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Lacher, who won 1994 national championship with Lake Superior State, set NCAA hockey shutout streak record, passes away at 53

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Lake Superior State has announced the passing of former NCAA national champion goaltender Blaine Lacher, who died earlier this week in Medicine Hat, Alb., at the age of 53. Cause of death was not immediately released. Lacher was a member of LSSU’s 1994 national championship team, named to the 1994 NCAA all-tournament team. During the … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Northeastern drops No. 6 Maine, Notre Dame upsets No. 8 Michigan State, No. 9 Minnesota tops No. 4 Wisconsin in OT, No. 1 BC downs UMass Lowell, No. 2 North Dakota bests Miami, No. 3 BU defeats No. 18 New Hampshire

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Trevor Janicke and Cole Knuble posted goals three minutes apart late in the third period to lift Notre Dame to a 4-1 win over No. 8 Michigan State Friday night at Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind. Ryan Siedem and Drew Bavaro also scored for the Irish and Justin Janicke chipped in two … Read more

USCHO Edge: Looking at intriguing lines this weekend in B1G, NCHC games, and attempting to handicap the upcoming Beanpot

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After last week, when just about every game was a pick ’em, the books are finding some games where you’re seeing lines that have some better-than-average value. We’ll get to that shortly, but first I want to look at two games that lines are yet to have been set and that’s Monday’s Beanpot semifinals in … Read more

Hockey Commissioners Association announces 33-player watch list for 2023-24 Tim Taylor Award as men’s college hockey national rookie of the year

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A watch list of 33 first-year NCAA men’s hockey players was announced Thursday by the Hockey Commissioners Association. One of these talented rookies will likely receive the Tim Taylor Award as national rookie of the year as voted by the nation’s assistant coaches. At season’s end, a ballot consisting of each Division I conference’s Rookie … Read more

Two tight Big Ten tilts, two with high over/under highlight this week’s games: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 13

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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 -270 @ UMass Lowell +200; over/under 6
  • Western Michigan +150 @ Denver -195; o/u 7.5
  • Michigan -238 @ Ohio State+180; o/u 7
  • Michigan State -130 @ Notre Dame +100; o/u 6
  • Minnesota +100 @ Wisconsin -130; 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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Third-year Maine coach Barr agrees to contract extension through Dec. 31, 2028, as Black Bears returning to national contention

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Maine announced on Wednesday that men’s hockey head coach Ben Barr has agreed to a contract extension. The new agreement will retroactively run from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2028 and will replace Barr’s current contract. Barr will earn a salary of $425,000 in 2024-2025 with an annual increase of $15,000 through 2028. The contract … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Upcoming Minnesota-Wisconsin series figuring to be ‘a tight weekend, a very tight weekend’

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“We need Badger hockey to be good. You do in college hockey, but more importantly, we need Gopher hockey to be better.” That sums up Bob Motzko’s mindset as Minnesota travels to Wisconsin to face the Badgers, a team that swept the Golden Gophers in Minnesota at the end of October. Sharing his take on … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Holy Cross utilizing veteran players, stellar netminding as backbone to recent winning streak, renewed optimism

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Last season, its second under coach Bill Riga, Holy Cross built towards a strong finish that ultimately led to an appearance in the Atlantic Hockey championship game where the Crusaders fell to Canisius, one win away from the NCAA tournament. This season, the Crusaders wouldn’t be sneaking up on anyone, opening 4-0-1 before hitting a … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Beanpot, Hockey East ties run deep for current Penguins coach Sullivan, ‘certainly something we take pride in’

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For Mike Sullivan, the men’s Beanpot is about more than just personal memories of past glory. Not that he doesn’t have plenty of them. The former Boston University forward played in the annual tournament four times, reaching the championship round each time and winning it twice between 1987-90. Before that, the Marshfield, Mass., native made … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: A correction, and a look at movement as we move closer to season’s end for college hockey

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Let me begin with an error correction, one of which was careless on my part: North Dakota is not the host team this year in the Sioux Falls, S.D. regional. The host is actually Omaha, which means the Fighting Hawks do not technically need to be placed in Sioux Falls (though it will be difficult … Read more

Talking BC, BU, Hockey East with NESN’s Tyler Murray: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 13

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NESN play-by-play broadcaster Tyler Murray joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about last weekend’s home-and-home series between Boston College and Boston University, their Beanpot rematch, Hockey East this season, and that conference’s playoff race.

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 NCHC Hockey: Colorado College netminder Mbereko keeps winning for Tigers, knows ‘always an opportunity to get better’

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Colorado College’s Kaidan Mbereko was named Monday as the NCHC goaltender of the week, and it’s never a surprise when the Tigers sophomore receives that recognition. Sixty-one saves over two 2-1 overtime wins last weekend at then-No. 12 Western Michigan gave Mbereko the conference’s weekly goalie award for the fourth time this season. Also last … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: St. Thomas, Minnesota State set for first-place battle as teams aim to stay focused, ‘collect our points’

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Treat anyone who presumes to say they know who will win the MacNaughton Cup this season with immediate suspicion. Considering how the standings look right now — five teams are within four points of first place — it would be a fool’s errand to try and predict with any certainty who is going to take … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Brown women’s player Norehad scores ‘the Michigan’ against Quinnipiac, calls goal ‘just a surreal moment’

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Just under 11 minutes remained in the third period of Saturday’s women’s hockey game between Brown and eighth-ranked Quinnipiac when Bears freshman forward Margot Norehad made a move destined to break the Internet. Her line was on the back end of a stingy forecheck against a Bobcats defense that couldn’t break through center ice, and … Read more

SATURDAY ROUNDUP: No. 2 Boston College completes sweep of No. 1 Boston University, sits atop PairWise; No. 7 Quinnipiac captures CT Ice title; No. 5 North Dakota wins twice over No. 4 Denver

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No. 2 Boston College entered this weekend against rival and No. 1 Boston University understandings that two losses could take the Eagles out of the Hockey East regular season race. Instead, though, BC added to last night’s 4-1 victory with a 4-3 win at a sold out Agganis Arena to complete the two-game sweep of … Read more