Picking the men’s Division I games: Oct. 19-20
Each week, USCHO.com columnists will pick the winners of the upcoming games in their respective conferences.
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High-scoring Bowling Green offense firing on all cylinders early in ’18-19 season
Let’s get it out of the way now: Four games is an extremely small sample size. Chris Bergeron is well aware (photo: Isaiah Vasquez/Bowling Green Marketing & Communications).
RIT opens Wilson’s 20th season with road split, comes home to face Colgate in annual Brick City game
Last Saturday, in just their fourth period of the new season, the Rochester Institute of Technology was already facing a pivotal moment (photo: Omar Phillips).
New-look Denver squad ‘continuing to build and executing our details at a high level,’ according to Carle
Question marks surrounded Denver heading into this season, largely because of the Pioneers’ newness. Eleven freshmen make up much of the roster, and there’s a head new coach in 28-year-old David Carle (photo: Maddie MacFarlane/University of Denver).
Led by Romeo in net, top-ranked Ohio State has ‘the highest expectations out of anyone’
For No. 1 Ohio State and goaltender Sean Romeo, the sunshine in Arizona last weekend was representative of a positive season last year and the potential to do even better this year (photo: Omar Phillips).
With underclassmen-dominated squad, UMass taking strides to make waves nationally
If you’re a fan of the Massachusetts Minutemen, we don’t blame you if you feel like you’ve ridden a roller coaster over the last decade-plus of hockey (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
St. Lawrence mirroring Maine’s rebuilding blueprint, looking to have similar success
If St. Lawrence wants a blueprint for the team’s rebuild under Mark Morris, the Saints got a good look this past weekend when they faced Maine (photo: Tara Freeman/St. Lawrence University).
Former USHL teammates McArdle, Babcock reunited for ’18-19 season at Merrimack
Matt McArdle and Mike Babcock quickly became close friends during their season together on the USHL’s Fargo Force in 2014-15 (photo: Jim Stankiewicz/Merrimack College).
TMQ: How much does October hockey really mean?
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.
USCHO.com presents its NCAA Division I Plays of the Week, Oct. 11-14
Each week, USCHO.com will present its Plays of the Week via our YouTube channel (photo: Omar Phillips).
Wisconsin, Union join USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll as Ohio State stays No. 1
Ohio State stayed atop the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll for a second straight week on Monday, while Wisconsin and Union joined the rankings with undefeated starts (photo: Melissa Wade).
The Monday 10: Talking upsets, D-III school winning exhibition over D-I school, Alex Berardinelli
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our brand-new Monday 10 feature (photo: Twitter/@ACbulldoghockey).
Rankings roundup: How the top 20 teams fared, Oct. 11-14
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Oct. 8 fared over the Oct. 11-14 weekend (photo: Omar Phillips).
USCHO Game of the Week: Behind a Morris shutout, No. 2 Notre Dame takes Ice Breaker title over No. 4 Providence
No. 2 Notre Dame captured the Ice Breaker tournament with a 3-0 victory over No. 4 Providence, a night after surviving an overtime tie and shootout to advance (Omar Phillips)
Shootout goal advances Notre Dame to Ice Breaker title game after wild 6-6 tie with Mercyhurst
Rick Gotkin’s Mercyhurst Lakers pushed No. 2 Notre Dame to a 6-6 overtime tie but will play in the consolation game of the IceBreaker after losing, 1-0, in a shootout (photo: Mercyhurst Athletics).
GAME OF THE WEEK: Ice Breaker Tournament a major event for Mercyhurst, Erie
Last year’s national runner-up Notre Dame headlines the four-team field at this weekend’s Ice Breaker Tournament in Erie, Pa. (File photo/Jim Rosvold)
Picking the men’s Division I games: Oct. 12-18
Each week, USCHO.com columnists will pick the winners of the upcoming games in their respective conferences (photo: Omar Phillips).
After season-opening sweep of Alabama Huntsville, Miami ‘taking steps in the right direction,’ led by upperclassmen
The last two seasons have not gone well for the Miami RedHawks, who finished last in the NCHC last season and seventh two seasons ago (photo: Candace Horgan).
ECAC Hockey squads reeling from early departures, but teams still brimming with high expectations
Early departures are part of college hockey, but they’ve hit some ECAC Hockey teams especially hard entering the new season (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Hockey community surrounding, supporting American International freshman Otto with cancer battle
Eric Otto knew something wasn’t right. He had arrived at American International for his freshman year, and the new member of the hockey team was having trouble sleeping (photo: Chicago Steel/USHL).