2023-24 NCAA Division I Hockey Thread

[Dakota Sioux]

USCHO's brackets for this week.
The move to #3 overall got us Cornell instead of RIT in the 1st round with a potential 2nd round matchup of either UW or CC.
I'd be ok with this bracket...there would be easier routes to the F4, but certainly harder ones as well.

Providence, R.I.
1. Boston College
8. Quinnipiac
9. Minnesota
16. Bemidji State

Springfield, Mass.
2. Boston University
7. Maine
10. Western Michigan
15. RIT

Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. North Dakota
6. Wisconsin
11. Colorado College
14. Cornell

Maryland Heights, Mo.
4. Michigan State
5. Denver
12. Providence
13. St. Cloud

 

[JMCx4]

USCHO's brackets for this week.
The move to #3 overall got us Cornell instead of RIT in the 1st round with a potential 2nd round matchup of either UW or CC.
I'd be ok with this bracket...there would be easier routes to the F4, but certainly harder ones as well.

... Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. North Dakota
6. Wisconsin
11. Colorado College
14. Cornell ...

Seems like that potential Regional bracket would put the Hawks in a "Don't Look Beyond Cornell" situation, which may be the tendency with the Tigers (and their psychological advantage) looming as a possible 2nd round opponent. The good news is: Once the pucks start rolling in the Regionals, there's hardly time to think.

 

[JMCx4]

From: USCHO.com > D-I Women

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2024 Conference Tournament Central

By Nicole Haase-February 21, 2024

The CHA, ECAC and NEWHA conference tournaments start this week while the ECAC and WCHA have their final weekend of regular season games. This page will update with results and brackets as they are finalized. ...

See the Conference Tournament Matchups & Schedules at:

Women’s Division I College Hockey: 2024 Conference Tournament Central - College Hockey | USCHO.com

All conference brackets are set. CHA Tournament Schedule All games streamed on FloHockey.tv. All times Eastern. Semifinals Best-of-three. Third game only

www.uscho.com

 

[JMCx4]

USCHO.com's "This Week" previews for the D-I men. They're all in the home stretch for regular season conference play, as those teams who still have shots to make or move in their rankings for the conference post-season haven't got much time left to do either ...

• This Week in Hockey East: No mediocrity in middle of conference standings with end to regular season fast approaching

• This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Looking at which teams are contenders, which teams are pretenders with conference playoffs upcoming

• This Week in Big Ten Hockey: With Michigan State, Wisconsin vying for regular-season title, rest of teams still have much to play for

• This Week in NCHC Hockey: After sweeping then-No. 2 North Dakota, Colorado College starting to ‘believe more and more and more’

• This Week in CCHA Hockey: Back from injury for stretch run, Bemidji State captain Looft pushing teammates ‘to realize what’s at stake’

• This Week in ECAC Hockey: Gearing up to defend its national championship, Quinnipiac ‘big on focusing on the controllables’

 

[JMCx4]

College Hockey News looks at the key matchups of this weekend for the DI men ...

Games of the Week

(15) Massachusetts vs. (17) New Hampshire​

UMass and New Hampshire head into this weekend's series jockeying not only positioning in the Hockey East standings, but also for possibly the last at-large spot int he NCAA Tournament.

We know the cut line for the NCAA Tournament will be No. 14. UMass and UNH are both on the outside at the moment, but not by much. If either of these teams sweep this weekend they could be right back in the tournament picture.

In addition, the teams are also tied for fifth place in the Hockey East standings, which is the last first-round bye position.

Both teams are coming off emotional weekends, as well.

UNH swept rival Maine, and UMass was swept by Boston College. That game included the Minutemen blowing a lead on Sunday when the Eagles scored two power-play goals late.

“It was business as usual,” UMass coach Greg Carvel said about the week at practice. “We didn’t bring up anything about refereeing. We brought up how we did not play to the level we should have. We got outplayed for some stretches of the game. Our goaltending was excellent. The character of our team showed through that we could find our footing, come back from a 2-0 deficit, take a 3-2 lead, take a 4-3 lead. Then, some things are out of your control. That’s the message. If we don't win, it’s about us. It’s not about anything else.

“I’ve said that there hasn’t been a game during the second half of the season that I didn’t think that we could have or should have won."

UNH was our Team of the Week.

"We got back on track and played to our identity," said UNH coach Mike Souza.

Top Games This Weekend​

February 23, 2024

• Western Michigan at St. Cloud State - 7:30 CT at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
• Boston University at Connecticut - 7:00 ET at Toscano Forum
• Northeastern at Maine - 7:00 ET at Alfond Arena
• Vermont at Boston College - 7:00 ET at Conte Forum (Kelley Rink)
• Minnesota-Duluth at North Dakota - 7:00 CT at Ralph Engelstad Arena
• Colorado College at Omaha - 7:07 CT at Baxter Arena
• Wisconsin at Penn State - 7:00 ET at Pegula Ice Arena
• New Hampshire at Massachusetts - 7:00 ET at William D. Mullins Center

February 24, 2024

• Connecticut at Boston University - 7:00 ET at Agganis Arena
• Massachusetts at New Hampshire - 7:00 ET at Whittemore Center ...

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

 

[JMCx4]

By the looks & sounds of it, the Chiclets Boyz' comment should read: "GIVE THE 3 DOZEN PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE WHAT THEY WANT!!"

 

[Dakota Sioux]

A brawl with 11 seconds remaining in Friday's game between Arizona State and Alaska, led to eight game disqualifications and, more than likely, further suspensions.

After a relatively minor fracas with 16 seconds remaining led to 30 minutes in penalties, another brawl broke out just a few seconds later, with nearly everyone on the ice participating. In addition, Arizona State's Tucker Ness and Alaska's Dawson Bruneski left the penalty box to tangle in an all-out fight.

The game was stopped at that point, with Alaska leading 3-1.

Ness and Bruneski each received two game disqualifications, which carry an automatic two-game suspension. In addition, two other players from each team — Ethan Szmagaj and Ty Murchison for ASU, and Braden Birnie and Will Hilfiker for Alaska — also received DQs and get an automatic one-game suspension.

“Obviously the rough stuff at the end, you kinda wish it doesn’t go to that,” Alaska coach Erik Largen said to the Fairbanks Newsminer. “But obviously we’ve played this team so many times, and there’s so many tensions there, and that’s part of the game too.”

Since both are independent schools, each has an agreement with one of the established conferences to handle supplemental discipline. For Alaska, that's the CCHA. For ASU, it's the Big Ten. The conferences are currently reviewing what further punishment will be handed down.

The game was relatively calm, and tied 1-1, until late. With just under two minutes remaining, Alaska challenged a hit by ASU's Brandon Tabakin — who had just scored the tying goal — for hitting from behind. Alaska won the challenge and was given a five-minute major power play, and scored twice in 37 seconds.

That's when things got ugly.

In all for the game, 247 penalty minutes were handed out, 131 to Alaska and 116 to ASU.

The last time a college hockey game had that many penalty minutes was Jan. 24, 2004, in a game at Walter Brown Arena between Maine and Boston University. BU won that game, 1-0, but Maine defeated BU 1-0 in the Hockey East tournament and went to the national championship game, where it also famously lost, 1-0. In that game, most of the penalty minutes came from a fracas that happened at the final horn.

Alaska and Arizona State play again tonight at 7 p.m. local time.

 

[JMCx4]

Neither team is headed to post-season, so that must've factored in to each combatants' decision to be stupid.

 

[JMCx4]

Results below from Saturday's single-elimination 1st round games for the ECAC Women's 2024 post-season conference playoffs, with all 4 higher seeds victorious. Most noteworthy among them - if you ignore QU's 9-goal shutout domination - were the Brown University Bears, who recorded their first-ever home playoff victory in their first-ever DI playoff home game ... in overtime to break a 0-0 tie, no less.

• (#12) Harvard 0 - (#5) Quinnipiac 9 ... Bobcats will be hosted by #4 Cornell for a March 1-3 Quarterfinal matchup with a best-of-3 format.

• (#11) Union 2 - (#6) Yale 5 ... Bulldogs now head to the Quarterfinals where they'll face #3 seed St. Lawrence in a best-of-3 series starting next Friday.

• (#10) Dartmouth 1 - (#7) Princeton 5 ... Tigers advance to face their #2 seeded hosts Clarkson in a best-of-3 Quarterfinal series scheduled March 1-3.

• (#9) Rensselaer 0 - (#8) Brown 1 (1OT) ... Bears move on to the Quarterfinals @ #1 seed Colgate for next weekend's best-of-3 series.

 

[JMCx4]

ETA: A repurposed post is a happy post ...
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The College Hockey America (CHA) conference championship matchup is set for next Saturday (3/2) between the Mercyhust Lakers & the Penn State Nittany Lions, with the winner claiming the Conference's auto-bid to the NCAA DI women's national championship tournament. Here's the CHA press release describing how the Lakers & Nittany Lions got there, and how the finalists stack up against one another ...

PENN STATE AND MERCYHURST TO MEET FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON IN COLLEGE HOCKEY AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP

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[JMCx4]

And in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance (NEWHA) conference playoffs, the best-of-3 format Quarterfinals round results this weekend determined the single-game elimination Semifinals matchups for next Saturday March 2nd. See below summaries of the NEWHA 2024 QF proceedings.

• The St. Anselm College Hawks needed 3 home games to eliminate the Post University Eagles. Final scores were 2-1, 1-2 (Post U's first-ever NEWHA post-season victory - and the first time in 27 conference games the Eagles have defeated the Hawks - on the strength of a 62-saves performance by sophomore goaltender Hannah Saunders) and 6-1. The #2-seeded St.An Hawks will face Stonehill College (see immediately below) in one of the Semifinal games.

• The Stonehill College Skyhawks swept their visiting Quarterfinals opponents, the first-year NEWHA Assumption University Greyhounds, by scores of 3-2 and 3-1. The #3 Skyhawks will face St. Anselm next weekend.

• The Franklin Pierce University Ravens swept their Quarterfinal matchup over the Sacred Heart University Pioneers, with 3-1 and 2-0 victories on the Pios' home ice. The 5th seed FPU Ravens move on to face Long Island U (see below) in the second Semifinal game.

• The repeat NEWHA regular season champions Long Island University Sharks also took the minimum 2 games to knock the St. Michael's College Purple Knights out of the playoffs, by 3-2 and 3-0 scores. The #1 seed LIU will host the Franklin Pierce Ravens on March 2nd.

 

[JMCx4]

For the Hockey East women's fans out there (and all y'all should be), here are the 2024 HEA conference tournament pairings & game schedule. Post-season play at campus sites begins on Wednesday, February 28th, with two Opening Round play-in games, and ends with the March 9th championship game determining the Hockey East auto-bid recipient for the NCAA DI women's national championship tourney. Broadcast & streaming details are TBA, but I'm sure the mix will frustrate some of us who wish to follow all of the game play.

2024 HOCKEY EAST WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS SET

UConn Claims First Regular Season Title; 22nd Tournament Begins Wednesday

Date: Sunday, February 25, 2024

PDF Format - Tournament Central - Tournament Press Kit (PDF)

AMESBURY, Mass. - The Hockey East Association announced today the tournament seeding and pairings for the 2024 Hockey East Women’s Tournament. The postseason will once again feature all 10 programs competing in a single-elimination format with all games played on campus sites at the arena of the higher seed. Tickets are available via the host institution for each game and television information will be announced in the coming days.

The Opening Round of the league’s 22nd postseason begins February 28 with two games to determine the quarterfinal pairings on Saturday, March 2. #10 Holy Cross (7-23-3/4-20-3 HE) travels to #7 Boston University (14-17-2/12-14-1 HE) in search of the Crusaders first-ever postseason win since joining Hockey East in 2018-19. It marks the first postseason meeting of the two teams. Holy Cross was 2-1-0 against BU in the regular season.

#9 Merrimack (10-21-3/7-17-3 HE) will travel to #8 Maine (15-17-2/11-14-2 HE) for their first clash in the Hockey East Tournament. It is Maine’s first appearance in the Opening Round and earned home ice on the final day of the regular season, while Merrimack is a perfect 2-0 on the road in the Opening Round. The Warriors were 2-0-1 against the Black Bears this season.

Two quarterfinal match ups are already known, as #3 New Hampshire (17-15-2/14-11-2 HE) has earned the right to host a quarterfinal for the first time since 2013. A win on home ice would give the Wildcats their first semifinal appearance since 2020 as they seek their fifth Bertagna Trophy in program history and first since 2009. They host #6 Vermont (13-16-5/11-12-3 HE), which owns a 1-0 postseason record over UNH after a 2-1 overtime win in the 2023 quarterfinals. The Catamounts went 2-1-0 against UNH during the regular season.

#4 Boston College (14-13-7/13-9-5 HE) has earned a top-four seed in each tournament since 2010, the longest such streak in league history. The Eagles will host #5 Providence (13-16-5/12-10-5 HE) in a quarterfinal match up on Friday, March 1 at 6:00pm. Boston College owns an all-time postseason mark of 4-2 against Providence, last meeting in 2015, while the teams went 1-1-1 against each other this season.

#1 UConn (22-7-5/19-4-4 HE) claimed the top seed and first regular season crown in program history to earn home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs. The Huskies are seeking their first Bertagna Trophy as Hockey East Tournament champions and have advanced to the title game in three of the last six years. UConn will welcome the lowest remaining seed from the Opening Round. The other Wednesday winner will travel Matthews Arena to face off with #2 Northeastern (23-10-3/16-8-3 HE), which finished second in the Army ROTC Hockey East Standings. The Huskies will host at 7:30pm on Saturday, March 2 in a game that will air on NESN+.

The 2023 Hockey East Women’s Tournament Championship will be played Saturday, March 9 at 12:00pm. The game will be broadcast live nationally on ESPNU.

2024 Hockey East Women’s Tournament Schedule​
Day	Date	Away	Home	Time
Wed.	Feb. 28	#10 Holy Cross	#7 Boston University	6:00pm
Wed.	Feb. 28	#9 Merrimack	#8 Maine	6:00pm
Fri.	March 1	#5 Providence	#4 Boston College	6:00pm
Sat.	March 2	TBD	#1 UConn	1:00pm
Sat.	March 2	#6 Vermont	#3 New Hampshire	6:00pm
Sat.	March 2	TBD	#2 Northeastern	7:30pm
Wed.	March 6	Hockey East Semifinal #1
Wed.	March 6	Hockey East Semifinal #2
Sat.	March 9	Hockey East Championship	12:00pm

 

[JMCx4]

Last, but by no means least, the WCHA women's DI post-season tourney will begin next weekend with the best-of-3 winners moving on to the Final Faceoff the following weekend (winner grabs the auto-bid for the NCAA national tournament). See below some Tournament Central details. Games will be streamed on B1G+ and locally on Fox 9+.

First Round Games
(On-Campus Locations at Higher Seed)
Best-of-Three Series on March 1-3, 2024

Note: #1 seed Ohio State, #2 seed Wisconsin, #3 seed Minnesota and #4 seed Minnesota Duluth have all clinched home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs. Results of the final week of regular season games (determined) first round pairings. The winners of the four first round series will then advance to the Kwik Trip WCHA Final Faceoff. ...

First Round Games (Best of Three Series)

March 1:
#8 seed Bemidji State at #1 seed Ohio State - 5:00 p.m. CT
#7 seed St.Thomas at #2 seed Wisconsin - 5:00 p.m. CT
#6 seed Minnesota State at #3 seed Minnesota - 6:00 p.m. CT
#5 seed St. Cloud State at #4 seed Minnesota Duluth - 4:00 p.m. CT

March 2:
#8 seed Bemidji State at #1 seed Ohio State - 2:00 p.m. CT
#7 seed St.Thomas at #2 seed Wisconsin - 4:00 p.m. CT
#6 seed Minnesota State at #3 seed Minnesota - 3:00 p.m. CT
#5 seed St. Cloud State at #4 seed Minnesota Duluth - 3:00 p.m. CT

March 3 (if needed):
#8 seed Bemidji State at #1 seed Ohio State - 2:00 p.m. CT
#7 seed St.Thomas at #2 seed Wisconsin - 4:00 p.m. CT
#6 seed Minnesota State at #3 seed Minnesota - 3:00 p.m. CT
#5 seed St. Cloud State at #4 seed Minnesota Duluth - 3:00 p.m. CT

WCHA FIRST ROUND RESULTS

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KWIK TRIP WCHA FINAL FACEOFF
Ridder Arena, Minneapolis

Friday, March 8, 2024
Semifinal Game 1 – 1:00 p.m. CT
Semifinal Game 2 – 4:30 p.m. CT

Saturday, March 9, 2024
Championship Game (Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner) – 2 p.m. CT ...

 

[JMCx4]

Moving on to the men's DI 2024 post-season tournament news ... the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) has seeded their conference tourney field & they're ready to plow some ice starting next Saturday after sundown. I know, I'd make a TERRIBLE farmer ...

Men's Ice Hockey 2/26/2024 3:00:00 PM

Seeds Are Set for 2024 Atlantic Hockey Postseason

Four-week, 11-team playoff to be held March 2-23

• 2.26.24 ATLANTIC HOCKEY PLAYOFF SEEDS SET
• POSTSEASON CENTRAL
• POSTSEASON BRACKET
• POSTSEASON RECORD BOOK

BOSTON, Mass. – Feb. 26, 2024 – The seeds are set for the 2024 Atlantic Hockey Postseason, which begins March 2 with the first round before continuing with the quarterfinals March 8-10 and semifinals March 15-17 before culminating with the Atlantic Hockey Championship, March 23 at the home of the highest remaining seed.

This year’s AHA Postseason will be the second in which every game of the tournament will be played on-campus with the higher seed hosting each series and the championship game.

This weekend’s Atlantic Hockey First Round of the Atlantic Hockey Postseason will see No. 6 seed Bentley host No. 11 seed Robert Morris, No. 8 Canisius host No. 9 Mercyhurst and No. 7 Niagara host No. 10 Army West Point in single-elimination games.

The first-round winners will advance to the best-of-three Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals, March 8-10. No. 1 seed and 2023-24 Atlantic Hockey regular season champion RIT will host the lowest remaining seed, No. 2 Holy Cross will host the second-lowest remaining seed, No. 3 Sacred Heart will host the third-lowest remaining seed and No. 4 Air Force will host No. 5 AIC. All four match-ups will be best-of-three series.

The quarterfinal winners will then meet in the Atlantic Hockey Semifinals, March 15-17 with the highest remaining seed hosting the lowest-remaining seed and the second-highest remaining seed hosting the second-lowest remaining seed in best-of-three series.

The semifinal winners will advance to the one-game Atlantic Hockey Championship on March 23 at the site of the highest remaining seed. The winner of the 2024 Atlantic Hockey Championship receives the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship.

All games of the 2024 Atlantic Hockey Postseason will stream live on FloHockey.tv.

2024 Atlantic Hockey Association Postseason
First Round (Single Game/Higher seed hosts): March 2
No. 11 Robert Morris at No. 6 Bentley, 7 p.m. ET
No. 10 Army West Point at No. 7 Niagara, 7 p.m. ET
No. 9 Mercyhurst at No. 8 Canisius, 6:05 p.m. ET

Quarterfinals (Best-of-Three/Higher seed hosts): March 8-10
Lowest remaining seed at No. 1 RIT
Second-lowest remaining seed at No. 2 Holy Cross
Third-lowest remaining seed at No. 3 Sacred Heart
No. 5 AIC at No. 4 Air Force

Semifinals (Best-of-Three/Higher seed hosts): March 15-17
Lowest Remaining Seed at Highest Remaining Seed
Second-Lowest Remaining Seed at Second-Highest Remaining Seed

Atlantic Hockey Championship: March 23
Lowest Remaining Seed at Highest Remaining Seed ...

 

[JMCx4]

Congratulations to Head Coach Katie Lachapelle and her Holy Cross Crusaders women on their first DI program advance to the second round of a Hockey East post-season tournament. By defeating their hosts the Boston University Terriers by a final score of 4-2, they advance to a Round 2 Quarterfinal match against #1 seed UConn Huskies.

In the second HEA women's conference tourney play-in game on Wednesday night, the Merrimack College Warriors also defeated their hosts the U of Maine Black Bears by a final score of 2-1. The game winner was tallied by Merrimack graduate forward Allison Reeb at 1:36 of overtime. The Warriors advance to the Quarterfinals round where they'll face the #2 seed Northeastern University Huskies

 

[JMCx4]

From: The Lansing (MI) State Journal > Story > Sports > Columnists

Couch: MSU hockey is playing Wisconsin for a Big Ten title. It's a big deal. Not big enough for TV.

Graham Couch
Lansing State Journal
Published 10:00 a.m. ET Feb. 28. 2024 |
Updated 1:38 p.m. ET Feb. 28. 2024


The biggest series in Big Ten hockey this season — first-place Michigan State at second-place Wisconsin, playing for the conference championship on the final weekend of the regular season — won’t be on TV.

That seems beyond comprehension, especially considering the entire series between third-place Minnesota and fourth-place Michigan will, as will a Friday night game between the league’s two worst teams, Penn State and Ohio State. In other words, every Big Ten hockey team playing this weekend will be on Big Ten Network at least at some point, other than the series that decides everything. ...

Read more at: Couch: MSU hockey is playing Wisconsin for a Big Ten title. It's a big deal. Not big enough for TV. | LSJ

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Latest bracketology from USCHO:
BRACKETOLOGY: Some movement in the PairWise makes this week's Bracketology that much more difficult to handle - College Hockey | USCHO.com
Holy region of death in South Dakota. Any of those four teams could advance.
Hoping that the final brackets don't look like this for UND.
Providence, R.I.
1. Boston College
8. Minnesota
9. Maine
16. Bemidji State
Maryland Heights, Mo.
2. Boston University
6. Denver
10. Providence
15. RIT
Sioux Falls, S.D.
3. North Dakota
7. Quinnipiac
11. St. Cloud State
14. Michigan
Springfield, Mass.
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan State
12. Western Michigan
13. Massachusetts

 

[JMCx4]

Latest bracketology from USCHO:
BRACKETOLOGY: Some movement in the PairWise makes this week's Bracketology that much more difficult to handle - College Hockey | USCHO.com
Holy region of death in South Dakota. Any of those four teams could advance.
Hoping that the final brackets don't look like this for UND. ...

Maryland Heights, Mo.
2. Boston University
6. Denver
10. Providence
15. RIT ...

By contrast, I'd be perfectly happy with The Bracket Boyz' predictions for the Maryland Heights Regional. Variety is the spice of hockey.

 

[JMCx4]

NEWHA has published the matchups & game times & locations for their conference post-season semifinal games ...

... Semifinal contests will take place on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Saint Anselm and Stonehill will square off in Manchester, N.H. at Sullivan Ice Arena beginning at 3pm. LIU and Franklin Pierce will take to the ice at Northwell Health Ice Center at 7pm in East Meadow, N.Y.

The advancing teams square off for the NEWHA Championship on Saturday, March 9 at the highest remaining seed. The winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA's National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

 

[JMCx4]

ECAC women's hockey championship tourney QF matchups & game times for this weekend ...

QUARTERFINALS (Best of Three Series, March 1-3, 2024)

#8 Brown at #1 Colgate (Friday 3 PM, Saturday 2 PM, Sunday 2 PM)
#7 Princeton at #2 Clarkson (Friday 6 PM, Saturday 3 PM, Sunday 3 PM)
#6 Yale at #3 St. Lawrence (Friday 6 PM, Saturday 3 PM, Sunday 3 PM)
#5 Quinnipiac at #4 Cornell (Friday 3 PM, Saturday 3 PM, Sunday 3 PM) ...

 

[The Grim Reaper]

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Love to see Michigan State hockey good again. Final two games against Wisconsin are going to be great! MSU beat them twice earlier in the year, I could see MSU taking the B1G.

MSU takes the first game 5-2!

 

[JMCx4]

Stick taps to the Bemidji State Beavers men's DI team, who clinched the CCHA regular season title on Friday night with a 6-0 shutout of the Minnesota State U Mavericks. Highlights courtesy of FloHockey.TV ...

 

[AUS Fan]

Rick Zombo, who helped lead the transition of Lindenwood from the ACHA to a Division I independent, will not return as head coach, the school said Thursday, Feb. 29.