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Monday 10: No. 1 Boston College loses, Wisconsin sweeps Ohio State, Alaska keeps Governor’s Cup, Cornell looking for consistency

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. Northeastern takes one from No. 1 Boston College The last time Boston College was ranked No. 1, the Eagles split a pair of road games with Maine and were bumped out of the spot they’d held … Read more

Hockey East suspends Merrimack’s Copponi one game for major boarding penalty Dec. 1 vs. Boston University

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Hockey East announced Saturday that Merrimack junior forward Matt Copponi has been suspended for one game stemming from an incident at 1:19 of the second period on Dec. 1 against Boston University. On the play, Copponi was assessed a five-minute major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct. Copponi is ineligible to play tonight, Dec. … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: Northeastern upsets No. 1 Boston College, No. 2 North Dakota rallies past No. 3 Denver in thriller, Vermont sinks No. 10 UMass in OT, Notre Dame drops No. 13 Michigan

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Cam Lund finished a 2-on-1 from the left circle with 6:08 left in regulation to break to 3-3 deadlock and Northeastern secured a 5-3 road victory over No. 1 Boston College on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd of 7,884 at Kelley Rink in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Northeastern opened the scoring 9:22 into … Read more

Women’s Division I College Hockey Exclusive: University of Delaware adding women’s hockey, joining CHA for ’25-26 season

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The University of Delaware is adding NCAA women’s hockey starting in the 2025-26 season. The Blue Hens will become the 45th DI women’s hockey program and will join College Hockey America (CHA). It will be the first NCAA hockey program in the state of Delaware. The university has offered women’s ice hockey as a club … Read more

USCHO Edge: With fantastic games on tap, you really need to find the right team in your college hockey wagers

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If you keep reading this column every week, we’ll probably seem like a broken record. As the season progresses, the sports books are doing a better job each and every weekend setting lines. If you believe that you can simply pick up an app on your cell phone and begin laying wagers without doing your … Read more

Rivalries, revenge, close lines highlight this week’s five games: USCHO Edge college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 6

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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.

This week’s games:

  • New Hampshire (+170) @ Maine (-220); over/under 5.5
  • Boston University (-166) @ Merrimack (+130); o/u 6
  • Michigan (-130) @ Notre Dame (+100); o/u 6
  • Minnesota (-150) @ Penn State (+120); o/u 6.5
  • North Dakota (-105) @ Denver (-125); o/u 7

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This Week in NCHC Hockey: North Dakota transfer Berg finding niche with team, filling needed role with Fighting Hawks

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North Dakota coach Brad Berry knows the importance of doing due diligence on recruits from the NCAA transfer portal, but junior forward Cameron Berg’s commitment may have been secured easier than most. A West Fargo native with family elsewhere in North Dakota, including a grandmother living three hours west in the Bottineau area, Berg spent … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Despite difficult early-season distractions, Bowling Green players, staff focused on moving forward as a team

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After all the turmoil that has surrounded the Bowling Green hockey program this season, it was hard to know where to begin when interviewing head coach Ty Eigner earlier this week. Luckily, it was easy: Eigner opened up right away. “First and foremost, the situation we had with our team in our program early in … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Defending national champion Quinnipiac ‘doing well’ so far in ’23-24, but Bobcats still ‘a work in progress’

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It was almost unfair how the start of the college hockey season saddled this year’s Quinnipiac team with the expectations and overarching shadow cast from last season. In a way, it was ironic because it built requisite pomp around a situation that this iteration never experienced. For the first time in program history, the Bobcats … Read more

North Dakota’s Berry talks Fighting Hawks, transfers, NCHC: USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast Season 6 Episode 7

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North Dakota head coach Brad Berry joins hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger to talk about this year’s Fighting Hawks, building a culture with a lot of rookies and transfers, the current state of the game, the NCHC, and more.

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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: With calendar soon flipping to December, conference play proving that ‘little things make a difference’

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What a good weekend it was for Big Ten hockey – and what an interesting season this is already proving to be. B1G teams went 6-2-1 in nonconference play last week, bringing the league’s overall nonconference record to 36-14-4 on the season for the best win percentage (.704) among all conferences in nonleague play. Especially … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: As ‘structure has gotten better,’ Sacred Heart winners of seven of last nine after 0-3-0 start to campaign

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“I’m fine. My wife tells me that I’m hard-headed,” reads a text from Sacred Heart coach C.J. Marottolo. The Pioneers’ coach caught a puck to the forehead last Friday in a 4-2 win at Robert Morris. I was watching the game and later texted him to see how he was doing. Marottolo was in good … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Tough schedule, plentiful time on road has only benefited Providence in first half of ’23-24 season

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To anyone who might look at Providence’s schedule and see three straight losses as a cause for concern, coach Nate Leaman would like to point out an important fact. “We only trailed six minutes of those three games,” Leaman said after the Friars earned a split of a weekend series at Arizona State with a … Read more

Atlantic Hockey issues one-game suspension to RIT’s Catalano for major head contact penalty Nov. 25 vs. New Hampshire

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Atlantic Hockey announced Tuesday a one-game suspension for RIT forward Christian Catalano, effective for the Tigers’ next NCAA Division I game. The suspension is a result of Catalano’s major penalty and game misconduct for direct contact to the head, which occurred at the 4:20 mark of the first period in RIT’s home game on Nov. … Read more

TMQ: NCHC not generating its normal buzz, red flags up for CCHA, ECAC Hockey, thumbs up for B1G, Hockey East, Atlantic Hockey jockeying for position

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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: Happy belated Thanksgiving, Ed. There were plenty of leftovers to go around in college hockey this weekend as one of the bigger nonconference weekends of the year took place. Taking … Read more

By one voting point, Boston College unseats North Dakota as new No. 1 team in Nov. 27 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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Despite only getting 18 first-place votes this week, Boston College is the new top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. North Dakota, the former No. 1 team, falls to No. 2 with 31 first-place votes. Boston College earned 960 voting points to North Dakota’s 959. Denver is up one to No. 3 and … Read more

Monday 10: Top-ranked North Dakota gets sweep, Boston College logs holiday air miles, Michigan Tech takes both at Minnesota State for first time

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Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our Monday 10 feature. 1. No. 1 North Dakota holds serve Five teams have been No. 1 in the USCHO men’s Division I ice hockey poll this season. North Dakota joined Boston College as the only programs this campaign to get … Read more