This Week in ECAC Hockey: Bobcats ‘trying to hit the reset button and play Quinnipiac hockey’
Quinnipiac was in an unfamiliar place to start the ECAC Hockey tournament, but the Bobcats turned in a familiar performance (photo: Melissa Wade).
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This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Is there a definite favorite to hoist the Riley Cup?
It’s quarterfinals time in Atlantic Hockey and you can throw out the records at this point of the season — it’s all about who’s playing the best hockey when it matters most (photo: Omar Phillips).
This Week in Hockey East: Massachusetts upping its standard of play with Northeastern up next
Last weekend, hosting a series, this time a first-round set with Vermont, was a big step forward for UMass. Escaping that series with a two-games-to-one victory to advance to play Northeastern this weekend in the Hockey East quarterfinals is a very big deal (photo: UMass Athletics).
Seven schools represented on NCHC All-Conference Teams for 2017-18 season
The NCHC revealed Wednesday its 2017-18 All-Conference First and Second Teams, led by four players from Denver, while seven teams placed players on one of the two teams (photo: Candace Horgan).
This week’s movement has Omaha in, North Dakota out, Boston College going to Worcester
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: Michelle Bishop).
TMQ: Looking at the first bit of playoff action, sick goals scored last weekend
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: Melissa Wade).
Northeastern’s Gaudette, St. Cloud State’s Hrenák chosen HCA national award winners for February
Northeastern junior forward Adam Gaudette has been named the Hockey Commissioners’ Association National Division I Player of the Month for February, while St. Cloud State goaltender Dávid Hrenák was selected the HCA National Rookie of the Month (photo: Melissa Wade).
After surviving 3 OTs in game two, 11-seed Sacred Heart upsets RIT
One night after winning a triple-overtime thriller in game two, Sacred Heart completed the upset of RIT. They were the only road team to win a game three on Sunday (photo: Sacred Heart Athletics).
More overtime, please!
Six series saw a split on Saturday night and will need a Game 3 on Sunday to determine who moves onto the next round (photo: Candace Horgan).
Friday finals: Merrimack upsets UMass Lowell, St. Cloud State downs North Dakota
In a night full of playoff games, one of the most surprising results came in Hockey East, with Merrimack stunning UMass Lowell in OT (photo: Candace Horgan).
This Week in the NCHC: After early struggles, Minnesota Duluth secures home ice for playoffs
Considering that they don’t have a single player averaging a point a game or higher, Minnesota Duluth’s 14-goal explosion for a road sweep of Western Michigan, by 8-0 and 6-1 scores, could be looked at as an oddity, but Duluth coach Scott Sandelin feels it’s how his team is built (photo: Candace Horgan).
This Week in the WCHA: Playoffs a chance for teams to prove their worth
The regular season is over. Minnesota State, thanks to an 11-game unbeaten streak to end the season, clinched its third MacNaughton Cup in four years (photo: Jim Rosvold).
This Week in ECAC Hockey: Clarkson gets first-round bye, ‘gives us time to fine tune a bit’
For Clarkson, the first-round bye in the ECAC Hockey playoffs couldn’t come soon enough as the Golden Knights finished the regular season on a 1-5-2 skid (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
This Week in Hockey East: One columnist’s selections for year-end awards
The Hockey East regular season is complete and the playoffs are upon us (photo: Melissa Wade).
This Week in Atlantic Hockey: American International seeing ‘there’s a difference between being good and thinking you’re good’
At American International College, a strong character team has always been built on sportsmanship and academic progress (photo: Omar Phillips).
This Week in the Big Ten: With postseason on tap, character, swagger on minds of coaches
It’s Big Ten playoff hockey time, and while top-seed Notre Dame watches to see who advances from the first weekend of play, everyone else will try to survive a best-of-three series to face off in single-elimination semifinal action next weekend (photo: Jim Rosvold/USCHO.com).
Bracketology: This week’s movement shows Penn State in, Omaha out
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: Bradley K. Olson).
TMQ: Discussing Mercyhurst’s run, upcoming conference playoffs, Cayden Primeau
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.
Rankings roundup: How the top 20 teams fared, Feb. 23-24
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 19 fared over the Feb. 23-24 weekend (photo: Omar Phillips).
Saturday night results: St. Cloud State clinches NCHC Penrose Cup
Ryan Poehling’s goal in the third period broke a 2-2 tie and lifted No. 1 St. Cloud State to a win over No. 3 Denver, clinching the Penrose Cup as NCHC regular season champion in the process. Northeastern blanked New Hampshire in the final home game for UNH coach Dick Umile, who is retiring at the end of the year. (photo: Bradley K. Olson).