NCAA
Hughes Returns to Michigan: His Impact on the Wolverines & Canucks
July 29th, 2018 The morning of July 27, the Michigan Wolverines announced that their Freshman of the Year and highest-scoring defenseman Quinn Hughes will be returning for his sophomore year. Hughes was drafted by the Canucks seventh overall this June and had shown great interest in...
UMass Amherst Excited for Revitalized Hockey Team
July 25th, 2018 Excitement is in the air for the upcoming hockey season at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst for the first time in many years. Entering head coach Greg Carvel’s third season at the helm, UMass has high expectations after a surprisingly successful 2017-18 that saw...
NCAA Players to Abound at 2018 Devils Development Camp
July 5th, 2018 A dozen of the 33 players invited to the New Jersey Devils' development camp from July 10-14 at the Prudential Center will come from a college hockey background. Although some will return to school in the fall after gaining pro experience this summer, others are further...
The Devils and the Old (Boston) College Try
June 30th, 2018 It’s no secret the New Jersey Devils have been a haven for former college players, a staple under former President/GM Lou Lamoriello, himself previously an icon at Providence College. On the Devils first Stanley Cup championship club in 1995, there were no less than 11...
NCAA Makes Splash at 2018 NHL Draft
June 25th, 2018 College hockey players and commits made up for 67 of the 217 picks in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Seven of them were selected in the first round, including both Brady Tkachuk and Quinn Hughes who found their new homes within the first ten picks. The NCAA has made an...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Give Rodrigues & Eichel a Chance to Recapture Magic
December 15th, 2017 Once Tim Murray uttered his carefully chosen words at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, “Buffalo selects Jack Eichel,” the excitement and anticipation were rampant for the second overall draft pick. Eichel, a Hobey Baker Award winner at Boston University, was the next big...
