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Team USA downs Finland Tuesday night in lone World Junior pre-tournament game

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Cole Caufield (Wisconsin) scored twice and Trevor Zegras (Boston University alum) added two assists to lead the U.S. National Junior Team to a 3-2 victory over Finland Tuesday night in Edmonton in its first and only pre-tournament game ahead of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. Arthur Kaliyev (OHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs) also scored for Team … Read more

World Juniors 2021 preview with Chris Peters: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 5

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

The semester break in college hockey signals that it’s time for the IIHF Under-20 Men’s World Junior Championship. Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by ESPN’s Chris Peters to preview the tournament.

Topics include the USA roster, its coaching staff headed up by Providence’s Nate Leaman, prospects for team USA, and COVID-19’s impact on the tournament.

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TMQ: ‘First-half’ surprises include AIC flying out of the gate, potential panic in Denver, Omaha soaring in pod play

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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: Paula, as we write this on Monday, the NCHC pod has successfully concluded. And it did so with marked success. There wasn’t a positive COVID case reported for anyone involved … Read more

UMass-UMass Lowell, Providence-New Hampshire series canceled for late December

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Hockey East announced Tuesday schedule updates for men’s games set to be played later this month. UConn’s men’s team is now scheduled to host Providence for a single game on Monday, December 28 at 3 p.m. The men’s series between Massachusetts at UMass Lowell will not be played as scheduled on December 26-27. The men’s … Read more

What we learned from the NCHC pod: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 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 and Ed Trefzger look at the games and news of the past week.

At the top of this week’s episode, we look at what we learned about the NCHC now that the bubble in Omaha – run without a hitch – is over. Nearly every team has good things to take away from the 38-game confab.

Other highlights from the weekend include Bowling Green’s road sweep at Quinnipiac, a resurgent Providence offense, and a close pair of games as Notre Dame hosted Michigan State.

Plus we look at a better-than-most-expected Minnesota and take our hats off to the conferences whose flexibility has made even this much of a season possible.

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Colorado College legend, longtime USA Hockey administrator Berglund dies at 80

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Art Berglund, whose roles with USA Hockey as an administrator spanned parts of five decades, passed away Saturday morning at the age of 80. Berglund, who was part of the staff of more than 30 U.S. teams, including six Olympic squads and eight national junior teams, had a widespread impact on the U.S. international hockey … Read more

Hockey East picks: Dec. 19-21

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Good news for Hockey East: there were as many games played last week as there were the previous three. Bad news for Hockey East: more COVID-related cancelations this weekend for Maine and New Hampshire. Here are our picks on the games we hope are played: Jim last week: 4-2-1 Jim to date: 9-3-2 Marisa last … Read more

Big Ten unveils second half of schedule for 2020-21 season that starts Jan. 3, wraps March 18-20 with conference tournament

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The Big Ten announced Friday the second half of the schedule for the 2020-21 Big Ten hockey season. The schedule will conclude March 18-20, 2021, with the Big Ten tournament. To allow for maximum flexibility in the potential rescheduling of games, this year’s schedule is built with a conference-wide bye the weekend of March 12-14. … Read more

NCHC picks: Dec. 18-21

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Neither Matthew nor I did particularly well last week in our picks. I was 5-6-1, while Matthew was 6-5-1. On the year, I am 13-9-3, while Matthew is 14-8-3. This is the final weekend of pod play before the break. It’s been an interesting experiment, which some very surprising results. Friday, Dec. 18 Western Michigan … Read more

WCHA adjusts 2020-21 men’s hockey schedule to account for vacated Alaska, Alaska Anchorage games

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The WCHA men’s conference has adjusted its 2020-21 schedule to fill open dates created by Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Fairbanks opting out of the season. The eight competing WCHA teams will play their scheduled two-game league series against each of their seven remaining opponents for a total of 14 league games. Additionally, teams will also … Read more

Atlantic Hockey Picks: Dec. 18 – Dec. 23

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At A Glance: Last week’s record: 4-4 Overall Record: 21-15 Over-.500 weeks: 2/4 (.500) This Week’s Picks*: *All games are subject to change. Friday, December 18 and Saturday, December 19 Bentley vs. American International That Bentley-AIC series would have stolen the show in last year’s playoffs. The Falcons’ high-flying offense peaked at the perfect moment, … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten: Dec. 17-20

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Four more games for the Big Ten in the first half of this wonderfully-weird season. A second-half schedule is, potentially, coming. We think. Maybe? Let’s take a look at how we did last week. Last week Drew: 3-1-0 (.750) Paula: 2-2-0 (.500) This season Drew: 22-11-1 (.662) Paula: 15-18-1 (.456) There’s a slight chance that … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: After sluggish start, Denver answering challenge to ‘turn the page’ by winning three of last four

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The NCHC pod is entering its final weekend of play, and even a skeptic would have to admit it’s been a success, with some incredible games so far. For No. 8 Denver, the pod has presented a particularly brutal schedule, with two games each against No. 3 Minnesota Duluth and No. 4 North Dakota, plus … Read more

Northeastern coach Jim Madigan previews home-and-home with Providence: Game of the Week college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 4

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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 are joined by Northeastern head coach Jim Madigan to preview his team’s Saturday-Sunday home-and-home series with Providence.

We also look at No. 13 Bowling Green at Quinnipiac for a pair, NCHC pod tilts between No. 3 Minnesota Duluth and No. 4 North Dakota and No. 8 Denver vs. No. 9 St. Cloud. In the Big Ten, we preview Michigan State at No. 18 Ohio State.

Also of note, non-conference games between WCHA rivals Bemidji State and host No. 5 Minnesota State, Arizona State at No. 16 Notre Dame, plus an Atlantic Hockey tilt that sees Canisius back in action after a pause on the road against a restocked RIT.

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This Week in Hockey East: Conference continues to navigate 2020-21 season with ‘maximum flexibility’

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While over the last two weekends, more Hockey East games have been played on the ice than in the previous two, the biggest news across the league continues to come from decisions of the league’s commissioner and the athletic directors. Such was the case on Tuesday when Hockey East announced that any and all games … Read more