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Monday 10: Colgate upsets Cornell in weekend series, Alaska runs winning streak to three games, Denver takes both from St. Cloud State

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Each week during the season, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Milestones for Bobcats Quinnipiac set a record in a milestone game. The second-ranked Bobcats (23-2-3) beat Union 1-0 behind 16 saves by Yaniv Perets to earn a shutout victory. That shutout was Quinnipiac’s … Read more

Perets, No. 2 Quinnipiac blank Rensselaer, 1-0, setting new NCAA mark for shutouts in a season; No. 18 Omaha rallies for OT win at No. 12 North Dakota, 3-2; No. 3 Denver completes sweep of No. 7 St. Cloud State

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Quinnipiac freshman goaltender Yaniv Perets made 16 saves in a 1-0 shutout of Rensselaer as there Bobcats posted their 13th shutout of the season, a new men’s NCAA Division I record (File photo: Rob Rasmussen)

Hockey East suspends Merrimack’s Forsmark one game for head contact penalty Feb. 4 vs. New Hampshire

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Hockey East announced Saturday that Merrimack junior forward Filip Forsmark has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 16:00 of the second period on Friday, February 4 against New Hampshire. On the play, Forsmark was assessed a major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct. Forsmark will miss the … Read more

Atlantic Hockey suspends Canisius defenseman Lyons one game for boarding penalty Feb. 4 against Air Force

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Atlantic Hockey announced Saturday a one-game suspension for Canisius defenseman Jack Lyons, effective for the Golden Griffins’ next game. The suspension is a result of Lyons’ major penalty for boarding and game misconduct, which occurred at the 15:53 mark of the third period in Canisius’ home game on Friday, Feb. 4 against Air Force. Upon … Read more

No. 4 Denver rallies from three down vs. No. 7 St. Cloud State in wild battle, wins 8-5; No. 2 Quinnipiac sneaks past Union, 2-1; Colgate upsets No. 11 Cornell, 3-2

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Brett Stapley (Denver-7) 2018 November 10 St.Cloud State University hosts Denver in a NCHC contest at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, MN (Bradley K. Olson)

  No. 4 Denver fell behind 3-0 early in a heavyweight battle against No. 7 St. Cloud State but then rallied scoring four times in both the second and third periods to earn a crazy, 8-5 victory over No. 7 St. Cloud State on Friday. Carter Savoie recorded a hat trick for the Pioneers, while … Read more

Michigan’s Beniers, St. Cloud’s Perbix, Yale’s Carpentier, Quinnipiac’s Perets, Ohio State’s Dobeš named HCA national men’s college hockey players of the month for Jan. 2022

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced its men’s players of the month for January 2022. Michigan sophomore forward Matty Beniers and St. Cloud State senior defenseman Nick Perbix are the co-players of the month, while Quinnipiac freshman Yaniv Perets and Ohio State freshman Jakub Dobeš are co-goaltender of the months and Yale sophonore forward Ian … Read more

Returning Robert Morris men’s hockey coach Schooley inks five-year contract through ’26-27 season

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Robert Morris has announced that the school has signed men’s hockey coach Derek Schooley to a five-year contract. The only head coach the program has ever known, Schooley is now signed through the 2026-27 season. “I would like to thank vice president and athletic director Chris King and the entire Robert Morris community for their … Read more

Talking rules and officiating with Big Ten’s Steve Piotrowski: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 17

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Big Ten director of officials and former NCAA secretary–rules editor for men’s and women’s ice hockey Steve Piotrowski to talk about officiating and rules. This wide-ranging conversation includes recruiting and development of officials, the use of video for evaluation and replay, the challenges officials face as the speed and skill level of the game has increased, and an appraisal of recent rule changes.

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

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This Week in NCHC Hockey: Struggling Miami team not packing it in, RedHawks plan to keep fighting, find ways to win games

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There’s no getting around the fact that, to date, this hasn’t been a vintage Miami hockey season. Miami (4-20-2, 1-14-1) sits eight points adrift at the bottom of the NCHC standings. The RedHawks are also winless in regulation in nine games (0-8-1) since Dec. 12, though they did take an overtime shootout Jan. 15 at … Read more

Previewing No. 7 St. Cloud State at No. 4 Denver with Pioneers’ head coach David Carle: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 13

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No. 8 UMass home-and-home vs. No. 14 UMass Lowell preview with Minutemen head coach Greg Carvel: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 20

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Denver head coach David Carle to preview No. 7 St. Cloud State at No. 4 Denver.

Also previewed are four other matchups to be featured in USCHO’s Bettor’s Edge column this week:

• Penn State at No. 13 Notre Dame

• No. 18 Omaha at No. 12 North Dakota

69th Beanpot (Monday at TD Garden in Boston)

• No. 19 Boston University vs. Harvard

• Boston College vs. No. 16 Northeastern

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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Entering final month of regular season, conference standings ‘have a dog fight up top right now’

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With first-place Michigan sitting idle this weekend, the Big Ten schedule is setup for some movement heading into the final month of the regular season. Though games in hand for Minnesota and Notre Dame don’t make it a perfect storm, the docket for this weekend could see some shuffling in the standings with three teams … Read more

Cornell coach Schafer overcomes COVID-19 before having cardiac stent placed, now recovering as Syer running games for Big Red

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For the past several games, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer has not been behind the Big Red bench. Associate head coach Ben Syer has been running the bench of Cornell men’s hockey games since Jan. 8. Related to his absence from games, Schafer released a statement Wednesday evening. “Over the past several weeks, with the … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Consistent Canisius squad making late-season run by ‘trying to be in the present’

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Looking at Canisius’ season to date, the word that comes to mind is “consistency.” The Golden Griffins (12-10-3) have taken points in every Atlantic Hockey series they’ve played so far, which puts them in a tie for third place, trailing Bentley by a point and first-place American International by 11 with eight games to go. … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Conference teams prepping for home stretch as calendar turns to February

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Some quick hits as the college hockey regular season enters its final full month… One can forgive fans of the Boston University men’s hockey team for being a little flummoxed when they juxtapose the DCU/USCHO.com poll with the Hockey East standings. Right behind the UMass Lowell and UMass in the league standings sit the Terriers … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Which conference teams are gearing up for a run? Which conference teams are planning for ’22-23 season?

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It’s already February, which I understand seems strange to everyone (if there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that time is essentially meaningless). But it’s true. It’s February, which means there’s just one month of CCHA regular season left until the playoffs. And because it’s almost the postseason, it’s about time that we start … Read more

TMQ: Discussing Bennett’s resignation at Union, Michigan under investigation, NCAA hockey players going to Olympics

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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: Dan, it was great to see you in person over a snowy weekend in Waltham, Mass., as we were in adjoining broadcast booths at Bentley Arena for two really hard-fought … Read more

CCHA suspends Bowling Green’s Dougherty one game for head contact penalty Jan. 29 vs. Ferris State

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The CCHA announced Tuesday a one-game suspension for Bowling Green senior forward Evan Dougherty. The suspension is a result of Dougherty’s five-minute major and game misconduct penalty for contact to the head, which occurred at 10:42 of the second period in Bowling Green’s game at Ferris State on Jan. 29, 2022. After further league review, … Read more