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Motzko agrees to two-year contract extension with Minnesota, will remain Gophers coach through 2027-28 hockey season

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Minnesota and men’s hockey head coach Bob Motzko have agreed to a two-year contract extension. The deal keeps Motzko with the Golden Gophers through the 2027-28 season. “I am grateful to (director of athletics) Mark Coyle and the rest of the athletics administration for believing in me and our staff and our leadership of Gopher … Read more

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Getting sweep over then-No. 1 Wisconsin has Michigan State enjoying ‘a really good weekend for our program’

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What a difference a week makes. Last week, Wisconsin was the No. 1 team in the country, garnering 32 first-place votes in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. The Badgers, then 9-1-0 overall with a 4-0-0 record in conference play, had just come off a bye week and by virtue of the ever-changing landscape among … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: After splitting with Canisius, Army West Point showing improvement, finding ways to win conference games

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It’s been a rough start to the season for Army West Point. Going into last weekend’s series with Canisius, the Black Knights were 0-8 with losses to North Dakota, Union, and Bemidji State as well as to some of Atlantic Hockey’s top teams in Sacred Heart, Rochester Institute of Technology, and archival Air Force. Several … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: UMass with lots to be thankful for as Minutemen run record to 8-3-1 after sweep of Providence

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Players and coaches can talk all they want about not paying attention to polls, whether it’s the weekly national rankings or a preseason poll conducted by either media or coaches. In reality, most try to find a balance — polls are just opinions, after all, and most teams usually find it best to ignore outside … Read more

Postponed Army West Point-AIC game from Oct. 27 rescheduled for Nov. 28 in Springfield, Mass.

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Atlantic Hockey announced that the game between Army West Point and AIC originally scheduled for Oct. 27 will now be played next Tuesday, Nov. 28 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m. EST. The game was postponed from its original date due to a travel disruption that prevented … Read more

North Dakota takes over as No. 1 team in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, garners 33 first-place votes to sit atop Nov. 20 rankings

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With 33 first-place votes this week, North Dakota moves up one spot to No. 1 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Boston College earns six first-place nods and jumps two spots to No. 2, Quinnipiac gets eight first-place votes and vaults from seventh to third, Denver moves down one to No. 4, getting two … Read more

Atlantic Hockey suspends Bentley defenseman Lawn one game for major head contact penalty Nov. 18 against Holy Cross

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Atlantic Hockey announced Monday a one-game suspension for Bentley defenseman Pat Lawn, effective for the Falcons’ next game. The suspension is a result of Lawn’s major penalty and game misconduct for contact to the head, which occurred at the 17:23 mark of the second period in Bentley’s home game on Nov. 18 against Holy Cross. … Read more

Monday 10: Michigan State sweeps No. 1 Wisconsin, Quinnipiac keeps winning, Niagara coach Lammers hits 100 wins, Penn State earns win No. 200

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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 Wisconsin, twice There will almost certainly be a new No. 1 team in the country this week, after top-ranked Wisconsin lost both games of a weekend series against No. 11 Michigan State. Wisconsin had … Read more

SATURDAY ROUNDUP: No. 11 Michigan State finishes sweep of top-ranked Wisconsin, No. 15 UMass sweeps No. 5 Providence, Princeton upsets No. 10 Cornell in OT, No. 2 North Dakota gains sweep over Miami

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No. 11 Michigan State completed its sweep of No. 1 Wisconsin on Saturday with a 3-2 victory in front of a sellout crowd at Mason Rink at Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Mich. The Spartans now move to the top of the Big Ten standings at the completion of the third week of Big … Read more

NCHC suspends Minnesota Duluth’s Loheit one game for major cross-checking penalty Nov. 17 against St. Cloud State

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The NCHC announced Saturday that the conference has issued a one-game suspension to Minnesota Duluth grad student forward Luke Loheit. The suspension stems from a stick infraction during the Bulldogs game against St. Cloud State Nov. 17 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. At the end of Friday night’s game, Loheit was assessed a … Read more

Wisconsin at Michigan State is razor thin, other games have distinct favorites: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 5

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college hockey money lines over under wagering

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.

This week’s games:

  • Penn State (+154) at Michigan (-210); over/under 7
  • Cornell (+135) at Quinnipiac (-175); o/u 5.5
  • Wisconsin (-120) at Michigan State (-110); o/u 6
  • Maine (+154) at Boston University (-200); o/u 6
  • Minnesota Duluth (+145) at St. Cloud State (-190); o/u 5.5

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This Week in NCHC Hockey: Colorado College showing marked improvement, moving toward becoming ‘the program we talk about being’

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Ten games into this season, Colorado College’s average of four goals scored per game means the 7-3 Tigers have had the joint fourth-best scoring offense in the country. Bagging goals at such a high clip, including CC’s 5-1 road win Friday at Miami and a 4-1 victory Saturday over the RedHawks, has been a happy … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: For Princeton, late start a moot point as Tigers ‘going to play the same amount of games that we do every year’

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Ron Fogarty didn’t mind waiting another few days to start his season. It was the first weekend in November, but the appearance of Fogarty’s Princeton Tigers on Harvard’s Bright-Landry Hockey Center ice sheet marked the team’s first appearance of the 2023-24 season. The previous weekend, before Halloween, had been the first games for five of … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Sweep over UP rival Lake Superior State has Northern Michigan taking ‘a step in the right direction’

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Northern Michigan proved early this season they could score. Netting 10 goals in a nonconference series will easily bolster that reputation. But as goals giveth, goals can taketh away. In that same series with UMD, the Wildcats let the Bulldogs outscore them 13-10, failing to win either game (they tied 5-5 Friday before losing 8-5 … Read more

St. Cloud State’s Larson talks Huskies, player development, series with Minnesota Duluth: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 6

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by St. Cloud State head coach Brett Larson about this year’s Huskies, the competitiveness of D-I college hockey, player development, coaching in this era, and the upcoming weekend series with Minnesota Duluth.

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