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Whether as a player or a coach, Dartmouth hockey has been a big part of Bob Gaudet’s life for the better part of the last 40 years (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
The Golden Griffins opted for a more radical uniform change when they designed their new home jersey, debuting gold primaries last weekend when they hosted Air Force in Buffalo (photo: Canisius Athletics).
Six of the Big Ten’s seven teams are ranked in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, from Notre Dame at No. 1 to Wisconsin at No. 14 (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Candace and Nicole look at St. Lawrence’s upset of Clarkson, the early success of Northeastern, the state of rivalry between Mercyhurst and Robert Morris, Boston College’s early offensive struggles, and the upcoming series between Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Last season was filled with ups and downs for middling Ferris State, but there was at least one bright spot: Coale Norris and his breakout year (photo: Scott Whitney/Ferris State Athletics).
Let’s get it out of the way now: Four games is an extremely small sample size. Chris Bergeron is well aware (photo: Isaiah Vasquez/Bowling Green Marketing & Communications).
Last Saturday, in just their fourth period of the new season, the Rochester Institute of Technology was already facing a pivotal moment (photo: Omar Phillips).
On Wednesday night, Minnesota Duluth goalie Maddie Rooney added one more accolade to her already impressive year as she was named the 2018 Team Sportswoman of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation. After stopping four of Canada’s six shootout opportunities and making 29 saves in the Olympic gold medal game at Pyeongchang — including … Read more
Question marks surrounded Denver heading into this season, largely because of the Pioneers’ newness. Eleven freshmen make up much of the roster, and there’s a head new coach in 28-year-old David Carle (photo: Maddie MacFarlane/University of Denver).
For No. 1 Ohio State and goaltender Sean Romeo, the sunshine in Arizona last weekend was representative of a positive season last year and the potential to do even better this year (photo: Omar Phillips).
If you’re a fan of the Massachusetts Minutemen, we don’t blame you if you feel like you’ve ridden a roller coaster over the last decade-plus of hockey (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
If St. Lawrence wants a blueprint for the team’s rebuild under Mark Morris, the Saints got a good look this past weekend when they faced Maine (photo: Tara Freeman/St. Lawrence University).
The last two seasons have not gone well for the Miami RedHawks, who finished last in the NCHC last season and seventh two seasons ago (photo: Candace Horgan).
Early departures are part of college hockey, but they’ve hit some ECAC Hockey teams especially hard entering the new season (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Harvard’s Katey Stone has been the all-time winningest coach in women’s Division I hockey for this decade, and currently has 464 wins in her career. However, it is likely that Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson or Mercyhurst’s Mike Sisti will surpass her this weekend.
Eric Otto knew something wasn’t right. He had arrived at American International for his freshman year, and the new member of the hockey team was having trouble sleeping (photo: Chicago Steel/USHL).
Hockey East has announced its new playoff structure, and I’m here to tell you it’s the right one (photo: Melissa Wade).
Corey Mackin tied with Mitch Maloney for most points (25) during the 2017-18 season for Ferris State. While most players would be proud of that, Mackin was actually disgusted he couldn’t produce more (photo: Benjamin Amato/Ferris State Athletics).
The Big Ten made some big noise by sending three teams to the Frozen Four in 2018, but when Minnesota Duluth captured the national championship, that noise was reduced to chatter and even snickering among college hockey fans (photo: Rachel Lewis).
In 2005, the NCAA expanded its national collegiate tournament to three rounds and eight teams. Of the 14 events played since that expansion, Mercyhurst has made the tourney field in 12 of them. “We’ve got a proud program,” Lakers coach Michael Sisti said. “We made it like 10 times in a row without the auto-bid.” … Read more