Boston, MA- At the start of the 2021-22 season, the Denver Pioneers were ranked 13th in the country. They were respected and acknowledged as a good team. But David Carle’s squad was not expected to stand at TD Garden’s center ice to hold up the National Crown at...
Boston, MA- The Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks and Denver Pioneers are at opposite ends of the college hockey history spectrum. Denver boasts eight national championships, tied for the second most in all of college hockey. And they have two Frozen Fours in the...
Everett, MA- Dryden McKay was born to be a goaltender. His father Ross was a collegiate goaltender at the University of Saskatchewan and a professional goaltender in the minors and one NHL game for the Hartford Whalers in 1991. When considering names for a baby boy,...
Boston, MA- The Denver Pioneers and Michigan Wolverines have a combined 17 National Championships. Yet before Thursday night, they had only crossed paths three times in the tournament and Michigan won every time. The Wolverines eliminated Denver in the 1999 and 2002...
After a season filled with hype, covid-concern, drama, and fantastic finishes, four teams remain to compete for a National Championship. All four hail from western schools and travel to Boston for a shot at final glory in the 2021-22 college hockey season. Let’s...
Allentown, PA- The Michigan Wolverines entered the 2021-22 season with overwhelming hype thanks to their embarrassment of NHL draft riches. Through the Big 10 Championship Game and first round of the NCAA Tournament, all that hype appeared to be justified. One step...
Allentown, PA- The balance of college hockey power shifted heavily in the west’s favor in the 2021-22 college hockey season. Seven of the eight teams left standing after one round of the NCAA Tournament hail from the western conferences. The Quinnipiac Bobcats are the...
Allentown, PA- The Quinnipiac Bobcats dominated their regular season with excellent defense. They only allowed three goals four times this season and never surpassed that total through 40 games played before the NCAA Tournament. They averaged only 18.5 shots given up...
Allentown, PA- Across all of college hockey, 13 players drafted in the first round of the NHL draft took to the ice. Seven of those players donned the Maize and Gold of Ann Arbor. Of those seven first rounders, four of them were selected in the first five picks of the...
The PPL Center opened for use in September of 2014, and is hosting its third NCAA Hockey Tournament regional this season. It’s quickly become a staple venue in recent years and promises to be a regular spot for the immediate future. Four teams travel from four...
In 2021, the Budweiser Events Center hosted the NCAA’s Western regional with no fans in attendance, just a few family members to support the teams in Loveland. A year later, fans are back in attendance and we’ve got playoff hockey games with a proper playoff...
Boston, MA- After three long years, the Hockey East Tournament Championship returned to its rightful home: TD Garden. The participants were unfamiliar to that ice in late March. But in the wake of UMass’s 2-1 overtime win against Connecticut on Saturday night, its...
In the 19 seasons of the Atlantic Hockey Assoication’s existence, American International College and the Air Force Academy have combined for six Conference Regular Season crowns and nine Atlantic Championships, with the Yellow Jackets winning the last two Tournaments....
In 2018, the hockey programs in Storrs, CT, and Amherst, MA, sat in similar spots. Both the Massachusetts Minutemen and Connecticut Huskies had lacked for recent Hockey East success and both were poised for a step forward. In the 2017-18 season, both programs played...
Boston, MA- In 2012, UConn’s Men’s Hockey program played in the Atlantic Hockey Association, Northeastern hadn’t won either a Beanpot or a Hockey East Tournament since the Reagan Administration, and Mike Cavanaugh helped Boston College to a fourth National...
West Springfield, MA- Eric Lang took the Head Coaching job at his alma mater in 2016 when the American International College Yellow Jackets didn’t have an over .500 season in their Division I history. In his six seasons at the helm, the Jackets have claimed four...
Hartford, CT- Mike Cavanaugh took the University of Connecticut’s Head Men’s Hockey Coach job in 2013 after a decorated run as an assistant to Jerry York at Boston College. Coach Cavanaugh led UConn into Hockey East for the 2014-15 season. But across five trips to the...
West Springfield, MA- American International College and Bentley Unversity were scheduled to face off in both the 2020 and 2021 postseasons. Neither series happened. The entire 2020 college hockey season was canceled due to the start of the Covid pandemic and Bentley...
West Point, NY- In the 2021-22 season Army is the only unit to shutout American International College. On October 22nd, the Black Knights scored an early first period goal then leaned on a brilliant goaltending performance by sophomore Gavin Abric. On Saturday night,...
Bridgeport, CT- Quinnipiac entered the 2021-22 season with high expectations. By every measure, Rand Pecknold’s unit has exceeded those expectations. On Sunday night, the Bobcats accomplished one of the program’s goals by beating UConn to win the second ever...
Bridgeport, CT- On January 27th, 2020, Sacred Heart notched the biggest win to date in their program history by defeating a ranked Quinnipiac team for the first Connecticut Ice Tournament. The Bobcats had to wait two years to get a chance in the tournament again, due...
Bridgeport, CT- After two years of waiting, the Connecticut Ice Tournament finally began a second edition. UConn took the occasion to demonstrate their offensive ability against the Yale Bulldogs. Yale did get the first score of the game with a rebound putback by...
In 2020, Connecticuts’s four Men’s Division I hockey programs got together for a Beanpot-style tournament intended to develop and promote the great hockey tradition in the Nutmeg state. Sacred Heart claimed the first edition of the tournament, but due to the effects...
Springfield, MA- American International College slugged through a hard non-conference schedule and start to the conference schedule this season. Their record stood at 3-9-1 after dropping a game at last year’s Atlantic Conference runner-up Canisius on November 27th....
Bridgeport, CT- American International College entered Saturday on the nation’s longest winning streak and sought to extend it against the Sacred Heart. Behind an opportunistic scoring game, the Yellow Jackets did exactly that at Webster Bank Arena. Brian Kramer...
Bridgeport, CT- American International College entered the 2021-22 season as the consensus favorite to win their third straight Atlantic Hockey Championship. The Yellow Jackets slumped out of the gate with a 4-9-1 start but found their stride. AIC sought their ninth...
Hamden, CT- In the four-team ECAC Schedule of the 2020-21 season, the Quinnipiac Bobcats and Clarkson Golden Knights matched up six times. Four of those six games went to overtime and two of them went to a shootout. The overtime rules carried into the new season and...
New Haven, CT- Ingalls Rink sat empty for the duration of the 2020-21 season. The Yale Bulldogs returned to the ice last week for a single road game against Brown and played their first home game since defeating Union in the opening round of the 2020 ECAC Tournament...
Boston, MA- Boston University carried their roller coaster habits from the last few seasons into the 2021-22 season’s first weeks. The Terriers piled up eight goals last week to beat the Merrimack College Warriors last weekend; and when UMass Lowell entered Agganis...
Hamden, CT- Quinnipiac scored their most impressive win of the season on Friday night against North Dakota. In the first matchup between these programs since the 2016 National Championship Game, the Bobcats looked to solidify their status as a national contender for...
