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Providence junior Thompson gives up senior season with Friars, signs NHL contract with Devils

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Providence junior forward Tyce Thompson has signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils, forgoing his senior season with the Friars. The contract begins this season (2020-21) and he’ll report to New Jersey to begin his quarantine. Thompson, a fourth-round pick of the Devils (96th overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft, led the … Read more

NCAA D-I men’s ice hockey regionals preview with ESPN’s John Buccigross: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 16

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ESPN’s John Buccigross will have the play-by-play in the Bridgeport regional and in the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh alongside Barry Melrose and Colby Cohen (photo: Kelly Backus / ESPN Images).

ESPN’s John Buccigross joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to preview this weekend’s NCAA D-I men’s ice hockey regionals.

Buccigross will have the play-by-play in the Bridgeport regional and in the Frozen Four in Pittsburgh alongside Barry Melrose and Colby Cohen.

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Live Podcast Replay: NCAA selection analysis, conversation with committee chair Mike Kemp – Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 19

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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 and Ed Trefzger analyze and review the announcement of the NCAA men’s Division I ice hockey field. Mike Kemp, chair of the men’s D-I ice hockey committee, joined them for a conversation. Kemp revealed which teams were the last ones in and what criteria the committee used to assess those teams and described what he characterized as a “stressful” process.

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Final Bracketology: One last look figuring out which 16 teams will play for the 2021 national college hockey championship

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We’ve seen all six conference tournaments completed and here are both Jayson’s and Jim’s fields, as well as how they place them into regionals. It’s amazing how controversial this year has been but how close Jayson and Jim are with their final fields. How they move teams around, though, is very much different. Jayson: Here … Read more

WCHA CHAMPIONSHIP: Lake Superior State leads from start to finish, beats Northern Michigan to earn first-ever league crown

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For Lake Superior State, a team that had never won a WCHA playoff title in its history, just getting a chance to play for one meant a lot to the Lakers.

Just 80 seconds in, LSSU jumped on Northern Michigan, getting a lead they would not relinquish the rest of the night en route to a 6-3 victory at the Verizon Center Saturday night.

HOCKEY EAST CHAMPIONSHIP: Gaudet nets lone goal to lift UMass over UMass Lowell to claim first-ever conference championship

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The most unique of seasons and most unique of circumstances might as well have set the stage for the most unique of champions.

At their home Mullins Arena, UMass took its first ever Hockey East championship, a 1-0 victory over upstart UMass Lowell. It was the fourth time ever a team took the title by a 1-0 score.

ECAC HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP: Jankowski’s OT winner sends St. Lawrence to NCAA tournament, gives Saints first league title in 20 years

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One of the oddest seasons in ECAC Hockey history ended with one of the most unlikely league champions.

Third-seeded St. Lawrence beat No. 1 Quinnipiac 3-2 in overtime Saturday at the Frank Perrotti Jr. Arena to win the ECAC Hockey championship and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007.