The Falcons powered their way to the championship of the Great Lakes Invitational, had a trio of players honored with WCHA weekly honors, and started checking off boxes that could be lining the road for the first NCAA tournament bid since 1990.
At first glance on paper, the Northeastern-American International game last Saturday probably seemed like a sure bet.
While everyone would love to simply run away with a season (see Notre Dame’s 10-0-0 record in the Big Ten), it’s more difficult to draw fans to the games if there isn’t at least a semblance of belief that one team can beat another team on any given night.
As the second half of the season begins, Michigan and Michigan State languish at the bottom of the Big Ten standings and given the landscape of this year’s conference, there is little chance that either team will climb much above where it already sits.
For the Omaha Mavericks, who currently sit at the bottom of the NCHC standings, consistency has been an issue this season.
To say the first half the 2017-18 season was rough for St. Lawrence is an understatement.
Denver has added forward Jared Resseguie from the NAHL’s Bismarck Bobcats.
Kieffer Bellows scored twice and Joseph Woll made 27 saves to lead the U.S. National Junior Team past Russia 4-2 Tuesday night in its quarterfinal game of the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship.
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.
Here is a rundown of how the top 20 teams in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll of Dec. 11 fared over the Dec. 15-31 time frame.
A quartet of current NCAA stars have been named to the United States team that will compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics next month in PyeongChang, South Korea.
In the fourth and final game of the World Junior Championship preliminary round, U.S. captain and Minnesota Duluth star Joey Anderson broke out. All thanks to a line of perfection.
Joey Anderson scored twice and Adam Fox tallied the game-winning goal with 1:37 remaining to lead the U.S. National Junior Team past Finland 5-4 Sunday night in its final preliminary round game of the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship.
The Great Lakes Invitational field this year includes host Michigan Tech, Michigan, Michigan State and invitee Bowling Green. The event will be held for the first time at the brand-new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
Alaska junior defenseman Jack Weiss will miss the remainder of the 2017-18 season after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.
The U.S. National Junior Team overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat Canada 4-3 Friday night at the World Junior Championship, outdoors at New Era Field in Buffalo.
Merrimack started the second half with a road upset of No. 2 Denver.
The progress has been steady for Team USA and Boston College goaltender Joseph Woll on the international stage.
After a one-year hiatus, Vermont will once again host the Catamount Cup, looking to turn around a disappointing performance in the first half of the season.
