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This Week in ECAC Hockey: Union ‘strictly focused on our Friday night opponent’ as Garnet Chargers looking for way into NCAA tournament

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February is usually a month wrought with hand-wringing within the college hockey community. Teams and programs need points more than ever to advance their postseason dreams into optimal positions while teams hanging around the national Pairwise Rankings bubble can’t let their own clutch results slip through fingertips. One or two missed opportunities is the difference … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: Augustana, Maine, Quinnipiac help cause for 2025 NCAA tournament with strong weekends

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Welcome to Week 4 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday, 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. This past weekend, a few teams really helped themselves with victories. Maine, which played a … Read more

TMQ: Checking out which teams are legitimate contenders for conference titles, which players are Hobey-, Richter-worthy

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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. Dan: Hearty happy Tuesday to you all, and especially happy week to my cohost Paula, who I hope dealt with significantly less stomach flu than the Rubin house possessed. I’m not … Read more

Boston College retains top spot in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll with 48 first-place votes in Feb. 3 rankings

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Boston College is again the No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, earning 48 first-place votes this week. Michigan State stays No. 2, getting the other two first-place votes. Minnesota moves up one to No. 3, flip-flopping with Western Michigan, and Maine is up one to sit fifth in this week’s … Read more

Monday 10: Boston College keeps winning, Denver ties NCHC record with 11-goal outing, Minnesota sweeps away Wisconsin in ‘Border Battle’ series

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1) BC Steamrolling into Beanpot showdown… One last test stood between the No. 1 Boston College Eagles and an anticipated showdown with two-time defending Beanpot champion Northeastern, but any threat from the upset-minded UMass Lowell River Hawks … Read more

Merrimack’s Yuhas suspended one game by Hockey East for major high sticking penalty Jan. 31 vs. UMass

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Hockey East announced today that Merrimack freshman forward Vann Yuhas has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 13:39 of the third period on Friday, Jan. 31 at Massachusetts. On the play, Yuhas was assessed a major penalty for high sticking and a game misconduct. Yuhas is ineligible to play Saturday, Feb. … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Top-ranked Boston College blanks UMass Lowell; No. 2 Michigan State downs No. 11 Ohio State; St. Thomas knocks off No. 15 Minnesota State; No. 4 Minnesota defeats No. 17 Wisconsin; Omaha ties No. 5 Denver, wins shootout in 16 rounds

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Cooper Gay’s goal at 13:45 of the third period proved to be the game winner as St. Thomas defeated No. 15 Minnesota State 3-2 from the Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center in Mankato, Minn. Coop’s 14th of the season, 14 seconds after Sterzer’s game tying tally! #RollToms | #FidesInFratrem pic.twitter.com/tTU7VuW2aj — St. Thomas Men’s … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey America: Canisius on right path as Golden Griffins ‘doing a good job of not looking at the standings and overthinking’

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Canisius has flown under the radar most of this season. Trevor Large’s team has at least one game in hand on everyone else, and is currently in fifth place, the final bye position, based on points earned per game. “The reality for us is that like most seasons, it’s been a roller coaster,” said Large, … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Upcoming Border Battle series between Minnesota, Wisconsin promises to be ‘just a grind’

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“You don’t have to do anything special. You just can’t do anything wrong.” That nugget from Minnesota coach Bob Motzko speaks to so much in life, but it’s especially useful when trying to contain one of the top lines in the country, a line that also happens to play for your own team’s top conference … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Northeastern eyes second three-peat, while Boston College, Boston University in hunt for 2025 Beanpot championship

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All three Hockey East teams participating in this year’s Beanpot tournament have a reason to believe the target is on their back. Northeastern, long the Beanpot’s doormat, is looking for its second three-peat in seven years. Boston College is the No. 1 team in the USCHO men’s D-I poll. And Boston University is the only … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Arizona State taking lessons from each game even though Sun Devils ‘know we’re really good’ this season

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You’ll often hear coaches and athletes say they learn more from losses than they do from wins. To hear Arizona State coach Greg Powers say it during his team’s press conference Tuesday, the Sun Devils took important lessons from the back end of a split last weekend. ASU had won five of its last six … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Augustana being led between the pipes by Kotai, who says ’emphasis and intensity’ winning games for Vikings

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Last weekend’s series at Slater Family Ice Arena in Bowling Green was a feast for goaltending fans. Occupying the nets across from one another were the No. 1 and No. 2 goalies in the nation in save percentage in Augustana’s Josh Kotai (.950) and Bowling Green’s Christian Stoever (.948). Fittingly, only three goals were scored … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Improving Harvard squad aiming for more ways to ‘close out games on our toes, not on our heels’

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The dog days of college hockey’s regular season usually hit around January’s latter weeks. Conference tournament races are well-shaped for teams facing postseason contention, and even the national picture within the Pairwise Rankings won’t shift frequently after results between its highest contenders. Everything is starting to fall into place for February’s mad dash to the … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: Heading to February, surging UConn looking to solidify favorable spot in 2025 NCAA men’s hockey tournament

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Welcome to Week 3 of Bracketology. Each week from now until Selection Sunday, 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. This past weekend was majorly beneficial to one team: Connecticut. The Huskies won the Connecticut … Read more

TMQ: Talking rare penalty in BC-BU game, postgame Dartmouth-Cornell scuffle, looking ahead to NCAA tourney possibilities

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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. Ed: Jim, we’ve covered the weekend’s events and the ins and outs of the PairWise in other columns and podcasts this week, so let’s look at some things that otherwise may … Read more

Boston College earns 42 first-place votes, stays No. 1-ranked team in Jan. 27 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll

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With 42 first-place votes this week, Boston College retains the No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll. Michigan State, with seven first-place votes, stays No. 2, while Western Michigan has the last first-place vote and is again third in the poll. USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll – Jan. 27, 2025 … Read more