PHILADELPHIA — Here’s video of Minnesota defenseman Brady Skjei talking about teammate and game-winning goal scorer Justin Holl and more after the Gophers’ 2-1 victory over North Dakota on Thursday in the Frozen Four semifinals. [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/gypufvIO_UA]
PHILADELPHIA — North Dakota defenseman Nick Mattson talks after a 2-1 loss to Minnesota in the Frozen Four semifinals on Thursday. [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/diHXoBIWxRY]
While the pattern in the postseason for Union has been to stymie opponents with quick bursts of goals, it was a timely penalty kill that helped the Dutchmen advance to Saturday’s national championship game.
Union junior defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere was a third-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2012, and the local media has been, well, pressing him about his plans following Saturday’s game.
The Eagles had a chance to tie the Frozen Four semifinal against Union on a five-minute power play but ended up falling behind by two goals shortly thereafter.
Union coach Rick Bennett and players Mat Bodie, Shayne Gostisbehere and Daniel Ciampini answered questions from the media after a 5-4 win over Boston College, April 10, 2014, in the 2014 NCAA national semifinal game.
Boston College coach Jerry York and players Bill Arnold, Patrick Brown and Johnny Gaudreau answered questions from the media after a 5-4 loss to Union, April 10, 2014, in the 2014 NCAA national semifinal game.
PHILADELPHIA — Union’s Matt Hatch talks about watching from the locker room after his game misconduct penalty, and goaltender Colin Stevens talks about the final seconds of a 5-4 victory over Boston College on Thursday at the Frozen Four. [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/VJ7AVWsMNRY] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/Hi1Z5evBalQ]
PHILADELPHIA — Boston College freshman Ryan Fitzgerald talks after a 5-4 loss to Union on Thursday in the Frozen Four semifinals. [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/ujOvHHgn8zQ]
Here are the line combinations for the Frozen Four semifinal game between Minnesota and North Dakota.
Here are the line combinations for Thursday’s Frozen Four semifinal game between Boston College and Union.
He earned this award, bestowed annually by the Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation, thanks to his extensive charitable activity, and the skills he’s honed at Holy Cross have come in handy in that regard.
Members of the USCHO staff give their thoughts and picks on Thursday’s Frozen Four semifinal games.
Join hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger, writers for USCHO.com, for USCHO Live! at the 2014 NCAA Frozen Four, live from Field House Philadelphia. Our guests will include coaches, journalists, commissioners and players, as we discuss this year’s tournament. Listen Live: blogtalkradio.com/uscholive Our Thursday show runs from 1-3 p.m. EDT on April 10. If you’re … Read more
North Dakota’s Nick Mattson on Wednesday was named the winner of the NCAA’s Elite 89 award for academic and athletic achievement.
Here’s what it looked like at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday as Union, Boston College, North Dakota and Minnesota got ready.
There are now three Division I men’s ice hockey programs in Pennsylvania: Mercyhurst, Penn State and Robert Morris. The D-I team closest to Philadelphia is Penn State, roughly 200 miles away; Robert Morris, near Pittsburgh, is 300 miles to the west, and Mercyhurst (Erie, Pa.) is another 100 miles farther away than that.
From the start of the 2013-14 season, Minnesota coach Don Lucia cautioned that this year’s Golden Gophers squad was different from what fans had seen previously.
North Dakota has made quite the habit during coach Dave Hakstol’s tenure of starting seasons slowly before turning things around through the second half.
PHILADELPHIA — Four years separate Minnesota senior captain Nate Condon, born in 1990, and sophomore defenseman Brady Skjei, born in 1994, but that age difference may be a cultural gap that cannot be bridged. “I always give Brady Skjei a hard time,” said Condon. “He’s my roommate on the road and he listens to One … Read more