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 Chris Lynch | Jan 2, 2021 | Hockey East, NCAA
Boston, MA- The 2021 Hockey East calendar began with a triple header bang. Providence and Vermont battled to a 0-0 tie in Rhode Island with the Friars getting the extra point in the shootout. Connecticut came back against New Hampshire in Durham. And the capper to the...
by Chris Lynch | Feb 29, 2020 | Hockey East, NCAA
Hartford, CT- On January 11th, the Connecticut Huskies dropped their fourth straight game and sat at 7-10-4. Two weeks later, UConn finished in last place at the Connecticut Ice Festival and appeared headed for another frustrating end to a disappointing season. Yet,...
by Chris Lynch | Apr 14, 2019 | Hockey East, NCAA, NCHC
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...
