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).
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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).
Familiar Feeling Friday: BC, Cornell, Minnesota State clinch regular-season championships
No. 20 Boston College won its 16th Hockey East title. No. 2 Cornell clinched the ECAC championship while No. 4 Minnesota State won its third in four years in the WCHA. Meanwhile, No. 3 Denver cut into No. 1 St. Cloud State’s lead in the race for the NCHC’s Penrose Cup (photo: Melissa Wade).
This Week in Atlantic Hockey: RIT hoping recent 4-1 run leads to playoff momentum
Like every team in Atlantic Hockey, it’s been an up-and-down season for the Rochester Institute of Technology (photo: Omar Phillips).
This Week in the WCHA: Back into playoff contention, Lake Superior State looking for one more solid weekend
There always seems to be some sort of drama in the final week of the WCHA’s regular season. This year is no different (photo: Candace Horgan).
This Week in the Big Ten: With playoff seed locked up, Ohio State looking to cap regular season on strong note
Multiple Big Ten teams have enjoyed winning or unbeaten streaks this season, but since the calendar has turned to February, stringing victories together has become a rare occurrence (photo: Rachel Lewis).
This Week in ECAC Hockey: Rensselaer hoping effort, attitude will provide postseason spark
The results might not be there, but Rensselaer coach Dave Smith has been impressed with the work his team has put in as the regular season draws to a close this weekend (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
This Week in Hockey East: Connecticut making case for top-five finish in conference standings
Much of the attention has gone to the race for the Hockey East regular season title, and deservedly so, but there’s also the race for one of the top five spots in the standings and its attendant first-round bye. Connecticut has put itself firmly in that race (photo: Melissa Wade).
This Week in the NCHC: Denver, St. Cloud State readying for key series between highly-ranked teams
Near the middle of January, defending national champion Denver was in a rut, having gone 2-3-2. Since then, Denver has gone 6-1-2 (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
Bracketology: Might we see Michigan go to Worcester, Minnesota Duluth to Bridgeport?
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: Melissa Wade).