This Week in NCHC Hockey: After sweeping then-No. 2 North Dakota, Colorado College starting to ‘believe more and more and more’

Colorado College this week jumped up five spots to No. 10 in the latest USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, the highest spot the Tigers have held in 12 years. Two blowout home wins last weekend against then-No. 2 North Dakota helped explain the Tigers’ big rise. More to the point, CC swept its four-game … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Back from injury for stretch run, Bemidji State captain Looft pushing teammates ‘to realize what’s at stake’

Kyle Looft’s New Years Eve was spent mostly in pain. Bemidji State’s defenseman was attempting to block a shot in the Beavers’ game against St. Cloud State when the puck smashed his wrist, resulting in a broken bone. The Beavers lost that game 6-1, but most importantly they lost Looft. The senior captain required surgery … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Gearing up to defend its national championship, Quinnipiac ‘big on focusing on the controllables’

The majority of ECAC Hockey teams have spent the second half of the season trying to catch Quinnipiac. As recently as last week, as the last of the regular-season weekends crested on the horizon of college hockey’s last month, six-point weekends sent teams flying towards the top of a league hoping to catch its three-time … Read more

TMQ: Looking back on last weekend as top college hockey teams falter, discussing current state of volatile PairWise bubble

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 begin this week’s TMQ talking about a lot of carnage among the top teams in the USCHO.com poll. The top 10 teams from last Monday’s poll went … Read more

Boston College earns all 50 first-place votes, sits a unanimous No. 1 team in Feb. 19 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll

Boston College is again the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, getting all 50 first-place votes in this week’s rankings. Boston University is up one to No. 2, Denver moves up two to sit third, Michigan State jumps two to fourth, and North Dakota falls two, now tied for No. 4 with … Read more

Monday 10: Colorado College takes both from North Dakota, Holy Cross coming alive in Atlantic Hockey, Quinnipiac close to ECAC Hockey regular-season crown

Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Colorado College sweeps North Dakota in convincing fashion Earlier this season, the Tigers snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Fighting Hawks with a pair of 3-2 overtime victories in Grand Forks. The rematch in Colorado … Read more

Maine’s Villeneuve-Houle suspended one game by Hockey East for major head contact penalty Feb. 17 against New Hampshire

Hockey East announced Monday that Maine senior forward Donavan Villeneuve-Houle has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 4:42 of the second period on Feb. 17 at New Hampshire. On the play, Villeneuve-Houle was assessed a five-minute major penalty for contact to the head and a game misconduct. Villeneuve-Houle is ineligible to … Read more

SATURDAY ROUNDUP: Ohio State sweeps No. 4 Wisconsin, No. 15 Colorado College sweeps No. 2 North Dakota, No. 19 New Hampshire sweeps No. 7 Maine, No. 3 Boston University beats No. 10 Providence, No. 12 Cornell captures Ivy League title in shootout, No. 8 Minnesota picks up split with Notre Dame in OT, Bowling Green’s win over St. Thomas complicates CCHA

Goals by Cam Thiesing and David Burnside put Ohio State up 2-0 over Wisconsin late in the first, and the Buckeyes never looked back in their 3-1 win, completing a sweep over visiting No. 4 Wisconsin. David Silye scored on the power play in the second to draw the Badgers to within one, but Joe … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Ohio State downs No. 4 Wisconsin in OT, No. 15 Colorado College beats No. 2 North Dakota, No. 19 New Hampshire upsets No. 7 Maine, Notre Dame routs No. 8 Minnesota, top-ranked Boston College drops No. 11 UMass

No. 15 Colorado College displayed its offense Friday night, defeating No. 2 North Dakota 7-1 at Ed Robson Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo. Zaccharya Wisdom scored four goals and added an assist for the Tigers, while Klavs Veinbergs had a goal and two assists and Gleb Veremyev went for a goal with an assist. Wisdom … Read more

Home underdogs, semifinalist goalies each highlight four of our five games this week: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 15

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin and Ed Trefzger look at five key college games.

Games this week:

  • Boston College -166 @ UMass +130; over/under 6
  • Maine -160 @ New Hampshire +124; o/u 5.5
  • Air Force +190 @ RIT -250; o/u 6
  • Wisconsin -220 @ Ohio State +170; o/u 5.5
  • North Dakota -238 @ Colorado College +180; o/u 5.5

This episode is sponsored by the NCAA Division I Men’s Frozen Four, April 11 and 13 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit ncaa.com/mfrozenfour

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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Regular-season championship coming down to Michigan State, Wisconsin as both teams know ‘you have to earn it’

The Big Ten regular-season title is Michigan State’s to lose. What’s also true is that the Big Ten is Wisconsin’s to win. With three weeks remaining until conference playoffs, the Spartans remain at the top of the standings with 46 points after sweeping Michigan last weekend. The Badgers paced Michigan State with a sweep of … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Mercyhurst hoping last weekend’s win over first-place RIT starts to get Lakers out of ‘a heck of a rut’

On Jan. 5, Mercyhurst defeated Sacred Heart 7-2, a convincing way to start the 2024 portion of the Lakers’ schedule. Rick Gotkins’ team was 7-9-3 at the time, in the thick of things in the Atlantic Hockey standings. Then the Lakers experienced what Gotkin called a “rut.” It lasted nine games (0-9), finally coming to … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Beyond the Beanpot, Boston schools looking to home stretch, conference postseason play

Not long after Northeastern took a twirl on the TD Garden ice, hoisting high the Beanpot trophy before a delirious (not to mention large) student section for the fifth time in the last six tournaments, the focus of the three Boston-based Hockey East teams shifted to what lies ahead — a sprint to the regular-season … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: This week presents less of a headache in Springfield regional, but UMass as host still requires some effort when bracketing

If you read last week’s Bracketology, you are familiar with the nightmare that was created when you had three Hockey East teams in the No. 1 seed and UMass, the host in the Springfield, Mass., regional, sitting as a four seed. What it created was either the conundrum to move North Dakota from the Sioux … Read more

Hockey Commissioners Association announces 10 semifinalists for 2024 Mike Richter Award as college hockey’s top men’s goaltender

The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the semifinalists for this year’s Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. Ten goaltenders from a watch list of 30 were singled out by a panel of voters from across the hockey community. Seven of the goalies come from … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Miami getting rejuvenated mentally, physically with Denver next weekend, end of regular season approaching

It’s not uncommon for teams to hit a bye week at inopportune times, having been firing on all cylinders and perhaps viewing an extended break between games as a momentum-stopper. Miami is now in its last bye week of the season, with six games remaining. The RedHawks have dropped eight straight and are all but … Read more

Addressing CHL rumors, talking mens, women’s college hockey growth with College Hockey Inc.’s Snee: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 15

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College Hockey Inc. executive director Mike Snee joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to address CHL eligibility rumors, women’s college hockey and CHI’s new director of women’s hockey Sadie Lundquist’s hiring, continued expansion, educational efforts, and more.

This episode is sponsored by the NCAA Division I Men’s Frozen Four, April 11 and 13 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit ncaa.com/mfrozenfour

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