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Heading into last weekend of conference playoffs, Boston College gets 50 first-place votes, remains top team in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll

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Once again, Boston College is a unanimous No. 1 team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll, collecting all 50 first-place votes this week. Boston University remains No. 2, Denver stays No. 3, while North Dakota moves up one to No. 4, flip flopping with Michigan State. USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll – … Read more

Monday 10: Stage set for possible BC-BU Hockey East final, ECAC Hockey quarters all sweeps, NCHC Frozen Faceoff set, down to two in Atlantic Hockey, B1G, CCHA

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Hockey East final four set, with what could be an epic final between nation’s top two teams There are plenty of storylines of interest at this year’s Hockey East semifinals. Maine is back for the first … Read more

Former Minnesota, Colorado College, Alaska coach, current CCHA commissioner Lucia named 2024 Hobey Baker ‘Legend of College Hockey’ recipient

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Don Lucia has been announced as the 2024 Hobey Baker “Legend of College Hockey” recipient. In 31 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Lucia compiled a 736-403-102 record, and is Minnesota’s all-time winningest coach with 457 wins for the Gophers from 1999 to 2018. He is one of 10 coaches to record more than 600 … Read more

SATURDAY ROUNDUP: No. 19 RIT advances to Atlantic Hockey title game, No. 4 Michigan State, No. 11 Michigan to play for B1G crown, No. 20 Bemidji State, Michigan Tech to battle for CCHA title, ECAC, Hockey East semis set, two NCHC series going to Game 3s

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Conference playoffs raged on Saturday afternoon and night, as one Atlantic Hockey series is going the distance, the Big Ten title game is set between two Michigan teams, the ECAC and Hockey East semifinals are set, and two teams have advanced to the NCHC semifinal round next weekend. SCOREBOARD | POLL | PAIRWISE ATLANTIC HOCKEY … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Conference playoffs in full swing as St. Lawrence downs Colgate in double overtime, No. 10 Colorado College comes back to beat No. 12 Omaha in OT, No. 19 RIT, Holy Cross win Game 1s in Atlantic Hockey semis

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Atlantic Hockey, ECAC Hockey and NCHC teams dropped the puck Friday night as conference playoffs continued across men’s college hockey. All three conference playoffs are best-of-three formats with Game 1s played Friday night and Game 2s on tap for Saturday night. SCOREBOARD | POLL | PAIRWISE ATLANTIC HOCKEY No. 19 RIT 4, Niagara 1 Snipe. … Read more

Trio of all-conference teams announced by ECAC Hockey for 2023-24 campaign

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ECAC Hockey has announced its three all-conference teams for the 2023-24 season. First Team All-ECAC Collin Graf,* F, Quinnipiac, Jr. Luke Haymes,* F, Dartmouth, So. Gabriel Seger, F, Cornell, Sr. John Prokop,* D, Union, So. Jayden Lee, D, Quinnipiac, Gr. Ian Shane,* G, Cornell, Jr. * denotes unanimous selection Second Team All-ECAC Jacob Quillan, F, … Read more

Minnesota State’s Morton garners CCHA player, forward of year honors for ’23-24 season, Bemidji State’s Looft top D-man, Beavers’ Sholl takes top goalie

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The CCHA has announced that Minnesota State graduate student Sam Morton has been voted CCHA player and forward of the year. In addition, Bemidji State fifth-year senior Kyle Looft has been voted defenseman of the year and Bemidji State junior goalie Mattias Sholl has been tabbed goaltender of the year. Morton paced all CCHA skaters … Read more

Hockey East men’s conference unveils trio of all-star teams for 2023-24 season

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Hockey East has announced its 2023-24 men’s all-star teams as voted by the league’s 11 head coaches. First-Team All-Stars G: Jacob Fowler, Fr., Boston College D: Lane Hutson, So., Boston University D: Ryan Ufko, Jr., Massachusetts F: Macklin Celebrini, Fr., Boston University * F: Cutter Gauthier, So., Boston College F: Will Smith, Fr., Boston College … Read more

Analyzing lines on all 18 conference playoffs, including the widest odds of the season: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

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college hockey money lines over under wagering
USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger look at available money lines and over/under in games for all 18 matchups in NCAA D-I men’s ice 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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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Confidence high across four teams still competing for conference playoff title, NCAA tournament auto-bid

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“Now it’s the second season. It’s win or go home. You’ve got to play your best hockey.” That’s how Michigan State coach Adam Nightingale described the Spartans’ task this weekend against Ohio State in Big Ten semifinal action, and it sums up nicely what’s at stake in the coming weeks. Win or go home. Play … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Conference quarterfinals in books, semifinals set for upcoming weekend with four teams left in chase for Riley Cup

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We are down to four teams still in contention to host the Riley Cup. Last weekend’s Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals had their share of drama despite all four series ending in sweeps – two for the home teams, two for the underdogs. – Rochester Institute of Technology swept Robert Morris, winning 7-0 and 5-1. The first … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: A trip to all 11 conference rinks in one year means great hockey, great fans, and a Wookiee sighting

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College hockey fans can debate for hours about which conference is the best — in terms of depth, talent, history or whatever. What they can’t debate is which conference is the best for fans to make a trip to every rink in one year. That’s Hockey East, easily the most geographically compact among major college … Read more

Bertagna, Driscoll, Scarano to receive Hockey East Founders Medal for contributions to conference growth, stability

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Three individuals who have made substantial and unique contributions to the growth and stability of Hockey East will be awarded the prestigious Hockey East Founders Medal. The highest individual honor the conference can bestow will be presented to former commissioner Joe Bertagna, former Providence athletic director Bob Driscoll, and former New Hampshire athletic director Marty … Read more

Michigan Tech’s Gordon tabbed CCHA rookie of the year, Bemidji State’s Jutting, Lake Superior State’s Milburn co-defensive forwards of year, BSU’s Looft best defensive defenseman

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The CCHA has announced that Michigan Tech freshman Isaac Gordon has been selected by the conference’s member head coaches as rookie of the year. He was previously named to the all-rookie team as well to the all-CCHA second team. Gordon was second among all CCHA skaters in goals (11) during conference play, pacing league rookies … Read more

NCHC reveals two all-conference squads for 2023-24 college hockey season, one team of honorable mention players

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The NCHC has announced its 2023-24 all-conference teams. Four teams are represented on the first team, led by two each from Colorado College and Denver. The Pioneers placed four players on the two all-conference squads to pace all teams. 2023-24 First Team All-NCHC F: Jackson Blake, So., North Dakota – 45 points (15 first-team votes) … Read more

BRACKETOLOGY: A pretty easy week to seed the regionals, but Omaha’s recent sweep of North Dakota could cause future problems

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Welcome back to Bracketology! This week, things look pretty straightforward to setting up our brackets. But let’s be forewarned that things could change quickly and we could have one of the worst nightmare scenarios in memory. Last weekend, Omaha swept North Dakota in the final weekend of the NCHC regular season. Good for the Mavericks, … Read more