Air Force and Denver will co-host the Ice Breaker Tournament, slated for Oct. 7-8, 2022, at the Cadet Ice Arena in Colorado Springs and Magness Arena in Denver. The Ice Breaker Tournament, the traditional start to the college hockey season, will also include Maine and Notre Dame. The Ice Breaker Tournament, which began in 1997 … Read more
Minnesota State garnered 32 first-place votes this week and moves up one spot to sit No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Quinnipiac picked up 15 first-place votes and jumps two spots to sit second in this week’s rankings. Michigan remains No. 3, while Western Michigan is fourth, up two spots, and Minnesota … Read more
Hockey East announced Monday that Vermont freshman defenseman Luca Münzenberger has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 15:33 of the third period on Saturday, December 4 at Maine. On the play, Münzenberger was assessed a five-minute major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct. Münzenberger will miss the … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of November 29 fared in games over the weekend of Dec. 3-4. No. 1 Minnesota Duluth (10-5-1) 12/03/2021 – No. 1 Minnesota Duluth 4 at RV Northern Michigan 5 12/04/2021 – No. 1 Minnesota Duluth 2 at RV … Read more
MADISON — The 113th meeting between rivals Minnesota and Wisconsin ended in a tie, with an extra conference point going to the Gophers after Emily Zumwinkle’s goal ended an eight round shootout. The Gophers took the lead early in the first period for the second straight game. Minnesota’s Emily Oden and Wisconsin’s Brett Pettet went … Read more
The NCHC has issued a one-game suspension to North Dakota graduate student defenseman Chris Jandric, stemming from a stick infraction during the Fighting Hawks’ game against St. Cloud State on Friday night at SCSU’s Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. On the play, Jandric was assessed a major penalty for spearing and given a game misconduct … Read more
The Friendship Four hockey tournament will return to Belfast, Northern Ireland in November 2022 after what will be a three-year absence due to COVID restrictions. Joining UMass and UMass Lowell will be Quinnipiac and Dartmouth. Taking place at The SSE Arena, Belfast on November 25-26, 2022, the tournament, organized by the Odyssey Trust, will bring … Read more
After more than eight years at the helm, NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton is stepping down from his role following the conclusion of the 2021-22 season. Fenton has been hired as the commissioner of the Summit League and will officially begin that role on April 11, 2022. Fenton will start his transition as a special consultant … Read more
In accordance with COVID-19 protocols and out of an abundance of caution, the UConn men’s hockey games against Merrimack this Friday and Saturday, December 3 and 4 have been postponed. Hockey East and the schools are currently working to reschedule these two league games at a later date.
Where have all the underdogs gone? Last weekend, nonconference plays created a bunch of heavy underdogs (Maine was +290 and was in a one-goal game into the closing minutes) but not a single one hit. The only dog to win from last weekend’s column was Arizona State (+130) and that was nearly a pick ’em. … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association announced Thursday its three women’s college hockey players of the month for November. Minnesota senior forward Taylor Heise is the player of the month, while Long Island freshman goaltender Tindra Holm is the rookie of the month and Northeastern graduate student Aerin Frankel and Mercyhurst junior goalie Jenna Silvonen are the … Read more
The first half of college hockey’s 2021-22 season brought about the return of familiar surroundings. Fans lost during a year of empty arenas once again filed through turnstiles and ticket booths in order to cheer their teams, and chants dating back decades rang through campuses across the United States. The pageantry of the sport, once … Read more
The Hockey Commissioners Association announced Thursday its three men’s college hockey players of the month for November. Bemidji State senior forward Owen Sillinger is the player of the month, while Northeastern sophomore goaltender Devon Levi is the rookie of the month and Minnesota Duluth junior goalie Ryan Fanti is the goaltender of the month. Sillinger … Read more
When the season started, Northern Michigan had something of a defensive crisis. The Wildcats barely had enough healthy bodies to field a full defensive unit. At one point, they had just four regular blueliners. Adding to that, the team’s No. 1 goalie, Rico DiMatteo, wasn’t 100 percent after recovering from surgery. “We played a series … Read more
A lot has gone right for the men’s hockey programs at Providence and Northeastern in the last month. No. 13 Providence (12-5-0, 6-3-0 Hockey East) has won six straight games and 16th-ranked Northeastern (11-4-1, 5-3-1) ran through the November portion of its schedule without a regulation loss. Something has to give this weekend as the … Read more
Offense has been hard to come by for Colgate for several seasons. While the Raiders usually had solid defense and goaltending, their struggle to score put them at a disadvantage. But it’s been a different story so far this year. Colgate enters its final weekend of the first half 25th in Division I in goals … Read more
“Through These Doors,” North Dakota’s in-house digital series chronicling life inside the university’s men’s hockey program, reached a major milestone Thursday when the show’s 200th episode premiered on YouTube. The show, aired weekly during the hockey season, is now in its 10th year. That’s six years on top of what David Folske, one of the … Read more
Alaska Anchorage announced Wednesday that Kevin Murdock has been hired as an assistant coach with the Seawolves. Murdock comes to UAA, which will return to play in 2022-23, from the NAHL’s North Iowa Bulls where he served as the associate head coach and general manager. “Kevin is one of the brightest young minds in hockey … Read more
Thanksgiving marks the unofficial end of the “early” part of the college hockey season, and it’s at this point that we usually look at freshmen who have made a big impact for their teams and the league in general. But this year is unique, at least in terms of rookies. About a dozen players in … Read more
As preseason favorites Michigan and Minnesota meet for the first time this season, we were correct about at least one thing from the preseason. The two teams are in first and second place, Michigan leads Minnesota by a point, but both have also played two more contests than everyone except Wisconsin. “We know what kind … Read more