Rankings roundup: How the top 20 teams fared, Feb. 7-9
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 4 fared in games over the Feb. 7-9 weekend (photo: Omar Phillips).
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GAME OF THE WEEK: Brown’s Whittet says ‘it’s good to see them rewarded’ as Bears upset No. 4 Quinnipiac, 4-1
There was plenty to celebrate for Brown which went on the road and frustrated No. 4 Quinnipiac, 4-1 (photo: Rob Rasmussen).
Goaltenders dominate as many of nation’s top teams earn wins on Friday
UMass Lowell’s Tyler Wall was one of seven goaltenders to post a shutout on Friday, leading the River Hawks past Boston College, 3-0 (photo: Rich Gagnon).
USCHO GAME OF THE WEEK: Resurgent Brown squad heading on road to play Princeton, Quinnipiac
There’s still a lot of season left, but if it ended today, Brown would host a first-round series in the ECAC Hockey playoffs (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Princeton pair leads list of 10 finalists announced for 2019 Senior CLASS Award
Ten student-athletes who excel both on and off the ice were selected as finalists today for the 2018-19 Senior CLASS Award (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Picking the men’s Division I games: Feb. 7-11
Each week, USCHO.com columnists will pick the winners of the upcoming games in their respective conferences (photo: Omar Phillips).
Harvard senior Lackey gaining confidence with Crimson, ‘really turning into a heck of a goalie’
Although he’s a senior, Harvard goalie Michael Lackey has plenty in common with his younger teammates (photo: John Crouch/J. Alexander Imaging).
After sluggish first half, Holy Cross playing better with ‘attitude where it needed to be’
At a surface level, Holy Cross coach David Berard would have lacked causation for celebration during the holiday season (photo: Omar Phillips).
Vermont in hunt for Hockey East postseason, Catamounts just looking to ‘focus on what we can do’
The Hockey East playoffs won’t start for about another month, but don’t tell that to Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon (photo: Vermont Athletics).
Bracketology: If NCAA tourney began today, St. Cloud State, UMass, Ohio State, Quinnipiac would be top four seeds
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology, college hockey style. It’s our weekly look at how we believe the NCAA tournament might look like come selection time, using what we know now (photo: Thom Kendall).
With Ohio State series on tap, Wisconsin looking to avenge early-season sweep, ‘real excited about the challenge’
Wisconsin is a team caught between two realities, between then and now, past and present, Friday and Saturday (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Despite snow days, Michigan Tech gaining momentum, gearing up for No. 6 Minnesota State
Jake Lucchini binge-watched “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” on Netflix, and Seamus Donohue made a special trip to Joey’s Seafood and Grill for dinner with his pals. Snow days are rare for college students, but Michigan Tech had two of them last week, so that’s how two of the Huskies’ top hockey … Read more
By paying attention to details, structure, Colorado College looking to build on recent success
When Colorado College announced on Jan. 10 that leading scorer Nick Halloran was lost for the season to a lower-body injury, it seemed that any chance for the Tigers to advance to their first NCHC Frozen Faceoff was gone (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Phoenix native Walker feeling at home, scoring at will, for surprising Arizona State squad
This is not the first profile of Arizona State sophomore winger Johnny Walker, and at the rate which he continues to produce, it will not be the last (photo: Greg Cameron).
Play USCHO College Hockey Pickem for a chance to win prizes
Think you can correctly pick more games than anyone else? Enter USCHO’s new College Hockey Pickem contest and select the winners of 10 randomly chosen games each week (photo: Angelo Lisuzzo).
Mercyhurst’s Duszak, Niagara’s Stenlund, Minnesota Duluth’s Shepard garner HCA monthly player awards
Mercyhurst’s Joseph Duszak, Niagara’s Ludwig Stenlund and Minnesota Duluth’s Hunter Shepard all garnered HCA awards for January (photo: Omar Phillips).
Beecy, Bunz, Pankowski, Parran, Rivera announced as 2019 Hockey Humanitarian Award finalists
The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation today announced the five finalists for the 2019 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service.
TMQ: Regular-season championships being decided soon, dissecting the latest PairWise numbers
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: Jim Rosvold/University of Minnesota).
GAME OF THE WEEK: Northeastern advances past BU in overtime, will face BC in Beanpot finale
Northeastern goaltender Cayden Primeau 26 saves and Tyler Madden scored in overtime as Northeastern advanced past BU, 2-1, and will face BU in next Monday’s Beanpot title game (Photo: Melissa Wade)
USCHO.com presents its NCAA Division I Plays of the Week, Feb. 1-2
Each week, USCHO.com will present its Plays of the Week via our YouTube channel (photo: Bradley K. Olson).