Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Another new No. 1? Friday night marked a seismic event for the national radar when No. 1 Michigan lost 5-2 to a 17th-ranked Western Michigan squad at home at Yost Ice Arena. Five different players scored … Read more
The UCHC will expand its men’s membership by an additional team to 11 with Alvernia joining the league in 2022-23. “It is exciting to see the great game of hockey grow and we’re honored to add Alvernia’s men’s program to the UCHC,” said UCHC commissioner Chuck Mitrano in a statement. “Alvernia’s leadership at all levels … Read more
(2) Ohio State at (1) Wisconsin The first series between these teams as the top two ranked squads in the country did not disappoint. On Saturday, the Buckeyes came out strong in the first and headed into the break with a 1-0 lead thanks to a snipe from Gabby Rosenthal. The Badgers picked it up … Read more
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of October 18 fared in games over the weekend of Oct. 22-24. No. 1 Michigan (5-1-0) 10/22/2021 – No. 17 Western Michigan 5 at No. 1 Michigan 2 10/23/2021 – No. 1 Michigan 3 at No. 17 Western … Read more
MADISON — The battle of the top two teams in the country went to Wisconsin as they defeated Ohio State 2-1 in overtime on Saturday for their second win of the weekend. The Buckeyes do get an extra point in conference standings for taking the game to OT. In a game with a number of … Read more
Notre Dame (+190) became the first significant underdog from this column to earn a victory last Friday, knocking off Michigan Tech on the road, 2-1 in overtime. Michigan (+120), which was a slight underdog on Friday against host Minnesota Duluth last Friday in the IceBreaker semifinal, handling the Bulldogs with ease, 5-1, before taking home … Read more
After some time away, there’s one thing Rico Blasi noticed about the familiar rinks of the CCHA. “The smell is still the same,” the first-year St. Thomas coach joked in a phone interview Tuesday, reflecting on his team’s recent road trips to Northern Michigan and Lake Superior State. Blasi, who played at Miami in the … Read more
The UCHC announced Thursday the results of its 2021-22 women’s preseason coaches poll. The poll is voted on by all 11 league coaches with Nazareth selected as the top team in the conference at the start of the 2021-22 season. Nazareth was a near-unanimous selection, as the Golden Flyers are attempting to win their first … Read more
A matchup between two top-10 teams is noteworthy enough on its own, but there’s a little extra buzz in this weekend’s matchup between No. 6 North Dakota and No. 7 Quinnipiac. For the first time in nearly 20 months, there will be fans at Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena when the Bobcats host the Fighting Hawks … Read more
Don’t call it a goalie controversy. Because Merrimack coach Scott Borek doesn’t see it that way. With sophomore Zachary Borgiel and freshman Hugo Ollas sharing time between the pipes so far this season for the Warriors (2-2-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East), Borek said competition at the position can only be a positive for his club. “I … Read more
The UCHC announced Wednesday the results of its 2021-22 men’s preseason coaches poll. The poll is voted on by all 10 league coaches with Utica selected as the top team in the conference at the outset of the year for the fourth consecutive season. Utica garnered six of the ten first place votes and 78 … Read more
Alaska Anchorage announced Wednesday that former Seawolves player Matt Shasby has been named the seventh head hockey coach in school history. Shasby replaces Matt Curley, who resigned in June, and was one of three finalists for the job. Currently the vice president of player development for the state of Alaska and serving as a coach … Read more
The new NCAA rule allowing transferring players a one-time exemption from having to sit out a year has had a sweeping impact on college hockey this season. When combined with an extra year of eligibility due to COVID-19, we saw an unprecedented number of players changing teams this past offseason. At one time, there were … Read more
Plenty of talk surrounded Michigan and St. Lawrence earlier this year, when COVID-19 cases saw those teams withdraw from the 2021 NCAA tournament before it began. Those moves soon became public information. What wasn’t public at the time of the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh, though, was that St. Cloud State briefly worried over a false … Read more
Minnesota hasn’t played an in-state rival for conference points since March of 2013, but in the middle of back-to-back series against St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth, it feels like we’ve been transported back a couple years. The Gophers and Bulldogs will face off in a home-and-home bout this weekend with Friday’s game being played … Read more
Endicott has been picked first overall in the 2021-22 Commonwealth Coast Conference preseason coaches poll. The Gulls earned 63 points and seven of the eight first place votes cast by the league’s eight head coaches. 2021-22 CCC Preseason Coaches Poll Team – Points (First-place votes) 1. Endicott 63 (7) 2. University of New England 52 … Read more
UMass Boston has named Danielle Blanchard the new head women’s hockey coach for the Beacons. Blanchard, who will begin her new position immediately following an extensive nationwide search, comes to the harbor campus after serving as the assistant coach at Yale. “Danielle’s extensive knowledge of the game of ice hockey, her care and attention to … Read more
Utica has announced the hiring of Madyson Moore as a full-time assistant coach for the Pioneers’ women’s hockey team. Moore comes to Utica after a decorative career between New England College and Norwich. In 95 career games between the two schools, Moore accumulated 68 points and was a member of the 2014 Norwich team that … Read more
United Collegiate Hockey Conference commissioner Chuck Mitrano has been named chairperson of the NCAA Division III Championships Committee. Mitrano, who has served on the championships committee since 2020, will begin his appointment as chair in January 2022 and will serve through January 2024. The committee handles the oversight of Division III’s championships. The committee reports … Read more
Even before the puck dropped on the opening weekend of the 2021-22 season, college hockey felt the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The season-opening series between Alaska and Minnesota scheduled for Oct. 2-3 in Minneapolis was postponed to mid-January because of COVID protocols that involved Tier 1 individuals associated with the Alaska program. Tier … Read more