College Hockey
Wingels Looking to Put Away Title Demons with Boston
April 9th, 2018 Due to a series of injuries to the likes of Patrice Bergeron, David Backes, Jake DeBrusk and Rick Nash over the last month, the Boston Bruins have been forced to expand the roles of a significant portion of their bottom-six forward core, all while welcoming newcomers such...
Minnesota-Duluth: 2018 NCAA Champions
April 8th, 2018 The NCAA Hockey season has reached its end. Over the course of seven months, 60 teams were boiled down to just two, and Saturday night, two became one. The University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (UMD) topped the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, taking home the program's second...
Frozen Four Final: Notre Dame & Minnesota-Duluth
April 7th, 2018 There is something about college hockey that is so entertaining. Maybe it's the number of teams across the nation fighting for supremacy. Maybe it's the lack of stardom, setting the stage for young players to make a name for themselves as they forge their path to...
Top 10 Hobey Baker Winners of All Time
April 6th, 2018 The Hobey Baker Award, awarded annually to the most valuable player in the college hockey world, was first dished out in 1981. On Friday, Apr. 6, it will be handed out for the 37th time to either Henrik Borgstrom, Ryan Donato or Adam Gaudette. This article ranks the...
Hobey Baker Finalists: Borgstrom, Donato & Gaudette
April 3rd, 2018 The Hobey Baker Award will be awarded to NCAA Hockey's most outstanding player on Friday, April 6. The achievement is not only recognition of an athlete's ability at the college level but often foreshadows success at the NHL level as well. Recent winners include Jack...
NCAA Experience Earns NHL Debuts
March 21st, 2018 In less than a month, the regular season will be over and the playoffs will begin. But before the league’s top teams battle in the postseason, we can expect a handful of rising up-and-comers to make NHL debuts in the final weeks of the 2017-18 season. Last year, the...
Merrimack's Katelyn Rae Possesses a Warrior's Heart
March 21st, 2018 Things always happen for a reason. At least when it comes to matters of importance, matters of the heart. The reason may not be evident at first but in time the picture becomes clear. This is typically noticed more in terms of hindsight than in the actual present. It dawns...
Greg Carvel and the "NewMass" Movement
March 20th, 2018 At face value, a 7-2 loss at the hands of the Northeastern Huskies seems disappointing. Add the fact that the 7-2 loss meant the team was swept out of the playoffs and most fans would be left shaking their heads. This is exactly what happened to the University of...
Oilers Prospects Thoughts: Benson, Dudek & Maksimov
March 19th, 2018 The playoffs are upon us, that is for the CHL and NCAA. The Edmonton Oilers might be far from the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs but several prospects are gearing up for the playoffs in their particular leagues. Tyler Benson has put himself back on track after numerous injuries...
Devin Buffalo Setting A New Standard
March 8th, 2018 To suggest the last couple of months have been a whirlwind for Dartmouth Big Green starting netminder Devin Buffalo would be an understatement. In what is his senior year, the native of Wetaskiwin, Alberta has not only helped lead his team to this weekend’s upcoming...
The State of College Hockey in Florida
February 24th, 2018 It may come as a surprise, but the state of Florida has a robust college hockey scene developing under its sunshine. While some institutions founded hockey teams in the 1990s, it took until the mid-2000s for the sport to find stable footing throughout colleges. Florida...NCAA Player Development Shining at World Juniors
December 31st, 2017 On Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, Team Canada faced off against Team USA for the World Juniors' first outdoor game, which was played at New Era Field in Orchard Park, N.Y. Although the Canadians started off strong in the first period, they couldn’t prevent another shootout from...
Q & A With Team USA's Andrew Peeke
December 25th, 2017 Notre Dame defenseman Andrew Peeke has enjoyed an amazing ride in his hockey career over the last year. After completing a great season for the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers, Peeke experienced firsthand the moments leading up to the NHL Draft in Buffalo. He attended the NHL...
