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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: As Penn State looking for first win, Gadowsky blames himself, saying, ‘We have to coach better’

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When Penn State hosts Michigan this week, the Nittany Lions will be looking for their first win of the season. With sweeps at the hands of Minnesota and Wisconsin to start this current campaign, Penn State appears to be very different from the team it was last March, when the Nittany Lions ended 2019-20 as … Read more

Pickin’ the Big Ten: Dec. 2-4

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Midweek madness, again, in the Big Ten this week with contests running Wednesday through Friday. With the way our picks panned out last week, I think I speak for Paula in saying that we’re ready to take another shot at this. Last week Drew: 2-4-0 (.333) Paula: 0-6-0 (.000) This season Drew: 12-7-1 (.625) Paula: … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: American International off to fast start, handling adversity well, on and off ice

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Eric Lang woke up last Friday morning with butterflies singing a familiar tune on his nerves. It felt distant from the last time he heard them, but the traditional rite played music he instantly recognized. The anxiety cranked up the volume as he got closer to the MassMutual Center, and they peaked right before the … Read more

RIT’s Wayne Wilson on a restarted season, this year’s Tigers, AHA pods: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 2

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

Rochester Institute of Technology was the first Division I team to cancel its 2020-21 season but also the first to restore it.

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger talk with RIT head coach Wayne Wilson about the process that led to the restoration of this year’s campaign, what he expected this season from his team and what he learned about the Tigers from a weekend split against Clarkson. We also discuss the Atlantic Hockey pod schedule and look ahead at games this weekend against Niagara.

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TMQ: Getting a feel for how the 2020-21 college hockey season will go – or how it won’t go

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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. Paula: Jimmy, it seems ironic that there is so much hockey to talk about this week given how many teams haven’t begun playing yet, how many games have been postponed and … Read more

Postponed Bemidji State-Minnesota State men’s hockey series from Nov. 27-28 rescheduled for Dec. 18-19

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The Bemidji State-Minnesota State men’s nonconference series originally scheduled for Nov. 27-28 in Mankato, Minn., has been rescheduled for Dec. 18-19 in Mankato. The Beavers and Mavericks will meet in the first game of the series at 7:37 p.m. CST on Friday, Dec. 18. The second game will take place on Saturday, Dec. 19 at … Read more

Hockey East announces schedule changes for men’s, women’s games over Dec. 4-6 weekend

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Hockey East announced Tuesday the following schedule updates: Friday, December 4 Boston College at UConn (women) – 6 p.m. Boston University at New Hampshire (women) – 6 p.m. Holy Cross at Providence (women) – 6 p.m. Providence at Boston College (men) – 6 p.m. (NESN) Boston College at UMass Lowell (men) – postponed Saturday, December … Read more

Minimal COVID issues have Northeastern men’s, women’s hockey back playing games later in December

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Northeastern will return to competition for men’s hockey and women’s hockey later this month. These teams showed minimal COVID-19 related issues during the recent pause in activity. “Adjustments were made after an environmental scan of all teams with respect to COVID-19,” said Northeastern director of athletics and recreation Jeff Konya in a statement. “This is … Read more

Arizona State, Boston College, Notre Dame sweeps; NCHC pod starting: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 3

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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, including Arizona State’s sweep of a depleted No. 14 Wisconsin, Notre Dame’s road sweep of No. 4 Michigan, No. 2 Boston College’s home-and-home wins over No. 7 UMass, and RIT’s come-from-behind win on Friday in a weekend split with No. 9 Clarkson.

We also discuss the large number of canceled or postponed games and whether playing makes sense (spoiler alert: it does) and how difficult it is to prevent the virus from impacting a team.

We take a look at the upcoming NCHC bubble in Omaha and ask whether that could be a preview of this year’s NCAA tournament protocol.

And we note that the pandemic can hit very, very close to home.

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Hockey East picks: Nov. 27-28

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  Yet again, COVID is making a bit of a mess of the Hockey East schedules. After just two men’s games were played last weekend, the league is expected to play just three this weekend. Jim last week: 1-0-1 (similar to goaltender’s stats, we’ll be counting shootouts as ties in our head-to-head standings) Marisa last … Read more

Atlantic Hockey Picks Nov. 27 – Dec. 1

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Last Week: Dan: 3-1 Chris: 2-2 On The Season: Dan: 3-1 (.750) Chris: 2-2 (.500) This Week’s Picks: Friday Nov 27 and Saturday, Nov 28 Air Force at American International Chris: I’ve lost track of how many games have been cancelled at this point, but at least a couple involved AIC. Hopefully, these games stay … Read more

Big Ten picks: Nov. 27-29

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With the first two weeks of Big Ten play producing some interesting results, already it looks as though the league may split into two tiers with Michigan State the single team of demarcation. Already, too, we’ve seen that Drew Claussen is better at this picks thing than I am. Last week Drew: 8-1-1 (.850) Paula: … Read more

WCHA 2020-21 Season Preview: Teams still prepping for league’s final hockey season, despite ongoing pandemic

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Even without a global pandemic, the 2020-21 WCHA season was already destined to be a weird one. Seven of the league’s ten members had already announced way back in June of 2019 that they would be leaving the conference to reform the CCHA after the conclusion of this year. It was already going to be … Read more

Positive COVID tests at Colorado College necessitate changes to NCHC regular-season schedule

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The NCHC announced changes to its 2020-21 schedule on Friday. The changes were necessary due to a positive COVID-19 test and quarantine requirements for the entire Colorado College team, forcing the Tigers to delay the start of their season. The pod will still begin on Tuesday, Dec. 1 as scheduled at Omaha’s Baxter Arena. Colorado … Read more