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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Final regular-season weekend means ‘the moment doesn’t care about you; you care about the moment’

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Hockey coaches and players famously embrace both the world of belief and the world of self-determination. They’re a superstitious lot, some more so than others. They can look you straight in the eye and begin a sentence with gratitude for puck luck and finish it with a triumphant declaration of TCB. Never is that dichotomy … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Maine seniors reflect on turnaround, UMass coach Carvel approaches milestone

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Checking in on a few trends around the league as “Senior Night” season heats up: —Senior forward Nolan Renwick was blunt in his assessment of where the Maine hockey program stood during his freshman season of 2021-22. “We weren’t very good,” Renwick said. “And our record reflected that.” Indeed. Maine finished dead last in Hockey … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Colorado College planning for ‘a long run’ as Tigers need to ‘win a lot of games to get to where we ultimately want to be’

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Sitting 32nd in the PairWise Rankings, Colorado College isn’t what you’d call a team on the bubble for a NCAA tournament berth this season. But with two regular-season games left, plus however far into the postseason the Tigers get, coach Kris Mayotte wants his squad to look the part. CC’s series split last weekend at … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Swan song approaching for Ferris State coach Daniels, who says ‘I really enjoyed the heck out of this season’

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Bob Daniels knows his Ferris State team will be opening the 2025 Mason Cup playoffs on the road. Considering how well the Bulldogs seem to have played away from Big Rapids, Mich. — they’re 6-8-0 on the road compared to 5-8-2 at home — that’s just fine with Daniels. “We could finish as high as … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Sorting out plethora of conference storylines as final weekend of 2024-25 regular season on tap

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Arriving at the last weekend of the regular season is an enjoyable process for me. No, it’s not because I’m finally close to enjoying time off after spending the last five months in full blown college hockey mode (shoutout: the earlier start for half of ECAC Hockey’s teams). It’s not because I’ve spent close to … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: With Selection Sunday one month away, teams starting to solidify spots in 2025 NCAA men’s hockey tournament

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Welcome to Week 7 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday on March 23, I will outline the current 16 teams in the men’s NCAA Division I tournament and attempt to seed a bracket based on the current field. Connecticut continued to help its cause with an overtime win over Maine, catapulting the … Read more

TMQ: Discussing upcoming new coaches across NCAA Division I men’s hockey and announcing transactions ahead of time

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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. Jim: Well, Ed, we’re really in the home stretch of the college hockey season. And while generally, I’d start with PairWise or league standings to lead off this conversation, I feel … Read more

Boston College earns 43 first-place votes, moves back on top of Feb. 24 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll

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With 43 first-place votes, Boston College is again the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll. The Eagles move up one spot from last week’s poll. Minnesota moves from No. 5 to No. 2, earning six first-place votes. USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll – Feb. 24, 2025 Michigan State falls … Read more

Monday 10: Minnesota State claims MacNaugton Cup, Holy Cross takes Atlantic Hockey America season crown, Penn State has shot to make NCAA tournament

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. February is almost over, one league has (just about) reached the end of its regular season while another has crowned a champion. This and more in this week’s Monday 10… 1. Now that the math is done, … Read more

SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Fink, No. 18 PSU upset No. 1 Michigan State, No. 5 Minnesota now tops in B1G; No. 3 WMU salvages points with OT win at No. 12 ASU; No. 8 Providence rallies past No. 13 UML for key league points; Army ends Riley era in West Point with OT win

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Penn State jumped to a 3-0 lead early and then held off the nation’s top team Michigan State, holding on for a 3-2 victory in Lansing on Saturday. Combined with Friday’s 2-2 tie where Penn State won the shootout, the Nittany Lions held  Michigan State to just a single Big Ten point this weekend allowing … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: No. 12 Arizona State drops No. 3 Western Michigan; Northeastern upsets No. 9 Boston University; No. 18 Penn State ties No. 1 Michigan State; No. 2 Boston College doubles up Vermont; No. 11 UConn nips No. 4 Maine in OT

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Ty Jackson scored twice to lead No. 12 Arizona State to a 5-3 win over No. 3 Western Michigan at Mullett Arena in Tempe, Ariz. CLUTCH KIRWAN'S 100TH CAREER POINT 💯 pic.twitter.com/Sazqu9TTiP — Sun Devil Hockey (@SunDevilHockey) February 22, 2025 Ryan Kirwan, Kyle Smolen and Bennett Schimek had the other Sun Devils’ goals and netminder … Read more

Western Michigan at Arizona State, two Big Ten games, three in Hockey East analyzed: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 16

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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 six college games on February 14, 2025:

  • Ohio State +170 @ Minnesota -220; over/under 5.5
  • Penn State +220 @ Michigan State -298; o/u 6.5
  • Western Michigan -154 @ Arizona State +120; o/u 6.5
  • Maine -160 @ UConn +124; o/u 5.5
  • UMass -130 @ New Hampshire +100; o/u 5.5
  • Northeastern +220 @ Boston University -298; o/u 6.5 (our “pizza money” game)
This episode is sponsored by the NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four, April 10 and 12 in St. Louis. A flash sale is underway through Sunday, February 23, 2025. Get your tickets now at ncaa.com/frozenfour

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This Week in Atlantic Hockey America: Final weekend of ’24-25 regular season on tap with much still to be determined for postseason

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It’s hard to believe, but we’re entering the final weekend of the regular season in Atlantic Hockey America. Well, there’s one extra game to be played on Monday, Feb. 24 – more about that later. The format is as follows: First Round, March 1 Single elimination No. 11 seed at No. 6 seed No. 10 … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Michigan State preparing for ‘heck of a weekend’ with Penn State, ‘maybe the hottest team in the country’

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Magic is a fickle thing. A week ago, the only Big Ten team mathematically capable of finishing first in the conference while controlling its own destiny was Minnesota. Entering the weekend, the Golden Gophers were five points behind first-place Michigan State with two games in hand on the Spartans, who had a bye. In their … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: In first full year as coach, Wielder has ‘very resilient’ Catamounts believing, ‘pushing the program forward’

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A year and a month after having the interim tag removed, Vermont coach Steve Wiedler is obviously focused on results, but it’s safe to say he’s not as obsessed as he might have been at this point in 2024. “At the end of the day, you go home to your wife and kids and you … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Arizona State on mission to make NCAA tournament as Sun Devils ‘want to be a top-10 perennial program’

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It’s these days, at the business end of the college hockey season, when coaches really bang the drum to get their players geed up for what’s left. On Tuesday, Arizona State coach Greg Powers used his weekly press conference as a soapbox. The Sun Devils are now firmly on the NCAA tournament bubble, 15th in … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Augustana making major impact in conference as ‘our guys have held their own’ in 2024-25

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Augustana’s first full season as CCHA members is turning out better than most outsiders could have expected. It’s been pretty clear since they started conference play that they were going to be one of the teams to beat in the conference, and have spent much of the season’s second half fighting a handful of teams … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Cornell emphasizing to ‘stay in the moment’ with end to 2024-25 regular season, Schafer’s tenure fast approaching

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My brother and I used to travel a lot for college hockey. This was way back in the mid-2000s, an era identified by its lack of available video streaming services. Internet broadcasting was still in its infancy, and Brown, his alma mater and the school for which he’d started broadcasting at the turn of the … Read more