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This Week in CCHA Hockey: MacNaughton Cup winner coming down to weekend series between Minnesota State, Michigan Tech

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Head-to-head, winner-takes-all matchups between the top two teams in the conference in the regular season’s final weekend don’t happen all the time. But when they do, they should be savored. In the past decade, we’ve seen this happen once before in the race for the MacNaughton Cup. The last time it happened – the 2019-20 … Read more

TMQ: Taking detailed assessment of last little bit of 2022-23 college hockey regular season with playoffs on way

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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. Dan: Hey everyone, and Happy Tuesday! Well, Paula, we finally made it. The last week of the regular season (well, for some leagues). A season that started in October with hopes … Read more

Three regular-season champs crowned, three to go, plus PairWise bubble buy-or-sell: Weekend Review Season 5 Episode 21

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Hockey East selects Metcalf, conference races stay hot, PairWise odds: Weekend Review college hockey podcast Season 2 Episode 19

Hosts Jim Connelly, Derek Schooley, and Ed Trefzger look at the games of the past weekend and the news of the week in this D-I college hockey podcast.

This podcast is sponsored by the NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four, April 6th and 8th, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Secure your seats at NCAA.com/mfrozenfour

Topics include:

• Three conference champions crowned over the weekend: Minnesota, Quinnipiac, RIT
• Three more to go, with only one likely next weekend
• Buy or sell on teams on the PairWise Rankings bubble to make the NCAAs
• Beanpot settled by a shootout: Awful or OK?
• Ohio State beats Michigan in the Faceoff on the Lake with great atmosphere and iffy ice

 

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FRIDAY ROUNDUP: No. 2 Minnesota dominates No. 7 Penn State, 7-2; No. 20 Merrimack takes down No. 5 Boston University; No. 1 Quinnipiac wins Cleary Cup; Clarkson upsets No. 11 Cornell, 4-3; No. 3 Denver comes from behind

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One day after clinching the Big Ten regular season championship, No. 2 Minnesota delivered a statement performance with a 7-2 road win over No. 7 Penn State. Matthew Knies had the game-winning goal 39 seconds into the second period, the first of four unanswered markers scored within a 10-minute span. Floodgates: Opened pic.twitter.com/pSpijRKptJ — Minnesota … Read more

USCHO Edge: Is it possible to find value in one underdog to create a nice-paying parlay?

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We’re getting towards the end of the regular season where, as we’ve discussed in previous column, sports books are getting much better at setting lines. Thus, finding value on a single game can often be challenging. This Friday, though, you have three home underdogs (some may argue North Dakota at +100 isn’t much of a … Read more

This might not be the week to pick home underdogs: USCHO Edge podcast Season 1 Episode 15

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college hockey money lines over under wagering

USCHO Edge hosts Jim Connelly, Dan Rubin, and Ed Trefzger pick out five games among top 20 D-I college hockey teams, looking at money lines and over/under as well as a further analysis of the matchups.

This week’s games:

  • No. 2 Minnesota (-175) at No. 7 Penn State (+140); over/under 6.5
  • Yale (+300) at No. 1 Quinnipiac (-450); o/u 5.5
  • No. 18 UMass Lowell (-110) at Providence (-120); o/u 5
  • No. 6 St. Cloud State (-130) at North Dakota (+100); o/u 6
  • No. 13 Minnesota State (-150) at Bemidji State (+120); o/u 5

This college hockey podcast is sponsored by the NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four, April 6th and 8th, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Secure your seats at NCAA.com/mfrozenfour

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This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Minnesota aiming to clinch first place, first-round playoff bye, as Gophers looking to ‘play good hockey’

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In advance of Minnesota’s series in Wisconsin last weekend and two wins away from securing the Big Ten regular-season title, Golden Gophers coach Bob Motzko was asked about how his team had handled a break in the schedule the week before. “The best answer would be Saturday night late,” he said. “We’ll tell you.” The … Read more

Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation announces five finalists for 2023 honors as college hockey’s ‘finest citizen’

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The Hockey Humanitarian Award Foundation has announced the five finalists for the 2023 Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey’s “finest citizen” for leadership in community service. Jacob Adkins (Centennial, Col.) and Andrew Walker (Mason, Mich.), Senior Forwards, UMass Boston Jake Adkins and Andy Walker, aka “The Men in Blades,” have been a staple … Read more

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Retiring commissioner Hagwell reflects on changes to college hockey landscape, helping ECAC move forward

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ECAC Hockey was a very different league in the mid-2000s. It was, for starters, an actual part of the ECAC, the sports federation that was founded in the early 1930s. It was initially like its parent organization, but college hockey’s realignment in the 1980s saw a division of teams break away to form Hockey East. … Read more

Omaha assistant coach, former Lake Superior State standout Jerrard loses cancer battle at 57

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Omaha announced Thursday the passing of assistant coach Paul Jerrard. He was 57. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of assistant coach Paul Jerrard,” Omaha head coach Mike Gabinet said in a statement. “Paul had been quietly fighting a long-term battle with cancer. Our program will be forever indebted to PJ … Read more

This Week in Hockey East: Rivalry re-ignited as Maine, New Hampshire jockeying for home ice in upcoming conference postseason

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New Hampshire coach Mike Souza has had a front-row seat to the rivalry between his school and state-line rival Maine for the better part of three decades, both as a player and a coach. Going back to the 1999 season as a player, when Maine and UNH were the toast of Hockey East, if not … Read more

Minnesota State’s Mike Hastings on this season’s Mavericks, CCHA: USCHO Spotlight Season 5 Episode 15

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USCHO Spotlight college hockey podcast

Hosts Jim Connelly and Ed Trefzger are joined by Minnesota State head coach Mike Hastings, talking the Mavericks and their mid-season turnaround, coming off a bye week, the CCHA, and the upcoming series at Bemidji State.

This podcast is sponsored by the NCAA Men’s Division I Frozen Four, April 6th and 8th, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Secure your seats at NCAA.com/mfrozenfour

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This Week in NCHC Hockey: Colorado College depth boosting players’ confidence, ‘belief in what they can help us do’

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The longer a hockey season goes on, the less that coaches of teams in the bottom halves of their leagues look for perfection on game day. If something’s working, pretty or not, let it work. Such was the case Saturday for Colorado College in its shootout win at No. 16 Omaha, following a 2-2 tie … Read more

Nine goaltenders named semifinalists for 2023 Mike Richter Award as top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey

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The Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the semifinalists for this year’s Mike Richter Award, given annually to the top goalie in men’s NCAA Division I hockey since 2014. Nine goaltenders from a watch list of 41 were singled out by a panel of voters from across the hockey community. There is a distinct international feel … Read more

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: As regular season winding down, Canisius has ‘roster of players that say they’re ready’ for upcoming challenges

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A massive snowstorm hit Buffalo back on Dec 23-24, shutting the city down for days. That prevented Canisius from flying to Air Force for a two-game series scheduled for Dec. 30-31. With no free weekends left for either school, much less the same one for both, Atlantic Hockey was faced with choosing the least terrible … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: With most playoff spots still up for grabs, ‘there’s just so much on the line right now’

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It always feels like this. In the 10 years I’ve spent covering the old WCHA, then the new WCHA, and now finally the new CCHA, it can often feel like I’m writing the same story every year at the season’s end: Nothing is decided, and everyone is pretty close. Michigan Tech leads Minnesota State by … Read more