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College Hockey Inc.’s Hogan discusses CHL eligibility, growth in face of change: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 7 Episode 4

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast
College Hockey Inc. executive director Sean Hogan joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to discuss the NCAA decision allowing Canadian major junior athletes to play Division I college hockey, including CHI’s efforts in education, his organization’s evolving focus, and recruiting from the CHL. Also discussed were the difficulties faced with all of the changes in the sport in the last year or two, and whether D-I hockey can continue to grow in light of that.

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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Michigan surging early with 7-2-1 record as Wolverines ‘not supposed to be doing what we’re doing’

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When the Wolverines were picked by coaches in the preseason to finish fourth in the Big Ten, there were a number of factors that contributed to the impression that Michigan is going to be a middle-of-the-conference team. For starters, Michigan lost offense that accounted for 100 or so of its 169 total goals scored in … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Struggling New Hampshire hopes scoring, and 2024-25 college hockey season, will improve as injuries heal

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Sometimes, the reason a team struggles is obvious. Through his team’s first six games, all New Hampshire sophomore forward Ryan Conmy had to do was look up. “You can look at the scoreboard and think, you can’t win games without scoring,” Conmy said. “(I) think everyone kind of knows that. You want to score goals … Read more

TMQ: How will NCAA’s decision to allow major junior hockey players starting in 2025-26 alter the college hockey landscape?

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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. Paula: Jimmy, it’s great to be working with you again this season and to throw around the college hockey talk the way we do. While there’s a lot to discuss about … Read more

Denver runs winning streak to 10 games to start 2024-25 season, stays No. 1 in Nov. 11 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll

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Denver is off to a 10-0-0 start and remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll this week, garnering 48 first-place votes. Boston College is again No. 2, picking up the other two first-place votes. Minnesota stays No. 3, Michigan State is again fourth, and Michigan is up two spots to … Read more

Monday 10: Top-ranked Denver off to 10-0-0 start, Boston College sweeps Maine, Dartmouth stays hot, Alaska keeps picking up points

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Sweeps abound; Denver stays unbeaten League play began in earnest this weekend with only six non-conference games played compared to 22 last weekend. Of the 24 series played this past weekend, 16 ended in sweeps, including … Read more

SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Sweeps galore as No. 1 Denver downs Lindenwood, No. 10 North Dakota defeats Minnesota Duluth, No. 12 St. Cloud upends Miami, No. 4 Michigan State doubles up No. 13 Ohio State, No. 3 Minnesota gets by Wisconsin in OT, No. 7 Michigan drops No. 20 Notre Dame

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Tenth-ranked North Dakota jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after 20 minutes and kept control throughout, notching a 4-1 victory over Minnesota Duluth and securing the series sweep on Saturday night from AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minn. UND notches its first sweep of the season and records its sixth straight win over Minnesota Duluth. … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: No. 17 UMass Lowell downs No. 9 Boston University, No. 3 Minnesota rallies to beat Wisconsin, No. 2 Boston College edges No. 5 Maine, Yale ties No. 6 Cornell, top-ranked Denver beats Lindenwood

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No. 17 UMass Lowell scored two goals 34 seconds apart in the third period to snap a 3-3 tie and defeat No. 9 Boston University 5-3 Friday night at Agganis Arena in Boston. Libor Nemec made it 4-3 River Hawks at 11:28 of the final period and then Dillan Bentley gave UML the insurance goal … Read more

Analyzing league matchups in Big Ten, Hockey East, NCHC for Nov. 8, 2024: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 5

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college hockey money lines over under wagering

USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger look at money lines and over/under for five games (plus our “pizza money” game) on November 8, 2024:

  • Notre Dame +190 @ Michigan -250; over/under 6.5
  • Ohio State +200 @ Michigan State -270; o/u 5.5
  • Maine +165 @ Boston College -215; o/u 5.5
  • Arizona State +135 @ Colorado College -175; o/u 5.5
  • North Dakota -195 @ Minnesota Duluth +150; o/u 6.5
Our “pizza money” game:
  • UMass Lowell +260 @ Boston University -360; o/u 6.5

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NCAA Division I Council votes to make major junior players eligible for NCAA hockey with change taking effect Aug. 1, 2025; CHL players still ineligible for D-III hockey

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The NCAA Division I council voted Thursday to make Canadian Hockey League (major junior) players eligible for NCAA Division I hockey and those players may start to participate on NCAA Division I hockey teams effective August 1, 2025. Players may participate in the CHL (Ontario Hockey League, Western Hockey League, and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Western Michigan rookie Nehring ‘exactly the player we recruited’ as Jets prospect turning heads early in ’24-25

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Last June, Western Michigan coach Pat Ferschweiler attended the 2023 NHL Draft specifically to witness Broncos recruit Zach Nehring becoming the Winnipeg Jets’ third-round pick. Nehring had been on WMU’s radar for some time, stemming from his successful prep hockey career at Minnesota’s Shattuck-St. Mary’s School. And now, there’s no surprise in the Broncos’ camp … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Minnesota State-St. Thomas weekend series part of ‘iron sharpens iron piece every week’ in conference play

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Nobody can accuse Minnesota State of taking the easy way out to start the 2024-25 season. In their first five weeks of play, the Mavericks have skated every weekend without a bye, and their opponents have included: two top-10-ranked nonconference opponents (Michigan and North Dakota), one team that was ranked before the series (Omaha), one … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: After sweeping North Dakota to open ’24-25 season, Cornell knows it’s ‘a long way from being where we want’

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Every year, the debate surrounding the Ivy League schools in college hockey ends with one of the more mind-boggling stalemates among the sport’s followers. It seldom advances beyond their unique or quirky scheduling arrangement limiting the six hockey-sponsored schools to six fewer games than the rest of college hockey, a debate that’s almost never accurately … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey America: Veteran leadership leading the way as fifth-year players taking charge at Bentley

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Last season was the first for Andy Jones behind the bench at Bentley. Jones, who was appointed in late June of 2023, didn’t have a lot of time to get to know his team well and inherited a recruiting class put together by the departing Ryan Soderquist. The Falcons were picked to finish in last … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Golden Gophers booming with confidence heading into Wisconsin series as Minnesota’s blue line a ‘catalyst for us’

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After sweeping Penn State in their opening weekend of Big Ten play, Minnesota is 7-1-0, the team’s best start since beginning the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season with 10 wins in a row. The seven wins in eight games is the Golden Gophers’ best start under Bob Motzko outside of that truncated season. “A lot of guys … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Providence off to hot start in 2024-25 with pair of standouts between the pipes in Svedebäck, Borgiel

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Don’t call it a goalie controversy. Instead, file it under a good problem to have for the Providence Friars. So far, both of the Friars’ netminders have turned in stellar performances. Returning junior Philip Svedebäck of Växjö, Sweden, is 3-1-0 with a .907 save percentage and a 2.50 goals-against average. Graduate transfer Zachary Borgiel of … Read more

Hockey Humanitarian Award nominations now open for 2025 edition of honor that recognizes college hockey’s ‘finest citizen’

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The Hockey Humanitarian Award is presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” and seeks to recognize college hockey players, male or female, who contribute to local and/or global communities in a true humanitarian spirit. Each year the Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation receives many submissions from SID’s and hockey coaches across men’s and women’s Division I … Read more