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After winning first-ever Big Ten regular-season championship, Michigan State rewards coach Nightingale with contract extension

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Michigan State hockey coach Adam Nightingale has signed a new contract to stay with the Spartans program. Nightingale’s five-year rollover contract includes non-performance related compensation of $700,000 in year one. This includes a base salary of $600,000 and supplemental compensation of $100,000 in the first year. Beginning in year two, the supplemental compensation will increase … Read more

Maine announces $320 million renovation plans to include Harold Alfond Sports Arena, Shawn Walsh Hockey Center that will benefit men’s, women’s teams

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Maine has released plans for major renovations to Harold Alfond Sports Arena and the Shawn Walsh Hockey Center. The project is made possible by a transformational $320 million commitment from the Harold Alfond Foundation to the University of Maine System, which includes a $170 million investment in UMaine Athletics to fund the Athletics Facilities Master … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, CCHA, ECAC Hockey all rev up conference postseason action, while Hockey East, NCHC start final weekend of 2023-24 regular season

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Conference playoffs took center stage Friday night, with four conferences in action, while Hockey East and the NCHC began their final weekend of the regular season. SCOREBOARD | POLL | PAIRWISE ATLANTIC HOCKEY (best of three) Holy Cross 4, Canisius 3 Jack Stockfish’s goal at 10:04 of the third period snapped a 3-3 tie and … Read more

Looking at odds for Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, CCHA, and ECAC Hockey playoffs this weekend: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 18

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USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger look at available money lines and over/under for playoff games in Atlantic Hockey, Big Ten, CCHA, and ECAC Hockey this weekend.

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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Alaska, UConn, Ferris State, defending champ Wisconsin announced as field for 2024 Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off men’s college hockey tournament

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The fourth annual Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off men’s college hockey tournament returns to Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum on Dec. 28-29, featuring No. 5 Wisconsin, UConn, Alaska and Ferris State. Single-day tickets at Ticketmaster.com. Semifinal play will take place on Saturday, Dec. 28, with the championship and third-place games on Sunday, Dec. 29. Matchups and times will … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Conference playoffs arriving this weekend as teams begin battle for 2024 NCAA tournament berth

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After a hotly contested regular season, the first round of the Big Ten playoffs begins this week and it’s nearly impossible to predict who will advance to the semifinals. Guess what? That’s exactly how I started this column heading into the Big Ten quarterfinals a year ago. While it’s easy to reclaim that intro, the … Read more

Talking Michigan State, Big Ten playoff picture with veteran college hockey writer Koepke: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 17

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Veteran college hockey writer Neil Koepke joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about Michigan State and the Big Ten, including a look at this year’s Spartans and a capsule analsyis of the rest of this college hockey conference.

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 Atlantic Hockey: Dealing with injuries, AIC moving forward, ‘ready to take this reinvented version of AIC hockey into the playoffs’

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For the past several weeks, it’s been a “next man up” mentality for American International, which has seen a crippling rash of injuries over the final month of the regular season. Key players including Alfred Lindberg (22 points), Brian Kramer (20 points), Alexander Malinowski (20 points), and John Lundy (19 points) all suffered what are … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Interim coach no more, Wiedler leads Vermont to marked season of noticeable improvement in ’23-24

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To compare the sports world to the regular world is always fraught, but one thing is similar — everybody wants job security, whether you work in a factory or coach a Division I men’s college hockey team. Vermont’s Steve Wiedler entered the season with an uncertain future, being named interim coach of the Catamounts just … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: Getting closer to season’s end, the UMass conundrum is solved, but other issues lie ahead in seeding the NCAA field

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Welcome back to Bracketology. If you’re ever heard the term of going down a rabbit’s hole, that’s what I am facing this week. I began putting my brackets together and thought I had a perfect bracket together that would maximize attendance and keep top seeds local. And then I hit a roadblock. I won’t even … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Penrose Cup champs for 2024, North Dakota aims to keep winning as Fighting Hawks ‘want to keep moving forward here with the momentum that we’ve got’

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Third-ranked North Dakota’s 3-0 home win Saturday over No. 12 Western Michigan saw the Fighting Hawks capture their fourth Penrose Cup title in five years, as the NCHC’s regular-season champion. That kind of regular success always looks a little bit different from one year to the next, and this season has been no exception. Seven … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: First round of conference playoffs takes center stage this weekend, a time ‘always stressful for everybody’

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As those who have followed the conference currently known as the CCHA for the past decade know, things in this conference are rarely easy. Even though Minnesota State had previously won six consecutive MacNaughton Cups, the path to the MacNaughton is rarely easy. Championships are usually won by a few points here and a few … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Regular season complete, conference playoffs starting this weekend with Whitelaw Cup, NCAA tournament berth at stake

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The wild ECAC Hockey season that featured more parity than any recent memory ended this past weekend, which means the road to Lake Placid, the Whitelaw Cup and the NCAA tournament kicks off for real this week with single-elimination first round games. After a week in which virtually every spot aside from first-place Quinnipiac remained … Read more

Boston College stays No. 1 in March 4 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll as Eagles again collect all 50 first-place votes

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Boston College is again the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, getting all 50 first-place votes this week. Boston University stays No. 2, while North Dakota is again No. 3, Denver is up one to No. 4, and Wisconsin is down one to No. 5. USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll … Read more

Monday 10: Regular-season championships getting clinched as playoff pictures coming into focus across college hockey conferences

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Beavers batter Mavs to clinch MacNaughton The last time a team other than Minnesota State had its hands on the MacNaughton Cup, the CCHA didn’t even exist. That was in 2017. Since then, the Mavericks had … Read more

SATURDAY ROUNDUP: No. 3 North Dakota sweeps No. 12 Western Michigan to claim Penrose Cup, No. 16 Michigan rebounds with OT win over No. 8 Minnesota, No. 5 Denver sweeps No. 15 St. Cloud State, Atlantic Hockey first round sees trio of winners

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Ludvig Persson stopped all 35 shots fired his way to help No. 3 North Dakota defeat No. 12 Western Michigan 3-0 and capture the Penrose Cup for the sixth time in program history on Saturday night from the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D. UND wins its 21st conference crown in program history and … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Bemidji State blanks Minnesota State for MacNaughton Cup, No. 6 Michigan State downs No. 4 Wisconsin to claim Big Ten regular-season title, Clarkson knocks off No. 7 Quinnipiac in OT, No. 1 Boston College tops No. 17 New Hampshire

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Bemidji State has won the MacNaughton Cup outright as CCHA regular-season champions after a 6-0 shutout of Minnesota State Friday night at the Sanford Center in Bemidji, Minn. Jackson Jutting posted two goals and two assists and goaltender Mattias Sholl stopped all 28 shots fired his way. BEAVER GOAL!!! Another goal scored by Jackson Jutting, … Read more