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PairWise top four, a look at the six D-I men’s hockey conferences at the break: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 12

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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 DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Looking at Minnesota, Quinnipiac, Merrimack and Denver as the top four in the PairWise Rankings
• A look around the top teams in each conference at the break: Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, CCHA, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, and NCHC
• News coming this week about Robert Morris

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Monday 10: Merrimack off to best start in team’s D-I era; Minnesota, Quinnipiac keep winning; Minnesota State gets back on track

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Eagles honor York with wild win Perhaps it was fitting that on the night that Boston College honored coaching legend Jerry York, they beat their archrivals in one of the wildest ways possible. BC and Boston … Read more

SATURDAY RECAP: Quinnipiac posts second eight-goal game in a row; No. 1 Denver rallies to topple Minnesota Duluth; Miami upsets No. 4 St. Cloud State

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Miami scored three times on a five-minute power play in the second period and pulled away for a 5-0 shutout victory over No. 4 St. Cloud State Saturday night at Goggin Ice Center. Axel Kumlin, Matthew Barbolini and John Waldron each had a goal and an assist for the RedHawks. PJ Fletcher finished with a … Read more

FRIDAY RECAP: Michigan State downs Michigan; top-ranked Denver escapes with OT win at Minnesota Duluth; BC, BU combine for 15 goals

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Rivalry Week kicked off Friday night in college hockey, with no shortage of stellar action. No. 13 Michigan State took the first game in the four-game season series against archrival Michigan, scoring a 2-1 victory over the No. 6-ranked Wolverines on Friday night in East Lansing. Michigan State matches its win total from the 2021-22 … Read more

USCHO Edge: Can college hockey’s Rivalry Week produce some profitable upsets?

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Rivalries. When these teams get together, they say you can throw out the records. Plenty often, a rivalry game does turn into an upset and in this week’s column, we’ll look at two of the oldest and greatest rivalries in college hockey – Boston College-Boston University and Michigan-Michigan State. Those two battles will have a … Read more

Two traditional rivalries plus three pivotal conference games highlight week’s slate: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 8

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger analyze five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as giving an in-depth look at the matchups. We also discuss the impact of analytics on betting lines.

This week’s games:

• No. 6 Michigan at No. 12 Michigan State

• No. 7 Boston University at Boston College

• North Dakota at No. 17 Western Michigan

• No. 5 Penn State at No. 19 Notre Dame

• No. 1 Denver at Minnesota Duluth

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org.

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This Week in NCHC Hockey: Colorado College not investing in transfer portal, stocking roster with ‘guys we think we can pull out a lot of return on’

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It’s less and less surprising these days when college coaches peek through the NCAA transfer portal. There isn’t necessarily anything wrong with just looking, either, as second-year Colorado College coach Kris Mayotte can attest. But he refrained in the last offseason from signing anyone through those means, and that’s helping a Tigers team (6-9-1 overall, … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Sluggish first half of ’22-23 season has Holy Cross hungry to turn around fortunes for second-half run

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There have been some growing pains for Holy Cross in the first half of this season. A challenging schedule has meant more losses than wins so far, but the consistency that coach Bill Riga has been looking for is starting to emerge. “We’ve been up and down, especially early in the season,” Riga said. “We’ve … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Building new South Dakota-based Augustana program from scratch like ‘two sides of the coin,’ says first coach Raboin

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There are some things a head coach at every college program knows he’s going to be doing, no matter if he or she are new to the job or have been there for 20 years: Running practice. Recruiting. Meeting donors and season ticket holders. These are all givens. But for Garrett Raboin, the list of … Read more

AHCA extends executive director, longtime college hockey administrator Bertagna through June 2024

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The American Hockey Coaches Association has extended its agreement with executive director Joe Bertagna, who has been in the role since the position was created in 1991. Bertagna will serve in his current position through June of 2024 before assuming the title of media relations director in 2024-25. A search for a new executive director … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Struggling on offense, Notre Dame keeping heads high as Irish ‘just not scoring the way I thought we would’

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As the first half of the season begins to wind down, the Fighting Irish aren’t where they’d like to be. With a record of 7-7-2, Notre Dame is 15 points out of first place in the Big Ten standings and is lowish – for Notre Dame, anyway – in the very early PairWise Rankings. None … Read more

HCA tabs Western Michigan’s Polin, Quinnipiac’s Graf, WMU’s McAllister, Niagara’s Veltri for November monthly honors

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the four men’s college hockey award winners for Nov. 2022. Western Michigan’s Jason Polin and Quinnipiac’s Collin Graf are co-players of the month, while WMU’s Ryan McAllister is rookie of the month and Niagara’s Chad Veltri is goaltender of the month. Polin scored 10 goals in November as part … Read more

Dual benefits galore as NCAA, ACHA men’s hockey teams now available to schedule, play one another during regular season

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Their teams don’t compete at the same level of college hockey, but with regards to scheduling games, there’s a lot to the shaded area of the Venn diagram for Alaska Anchorage coach Matt Shasby and UNLV’s Anthony Vignieri-Greener. Shasby, an Anchorage native and former UAA player, was introduced in Oct. 2021 as the Seawolves’ seventh … Read more

Denver maintains No. 1 ranking in DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll with 29 first-place votes

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With 29 first-place votes, Denver remains the top-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Quinnipiac is again No. 2, picking up 12 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Minnesota is up one to No. 3, getting six first-place votes, while St. Cloud State falls one to No. 4 with three first-place votes. Penn … Read more

Controversy in Denver-Arizona State game leads us to discuss what needs to be fixed in video reviews: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 11

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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 DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union – at dcu.org

Topics include:

• Denver’s game-winning goal on Friday vs. Arizona State leads into some lively and detailed discussion on video replay and its faults as it exists now
• A look at the top four teams: Denver, Quinnipiac, Minnesota, St. Cloud
• Our first dive into the PairWise Rankings, including a conference-by-conference look, discussion of teams on the bubble, and teams that might move into the top 16

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Monday 10: Gophers taking hold of Big Ten, looking at nationwide standings, St. Cloud State breaks 21-year drought, circle of suck

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) Minnesota makes a statement that it’s the team to beat in the Big Ten Count me among those who thought upstart No. 13 Michigan State could grab a split from No. 4 Minnesota at home. The … Read more