Chestnut Hill, MA -- The full college hockey schedule is underway and few games boasted the talent and attention that the Wisconsin and Boston College matchup could. Six first-round draft picks, five of them from the 2019 draft, and the fifth overall pick (Alex...
St. Louis, MO- Through Saturday night, St. Louis had hosted seven Stanley Cup Finals games. Three of them came against Boston. All seven were losses. All three against the Bruins were by five goals or more. The most recent, a thorough 7-2 demolition in their first...
St. Louis, MO -- The last time Blues fans had gathered at Enterprise Center, the Clarence Campbell Bowl was handed out and "Gloria" rang throughout the title-starved city. The fans reconvened on Saturday, June 1st, which was supposed to be a blessed night in St....
St. Louis, MO- In a normal St. Louis June, the ongoing series between the Cardinals and Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium is the big game in town. The Cardinals are the most successful National League franchise and the Cubs are the biggest rival St. Louis has; and is also...
St. Louis, MO- David Backes has 1,008 games of National Hockey League experience across thirteen regular seasons and nine trips to the postseason. 727 regular season and 49 postseason games saw Backes wearing a St. Louis jersey, including his five seasons as the...
Boston- May 10, 1970, is a blessed day in Boston sports memory. On that Mother’s Day at Boston Garden, Bobby Orr took a pass from Derek Sanderson and slipped the puck through the legendary Glenn Hall’s pads to win the Bruins’ first Stanley Cup in 29 years. As the puck...
Buffalo, NY -- Since its creation in 2013, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has dominated the college hockey landscape. At least one team has represented the conference in every Frozen Four since 2014, four times there have been two representatives, and the...
Buffalo, NY -- In September of 2018, Greg Carvel arranged for his family to visit his parents in Florida. It's his family's usual getaway for his kid's school break. He bought plane tickets for April 13th, at 6:30 not realizing the National Championship was that day...
Buffalo, NY -- The 2018-2019 season proved to be a year defined by dynamic defensemen. Chase Priskie, Joseph Duszak, and Jacob Bryson all lifted their teams incredibly well with Hobey Baker Nomination performances. The entire Hobey Hat Trick was comprised of...
Buffalo, NY -- Minnesota-Duluth is the best collegiate hockey program over the last half-decade. They've been in the NCAA Tournament every year since 2015, claimed two Tournament Titles in the NCHC, and reached three consecutive Frozen Fours. On Thursday night, the...
The Frozen Four is back in Buffalo for the first time since 2003. Four teams bring a wide array of stories, talents, and experiences to the City of Good Neighbors. Two conferences (Hockey East and the NCHC) produce this year's participants. All four will compete for...
On Wednesday, April 10th, the Providence College Friars, Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, Massachusetts Minutemen, and Denver Pioneers practiced and warmed up on the ice at the KeyBank Center ahead of their Frozen Four games on Thursday. PC and UMD face off at 5:00 pm on...
Providence, RI -- Providence College ended the 2018 season a single goal short of the Frozen Four. The Friars surrendered a goal in the last two minutes of both the second and third period against Notre Dame to miss out on flying to St. Paul. This season, PC advanced...
Providence, RI — Cornell's season has been frustrating. A plague of injuries limited the Big Red's capabilities. The most visible is starting goaltender Matt Galajda and regular forward Jeff Malott leaving the ECAC Championship game against Clarkson, only for the Big...
Providence, RI — On St. Patrick's Day, the Providence Friars nearly ran out of luck. Nate Leaman's squad fell in a decisive Game three to Boston College 2-1 and sat on the wrong side of the bubble. PC sat and watched anxiously as the bracket sorted itself out. After...
Manchester, NH- On March 30th, 2019, the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament began at the SNHU Arena in Manchester. Massachusetts defeated Harvard 4-0. Notre Dame defeated Clarkson 3-2 in Overtime.
The Dunkin Donuts Center, previously called the Providence Civic Center, is a staple building of College Hockey’s history. The initial Hockey East Tournaments and six Frozen Fours were held in Rhode Island’s capital. The site has become a regular Regional site since...
PPL Center opened in 2014 and hosts the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the Philadelphia Flyer’s affiliate. Last season, the building played host to the Midwest Regional and drew rave reviews on the quality of the building. This year, the NCAA returns to Band City, USA,...
Boston, MA -- Since 2015, the Northeastern Huskies have made winning hardware in Boston a habit. In 2016, they capped a legendary run to the NCAA Tournament with the program's first Hockey East Tournament Championship since 1988. Two years later, Adam Gaudette...
Boston, MA -- Northeastern has lived in Boston University's shadow for years. The Huskies toiled in mediocrity with no significant trophies between the late eighties until only three seasons ago while the Terriers helped ran the show in eastern collegiate hockey....
Boston, MA- Leaving the ice disappointed with effort is a rare feeling for Greg Carvel in the 2019 season. His Massachusetts Minutemen have set the standard for Hockey East throughout the season and won their first Conference Regular Season Title. They performed well...
Lowell, MA- Since 2013, Boston University and UMass Lowell have dominated the Hockey East standings. They combined for six consecutive Hockey East Title game appearances, five Conference Crowns, ten NCAA Tournament appearances, and two Frozen Fours. Both rode...
Amherst, MA -- The 2019 Massachusetts Minutemen walked into Saturday night with only one loss on home ice. They closed the home portion of the season with an exclamation point victory UMass exploded off the blocks for a statement period. Cale Makar started the night...
Amherst, MA -- The 2018 playoffs gave the Massachusetts Minutemen confidence in playoff situations. The 2019 season gave UMass an aura of magic and the burden of expectation. They carried all three into their playoff opener with the New Hampshire Wildcats on Friday...
Bridgeport, CT -- Sacred Heart did everything right on Wednesday night to open their Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal series with the Rochester Institute of Technology. They recorded a playoff record nine goals to step one game away from their first appearance in the AHA...
The Hockey East playoffs begin a week later than past years thanks to a changed format. Nonetheless, the postseason road to TD Garden begins in haste with eight teams jostling for a chance at the Lou Lamoriello Trophy. Let’s take a look at the matchups for the...
Bridgeport, CT -- Among Atlantic Hockey schools, Sacred Heart does not command much long-term success. The Pioneers have only reached to Conference Title games in 2004 and 2010 and lost both. They're also only six years removed from a disastrous two-win season. This...
Providence, RI -- When the regular season ended, Brown emerged with home ice to open the ECAC Tournament for the first time since 2013. However, few expected great success from the Bears. They hadn't won a playoff series, let alone a playoff game, in six seasons. They...
Providence, RI -- Princeton and Brown ended the regular season at Meehan Auditorium with a 5-1 Tiger shellacking of the Bears on March 2nd. Six days later, the Ivy League foes returned to the same ice in Providence to start the ECAC Playoffs. Princeton entered with...
Providence, RI -- Providence College rode a roller coaster through Regular Season play. The Friars entered with National Championship aspirations but scuffled at a few points in the season. Namely, they lost three of four games in January. Two of those losses came to...
