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This Week in CCHA Hockey: After ‘rough’ 2020-21 season, Ferris State ‘a superior team from what we were a year ago’

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Losing isn’t usually the norm for a Bob Daniels-coached team. The Ferris State head coach has been behind the bench for 29 seasons. He’s guided his Bulldogs teams to three conference titles, four NCAA tournament appearances and one Frozen Four in that time frame. The usual expectation for the Bulldogs is to be competitive at … Read more

Northeastern’s Jerry Keefe on the Huskies, transition to head coach, Hockey East: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 7

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Northeastern coach Jerry Keefe. The conversation includes the season this far, his transition from assistant to head coach this summer, navigating the transfer and fifth-year player situation, Hockey East, and the venerable Matthews Arena.

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This Week in Atlantic Hockey: American International benefiting from tough early schedule at start of ’21-22 season

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When discussing American International, his opponent last weekend, Rochester Institute of Technology coach Wayne Wilson referred to the Yellow Jackets as “battle tested.” AIC is just nine games into the 2021-22 campaign but has already squared off with No. 12 Providence, No. 9 Massachusetts (twice), No. 5 Quinnipiac (twice) as well as series against Army … Read more

Nomination period now open for 2022 Hockey Humanitarian Award, recognizing college hockey’s ‘finest citizen’

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The Hockey Humanitarian Award is presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” and seeks to recognize college hockey players, male or female, who contribute to local and/or global communities in a true humanitarian spirit. Each year, the Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation receives many submissions from sports information directors and hockey coaches across men’s and women’s … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Getting bounces, Miami earns split at Omaha as RedHawks developing winning mentality

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Miami coach Chris Bergeron on Tuesday approached the dais at his weekly press conference appearing to have a point to make to his team. The good news for the RedHawks out of last weekend’s series at No. 9 Omaha was that Miami (2-5-1) earned a road split against a top-10 team. Still, Bergeron wasn’t exactly … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Notre Dame finding success with increased emphasis on puck possession

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There are numerous ways one can describe a hockey team. Jeff Jackson, though, would appreciate it if people stopped using one term to describe Notre Dame. “I really hate when people say we’re a defensive team,” Jackson said Monday night. “We’re a puck-possession team, in my opinion. We really focus on our ability to possess … Read more

Fifteen losses among top 20 teams, some key sweeps, and ‘buy or sell?’: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 6

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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. Topics include:

• We’re seeing more parity as the season rolls along with 15 losses combined among the top 20 this weekend;

• Others with big weekends including UMass, Ohio State, North Dakota and Michigan;

• Harvard is 4-0-0, averaging six goals per game;

• Buy or sell? We look at Boston College, Minnesota, Penn State, Lake Superior State, Quinnipiac, UConn, AIC, North Dakota, Boston University;

• Derek catches us up on Sunday’s RMU Celebrity Hockey Faceoff;

• And we discuss the movement to expand the women’s NCAA tournament that overtook social media last week.

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Monday 10: North Dakota sweeps on home ice, Minnesota State settles for split, Northeastern finds consistency

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. North Dakota sweeps rival Pioneers Eleventh-ranked Denver entered last weekend having won just two of the Pioneers’ last 17 games at long-time rival North Dakota’s Ralph Engelstad Arena. Make it two of 19, after UND swept … Read more

USCHO BETTOR’S EDGE: No. 4 Minnesota Duluth, No. 7 Providence and No. 8 North Dakota all favorites in matchups against nationally-ranked opponents

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We’re entering the fifth full weekend of men’s Division I play and second week with all teams, including the Ivies, active, and we’re seeing less and less upsets. Of last week’s five games we handicapped, the favorite won four. The only underdog to have success was UMass Lowell, which actually swept Boston University. Still a … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: As all 12 teams get back to conference play, upcoming weekend features Cornell at Harvard

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This weekend is the first time nearly a year and a half that all dozen ECAC Hockey teams will play a conference game on the same night. And right away, there’s already a marquee matchup on the schedule. Cornell and Harvard play Friday night in Cambridge, Mass., in the league opener for both teams. The … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: UConn wraps up seven-game road grind with weekend series at Maine

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A stretch of seven consecutive games played on enemy ice would be a challenge for any team, but goalie Darion Hanson of the Connecticut men’s hockey team chooses to focus on the positive. Long bus rides together and hanging out in the hotel with teammates have been valuable bonding experiences for him and his teammates, … Read more

Previewing No. 4 Minnesota Duluth at No. 10 Western Michigan with Broncos’ Pat Ferschweiler: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 4 Episode 5

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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 preview a heavyweight NCHC bout with first-year Western Michigan head coach Pat Ferschweiler as No. 4 Minnesota Duluth visits the No. 10 Broncos.

Jim and Ed also look at the other games to be featured in this week’s USCHO Bettor’s Edge column: No. 15 Cornell at No. 13 Harvard, No. 7 Providence home-and-home with No. 12 UMass, No. 11 Denver at No. 8 North Dakota, and two Atlantic Hockey teams receiving votes, Rochester Institute of Technology at American International.

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