by Chris Lynch | Mar 24, 2022 | CCHA, Hockey East, NCAA, NCHC
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...
by Jason Scales | Mar 23, 2022 | Big Ten, Hockey East, NCAA, NCHC
Reading, Ma- The Worcester Regional begins on Friday at noon EST at the DCU Center. The third overall seed Western Michigan University Broncos will face off against the fourteenth seeded Northeastern University Huskies in the opening game. The University of Minnesota...
by Jason Scales | Mar 20, 2022 | Hockey East, NCAA
Massachusetts Edges Connecticut in OT, Win 2nd Straight HEA Tourney Boston, MA – The script has been followed before. A talented new kid on the block, the up-and-coming program, is ready to ascend. They just have to knock out the bigshot, the schoolyard heavy,...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 20, 2022 | Hockey East, NCAA
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...
by Chris Lynch | Mar 19, 2022 | Hockey East, NCAA
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...
by Jason Scales | Mar 19, 2022 | Hockey East, NCAA
Massachusetts 3-1 Winner Over UMass-Lowell, Face-off Against UConn in Hockey East Finals Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Minutemen scored two first-period goals to stake their claim in a 3-1 victory over the UMass-Lowell River Hawks at TD Garden. The Minutemen...