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After 17 NHL seasons, former Michigan star Pacioretty back with Wolverines as special assistant to head coach
Former Wolverines standout Max Pacioretty has joined Michigan as special assistant to the head coach.
Pacioretty played 17 years in the NHL, with his final...
The NCAA Power Index (NPI) is replacing the PairWise, but what does that mean for college hockey?
The PairWise Rankings have been as familiar – and often controversial - as any topic across college hockey for the better part of three...
NCAA replaces PairWise with NCAA Power Index (NPI) for D-I men’s hockey championship tournament selections
At the latest meeting of the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Oversight Committee, the final vote for championship selection criteria was passed unanimously...
Michigan State chosen top team in 2025 Big Ten preseason coaches poll; preseason all-conference teams also unveiled
Two-time defending regular-season champion Michigan State is favored to win the 2025-26 Big Ten championship according to the Big Ten hockey preseason coaches poll...
Teams announced for 2026, 2027, 2028 Friendship Four hockey tournaments in Belfast
The competing teams for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 Friendship Four hockey tournaments have been announced, marking a major milestone as the event celebrates...
Western Michigan gets 29 first-place votes, starts 2025-26 season No. 1 in USCHO.com Division I Men’s Hockey Poll
Defending national champion Western Michigan earned 29 first-place votes in the preseason USCHO.com Division I Men's Hockey Poll to start the year ranked No....
After considering more than 125 online submissions, NCHC names postseason tournament trophy the National Cup
While the NCHC has awarded the Julie and Spencer Penrose Memorial Cup (Penrose Cup) to its regular-season champion since 2014, the conference’s tournament trophy...
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CCHA 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Potential there for conference ‘to be the tightest the CCHA has ever been’
It’s almost a cliche at this point to point out the parity that exists in the CCHA.
Sure, Minnesota State last season won their third...
NCHC 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Conference looks wide-open with targets on defending national champion Western Michigan
Year-in and year-out, ever since their conference held its first games in 2013, coaches and players from NCHC member schools have talked about the...
Big Ten 2025-26 Men’s Hockey Season Preview: Are odds in conference’s favor of finally bringing home a national championship?
Let’s go to Vegas, baby.
The 2026 Frozen Four will be played in T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, and wouldn’t any...
This Week in Atlantic Hockey America: Holy Cross, Bentley meet this weekend for conference title, NCAA tournament automatic bid
After three rounds of playoffs, the Atlantic Hockey America tournament is down to the final two teams: Holy Cross and Bentley.
They will play a...
This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Michigan State-Ohio State conference title game ‘going to be a great atmosphere’ in East Lansing
Raise your hand if you predicted at the start of the 2024-25 season that Ohio State would be playing for the Big Ten tournament...
This Week in Hockey East: There’s still something at stake for Maine, BU, Northeastern, UConn in conference semifinals at TD Garden
One could look at the Hockey East semifinals and assume there's little at stake.
Only Northeastern, the No. 9 seed, is fighting for its survival...
This Week in NCHC Hockey: Arizona State has shot at NCAA tourney as Sun Devils ‘proving our followers right and proving the people who...
It’s tough to predict how much further Arizona State’s first season as a conference member can go.
The Sun Devils are 15th in the PairWise...
This Week in CCHA Hockey: Minnesota State focused on Mason Cup title vs. St. Thomas in game that promises to be ‘big-time challenge’
The unique nature of this season’s CCHA Mason Cup playoffs are not lost on Luke Strand.
The Minnesota State boss finds himself in a somewhat...
This Week in ECAC Hockey: Looking at championship weekend, handing out some awards, signing off until ’25-26
The ECAC Hockey championship weekend returned to Lake Placid in 2014 after spending three years at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J.
The ancestral home...
This Week in Atlantic Hockey America: Quartet of teams off to conference semifinals, playing for automatic bid to 2025 NCAA tournament
After a wild quarterfinal round that saw seven of 11 games decided by a single goal, including four in overtime, the final four is...
This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Down to four teams in postseason tournament, only Notre Dame needs championship to make NCAA tourney
“The kids did what I asked them to do.”
That is what Notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson said after the Fighting Irish bested Minnesota in...
This Week in Hockey East: Single-elimination playoff format, unique among conferences, appears here to stay
Hockey East is the only one of college hockey's six conferences to stage an entirely single-elimination tournament.
That's just fine with Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel.
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