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This Week in NCHC Hockey: ‘Absolute rock star’ West, former national champion with Minnesota women’s team, fitting in as Colorado College’s director of hockey operations

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It was only a month ago when Colorado College coach Kris Mayotte found out that Emily West, the Tigers’ first-year director of hockey operations and video coach, had scored a NCAA national championship game-winning goal on a penalty shot. “No (way),” Mayotte said, shortly before seeing YouTube footage of West’s goal for Minnesota in the … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: With holiday break approaching, conference still looks wide-open heading to flip of calendar to 2024

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With the first half of the season in the books for most of the CCHA, there’s been one overarching question for the league on the ice: Does anyone actually want to win the MacNaughton Cup? Obviously, that’s hyperbole. League titles are league titles, and everyone wants to win some hardware. But in the CCHA this … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: First-year commissioner Christiansen says ‘it’s been great to see the parity’ over first half of ’23-24 season

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College hockey was never built to stay in one place for an extended period of time, but the difficulty in finding stability over the past two decades was largely reinforced by two major sides of the same argument. The unprecedented and positive expansion of teams exploded in recent years because of the unprecedented popularity of … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: First half sees conference teams successful out of B1G, with upcoming second half chock-full of conference games

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It’s midseason, and here’s what we know about the Big Ten. Overall, it’s pretty impressive – but that may not matter next March. The league is 36-14-4 against nonconference foes for the best (.704) winning percentage among all leagues in interconference play. More good news: the Big Ten is 4-2-3 against the NCHC (.681) and … Read more

Maine’s Barr talks Black Bears at the semester break, building culture, areas to improve: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 8

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Maine head coach Ben Barr joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk this year’s Black Bears, building a culture and work ethic, recruiting, today’s players, and areas for improvement.

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This Week in Atlantic Hockey: What each team is hoping Santa leaves under their Christmas tree this holiday season

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This is my final column before the holidays, so in the spirit of the season, let’s take a look at what each team could ask Santa for this Christmas. Air Force: Some WD-40 The Falcons will need to shake off some rust before diving into what should be a challenging tournament after Christmas. Air Force … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Boston College, Boston University make history with first-ever 1-2 ranking in USCHO.com D-I Men’s Poll

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It seems the only thing that might slow down Boston College and Boston University at this point in the season is having a lot of time off. A combined 16-4-1 since the beginning of November, the Eagles and the Terriers are beyond red hot, and currently own the Nos. 1 and 2 spots, respectively, in … Read more

TMQ: Looking at where certain teams stand going into 2024 with holiday break here for most college hockey squads

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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 are let’s say about 95% through the first part of the season and most schools have begun their holiday exam break. I guess at this point, we … Read more

Boston College back on top of USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, gets 34 first-place votes in Dec. 11 rankings

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With 34 first-place votes, Boston College is back on top of the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, up one spot from last week. Boston University stays No. 2, getting eight first-place votes, while Quinnipiac is up two to No. 3, with five first-place votes, North Dakota falls three spots to No. 4, and Denver drops … Read more

Monday 10: Top-ranked North Dakota swept at home by Colorado College, Wisconsin on roll, RIT back atop Atlantic Hockey

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Down goes No. 1 …twice On Friday, Colorado College upset No. 1 North Dakota 3-2 in overtime. On Saturday, the Tigers did it again. Another 3-2 overtime victory over the Flying Hawks, both in Grand Forks. … Read more

Boston College’s Minnetian suspended one game by Hockey East for major cross-checking penalty Dec. 9 against Providence

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Hockey East announced Monday that Boston College freshman defenseman Aram Minnetian has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 1:25 of the second period on Dec. 9 against Providence. On the play, Minnetian was assessed a five-minute major penalty for cross-checking and a game misconduct. Minnetian is ineligible to play Jan. 12 … Read more

SATURDAY ROUNDUP: Colorado College sweeps top-ranked North Dakota with second straight OT win, No. 2 Boston College upends No. 9 Providence, No. 4 Denver gains split with No. 13 Western Michigan after OT win, St. Thomas salvages split with Minnesota State

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Gleb Veremyev scored on a breakaway 2:54 into overtime to give Colorado College a 3-2 victory Saturday night and a sweep over No. 1-ranked North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena, the first sweep by the Tigers in Grand Forks, N.D., in 30 years. Veremyev took a pass from Stanley Cooley during the 3-on-3 overtime period … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Colorado College stuns No. 1 North Dakota in OT, No. 13 Western Michigan drops No. 4 Denver, Dartmouth ties No. 12 Arizona State, AIC edges No. 19 RIT in OT

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Noah Laba scored his second goal of the game 35 seconds into overtime to lead Colorado College past No. 1-ranked North Dakota 3-2 on Friday night from Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. The Tigers, who trailed 2-0 midway through the second period, won their first game against a top-ranked team since Jan. 7, … Read more

Interesting lines, over/under in key NCHC, Big Ten tilts: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 7

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger look at money lines and over/under as well as providing further analysis of five weekend college hockey matchups. Plus a little curiosity and conjecture as to why there are no lines for any eastern games this week.

This week’s games;
  • Minnesota (-220) at Ohio State (+170); over/under 6
  • Denver (-150) at Western Michigan (+120); o/u 7
  • Notre Dame (+124) at Michigan State (-160); o/u 5.5
  • Penn State (+150) at Wisconsin (-195); o/u 6
  • Colorado College (+300) at North Dakota (-425); o/u 5.5

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This Week in NCHC Hockey: Inconsistent Miami squad maintaining positive mindset as RedHawks ‘have to do better’ rest of season

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The NCHC’s collective nonconference record so far this season has been nothing to sneeze at, winning at a .681 rate, second only to the Big Ten but having also played 15 more of those games. Miami has held up its end of the bargain in that regard, sitting at 5-2-1 in those games ahead of … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: First-place St. Thomas facing tough challenge in Minnesota State this weekend, Tommies ‘need to come ready to go on Friday’

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When St. Thomas reclassified from Division III to Division I in 2021, it was by necessity, borne out of the fact that their previous conference (the all-Minnesota based MIAC) no longer wanted to play the Tommies. Their athletic programs were too successful, and they were, essentially, kicked out of the league they had helped to … Read more

Wisconsin defenseman, Seattle draft pick Jugnauth leaves Badgers to play for WHL’s Winterhawks

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Wisconsin sophomore defenseman Tyson Jugnauth has left the Badgers to play for the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Jugnauth, a fourth-round pick (100th overall) by the Seattle Kraken in the 2022 NHL Draft, was a healthy scratch in three of Wisconsin’s last four games but did return to the lineup for … Read more