Picking AHA, B1G, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East, NCHC, WCHA championship weekend, March 22-23
It’s conference championship weekend, and our conference columnists make their picks (photo: Melissa Wade).
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Brown, ‘a fun group to coach,’ according to Whittet, playing in ECAC Hockey tournament semifinals for first time since 2013
Last year, sixth-seeded Princeton rode a hot streak to an ECAC Hockey championship. That won’t happen again this season, thanks in part to a recent hot streak by No. 8 Brown (photo: Rob Rasmussen).
Hockey Humanitarian Award finalist spotlight: For Wisconsin’s Jake Bunz, helping Haitian orphanage becomes a passion
Jake Bunz would welcome the opportunity to lead a symposium for all incoming student-athletes at the collegiate level (photo: Greg Anderson/Wisconsin Athletics).
Minnesota State, Bowling Green to meet for Jeff Sauer Trophy, ‘an exciting time of the year’ in WCHA circles
Even as No. 13 Bowling Green started the season hot, it’s final two months of the regular season were anything but that, coach Chris Bergeron says (photo: Brad Phalin).
Boston College, Boston University looking to ‘have that desperation’ with hopes of winning Hockey East tournament
Four teams will play at the TD Garden in Boston this weekend for the Hockey East championship, but the reality is you can break the final four into two packs of two (photo: Melissa Wade).
After upsetting Western Michigan, Colorado College readying for first Frozen Faceoff
Until the last two years, it was a given that Colorado College was the perennial cellar dweller in the NCHC (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Top ten finalists named for 2019 Hobey Baker Award
The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee announced Wednesday the top ten candidates for the 2019 award honoring college hockey’s top player (photo: Jim Rosvold/Hobey Baker Award).
Big Ten championship to be decided by ‘doing good things with the puck, managing the puck’
Two B1G teams on the PairWise Rankings bubble will be vying for the conference playoff championship Saturday night and the guaranteed ticket to the NCAA tournament that goes with it (photo: Mike Miller/Fighting Irish Media).
Atlantic Hockey playoffs down to American International, Niagara, RIT, Robert Morris
Hockey playoff overtime encapsulates the best and worst pieces of the sport (photo: Omar Phillips).
Bracketology: Last one before March 24 NCAA selection show has Bowling Green in, Western Michigan out
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It’s our weekly look at how I believe the NCAA tournament might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Thom Kendall/UMass Athletics).
After 20 seasons, Blasi out as Miami coach as RedHawks have ‘fallen short of expectations’
Miami announced Tuesday that Enrico Blasi has been fired from his role as head coach of the RedHawks hockey program (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
TMQ: Should conference tournament fields be shortened to include fewer teams?
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 (photo: Omar Phillips).
Bracketology Extra: Here is what we know right now
It’s Tuesday morning, and here is what we know right this moment when it comes to teams’ chances for the 2019 NCAA tournament (photo: Omar Phillips).
Try the 2019 PairWise Predictor here
See how the PairWise Rankings react based on results you choose for conference championship weekend (photo: Melissa Wade).
St. Cloud State stays near-unanimous No. 1 in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll
With 49 first-place votes this week, St. Cloud State remains the top team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
The Monday 10: Sifting through the weekend that was true playoff hockey across all six conferences
Each week during the season, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature (photo: Omar Phillips).
Rankings roundup: How the top 20 teams fared, March 15-17
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of March 11 fared in games over the March 13-17 schedule (photo: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
Seventh-seeded Boston College upsets second-seed Providence to advance to TD Garden in Hockey East, keep NCAA hopes alive
No. 7 seed Boston College rallied from a game down and won Sunday’s game 3 over No. 2 seed Providence in Hockey East to advance to the TD Garden. BC will play top seeded Massachusetts on Friday (Photo: Ken Jancef)
GAME OF THE WEEK: Lukosevicius, Denver deliver knockout blow, ending North Dakota’s season with 4-2 victory in NCHC quarters
Jarid Lukosevicius’ goal at 14:38 of the second period turned out to be the game-winner as Denver advanced to the NCHC semifinals, eliminating North Dakota and ending the Fighting Hawks season (Photo: Candace Horgan)
Boston University blanks UMass Lowell, 3-0, one of six road teams to win on Friday in playoff action
Boston University was the only underdog in Hockey East to win on Friday, whitewashing UMass Lowell, 3-0. Six of Friday’s 17 D1 men’s playoff games were won by underdogs. (Photo: UMass Lowell/Rich Gagnon)