This Week in … columns; weekly columns on a league, region or gender-division
The Hockey East commissioner called rumors about Notre Dame talking about leaving gossip, but changes in college athletics could give reason for a number of schools to explore the landscape.
Ninth in the nation in scoring, Wis.-River Falls senior Alice Cranston is enjoying her best collegiate season, and hopes that translates to success for her team.
Having a famous hockey dad has proven to be both a boon and a challenge for several star women hockey players.
Blake Huppert isn’t his usual self in terms of production this season. His goal total is four less than a year ago and his assist number is four under his total from last season. But it’s not a big deal to Huppert, who has learned to embrace a different type of role with River Falls … Read more
After a wild swing of emotions in their last two series, the Chargers are in eighth place in the WCHA.
The last-place Tigers doubled their ECAC Hockey point total with a win and a tie last weekend.
The Wolverines lost twice at Minnesota last weekend and are tied with the Gophers for first place with eight games remaining.
Reigning Atlantic Hockey player of the year Jimmy Sarjeant is out for the season after having hernia surgery, but the Lakers are tied for second place.
The numbers – 600 wins, eight national championships, 60,000 (or so) memories – are simply staggering. But if you ask Bill Beaney, he’ll tell you that numbers don’t begin to define his remarkable career. Where that tale begins and ends is with the legions of raw young men who have passed through his doors and … Read more
Josh Ranalli has been a success on the ice throughout his career at Adrian. This season is no different. The senior forward out of Stoney Creek, Ont., is the Bulldogs’ leader in points. He has come through with 14 goals and 17 assists, putting the Bulldogs on the cusp of an outright NCHA championship. But … Read more
The Fighting Irish are in third place in Hockey East but because of a 5-9 nonconference record, they’re 35th in the PairWise Rankings, meaning they’ll have to win the league playoffs to make the NCAA tournament.
Ineligible for postseason play because of NCAA sanctions, the Nanooks want to finish in what would have been a home-ice spot for the WCHA playoffs.
Nina Waidacher came to play hockey at St. Scholastica from Switzerland, and has found the American college hockey experience invaluable to her development as a player, including her opportunity to play for the Swiss National Team in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
For the first time in league history, all six teams in the CHA have a chance to make the NCAA tournament, thanks to the league getting an auto-bid. For teams not named Mercyhurst, this presents a unique opportunity.
The RedHawks beat Western Michigan in a delayed Hockey City Classic last weekend and travel to Colorado College this weekend.
The Wolverines lead the nation in scoring, but five of the league’s six teams are in the bottom half of the nation defensively.
The second-place Falcons host Sacred Heart for a single game Friday.
Conference commissioner Steve Hagwell doesn’t want to speculate on what might happen, but he admits potential landscape changes run through his mind.
It was written so famously of Hall of Fame slugger Ted Williams that, alas, “he just learned to say ‘hello’ when it was time to say ‘goodbye.’” Better than half a century later, the same could be said of Hobart winger Sean Rudy, the reigning ECAC West player of the week. Rudy is a senior … Read more
They both reached the 100-point mark in the same period last Saturday against Alabama-Huntsville.