This weekend signals the start of a brand new college hockey season. 60 teams from Orono to Anchorage begin a grueling gauntlet of difficult opponents that will see one team claim the title of National Champion in April. Within this sport, few conferences are as...
In 2014, the University of Connecticut Huskies left the Atlantic Hockey Conference. They made the jump to Hockey East, the premier college conference on the east coast. It's a remarkable leap, but the Huskies have performed well in the new league. Ever since hopping...
Few college hockey programs are as decorated as the Boston University Terriers. Agganis Arena is filled with banners showing the great success of the team through the years. Playing on Commonwealth Avenue gives the players a swagger that is hard to match. It also...
Walking into Dick Umile's office in the Whittemore Center on the picturesque University of New Hampshire campus in Durham, NH is like walking into a living history book. He has pictures of his players and family on the desk and shelves, plaques honoring record setting...
Throughout the 2016-2017 season, the Denver Pioneers and the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs were the two best teams in college hockey. They battled all season in the NCHC with Denver winning the regular season crown and Duluth winning the postseason trophy. They were...
When Penn State announced they would move from club hockey to varsity hockey on Terrence Pegula's backing in 2010, college hockey underwent a massive upheaval. Longstanding conferences were abandoned and new alliances were built. The biggest winners of the shuffle...
When the Frozen Four got underway, the Denver Pioneers were pegged as overwhelming favorites. They have been first or second in the polls almost all season and are out to validate their greatness with the program's eighth NCAA championship. They faced the Notre Dame...
The winds howled on Madison Avenue as the Frozen Four got underway on the west side of Chicago. The Harvard University Crimson and the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs faced off to start the final weekend of the college hockey season. They staged a classic game that saw...
Since the leaves fell in the fall, 60 teams have competed against each other and entertained fans across the country for the chance to play for the National Championship at the United Center. This weekend, four teams make the trip to the Mad House on Madison and can...
On March 17th, the UMass Lowell Riverhawks and Notre Dame Fighting Irish met in the Hockey East Semi-Finals in the Boston Garden. Lowell controlled the game from beginning to end, winning 4-1. That ended Notre Dame's last chance for a Hockey East Championship and...
With a spot in the Frozen Four on the line, the Harvard University Crimson and the Air Force Academy Falcons took to the ice at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Air Force was viewed as a serious underdog with many thinking Harvard would walk...
With a chance for a banner in front of the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, the soon to be Big 10 opponents took to the ice in Manchester. What followed was an entertaining game complete with penalties, a comeback, and a goalie pull in...
As snow, sleet, and rain fell around SNHU Arena in Manchester, the Riverhawks of UMass Lowell and Big Red of Cornell took to the ice. Cornell was back in the big dance for the first time since 2012 while Lowell is a regular to the tournament. The expectation was an...
After the famous eastern programs played in front of their home fans, the Air Force Academy and Western Michigan did battle on the rink at the Dunkin Donuts Center. The crowd was smaller, but the goals were aplenty, the action was fast, the hits fierce, and the...
Before Friday night, Harvard had not won an NCAA Tournament game since 1994. In their season of ending droughts, having already won a Beanpot and the ECAC regular season and tournament crown, the Crimson went into Providence looking to end another drought in their...
The far north country of North Dakota has seen its fair share of excellent hockey. This weekend, four teams will travel to Scheels Arena in Fargo to compete for a spot in the Frozen Four. Let's take a look at the teams and how they matchup against each other for a...
The state of Ohio has seen many important sporting events lately. Most of the big events have been up in Cleveland though. This weekend, four teams will take the ice in Cincinnati, giving some sporting attention to southwestern Ohio. Let's take a look at the teams and...
The capital of Rhode Island has served as a regular home for the NCAA regional tournament in recent years, and tournament hockey returns to the Dunkin Donuts Center once again this weekend. The weekend brings in a strong collection of teams, players, storylines, and...
It's time for March Madness! Division 1 Hockey has reached its best stretch when the 16 best teams meet to determine a national champion. Four of those teams will take to the rink at SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire on Saturday and on Sunday for the Regional...
The UMass Lowell Riverhawks and the Boston College Eagles arrived at championship Saturday of the Hockey East Tournament on different paths but looking for the same thing, the Hockey East championship. Lowell was the top seed looking to validate their season with a...
Whenever the Boston University Terriers and Boston College Eagles get together, fireworks ensue. Play the game in the Boston Garden and make it the Hockey East Semi-Finals and those fireworks get cranked up to Fourth of July levels. The fans gathered on Causeway...
Notre Dame looked to end their tenure in the Hockey East by playing for the conference championship. Unfortunately, they had to beat the UMass Lowell Riverhawks, a team that has been to the Hockey East Title game four years in a row and they wanted a fifth chance for...
The regular season has come and gone, and the first two rounds of the playoffs have been played. Four teams have punched their ticket to the Hockey East Semi-Finals this weekend at the TD Garden in Boston, MA. Before the puck drops on Causeway Street, let's take a...
After two physical games, the New Hampshire Wildcats and the UMass Lowell Riverhawks stood even at a game a piece. The teams play game three of their Hockey East Quarterfinal series at Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA on Sunday afternoon. The winner would move onto the...
After last night's overtime thriller, the Boston University Terriers needed one more win to punch their ticket to the Hockey East Semi-Finals at the Boston Garden. That win would not come easy against the Northeastern Huskies. True to form, the long-time rivals staged...
The Quarterfinals of the Hockey East Tournament got underway from Agganis Arena and crosstown rivals Boston University and Northeastern did not disappoint. They battled their way to another overtime classic in the Hockey East and entertained the fans gathered on...
On March 17th and 18th, the Hockey East will determine its champion at the TD Garden. Before the 2017 championship banner flies on 100 Causeway Street in Boston, the Quarterfinal round needs to be played. Eight teams will play this weekend across the country to...
The Merrimack College Warriors and the New Hampshire Wildcats traded 4-0 scores in the first two games of their first-round series at Lawler Arena. They took to the ice one more time to determine who would move onto the quarterfinals of the Hockey East Tournament. The...
As the winds howled on the streets of Boston, the second day of the Hockey East playoffs got underway. The University of Connecticut Huskies took to the ice at Matthews Arena looking to extend their season. All they had to do was beat the defending Hockey East...
On a cold Friday night in North Andover Massachusetts, fans filed into Lawler Rink for the opening game of the Hockey East Tournament. They were treated to an entertaining and physical game between the 10th seeded New Hampshire Wildcats and their 7th seeded Merrimack...
