Category Archives: NCAA
Video: The Beanpot Trot
The Beanpot, which has become one of hockey’s great annual traditions, kicks off today in Boston. If you’re not familiar, the Beanpot is a four-team tournament featuring Boston College, Boston University, Harvard and Northeastern. It’s pretty much become a two-team race … Continue reading
Photo: Ice in at Soldier Field for Hockey City Classic
Though the lockout robbed us of the Winter Classic, Chicago is set to host the Hockey City Classic at Soldier Field. The ice is down and the logos painted. Now all they need are the four college teams that will … Continue reading
Video: Steven Whitney’s From-the-Knees Goal for Boston College
The Boston College Eagles have been skidding of late with losses in four of their last five. Playing struggling Vermont on home ice Friday, BC put an emphatic stop to the slide with a 4-1 win. Steven Whitney helped create … Continue reading
College Hockey Roudup: Penn State’s Momentum, Weirdness in 2012-13, NCAA’s Most Dominant Team
College hockey may be taking a backseat once again as the NHL has made its triumphant return, but it’s still as compelling as ever. The 2012-13 season is utterly unpredictable and in some cases that’s good, in others bad. The … Continue reading
WCHA Admits Alabama-Huntsville for 2013-14, Realignment Complete?
College hockey’s sweeping realignment left little room for feel-good stories in its wake, but that changed Thursday. With a unanimous vote, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association granted full membership to the University of Alabama-Huntsville men’s hockey team starting in 2013-14, … Continue reading
New CBA Unlikely to Bring Relief to College Hockey
Coming out of the 2004-05 lockout, college coaches were optimistic that the new collective bargaining agreement coming out of that dispute would benefit college hockey. As they soon found out, it didn’t. In fact, it might have done more harm … Continue reading
Hockey is Back, But Where Did it Go?
“Hockey is back,” the National Hockey League proudly proclaimed late Saturday night to go along with its stunningly produced return video. That’s the new marketing slogan coming out of the lockout at least. Really that’s all it is, a marketing … Continue reading
VIDEO: North Dakota’s Mark MacMillan Scores on Stunning End-to-End Rush
North Dakota may have skated off the Ralph Engelstad Arena ice with a loss at the hands of Colorado College, but the highlight of the night belonged to the boys in green and white. Sophomore Mark MacMillan is a fourth-round … Continue reading
World Junior Wrap: What Team USA’s Win Means in Big Picture, Look Ahead to 2014
Coverage for the 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship began on United States of Hockey in August. Almost a week after the U.S. National Junior Team claimed gold in Ufa, Russia, it has reached its conclusion. With one final look back … Continue reading
World Junior Rewind: Team USA’s Defensemen and Goalies
Team USA’s World Junior Championship triumph had a lot to do with the seven guys on the back end and a lot more to do with the guy between the pipes. The two expected strengths for the U.S. coming into … Continue reading