This week in D-III college hockey: Penmen seeking consistency in NE-10 play

The landscape of the NE-10 conference so far this season has been one where literally, anyone can win on any given night. With just eight points separating first from sixth and two points separating third place from sixth place, there is ample opportunity for a team like last year’s champions from Southern New Hampshire to … Read more

This Week in WCHA Hockey: Humitz, Calder helping fuel Lake Superior State’s playoff push

When the month of October ended, Lake Superior State was 2-6-0, having lost consecutive games to Denver, Michigan and Notre Dame. The Lakers followed that up with a sweep of Ferris State to open November only to drop 11 of their next 14 games and find themselves on the outside looking in as 2019 ended (photo: LSSU Athletics).

Norwich hockey captains adding different perspectives to leadership role

Following this past weekend’s important sweep of Massachusetts-Boston and Babson, the No. 1 ranked Norwich Cadets are solely focused on their next opponent and seem to be very locked in on avoiding distractions and the constant attention that is found in polls, stats and other outside influences they can’t control. Part of that outside avoidance … Read more

North Dakota playing as one unit, ‘knowing that everybody is doing their job instead of doing something outside of your job’

Good hockey teams know how to redeem themselves following a setback. Great teams don’t worry about having that happen too often. This season’s North Dakota team is comfortably somewhere on that line, with the Fighting Hawks looking at holding the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA tournament if it began today (photo: Jim Rosvold).

As search for a new Hockey East commissioner pushes forward, might the future of Hockey East be in peril?

USCHO has learned that 11 candidates for the Hockey East commissioner job were interviewed this week, led by an executive search firm and a panel of both coaches and athletic directors. From the original group of 11, four have become finalists and will interview again in the second week of February before someone is finally chosen (photo: Rich Gagnon).