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After all of the Thanksgiving turkey is devoured, Hockey East fans can put out their leftovers early on Friday to once again watch what has become one of the best events on the college hockey calendar: the Friendship Four (photo: William Cherry/Presseye).
Let’s think about what each coach in college hockey’s most dominant conference over the last five years can be thankful for this season (photo: Candace Horgan).
After opening the season 0-8-1, Niagara has put together three wins in a row. It started on Nov. 16 with a big 5-3 victory over archrival Canisius, followed up by a home-and-home sweep of Mercyhurst (photo: Niagara Athletics).
As Middlebury readies to face No. 2 Adrian in the opening round of the Cardinal/Panther Classic, the preeminent tournament in women’s D-III hockey, coach Bill Mandigo is looking for his players to build on a strong start and maintain their defensive strengths.
Seven different teams have won the ECAC Hockey playoff championship over the last ten years, but remaining competitive year in and year out is a feat that fewer teams have accomplished (photo: Clarkson Athletics).
Three weeks ago, Michigan Tech played host to then-No. 2 Minnesota State in its second home WCHA weekend of the season (photo: Geoffrey M. Miller/Michigan Tech Athletics).
Brett Young has been a mainstay for Trine’s hockey team. Now in his third season with the program, the senior goalie has played in all but two games for the Thunder. “I am feeling good,” Young said. “The biggest thing as a goalie is you want to be consistent, and I feel I am playing … Read more
Jim Slater stopped playing hockey at the pinnacle of his personal game. Now he wants to make sure that developing players get a chance – eventually – to do the same thing (photo: Michigan State Athletics).
On Monday, the rest of the hockey world acknowledged what college hockey has known for a long time. Namely, that Boston College coach Jerry York is truly exceptional (photo: Jim Rosvold).
First-year Miami coach Chris Bergeron’s initial season behind the bench at his alma mater didn’t start as he would’ve wanted, but things seem to be turning around in Oxford, Ohio (photo: Rachel Lewis).
Understandably, Morgan Barron had a few butterflies in his stomach before getting on the ice with NHL superstars Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Marchand at home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, over the summer (photo: Omar Phillips).
Every team wants one — a player who, by mere virtue of getting on the scoresheet, can make victory that much more certain (photo: Bowling Green Athletics).
The United States Military Academy is one of the most unique places in the country. It blends history into the modern youth of the nation, a museum and national landmark built into an active military installation (photo: Army West Point Athletics).
Maybe it’s time to put the narrative about Notre Dame being a defensive team to bed (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Though they graduated a two-time All-American in Amanda DiNella, a young Gustavus Adolphus team has responded to early challenges and is off to a strong start.
If you have watched college hockey – or any elite level of hockey – over the past decade or so, you understand that using the term “defenseman” to describe the two players on each shift who help protect the front of the net is probably selling the efforts of those players a little short (photo: Rich Gagnon).
Around mid-October, Western Michigan was mired in a mini-slump, having lost three straight games. After a strong start to the season with a tie and win in the Ice Breaker tournament, the Broncos were swept by Bowling Green and then suffered an ignominious 4-0 defeat to in-state rival Michigan (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
It wasn’t long ago that Harvard had some good teams held back by lack of depth on defense. That changed over the last several seasons, as the Crimson defenders helped drive the pace of play and create offense from the back end (photo: Harvard Athletics).
Air Force struggled out of the gate, going winless in the team’s first seven games, unprecedented in the 23 years coach Frank Serratore has been behind the Air Force bench (photo: Omar Phillips).
At a time where most coaches are just figuring out what kind of team they have and whether or not they can make a run at their respective conference titles, one coach in the WCHA has a lot more on his plate than just coaxing out some wins (photo: Skip Hickey).