Four conference semifinal games dotted the college hockey schedule Monday – two in the NCHC and two in the Big Ten.
And three of the four went to overtime.
The NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets announced Sunday that they have signed Clarkson junior captain Josh Dunne to a two-year, entry-level contract.
With 24 first-place votes this week, Boston College remains No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll.
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of March 8 fared in games over the week of March 8-14.
Nine conference quarterfinal games were played Sunday, with some teams eliminated from the 2020-21 season and some advancing to play another day.
When the NCHA tournament championship is played next weekend, it will have a different look than what the league has become accustomed to in recent years. Since 2013, either Adrian or St. Norbert has won the title. But that will change this coming week as the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Marian will play for … Read more
In a year filled with more than its fair share of challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin-Superior rose above them to savor a thrilling a moment. Facing off against one of the premier programs in the country in Wisconsin-Stevens Point, on the road no less, the Yellowjackets rallied for a 3-2 win over the … Read more
After a shortened season with heightened anxiety, we’ve finally arrived at the Big Ten tournament. First, here’s how Drew Claussen and I finished up with the regular-season picks. Last week Drew: 4-4-0 (.500) Paula: 8-0-0 (1.000) This season Drew: 63-35-4 (.637) Paula: 61-37-4 (.617) A truly stunning comeback by yours truly after a rocky start … Read more
Hockey East announced Friday its 2020-21 men’s all-star teams as voted by the league’s 11 head coaches.
Minnesota State junior goaltender Dryden McKay has been named the 2020-21 WCHA player of the year.
Rounding out its individual awards for the 2020-21 season, the NCHC unveiled its top honors on Thursday, with North Dakota claiming two of the four awards, while St. Cloud State and Western Michigan also each capturing a major award.
Atlantic Hockey has announced the members of the 2020-21 all-conference and all-rookie teams.
Due to the nature of the season, where the league was split into east and west pods, the AHA felt the only way to do awards this year was within the pods.
Bentley will not continue in the 2021 Atlantic Hockey tournament and has ended its season. A statement from Bentley cited new on-campus restrictions “to protect students, faculty and staff after an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases on campus.” The Falcons were scheduled to play a best-of-three quarterfinal series in Springfield, Mass., against American International starting … Read more
Are we there yet?
It’s a valid question, given how long this COVID-compressed season has felt, given how easily the season could have been derailed, given the intensity of competition that’s taken place in mostly empty arenas.
As each team in the Big Ten prepares for the three-day, single-elimination playoff championship tournament that begins March 14, a picture of a unified, almost defiant conference emerges along with snapshots of the unique, specific experiences that define each team in the league.
“Our guys embraced, initially, that underdog role, and I think that has morphed and transformed itself into the fact that we wanted AIC to be a hockey destination. There’s not a lot of people that knew where Gonzaga was, but there’s a lot of people that know that they’ve got a really good basketball team. That’s the goal here for AIC. They might know that there’s this little school in Springfield, Massachusetts, but that school has a pretty good hockey team. We’re pretty proud of that.” – AIC coach Eric Lang
Hockey East announced Thursday the 2020-21 all-rookie team and six other season-long awards as voted by the men’s league’s 11 head coaches.
The WCHA on Thursday announced its 2020-21 individual award winners, honoring the league’s offensive player, defensive player, goaltender, rookie, student-athlete and coach of the year.
Prep work to get arguably the best facility in college hockey ready for a rearranged conference tournament is nearly complete.
The Ralph Engelstad Arena (REA) in Grand Forks, N.D., is just about good to go for this year’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff.
Connor Murphy has played roughly 1,100 more minutes than he did a year ago.
He went into the season expecting to fight for the top Northeastern goaltending job with Devon Levi, who spent the first part of the season with Team Canada for World Juniors.
But Levi broke a rib, and hasn’t seen game action with Northeastern yet.