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Minnesota State picks up 29 first-place votes, stays No. 1 in latest DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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With 29 first-place votes this week, Minnesota State remains the top-ranked team in the DCU/USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Quinnipiac is again No. 2 and earned 14 first-place votes in this week’s poll. Michigan moves up one to No. 3, getting six first-place votes, while Denver jumps one spot to No. 4 and picks up … Read more

Minnesota State sweeps; Quinnipiac wins Connecticut Ice; Can BU be an at-large? Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 17

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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 this past weekend’s games and news.

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

Topics include:

• Minnesota State ended the hopes of Arizona State for an NCAA bid – but what did they prove?

• Quinnipiac wins the Connecticut Ice tournament

• We know Minnesota State and Quinnipiac are No. 1 and No. 2 in the DCU/USCHO.com poll, but who are our next three?

• Can Boston University rally to the NCAA field without winning the Hockey East tournament?

• Rick Bennett’s departure from Union

• Michigan investigation

• Plus … reader questions

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Monday 10: Quinnipiac wins Connecticut Ice, McKay earns career win No. 100, Air Force, Army play to split, Michigan sweeps Wisconsin

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Denver comes back on Friday, sweeps on Saturday NCHC cellar dweller Miami found itself in a great position when Red Savage scored 23 second into the third period to give the RedHawks a 4-2 lead against … Read more

No. 3 Western Michigan downs No. 7 Minnesota Duluth in OT, No. 11 Notre Dame does same to No. 10 Minnesota, top-ranked Minnesota State sweeps Arizona State, Air Force edges Army in OT

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No. 11 Notre Dame posted an exciting 3-2 overtime victory over No. 10 Minnesota on Saturday night at Compton Family Ice Arena. Landon Slaggert buried the game-winning goal just 32 seconds into the overtime with assists from Graham Slaggert and Spencer Stastney. Max Ellis and Trevor Janicke also scored for the Irish. https://twitter.com/NDHockey/status/1487601733333364738 Minnesota native … Read more

Union men’s hockey coach Bennett steps down after ‘an allegation about his coaching style and practices that was substantiated through an investigation by the college’

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Union men’s hockey coach Rick Bennett resigned his position Jan. 28, effective immediately. Assistant coach John Ronan has been named interim head coach and will lead the team for the remainder of the current season. Bennett’s resignation follows “an allegation about his coaching style and practices that was substantiated through an investigation by the college,” … Read more

Top-ranked Minnesota State doubles up Arizona State, No. 4 Michigan downs Wisconsin, No. 17 Providence wins thriller over No. 9 UMass, No. 5 Denver escapes with OT win over Miami

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Top-ranked Minnesota State hosted Arizona State Friday night and knocked off the Sun Devils 4-2 behind goals from four different players and 34 saves in net from Dryden McKay. McKay is now 24-4-0 on the year with tonight’s win. With 99 career victories, McKay stands tied for third all-time in NCAA Division I men’s hockey … Read more

Former Northeastern hockey coach, player Madigan to be inducted into Beanpot Hall of Fame at 2022 event

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Northeastern director of athletics and recreation Jim Madigan will be inducted to the Beanpot Hall of Fame at the 69th tournament next month. He is the 15th representative from Northeastern to be inducted into the hall. Madigan will be presented with the award during an on-ice ceremony prior to the Beanpot tournament championship game on … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: With more rest than normal between games, Western Michigan finding consistency, emerging as national contender

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Where is the line between enough rest for a hockey team, and too much? Western Michigan seems to have found it, albeit in less-than-ideal circumstances. The Broncos jumped up one spot to No. 3 in the latest DCU/USCHO Division I Men’s Poll, following a home sweep last weekend against then-No. 9 North Dakota. Two Ronnie … Read more

Previewing No. 10 Minnesota at No. 11 Notre Dame with Fighting Irish head coach Jeff Jackson: 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 Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson to preview No. 10 Minnesota at the No. 11 Fighting Irish.

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

• No. 14 UMass Lowell at No. 15 Northeastern

• No. 17 Providence at No. 9 Massachusetts

• No. 3 Western Michigan at No. 7 Minnesota Duluth

• No. 6 St. Cloud State at No. 13 North Dakota

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This Week in Atlantic Hockey: With RIT soon to be able to offer athletic scholarships, Wilson says ‘it was common sense’ for resolution to pass

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Rochester Institute of Technology coach Wayne Wilson got some good news on Saturday, when the NCAA Division III membership passed a resolution to allow multi-divisional institutions, including RIT and Union, to offer scholarships for their men’s and women’s hockey programs. The schools had been competing in Division I without the benefit of scholarships since 2005 … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Notre Dame’s top point producers racking up points, improving as ‘kids get better each year’

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If you’re looking for an example of growth from one season to another in college hockey, take a gander at Notre Dame’s stat chart. The Irish, who hope to avenge the only time they’ve been swept so far this season when Minnesota comes to town this weekend, have had a more consistent offense this season. … Read more

Three current NCAA men’s hockey players, seven alumni to play for Canada at 2022 Winter Olympics

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Hockey Canada has announced its Winter Olympics team that will compete next month in Beijing. Among the players are several who played NCAA hockey and three current NCAA players. FORWARDS (NCAA hockey ties) Daniel Carr, Union Corban Knight, North Dakota Ben Street, Wisconsin Jack McBain, Boston College * Adam Tambellini, North Dakota Daniel Winnik, New … Read more

Minnesota State’s Mike Hastings talks Mavericks, CCHA, Olympics: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 16

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings. The conversation includes this year’s Mavericks, the new CCHA, prepping for the Olympics, and this weekend’s series with Arizona State.

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

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This Week in ECAC Hockey: With just two losses this season, Quinnipiac doing ‘all the little things that we need to be successful when you’re tired’

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With the exception of Harvard and the Beanpot, it’s not often that ECAC Hockey teams get the chance to compete in a late-season multigame tournament. But that’s what Quinnipiac and Yale will take part in this weekend, when the two schools join UConn and Sacred Heart in the second annual Connecticut Ice Collegiate Hockey tournament … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Merrimack, New Hampshire looking to crash 2022 postseason party

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The 2021-22 Hockey East season has unfolded so far in ways both expected and unexpected. Expected: NCAA champion Massachusetts, picked first in the league’s preseason coaches’ poll, currently sits one point out of the top spot. Northeastern and Providence, picked fourth and fifth, respectively, have been in the top half of the standings for most … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Ferris State making move up conference standings, ‘we just have to get wins now’

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Don’t sleep on Ferris State. Following a disastrous one-win 2020-21 season and a shaky start to this one, the Bulldogs are finally finding their stride. They’ve won five of their last 10 games and, aside from a rough weekend on the road at Minnesota State in which they gave up 14 goals, have managed to … Read more