Transfer players have always played a role in college hockey. But while transfers once served to plug a hole or two on a team’s roster, some schools took advantage of a new rule to help makeover their lineup for this season. Last spring, the NCAA Division I council voted to allow undergraduate players in football, … Read more
As part of the 20th anniversary of the Boston College men’s hockey team’s 2001 NCAA championship, the Eagles will honor members of the 2000-01 squad at the home opener this Friday night against No. 18 Northeastern. Members of the team, including Brian Gionta, Bobby Allen, Rob Scuderi, Brooks Orpik, Chuck Kobasew, Krys Kolanos and Scott … Read more
We can’t all be the Tom Brady of our sport, but North Dakota goaltender Zach Driscoll feels he has a couple of irons in the fire. A graduate student who played the last three hockey seasons at Bemidji State, Driscoll in the summer of 2020 was introduced to the sport of pickleball by fellow Twin … Read more
Their roster makeup is quite different, Mel Pearson hails from Canada and Scott Sandelin is from Minnesota’s Iron Range, and nobody is going to confuse Ann Arbor and the Twin Ports. Even if not much else is the same, Michigan would probably like to emulate Minnesota Duluth’s season-ending results from the last half-decade or so. … Read more
Depending on who you talk to, the new NCAA rules around player movement, the ability to transfer and play immediately plus the extra year of eligibility players have been given due to the pandemic, are making things better…or in some cases, worse for college hockey. Players now have more choice and control over their college … Read more
The 2020-21 season was another typical year for the Robert Morris hockey program. The Colonials won Atlantic Hockey’s Western Pod regular-season championship and were within a game of advancing to their seventh straight playoff semifinal appearance. It took an unorthodox playoff format and a double-overtime second game to stop the team, but RMU clearly ranked … Read more
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. Paula: It’s October and we’re talking college hockey, which means that something is going right in the world. It is good to be back. We’re mixing it up a bit for … Read more
Minnesota State is again the No. 1 team in the latest USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, garnering 17 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. St. Cloud remains No. 2 and picked up 14 first-place votes and 945 voting points, just four behind Minnesota State. Michigan (16 first-place votes) stays No. 3, while No. 4 Minnesota … Read more
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. No. 6 Boston College survives opening game shootout, wins IceBreaker Tournament If you look at Saturday’s score, you might think Boston College’s road to the IceBreaker Tournament title was a cakewalk. On the second night of … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of October 4 fared in games over the weekend of Oct. 8-9. No. 1 Minnesota State (3-1-0) 10/08/2021 – No. 2 St. Cloud State 0 at No. 1 Minnesota State 1 10/09/2021 – No. 2 St. Cloud State … Read more
The CCHA announced Sunday a two-game suspension for Northern Michigan sophomore defenseman Michael Van Unen. The suspension is a result of Van Unen’s five-minute major penalty and game misconduct infraction for contact to the head, which occurred at the 18:25 mark of the first period in Northern Michigan’s home game on Saturday, Oct. 9 against … Read more
Will there be reason for Minnesota Duluth fans to celebrate this weekend? USCHO writers believe that the Bulldogs should be able to handle Bemidji State on Friday. Read more in USCHO Bettor’s Edge (File photo: Jim Rosvold)
October is basically hockey’s spring. Hope abounds for each new season, and this time around, that extends to what’s going on amid a pandemic that has affected all of us for a year and a half. NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton knows all about that. Lucky guy. When the conference began play eight years ago, he … Read more
For the casual fan watching on a Friday or Saturday, chances are high that the inaugural season of the new CCHA won’t look much different than the final season of the WCHA. Seven of the eight teams were together in the WCHA, so the matchups, coaches and arenas are largely the same. And the league’s … Read more
AIC coach Eric Lang spoke on Wednesday during the College Hockey Inc. Virtual Coach Clinic about how to develop a championship culture (File photo: Omar Phillips)
While change is inevitable in college hockey, there’s never been an offseason quite as tumultuous or long for many of the teams in ECAC Hockey. Eight of the 12 conference teams didn’t play last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Quinnipiac, Clarkson, Colgate, and St. Lawrence to string together a makeshift season that ended … Read more
The only thing that will keep Hockey East fans on the edge of their seats this season will be the action on the ice. At least that’s the hope of commissioner Steve Metcalf and the league’s 11 coaches. That fans will even be in the building after a year playing in empty arenas has generated … Read more
Lake Superior State has hired DJ Goldstein as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2021-22 season. Goldstein will be involved in all aspects of the daily operations of the coaching staff while also assisting in hockey operations, and managing organizational film analysis and breakdown. “We are looking forward to DJ joining our staff in this … Read more
Augustana University officially announced today that it will be home to the Viking men’s hockey program, which is set to take the ice in the fall of 2023. The public announcement came during a groundbreaking ceremony in Sioux Falls, S.D., on AU’s campus for the program’s new $40 million Midco Arena, facilitated by a lead … Read more
As the sudden cancelation of the 2019-20 season and the general, let’s say, quirkiness of last year gets put in the rearview, everyone is hoping for a more normal Big Ten season this year. Saying more normal instead of 100 percent normal is already necessary as during the process of writing this piece a nonconference … Read more