Well, if there was a desire to present to you some betting advice in this new USCHO Bettor’s Edge column, week one gave mixed results, depending on how you approach the mission. If you wanted to find out what teams were heavy favorite, congratulations. USCHO Bettor’s Edge properly nailed all of the favorites last Friday … Read more
During this season’s CCHA preseason conference call, Minnesota State coach Mike Hastings was asked about the fact that his team is set to play six consecutive games against top-ranked teams to start the new season. Hastings joked that he wanted to throw former assistant coach Darren Blue under the bus but couldn’t because he also … Read more
The UMass Lowell homecoming weekend series against LIU, originally scheduled for this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15-16, has been postponed due to COVID-19 protocols within the Sharks’ program. The two-game set has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 3 and Friday, Feb. 25 at the Tsongas Center. The River Hawks will still celebrate homecoming with a … Read more
Such is the life of college hockey fans in October — wait all summer for the season to start, only to have to wait even longer for conference play to get going in earnest. Ten of Hockey East’s 11 teams (all but Maine) will be in action this weekend, playing 16 total games, but only … Read more
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