Hockey East announces updates to men’s, women’s schedules for games of Jan. 6-10
Hockey East announced Tuesday schedule updates for men’s and women’s teams.
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NCAA hockey stars shine as U.S., Canada win World Junior semifinals; championship game Tuesday night
Arthur Kaliyev (OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs) scored the game-winner with 1:16 left in regulation to lift the U.S. National Junior Team to a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Finland Monday night in Edmonton in the semifinals of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.
With the win, Team USA will play in tonight’s gold medal game against host Canada. Opening faceoff is set for 9:30 p.m. EST and the game can be seen live on NHL Network.
CHA announces second half of 2020-21 schedule, takes teams to conference tournament
College Hockey America, in a joint effort between the league office, directors, and coaches, announced Monday that the conference has finalized a second-half schedule that brings the league’s six members right up to the start of the 2021 CHA tournament.
Minnesota starts 2021 as near-unanimous No. 1 hockey team in latest USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll
Minnesota begins 2021 just like it ended 2020 – at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The undefeated Gophers (9-0-0) earned 39 of 40 first-place votes in this week’s rankings.
North Dakota-Omaha series scheduled for Jan. 8-9 postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests with Mavericks team
Due to a continuing combination of positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Omaha hockey program, the Omaha at North Dakota series scheduled for this weekend, Friday, Jan. 8 and Saturday, Jan. 9, at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. has been postponed.
Minnesota native Schmidt leaves Union, transfers to Gophers for second half of ’20-21 season
Minnesota has announced that forward Colin Schmidt has been added to the 2020-21 roster.
Monday 10: Ringing in the new year, college hockey style, as 2021 gets off to roaring start
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature.
Rankings roundup: How the top 20 NCAA hockey teams fared, Dec. 28-Jan. 3
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 28 fared in games over the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3.
WCHA adds Minnesota-St. Cloud State hockey game Jan. 7 to women’s conference schedule
The WCHA women’s conference announced Sunday that Minnesota and St. Cloud State will meet in a WCHA league game on Thursday, Jan. 7.
Farinacci scores twice as U.S. defeats Slovakia 5-2, off to World Junior semifinals; Behind Levi, Canada also advances
The U.S. National Junior Team, behind two goals from John Farinacci (Harvard), earned a 5-2 victory over Slovakia Saturday night in Edmonton in quarterfinal play of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.
With the win, the U.S. advances to the tournament semifinals where it will face Finland on Monday at 9:30 p.m. EST.
GOTW: Noah Cates overtime goal gives No. 4 Minnesota Duluth thrilling NCHC victory over No. 6 St. Cloud State
Minnesota Duluth goaltender Ryan Fanti made 19 saves but needed a goal from Noah Cates to earn a 4-3 OT victory over No. 6 St. Cloud State on Saturday (photo: Tom Nelson/St. Cloud State Athletics)
No. 9 UMass rallies late to take down No. 13 Northeastern 4-3 in heavyweight battle
Two late goals by UMass combined with a strong special teams game gave the ninth-ranked Minutemen a 4-3 road win over No. 13 Northeastern (photo: Jim Pierce/NU Athletics)
Merrimack adds former Alaska forward Newton for second half of 2020-21 hockey season
Merrimack has added senior forward Max Newton as a transfer from Alaska, with Newton being eligible to play immediately for the Warriors.
United States blanks Sweden 4-0 behind Knight’s 27 saves, Zegras’ three points, draws Slovakia in World Junior quarterfinals
Behind a 27-save performance Thursday night from Spencer Knight (Boston College) and a goal and two assists from Trevor Zegras (Boston University), the U.S. National Junior Team earned its third straight shutout with a 4-0 victory over Sweden in its final preliminary round game of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton to earn first place in Group B.
Minnesota Duluth-Minnesota women’s hockey series scheduled Jan. 4-5 postponed due to UMD short on players
The WCHA women’s series between Minnesota Duluth and Minnesota scheduled for Jan. 4-5 in Minneapolis has been postponed.
Due to positive COVID test, Holy Cross men’s hockey team pauses activities, postpones AIC, Army games
Due to a positive case of COVID-19 within the Tier 1 group, the Holy Cross men’s hockey team will pause all activities until further notice.
Positive COVID test at Bentley causes postponement of Bentley-Long Island home-and-home series Jan. 2-3
Due to a positive COVID-19 test in the Bentley hockey program, this weekend’s games between the Falcons and Long Island have been postponed.
Team USA blanks Czech Republic 7-0, advances to quarterfinals of 2021 World Junior Championship
Trevor Zegras (Boston University) had two goals and three assists, Bobby Brink (Denver) scored twice, and Spencer Knight (Boston College) made 22 saves to help the U.S. National Junior Team to a 7-0 victory over the Czech Republic in Edmonton Tuesday afternoon in the third game of preliminary round play at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.
TMQ: Discussing NCHC commish Fenton’s comments on NCAA hockey tournament seeds based on past showings
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.
Usually, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is a down time for TMQ, but in this most unusual hockey season, we perhaps should have anticipated that something would surface to merit comment this week, which is exactly what happened in the form of NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton’s unconventional ideas about how to choose the 2021 tournament field.
Omaha-North Dakota series set for Dec. 31-Jan. 1 rescheduled for Jan. 29-30 in Omaha
Due to a combination of positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and subsequent quarantining of individuals within the Omaha hockey program, the North Dakota at Omaha series scheduled for this weekend, Thursday, Dec. 31 and Friday, Jan. 1, at Baxter Arena has been postponed.