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Northeastern’s Levi named Hockey East player of year, Boston University’s Hutson tabbed best rookie, BU’s Pandolfo chosen top coach

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Hockey East announced Wednesday that Northeastern junior goaltender Devon Levi has been awarded the honor of 2022-23 Hockey East player of the year. In addition, Boston University freshman defenseman Lane Hutson was named rookie of the year while the Terriers’ Jay Pandolfo was voted coach of the year by his peers. All three awards were … Read more

CCHA names Michigan Tech’s Pietila top goalie, Minnesota State’s Silye best forward, Minnesota State’s Livingstone top ‘D,’ Michigan Tech’s Kukkonen rookie of year

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The CCHA continued naming 2022-23 award winners Wednesday. Michigan Tech senior Blake Pietila has been unanimously selected as the CCHA goaltender of the year, while Minnesota State junior David Silye has been named the CCHA forward of the year, Minnesota State junior Jake Livingstone is CCHA defenseman of the year for the second consecutive season, … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: After eliminating Western Michigan from conference tournament, Colorado College oozing with confidence heading to NCHC Frozen Faceoff

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Late in his second season at Colorado College, Tigers coach Kris Mayotte just saw his team make a good kind of program history out of what had been a potentially bad situation. Seventh-seeded CC’s wins Friday and Saturday in the first round of the NCHC playoffs at No. 2 Western Michigan marked the first time … Read more

Atlantic Hockey hands out 2022-23 awards, including RIT’s Wilkie as top player, AIC’s Fiske as goalie champ, Army West Point’s Itagaki as best rookie

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Atlantic Hockey has announced its 2022-23 regular-season awards – player of the year, rookie of the year, coach of the year, best defenseman, best defensive forward, scoring champion, goaltending champion, individual sportsmanship award and team sportsmanship award. Honorees this year include four from Atlantic Hockey regular-season champion RIT – forward Carter Wilkie (player of the … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Canisius, Holy Cross gearing up for winner-take-all conference title game Saturday with NCAA tournament berth on line

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For the last 17 years that I have been covering Atlantic Hockey for USCHO, this final column of the season has looked forward to a championship weekend that involved four teams converging on a single, neutral location. Things have changed. The new format adopted by the league this season creates a one-game, winner-takes-all championship, hosted … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Northern Michigan, Minnesota State up for challenge Saturday with winner getting conference title, NCAA tournament autobid

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Since Grant Potulny’s first season in Marquette in 2017-18, Northern Michigan has twice played in a conference championship game. In 2018, the second-place Wildcats hosted Upper Peninsula archrivals Michigan Tech in the WCHA championship game. A sold-out crowd at the Berry Events Center saw the Huskies shut out the Wildcats 2-0. NMU returned to the … Read more

Mercyhurst’s Briere allegedly caught on video pushing wheelchair down stairs; university releases statement

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On March 14, a Twitter post from @juliazukowski allegedly shows Mercyhurst hockey player Carson Briere at an undisclosed location pushing an empty wheelchair down a flight of stairs. https://twitter.com/juliazukowski/status/1635537697040130048 Later that day, Mercyhurst released a statement. pic.twitter.com/Fy62bYhKQU — Mercyhurst University (@MercyhurstU) March 15, 2023 Briere was previously dismissed from the Arizona State hockey team in … Read more

Minnesota Duluth blueliner Kaiser inks with Blackhawks, forgoes senior season with Bulldogs

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Minnesota Duluth junior defenseman Wyatt Kaiser has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. In signing the NHL deal, Kaiser gives up his senior season with the Bulldogs. Kaiser was selected by the Blackhawks in the third round (81st overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft. A native of Andover, Minn., Kaiser compiled 52 … Read more

CCHA announces all-conference first, second teams for 2022-23 campaign with Michigan Tech, Minnesota State each boasting three players each

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The CCHA has announced the 2022-23 all-CCHA first and second teams. Six players from four different programs have been recognized on the first team, while six players from six different programs have been recognized in the second team. Forwards Ryland Mosley (Michigan Tech), David Silye (Minnesota State) and Austen Swankler (Bowling Green) are joined by … Read more

Minnesota’s Knies tabbed Big Ten player of year, Michigan’s Fantilli top freshman, Notre Dame’s Bischel best goaltender

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The Big Ten has announced the hockey individual award winners and all-Big Ten teams. Voting was conducted by conference coaches and a media panel. PLAYER OF THE YEAR Matthew Knies, So., F, MINN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Brock Faber, Jr., D, MINN GOALTENDER OF THE YEAR Ryan Bischel, Sr., G, ND FRESHMAN OF THE … Read more

TMQ: Heading to conference championships this weekend, are more upsets on horizon with NCAA tournament looming?

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Each week during the season, we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Ed: I think you and I both agree, Jim, that we’re headed into the best weekend of the college hockey season, the six conference championships. It’s also been an interesting path … Read more

Notre Dame’s Rolston leaves Irish after junior season, signs NHL contract with Blackhawks

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Notre Dame junior forward Ryder Rolston has signed an entry-level contract with the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks and will forego his senior season with the Fighting Irish. The Traverse City, Mich., native will report to the Blackhawks’ AHL affiliate, the Rockford Ice Hogs, this week. “To Notre Dame, dating back to the first time that I … Read more

AIC, Army West Point, RIT lead way with four players apiece on ’22-23 Atlantic Hockey all-conference teams, all-rookie team

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Atlantic Hockey has announced its 2022-23 all-Atlantic Hockey teams and all-rookie team. Regular season champion RIT, runner-up AIC, and Army West Point led all teams in selections with four players each. First Team Carter Wilkie, F, So., RIT Neil Shea, F, Sr., Sacred Heart Blake Bennett, F, Sr., AIC Gianfranco Cassaro, D, Sr., RIT Aiden … Read more

Six players from four different schools named to 2022-23 CCHA all-rookie team

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The CCHA has announced the 2022-23 all-rookie team with six players from four different programs recognized. Forwards Kyle Kukkonen (Michigan Tech), Joey Larson (Northern Michigan) and Lleyton Roed (Bemidji State) were joined by defensemen Dalton Norris (Bowling Green) and Josh Zinger (Northern Michigan), as well as goaltender Beni Halasz (Northern Michigan). All year-end awards were … Read more

Looking at the weekend’s playoffs – especially upsets – plus where things stand in the PairWise: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 24

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by the NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four, April 6th and 8th, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Secure your seats at NCAA.com/mfrozenfour

Topics include:

• Big Ten semis go according to plan
• Minnesota State advances but Northern Michigan pulls off CCHA upset
• Holy Cross upsets top seed RIT
• Hockey East’s single-elimination tournament saw UMass Lowell and Providence get upset wins
• All sweeps in the ECAC, but Colgate does it on the road
• NCHC saw a major upset in Colorado College’s sweep at Western Michigan
• PairWise is precarious for teams as high as 11th if upset wins happen in conference finals

 

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Monday 10: All six conference playoff brackets yield upsets heading to upcoming championship weekend

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. ‘Cats top ‘Dogs Northern Michigan’s recent record against Upper Peninsula archrivals Michigan Tech has not been great – especially in the playoffs. Since conference realignment, Tech is 3-0 against the Wildcats in both of their postseason … Read more

SUNDAY ROUNDUP: Holy Cross completes upset of No. 20 RIT, advances to first AHA final since 2006, will face Canisius; North Dakota, St. Cloud State both rally for Game 3 wins, will match up in NCHC semis

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North Dakota’s offense exploded to score the final four goals of the game, rallying for a game 3 victory over Omaha to advance to the NCHC semifinals. The Fighting Hawks will face St. Cloud State, a winner over Minnesota Duluth on Sunday, in Friday’s semifinals (Photo: UND Athletics)