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This Week in WCHA Hockey: Michigan Tech falls victim to time off as teams adjust to pandemic rules

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As Michigan Tech and No. 6 Minnesota State took the ice Sunday, neither team had played a game in at least two weeks, which appears to be part of a new normal during the coronavirus pandemic. The Mavericks lost the chance to play the second game of their season-opening series with Bemidji State due to … Read more

Boston College’s Jerry York on this season’s team, dealing with protocols: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 3

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

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Boston College head coach Jerry York to talk about this year’s team, how they are dealing with pandemic protocols, a coming milestone in career wins, and about losing some players to the World Juniors.

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TMQ: New college hockey season starting to come into focus as games are played, impact players emerging

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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: Each week, Paula, as more teams get underway, we are learning a lot more. This week, as the NCHC pod kicked off and each of the teams (expect for Colorado … Read more

Alabama Huntsville-Ferris State game of Dec. 8 postponed due to positive COVID-19 test with UAH

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The WCHA nonconference game between Alabama Huntsville and Ferris State in Big Rapids, Mich., scheduled for today, Dec. 8, has been postponed and is tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow, Dec. 9. The two schools were slated to play on Tuesday evening. However, daily testing this morning of the Alabama Huntsville men’s hockey team produced a presumptive … Read more

Positive COVID-19 test at Canisius forces postponement of home-and-home with Mercyhurst

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Canisius has paused all hockey team activities following a positive coronavirus test result among the program’s Tier 1 personnel, the school announced Tuesday. Tier 1 individuals include student-athletes, coaches, managers and selected support staff. The results were detected during regular coronavirus testing, which is being conducted three times a week in accordance with NCAA guidelines. … Read more

North Dakota stays atop USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll with 27 first-place votes; No. 2 Boston College gets other 13

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North Dakota remains at the top of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll after garnering 27 first-place votes in the Dec. 7 rankings. Second-ranked Boston College picked up the other 13 first-place votes. Minnesota Duluth stays No. 3, followed by Minnesota, up one to No. 4, and Michigan, up two to sit No. 5 this … Read more

Minnesota State men’s hockey adds home series with NCAA D-III Milwaukee School of Engineering Dec. 12-13

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Minnesota State announced today that it would host Milwaukee School of Engineering in a two-game home nonconference series, Dec. 12-13 in Mankato, Minn. The series replaces the previously scheduled nonconference home series with Northern Michigan set for Dec. 11-12 that was canceled last week. The first game of the series with MSOE will be played … Read more

Wisconsin-Michigan State men’s hockey series set for Dec. 8-9 postponed due to UW positive COVID-19 test

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team’s two-game series at Michigan State scheduled for Dec. 8-9 in East Lansing, Mich., will not be played. Medical officials from each school conferred after a positive COVID-19 test was found within the Badgers’ program and decided to postpone the contests. The games are expected to be rescheduled.

Pickin’ the B1G: Dec. 8-9

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With Wisconsin and Michigan State being forced to cancel, we’re left with only one midweek series, but it’s a good one. So good that we thought it deserved its own picks blog. Either that, or I haven’t even looked at the schedule for this coming weekend. You decide. Like always, let’s see how we did … Read more

North Dakota, Boston College, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota start unblemished: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 4

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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 at the games of the past weekend and news of the week.

The top three teams all season in the USCHO.com Division I men’s ice hockey poll remain undefeated: North Dakota, Boston College, and Minnesota Duluth. They’re joined by a 6-0 Minnesota.

In the NCHC Pod, despite an 0-3 record, Denver is playing well and 2-2 Omaha is off to a strong start.

Weekend upsets include Michigan Tech over Minnesota State and two splits: Merrimack with UMass and Mercyhurst with Bowling Green.

World Junior camp is underway, leaving a lot of holes for top teams and leaving out three Boston University players because of COVID-19 protocol.

Wisconsin on Monday announced it’s on a pause.

And a bit of a rant – the first of the season! – from Ed about what people don’t get about the aforementioned USCHO.com poll.

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Kleven, Skinner, Stein replace Boston University men’s hockey trio on U.S. National Junior Team preliminary roster

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USA Hockey on Sunday announced the addition of defensemen Tyler Kleven (North Dakota) and Hunter Skinner (OHL’s London Knights) and goaltender Logan Stein (Ferris State) to the preliminary roster for the 2021 U.S. National Junior Team. That trio replaces Boston University forward Robert Mastrosimone, BU defenseman Alex Vlasic and Terriers goaltender Drew Commesso, who are … Read more

Behind 28 saves by Hank Johnson, Mercyhurst earns a 2-1 road upset of No. 18 Bowling Green, 2-1; St. Cloud State upsets No. 4 Denver in NCHC bubble, 4-3

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Grad transfer Hank Johnson made 38 saves as Mercyhurst and junior forward Stephen Ipri (pictured), a team that finished last season last of 60 clubs in the PairWise last season, opened the 2020-21 campaign with a 2-1 upset of No. 18 Bowling Green (File photo)

GOTW: In crazy back-and-forth affair, No. 1 North Dakota outlasts No. 4 Denver in overtime, 4-3; BC earns shutout of Providence, Notre Dame wins last-second thriller over ASU

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No. 1 North Dakota got a goal from Jordan Kawaguchi’s at 1:17 of 3-on-3 overtime to earn a 4-3 win over No. 4 Denver, closing out a thrilling back-and-forth affair inside the NCHC bubble on Friday (photo: Mark Kulhmann/Omaha Athletics)

NCHC picks: Dec. 4-10

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Going forward, Matthew and I will be publishing picks a week in advance. We’ve already seen some interesting results in the NCHC, so let’s look at this weekend’s games. Friday, Dec. 4 No. 1 North Dakota versus No. 4 Denver Candace: Denver wasn’t able to hold on against Minnesota Duluth the other night, and last … Read more

Inside the NCHC Pod with Dave Starman, plus some Big 10 and non-conference matchups: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 2

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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

In a season in which games are happening any night, it’s hard to settle on a single game of the week. In this episode, hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by hockey analyst Dave Starman, who is broadcasting more than half of the NCHC Pod games in Omaha for Midco Sports Network and NCHC.tv alongside play-by-play man Ben Holden. Dave takes us through what’s happening in the bubble and what teams are impressing him so far.

Jim and Ed also look at games coming up in the Big Ten and Atlantic Hockey, and some non-conference matchups within Hockey East.

They also add some more context to their thoughts about getting as many games in during this semester break and give a shout out to the streaming services allowing fans to see the games when they can’t be there in person.

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Hockey East picks: Dec. 4-6

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Last weekend was another thin week of games, but one of us (Jim) now has a lead in the standings. Jim last week: 2-0-0 Jim to date: 3-0-1 Marisa last week: 1-1-0 Marisa to date: 2-1-1 Boston College vs. Providence (at BC on Fri.; at PC on Sat.) While the Eagles already have a successful … Read more

Weissbach, Roy, Bronte, Kaltounkova, LaFontaine, Bench named HCA award winners for November

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Six players have taken home Hockey Commissioners Association monthly awards for their November performances. Men’s Player of the Month: Linus Weissbach, Sr., F, Wisconsin Weissbach went for five goals and 10 points in eight games for the Badgers in November. He had four multi-point games in that stretch and had 19 shots on goal as … Read more