Harvard finding great success while playing a man up

Harvard finding great success while playing a man up

Working on the power play, Harvard has been one of the best in the nation so far this season, converting 23.8 percent of the time.One of the keys to the Crimson’s success has been two freshmen defensemen in Adam Fox and John Marino.Fox, who’s out of the U.S. National Team Development Program, has contributed five … Read more

Minnesota flexing its muscle as early-season road warriors

If it’s a weekend and there’s hockey to be played, then the Golden Gophers must be on the road. For Thanksgiving, Minnesota heads east to play Northeastern Friday and Boston College Saturday. Last weekend, the 5-3-2 Gophers split a home-and-home series against Minnesota State, and the Gophers have played just four home games this season … Read more

Plattsburgh lays foundation for success early

In recent years, any discussions about women’s Division III hockey start and end with Plattsburgh. The Cardinals are three-time defending national champions and own a total of five of the past 10 national titles. To say expectations are high in Plattsburgh would be an understatement, but no one expects more than coach Kevin Houle and … Read more

Muzerall gets settled at Ohio State

It’s been quite the first few weeks of the hockey season for new Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall. Hired just 20 days before the Buckeyes were set to open the season, she wasn’t actually cleared for a work visa — she’s Canadian — until the team was already in Troy, New York, to face Rensselaer … Read more

Patience a key attribute for Panther seniors

The good news for the Plymouth State Panthers and coach Craig Russell is that they picked up two key conference wins over Massachusetts-Dartmouth and Salem State last week. The bad news is the overtime results have their coach exploring Hair Club for Men options. “It doesn’t go grey from games like that”, noted Russell. “It … Read more

Colvard and Wisconsin-Stout off to fast start

Riley Colvard is on track to have the best season of his college hockey career at Wisconsin-Stout. The senior already has as many goals as he scored last season (four) and he has tallied three assists as well. If you ask the senior forward what has changed, however, he says it’s pretty much about being … Read more

Massachusetts building foundation, culture with freshmen at forefront

When Massachusetts entered Hockey East in 1994, short-term expectations were low. There had been no UMass varsity hockey at all from 1979 to 1993, and the newly revived program had played only a smattering of Division I opponents the previous year, facing primarily D-III teams. To no one’s surprise, the Minutemen finished last in the … Read more

Granato says ‘more positives than negatives’ as growth continues at Wisconsin

Tony Granato said before the season that he took over a skilled team that lacked confidence. Eight games into his college coaching career, Granato has already seen some improvements in team morale and the results are following. Wisconsin owns a 5-3-0 record, which is three victories shy of its total from last season. “I think … Read more

Packed schedule no problem for red-hot Boston College

Eight games in 19 days. That’s simply not something that resembles a college hockey schedule. But that’s exactly what Boston College, after finishing Tuesday night’s game against New Hampshire, had played. And the Eagles came through that stretch with a 7-0-1 record. Add in a Sunday win five days prior to the stretch beginning and … Read more

Colgate starts with a bang

Last year was a breakout season for the Colgate Raiders. They won 22 games and made it to the ECAC tournament semifinals. It was an incredible turnaround from the 2014-15 season, where the team finished 7-25-2. The Raiders weren’t done. This season, they are thus far undefeated and are currently ranked fifth in the D-I … Read more

Lewis helping lead at Lake Forest

Jack Lewis recorded his second career hat trick earlier this month against Concordia and already has five goals on the season for Lake Forest. Skill has something to do with his success, but as Lewis, a senior forward for the Foresters, puts it, having opportunities to make plays does as well. “It’s just about being … Read more

Big Ten squads have youngsters leading the way

This week, the column is all about some of the minutia of the league, the little things that seem to be adding up to some interesting first impressions for B1G Hockey in the early going. That scoring margin Three of the top ten scoring offenses nationally belong to Big Ten teams: Ohio State (4.44 goals … Read more