frontd1m

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

by

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’

by

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

by

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’

by

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

by

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’

by

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

TMQ: Upsets, underdogs the talk of early part of 2024-25 college hockey season as parity becoming more prevalent around NCAA game

by

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: Dan, as USCHO’s ECAC Hockey beat writer, I don’t need to tell you how much coaches of the six Ivy League teams dislike being limited to 29 NCAA games each … Read more

Denver’s Devine, Union’s Muthersbaugh, Augustana’s Kotai, Notre Dame’s Say take home monthly HCA accolades

by

The first Hockey Commissioners Association monthly awards for men’s hockey have been announced for the month of October. Denver senior forward Jack Devine is the player of the month, Union freshman forward Ben Muthersbaugh is rookie of the month, and Augustana sophomore Josh Kotai and Notre Dame junior Owen Say are co-goaltenders of the month. … Read more

Gagnon (Lindenwood), Kebreau (Alaska Anchorage), Grabko (Alaska), Bartoszkiewicz (Lindenwood) highlight October honors for NCAA D-I men’s hockey independent schools

by

The 2024-25 season got off to a strong start for the NCAA’s five men’s Division I hockey programs and four players have earned monthly honors from NCAA Division I Independent Hockey. All five schools enjoyed impressive road wins, eight cumulatively, with those victories coming at Notre Dame (2), Wisconsin, Merrimack, Lake Superior State, Miami, Northern … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: No. 9 Cornell opens season downing No. 6 North Dakota, No. 11 Michigan drops No. 5 Boston University, No. 1 Denver blanks Yale, No. 7 Maine shuts out Merrimack, Bemidji State upsets No. 16 Minnesota State

by

Sullivan Mack recorded a goal and an assist and Ian Shane made 23 saves in goal as No. 9 Cornell opened its 2024-25 season with a 4-1 win over No. 6 North Dakota Friday night at Lynak Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. Nick DeSantis, Tyler Catalano and Nicholas Wolfenberg also scored for the Big Red, and … Read more

Three east-west games, including North Dakota at Cornell, top our slate: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 3 Episode 4

by
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 1, 2024:

  • North Dakota -120 @ Cornell -110; over/under 5.5
  • Michigan +120 @ Boston University -154; o/u 6.5
  • Boston College -215 @ St. Cloud State +165; o/u 6
  • Minnesota State -160 @ Bemidji State +124; o/u 5
  • Wisconsin +110 @ Notre Dame -140; o/u 5.5
Our “pizza money” game:
  • Penn State +250 @ Minnesota -345; o/u 6.5

Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, in your favorite podcast app, or on Spreaker.

[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=62575014″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”]

Check out all of USCHO’s podcasts, including USCHO Weekend Review and USCHO Spotlight, plus our entire podcast archive.

Read more

Former Northeastern director of men’s hockey operations Harlow returns to Huskies as new assistant coach

by

Matt Harlow has been named an assistant coach for the Northeastern men’s hockey team. Harlow spent the past three seasons as the director of hockey operations for the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack, assisting with all aspects of hockey operations including player personnel, player movement, and player contracts while also handling the day-to-day operations of the club. … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: First-year Miami coach Noreen realizing ‘there’s something special here’ as RedHawks ‘making sure we live by a standard’

by

On the face of it, considering Miami hasn’t finished a season with a winning record since 2015, it would’ve been understandable for Anthony Noreen to want to make a big rebrand out of the RedHawks. New coach, new team, new us. But it quickly struck him, after being announced on April 1 as the program’s … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Young Northern Michigan squad stumbling early, but ‘we’re holding our heads high right now’

by

For Northern Michigan, this season is about the process, not results. Maybe that sounds like a tired sports cliche, but considering this team had to refresh basically its entire coaching staff and roster in the span of five months, it’s a reasonable expectation. Last weekend’s series against Arizona State is a case in point: The … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Clarkson emphasizing ‘those teaching moments for your team to progress’ with Golden Knights off to 5-2-0 start

by

The average college hockey fan wouldn’t view Jean-Francois Houle’s career path for a potential return to his alma mater. The former Clarkson scoring wizard in the 1990s returned to the Golden Knights after ending his on-ice career but jumped on an arc within earshot of a bench boss job within the NHL. He spent five … Read more