editor Steve Piotrowski to specifically talk about how those changes and areas of focus would affect women’s college hockey.
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 Rubin: Happy Tuesday, once again, and welcome back to our next and finest edition of TMQ. For those of you who missed the return, I totally forgot to recap and … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com picks the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature 1. Bowling Green wins Icebreaker The Falcons defeated both co-hosts (Sacred Heart and Connecticut) to win the Icebreaker title. On Friday at Sacred Heart, Brody Waters’ power-play goal with 1:45 left lifted Bowling Green to a 3-2 win. … Read more
Maine was a 5-3 upset winner over No. 6 Quinnipiac on Saturday night, handing the sixth-ranked Bobcats their first loss of the season before a crowd of 4,722 at Alfond Arena. Parks tips that one in from Gerrior! 💻 https://t.co/Qs0EoDb6ui | @ESPNPlus https://t.co/3AFEV03Mgq pic.twitter.com/MkpKfuhJI2 — Maine Men’s Ice Hockey (@mainemhockey) October 11, 2026 The Black … Read more
No. 12 Michigan Tech continued its hot streak to start the season with a 3-2 overtime win at St. Cloud State on Friday night. Teydon Trembecky scored at 2:09 of the extra frame — his second of the night — to lift the Huskies to 3-0 on the young season. “I didn’t like our first … Read more
Speaking recently as part of her State of the Conference address, NCHC commissioner Heather Weems rolled out the red carpet for the league’s 14th season. Weems also noted that 14 is her lucky number. She runs a conference that’s had plenty of luck. Eight of the last 10 NCAA Division I men’s hockey national champions … Read more
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