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Ranked teams Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Augsburg rolled to wins, Northland swept No. 10 St. Scholastica, and Concordia (Wis.) tied No. 9 Salve Regina. Brian Lester recaps the weekend action.
Depending how you look at it, the 2018-19 season has been one of extremes for Canisius, but also one of consistency (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
The holiday tournaments on tap this weekend kick off the second half of the season in earnest, and see teams looking to continue upset wins, such as Canton, or recover from recent losses, such as Norwich.
There isn’t much the Lake Superior State hockey program hasn’t done in its long history (photo: Mark Vasey/Lake Superior State Athletics).
As the second half of the season kicks off in earnest, Nicole Haase looks at the conference races and the odds-on favorites to get nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Award.
Cole Golka is having a career season at St. Scholastica, and he and his teammates hope are currently ranked 10th in the country and are gunning for the postseason.
Coming into the season, St. Thomas expected to have success, but going undefeated in the first half of the season while beating ranked teams like Wisconsin-River Falls has the Tommies and goalie Mackenzie Torpy thinking about the Frozen Four.
If you’re the average person, you likely spent New Year’s Eve toasting a goodbye to 2018 (photo: Omar Phillips).
The three teams Dartmouth invited to take part in the Ledyard Bank Classic were Army West Point, Providence and Brown, and all have a special connection to the school or head coach Bob Gaudet (photo: Dartmouth Athletics).
The past three seasons have seen Ohio State move from a middle-of-the-road team to Frozen Four participant. One player that has produced for the Buckeyes since stepping on campus has been senior Mason Jobst (photo: Rachel Lewis).
More and more, Mason Morelli is making up for lost time with Omaha (photo: Michelle Bishop).
At the midway point of the season, it looks like business as usual atop the WCHA standings. But believe it or not, there are teams trending up and down that have caught us by surprise (photo: Jim Rosvold).
The schedule for the next two months is almost exclusively conference games for ECAC Hockey teams, meaning there is a lot still to be decided in the league standings (photo: Omar Phillips).
With the first half now complete, let’s take a look back at some of the moments in Atlantic Hockey that surprised us and took our breath away (photo: Omar Phillips).
As we recover from midseason feasting, let’s take stock of the first half and look at a few things that have surprised us about Big Ten hockey so far (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
We’ve reached the halfway point in the Hockey East season, so what better time to look back at some of the biggest surprises from the first half across the league (photo: Thom Kendall/UMass Athletics).
At the break, Olivia Spellmire examines the three Western conferences and who is performing at or above expectations.
There is something worth noting about what has been arguably the best conference in college hockey since its inception: parity (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
It’s time for a midseason check-in with the women’s D-III teams in the East, including how they compare to the preseason expectations. Many of the expected top teams, such as Elmira, Norwich, and Plattsburgh,have been where expected, but there are surprises, such as Morrisville and Williams.
What do the top coaches in women’s D-I want for Christmas? We have the insider scoop on the wish lists they sent to Santa.