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North Dakota’s Brad Berry talks Fighting Hawks, NCHC playoffs, keeping seniors four years: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 13

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A conversation with incoming Hockey East commissioner Steve Metcalf: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast season 2 episode 20

Last weekend, North Dakota clinched the NCHC regular season trophy, the Penrose Cup.

Fighting Hawks head coach Brad Berry joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about this year’s team, the competitiveness and rivalries in the conference, keeping talented seniors for four seasons, and the challenges of a single-elimination Frozen Faceoff this season.

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North Dakota clinches NCHC, other conferences coming into focus, NCAA bracketology: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 14

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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 look back at the weekend and news of the week.

North Dakota clinched the Penrose Cup as the NCHC regular season champion.

Boston College’s sweep and BU’s OT win seem to make it a three-horse race in Hockey East with UMass, but the HEPI formula leaves that murky to outsiders.

Minnesota is close to sewing up the Big Ten title, but Wisconsin also has a path.

Minnesota State needs three points in its last four games to win the WCHA, while Bowling Green got off the schneid.

AIC has won the eastern pod regular season title, while big weekends for Air Force and RIT have left the western pod still up for grabs.

Plus, we do a little early bracketology and prognosticate how many teams each conference can expect in the NCAA field of 16.

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NCHC picks: Feb. 19-20

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Western Michigan continues to cause me problems in my picks, and Matthew closed another game on me. Last week I was 5-3, while Matthew is 6-2. On the year, I am 41-23-6, while Matthew is 39-25-6. Can I hold him off and win the beer race? Friday-Saturday, Feb. 19-20 Omaha at North Dakota Candace: I’m … Read more

Atlantic Hockey Picks: February 19-23

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At A Glance: Last week’s record: 4-2-1 Overall Record: 61-29-2 This Week’s Picks*: *All games are subject to change. Friday, February 19 and Saturday, February 20 Canisius at Air Force Dan: Not sure how I feel about this weekend because Air Force has been idle for almost the past three weeks. Its last game was an … Read more

Hockey East picks: Feb. 19-23

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Pretty impressive that both Marisa and I were a perfect 7-0-0 last week (and for those who pointed out, yes, we picked an extra game between Providence and UConn, oops.) Let’s see if that perfection continues. Fri.-Sat., Feb. 19-20 Merrimack vs. New Hampshire (Fri. at UNH, Sat. at MC) A battle of two consistently inconsistent … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten: Feb. 19-20

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With about a month to go before the Big Ten Tournament, and the growing possibility that there will be some sort of mathematic formula used to figure out the tournament seeds, the top teams in the Big Ten have an opportunity to gain some separation from the rest of the pack this weekend. Let’s look … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Due to schedule imbalance, new power index assuring teams that ‘every game matters’

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In a very challenging year, one thing was clear to first-year commissioner Steve Metcalf early in the 2020-21 Hockey East campaign

It took just a couple of weekends of canceled games and teams and the league working to change opponents to make Metcalf realize come season’s end, there would be a significant imbalance in both number of games played as well as the strength of opponents each team faces.

Thus, Metcalf turned to a somewhat familiar formula to help determine the Hockey East standings: the PairWise.