Conference races tighten: Saturday’s round-ups
In a battle of top-10s, No. 6 Ohio State and No. 10 Minnesota tied 1-1, while Colorado College defeated No. 2 Denver 1-0 and No. 4 Cornell held off Yale 3-2. (photo: Melissa Wade/USCHO.com).
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Michigan upsets No. 1 Notre Dame, Dartmouth downs No. 7 Clarkson, Bentley opens new rink
Dartmouth swept No. 7 Clarkson for just the second time ever with a 3-2 win tonight. In other action, UConn toppled BU in overtime, and Michigan upset No. 1 Notre Dame (photo: Melissa Wade).
New Bentley rink to be named after longtime baseball coach, director of athletics DeFelice
As a tribute to Bob DeFelice’s 50 years as baseball coach and more than a quarter century as the director of athletics at Bentley, the ice rink at the new Bentley Arena will be known as the Coach DeFelice Ice Rink (photo: Bentley Athletics).
Senior CLASS Award finalists narrowed to 10 players for 2018 honors
Ten players who excel both on and off the ice were selected Friday as finalists for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award (photo: Jim Rosvold).
This Week in ECAC Hockey: Princeton’s power play helping Tigers on recent hot streak
The expectations for Princeton were high coming into the 2017-18 season after a respectable seventh-place finish in 2016-17 (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
This Week in the WCHA: Gut check time for Bowling Green with Falcons sitting ‘in a good spot’
Other teams might have found last weekend agonizing. Bowling Green, sitting in third place in the WCHA standings, had to sit and watch as both teams ahead of them in the race for the MacNaughton Cup title were in action (photo: BGSU Athletics).
This Week in the NCHC: Communication between coaches, players helping to keep Omaha on even keel
Half of the NCHC’s eight teams were idle last weekend. Omaha was among those that didn’t play, and with the Mavericks’ tricky lead-up to the postseason, it’s just as well (photo: Michelle Bishop).
This Week in Hockey East: Madigan solidifying spot as one of Northeastern’s top coaches of all time
When he was hired in 2011, his hiring turned a lot of heads and usually for the wrong reasons. When he led his team to the Hockey East title in 2016, most still had their doubts (photo: Melissa Wade).
Former St. Scholastica standout, Robert Morris coach Workman loses cancer battle at 47
Former Robert Morris associate head coach Mark Workman passed away on Wednesday near his home in Minnesota, surrounded by family (photo: Steven Copeland/RMU Athletics).
This Week in the Big Ten: Notre Dame captures Big Ten title, but ‘it’s never been easy’
There’s something poetic about the last-ever CCHA playoff champions capturing their first-ever Big Ten regular-season title in their first season of B1G conference play (photo: Notre Dame Athletics).
This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Sacred Heart’s growth giving Pioneers confidence
With a roster comprised of nearly three dozen freshmen and sophomores, Sacred Heart head coach CJ Marottolo knew his Pioneers would face a season of opportunistic growth (photo: Mike Miller/Sacred Heart Athletics).
Bracketology: Should St. Cloud State move to Allentown, Western Michigan 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).
TMQ: Is the PairWise more important, more relevant than any of the national polls?
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.
At long last, a Beanpot for Northeastern
National scoring leader Adam Gaudette had a hat trick as No. 12 Northeastern its first Beanpot title since 1988 (photo: Melissa Wade).
Rankings roundup: How the top 20 teams fared, Feb. 9-10
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Feb. 5 fared over the Feb. 9-10 weekend (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
New Hampshire’s Umile just second coach to receive Hockey East founders medal
New Hampshire head coach Dick Umile was presented the prestigious Hockey East founders medal Saturday night prior to the Wildcats’ home game against Vermont, becoming just the 12th individual honored by the conference (photo: Melissa Wade).
Saturday finals: Teams starting to solidify positions
No. 4 St. Cloud State moved into sole possession of first in the NCHC with a sweep of Miami, No. 5 Ohio State rolled over No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 7 Clarkson tied Colgate, and No. 6 Minnesota State downed Alabama Huntsville (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Former Robert Morris men’s associate coach Workman diagnosed with liver cancer
Robert Morris recently learned that former associate coach Mark Workman was diagnosed with liver cancer just before the start of 2018 and has been undergoing treatments since the beginning of the year (photo: RMU Athletics).
Friday flurries: Upsets, OTs heat up cold night
No. 18 Boston College survived an OT scare from UMass-Lowell, but No. 8 North Dakota and No. 11 Northeastern fell at home during a wild Friday night that also included No. 3 Cornell and No. 7 Clarkson skating to a scoreless tie and No. 12 Minnesota winning at No. 17 Wisconsin. (photo: Melissa Wade).
Arizona Board of Regents formally approves plans for new on-campus arena at Arizona State
As expected, the Arizona Board of Regents has approved plans for a new multi-purpose arena at Arizona State University (photo: Rachel Lewis).