A truck, a border crossing and a giant teddy bear
Here’s more of the story behind the giant teddy bear at Cornell and some photos.
from the press box
Former Hobey winner Geoffrion ready to get in front of the TV camera
Eight years after making his debut at Wisconsin, he’ll make his TV broadcasting debut in the Badgers’ game against Penn State on ESPNews.
Strategic plan for college hockey growth gets results faster than expected
A year ago, College Hockey Inc. and other groups formulated a plan to develop more programs, and Arizona State’s announcement Tuesday was the first product.
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Video: Minnesota-Duluth’s Kaskisuo makes a remarkable save look easy
It ended up coming in a losing effort, but Minnesota-Duluth’s Kasimir Kaskisuo made a behind-the-back glove save that will be tough to beat as the best of the night.
A team-by-team listing of USCHO’s season previews
In the last week, our Division I men’s conference columnists have previewed the six leagues and 59 teams for the 2014-15 season.
An effort, probably futile, at interpreting the preseason poll
Monday’s release of the preseason USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll starts the 18th season of the rankings we put together from the votes of coaches, media members and others in college hockey.
For new head coaches, first season often brings only marginal improvement
When the 2014-15 Division I men’s season begins this coming weekend, four head coaches will be behind the bench in a new place, each with an expectation of improvement.
Polling season has begun; USCHO polls start in the coming weeks
The USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll begins Sept. 22, with its men’s counterpart a week later.
Get up to speed with this season’s changes with the NCAA’s rules video
The NCAA lists 22 new rules in the 2014-16 rule book.
Back to the ice: Here’s how teams captured the first day of practice
Starting Sept. 15, teams are able to spend two hours per week on the ice with coaches for skill instruction.
Should responsibility for issuing suspensions move from referees to conferences?
The NCAA men’s and women’s ice hockey rules committee will discuss that and other issues when it meets this week.
Consider Sunday a test for the neutral-site regional format
When the NCAA announced sites for tournaments in the next four seasons last December, it left open the 2017 and 2018 regionals to avoid being locked into a neutral-site regional format that may have run its course.
Only 7 percent of brackets are unblemished, and the Friday No. 4 seed strikes again
After the first day of the 2014 NCAA tournament, 93 percent of the brackets entered in College Hockey Pickem 2014 are out of the running for the coveted perfect bracket.
Here’s how the championship predictions break down in College Hockey Pickem 2014
In nearly 11,000 valid brackets entered for College Hockey Pickem 2014, two schools combined to get more than half of the predictions to win the NCAA tournament.
Here’s what we’re planning for championship weekend
We’re gearing up for our biggest coverage weekend of the season, with not only conference championships being decided in Division I men’s hockey but NCAA titles on the line in Division III and at the women’s Frozen Four.
13-year-old Maine recruit Oliver Wahlstrom mature for his age, coach says
Oliver Wahlstrom is 13 years old, a seventh-grader at Maine’s North Yarmouth Academy and has made a verbal commitment to his home-state Black Bears.
Some of your thoughts on the Frozen Four host finalists
The NCAA released the list of 10 finalists to host the 2015 through 2018 men’s Frozen Fours on Wednesday, and we asked our followers on Twitter and Facebook which of those sites they would most like to see host the event. Here are some of the responses: @USCHO my guess with Pegula funding Penn States … Read more
As college hockey changes, so do we
The big story as the 2013-14 Division I men’s college hockey season gets under way is the large-scale landscape change that is finally going into effect after three years of planning. Thirty-five of the 59 teams are either playing in a new conference this season or are part of a league that has changed membership. … Read more
Committee has the final call on classifying neutral-site games
Here are the guidelines the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee to determine which games receive no weighting in the new selection criteria.