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This Week in CCHA Hockey: After lopsided Tuesday win over Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech preparing for weekend set with Bowling Green

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This weekend, Michigan Tech can accomplish something most CCHA teams haven’t able to do much of this season — gain on Minnesota State. In fairness, it’s only because the top-ranked Mavericks are idle this weekend. But the Huskies (17-8-2) have a huge home series with Bowling Green this weekend, and thanks to their big 8-1 … Read more

TMQ: Talking Schafer’s absence from Cornell bench, impact on teams losing players to Olympics, teams on PairWise bubble

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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. Jim: Hello again, Paula. Here we are in a week that I feel like takes place every single season. After week after week of upsets and parity in the college hockey … Read more

CCHA announces one-game suspension to Bemidji State defenseman Rosén for interference penalty Feb. 5 against Northern Michigan

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The announced Tuesday a one-game suspension for Bemidji State junior defenseman Elias Rosén. The infraction occurred 14 seconds into the third period on Feb. 5, 2022, in a game between Bemidji State and Northern Michigan. The on-ice call was a minor penalty for interference, but after further league review, the CCHA has determined that the … Read more

With Beanpot underway for 2022 edition, event lends itself to college hockey getting back to pre-COVID times

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“Now is the winter of our discontent,” wrote William Shakespeare in Richard III. What he described, this feeble writer’s mind doesn’t know, despite studying Latin and the Classics throughout a high school education at Boston Latin School, located just miles from TD Garden. But if Shakespeare was predicting a future, one in Boston could associate … Read more

Former Rensselaer men’s hockey standout Bauer gifts $2 million to school for head coaching position endowment

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Rensselaer announced Monday the establishment of the C. Lloyd Bauer ’55 Endowed Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey Coach. The $2 million gift will be funded by Rensselaer alum and former men’s varsity hockey player Lloyd Bauer, class of 1955. “Rensselaer athletics are the cornerstone of community on our campus and at the heart of providing an … Read more

Last year’s winner Trivigno heads list of 25 men’s college hockey players as 2022 Walter Brown Award semifinalists

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The Gridiron Club of Greater Boston announced Monday the 25 semifinalists for the 70th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. The nation’s oldest nationally-recognized college hockey honor, the award was established in 1953 by the members of the 1933 Massachusetts Rangers, the first American team ever … Read more

PairWise probabilities and a mostly stable Top 20: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 18

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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:

• It was a very stable week for the USCHO top 20

• Quinnipiac sweeps the Capital District in the ECAC including an NCAA record-setting 13th shutout

• Cornell during Mike Schafer’s absence

• An extended look at the PairWise: Which teams are NCAA locks or nearly so?

• Will there be an historic Beanpot final?

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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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