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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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This Week in Atlantic Hockey: After sweeping Niagara, Bentley looking for ‘extra effort and puck luck’ continuing with season moving forward

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Sweeps have traditionally been hard to come by in Atlantic Hockey. Before this past week, there was just one so far this season. But we had four last weekend, including Bentley’s pair of regulation wins against Niagara. Friday’s 6-2 victory featured a hat-trick from A.J. Hodges and a pair of goals from Josh Latta. Saturday … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Scoring, scoring, and more scoring highlight recent league play as offensive players on full display

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Even with winter rapidly approaching, Hockey East fans might not want to hold on to their hats. Sure, it’s cold outside and hockey rinks aren’t exactly known for balmy temperatures, but with the way things have been going, there’s a good chance a lot of fans will be tossing hats onto the ice to celebrate … Read more

Boston’s TD Garden to host 2024 men’s, women’s Beanpot championships as Northeastern looks to defend both crowns

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One of Boston’s most hallowed traditions, the Beanpot, returns to TD Garden this year with more prestige than ever – and with double the impact. The annual men’s college hockey tournament returns on the first two Mondays in February for the Dunkin’ Beanpot. And this year, for the first time ever, the women’s Dunkin’ Beanpot … Read more

TMQ: Yes, too early to start PairWise discussion, but 2023-24 college hockey season certainly off to wild, baffling start

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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. Paula: Without having played a single game this past weekend, Ed, Wisconsin moves into the top spot of this week’s USCHO.com Men’s D-I Poll with 32 first-place votes. There are two … Read more

Wisconsin collects 32 first-place votes, takes over as No. 1 team in Nov. 13 edition of USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll

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Wisconsin sat idle last weekend, but still picked up 32 first-place votes in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, moving up two spots in the rankings. North Dakota also moved up two spots, sitting No. 2 this week and collecting nine first-place votes. Denver falls one to No. 3, picking up three first-place votes, … Read more

FRIDAY ROUNDUP: No. 13 Maine doubles up top-ranked Boston College, No. 16 Arizona State drops No. 2 Denver, St. Cloud State beats No. 12 Western Michigan, Dartmouth ties No. 7 Cornell

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No. 13 Maine took down No. 1 Boston College 4-2 on Friday night in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,043 at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine. The Black Bears got on the board first thanks to captain Lynden Breen only to see the Eagles respond 90 seconds later on a Jack Malone goal. That’ll … Read more

USCHO Edge: As the season progresses and more data is available, look for more accurate lines from sports books

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We’re more than a month into the college hockey season, thus there is plenty of data available from most of the Division I men’s teams. With that, if you’re a sports bettor who favors college hockey, there’s good news and bad. Let’s start with the bad: As these books get more information on teams and … Read more

This Week in NCHC Hockey: Confidence booming for Omaha blueliner Mancini after first NCAA goal as Mavericks ‘trending in the right direction’

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Two seasons and five games into his third campaign with Omaha, junior defenseman Victor Mancini was well aware that he had still yet to score his first collegiate goal. He finally ticked that box Saturday in the Mavericks’ 3-2 overtime win at home to Western Michigan and did so with a move that looked as … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Dartmouth finding ways to pick up points with team-first mindset, confidence in compete level

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It’s impossible to win a college hockey championship in November. A hot start doesn’t translate to the March postseason, and plenty of gelling rosters don’t reveal their true potential or greatness until league schedules buckle down for the post-New Year’s Eve second semester schedule. Ask any coach or player throughout college hockey about when they … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Slow start in rearview mirror, Lake Superior State playing confident with 5-1-0 mark in last six games

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It might sound cliche or simple, but it’s hard to overstate just how easily winning can cure even the worst case of the blues. Take Lake Superior State. The Lakers opened their 2023 season with a trip to Michigan State, where they lost both games of the series in front of a packed house at … Read more