2024-25 NCAA Division I Hockey Thread

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Calem Mangone, 4 seasons with Saginaw Spirit (OHL) commits to Lake Superior State for 2025-26.

It's happening. Expect many more of these announcements.

Might be time for a separate thread. Or its own forum.

 

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The College Hockey News Teams of the Week keep stacking up.

 

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CHN's Mike McMahon offers his This Week in College Hockey thoughts ... AIC, UNLV, and Games of the Week are on his mind.

 

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Denver is such a wagon.

 

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Lukas McCloskey (2025-26 Army commit) leaves Vernon Vipers, BCHL for Wenatchee Wild, WHL.

 

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USCHO's Tuesday Morning Quarterbacks (shouldn't they be 'Rovers' in hockey? ) explore the AIC demotion ... TMQ: With American International leaving for NCAA D-II ranks in 2025-26, what is the trickle-down effect across college hockey?

 

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Denver is such a wagon.

College Hockey Inc. piled on the Pioneer praise, even before this past weekend's punishment of NoDak ... Men’s Notes: Defending Champ Denver off to Dominant Start

 

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From: University of St. Thomas > Sports

Women's Hockey 11/19/2024 3:50:00 PM

St. Thomas announces leadership change within women's hockey program​

ST. PAUL, MINN. – The University of St. Thomas today announced women's hockey coach Joel Johnson has resigned from his position. Assistant coach Bethany Brausen has been named the team's interim head coach.

The Tommies, who are 5-8-1 overall and 2-7-1 in Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) play, will compete at #1 Wisconsin November 22 – 23. The series will take place at LaBahn Arena in Madison, Wisconsin.

The Ice Garden's Giselle Velazquez offers some rumors to spice up the story ... TIG: St. Thomas' Women's Hockey Coach Joel Johnson Resigns

 

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From: University of St. Thomas > Sports

The Ice Garden's Giselle Velazquez offers some rumors to spice up the story ... TIG: St. Thomas' Women's Hockey Coach Joel Johnson Resigns

Just came here to see if anyone had posted this, and if so, if anyone had any insight.

WTF?

 

[AUS Fan]

Looked at several articles and all referenced an "incident".

Found this in one article: "According to sources, Johnson had his usual scheduled meeting with his team in the visitors locker room following the game on Friday but returned at least once to excoriate the team’s performance — a breach of protocol that caught the team by surprise."

Did he walk in while the players were undressed? That would constitute a breach of protocol.

 

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Looked at several articles and all referenced an "incident".

Found this in one article: "According to sources, Johnson had his usual scheduled meeting with his team in the visitors locker room following the game on Friday but returned at least once to excoriate the team’s performance — a breach of protocol that caught the team by surprise."

Did he walk in while the players were undressed? That would constitute a breach of protocol.

"excoriate" might be on the list of no-nos as well.

 

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Nicole Haase for Victory Press ran down some women's DI action from last weekend ... Nicole's NCAA Notebook: November 18, 2024

ETA: Ms. Haase also provides a weekly list of DI women's streaming/broadcast action under her VP gig ... NCAA Women's Hockey: How to Watch, November 22-27

 

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Scrolling thru the scores today and see that ASU swept DEN.

 

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Victory Press (aka, Nicole Haase) offers a review of the recent week in women's DI play, incl. a handful of highlight reel-worthy goals ... Nicole's NCAA Notebook: November 25, 2024

 

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USA Hockey pairs up with The Rink Live for a weekly DI men's coaches poll. This week's shuffle at the top is noteworthy ...

Michigan State takes over No. 1 spot in USA Hockey / The Rink Live men's poll ...

By The Rink Live
November 25, 2024 at 2:41 PM

Arizona State's weekend sweep at Denver threw the USA Hockey / The Rink Live poll into a blender this week as Michigan State took over the top spot from the Pioneers. ...

Rank, school, points, last week, record, weeks in top 25​

1. Michigan State University, 664 (24), 2, 9-1-0, 9​

2. University of Denver, 628 (5), 1, 12-2-0, 9​

3. Boston College, 605 (1), 3, 9-3-0, 9​

4. University of Minnesota, 604 (4), 4, 12-2-0, 9​

5. University of Maine, 534, 6, 8-2-2, 9​

6. University of Michigan, 517, 5, 9-2-1, 9​

7. Western Michigan University, 463, 9, 8-1-1, 9​

8. Colorado College, 411, 8, 9-2-1, 9​

9. St. Cloud State University, 370, 10, 9-4-0, 9​

10. Providence College, 335, 11, 8-3-2, 9​

11. Cornell University, 309, 7, 4-2-2, 9​

12. Ohio State University, 287, 12, 9-2-1, 6​

13. Boston University, 253, 16, 6-5-1, 9​

14. Dartmouth College, 237, 15, 5-0-1, 3​

15. University of North Dakota, 230, 14, 7-6-0, 9​

16. University of Massachusetts Lowell, 217, 13, 9-3-0, 5​

17. Minnesota State University, 184, 17, 10-4-2, 7​

18. Quinnipiac University, 82, 18, 6-6-0, 8​

19. Clarkson University, 56, 19, 9-4-1, 2​

20. Arizona State University, 47, RV, 6-7-1, 1​

Others receiving votes: Union College, 31; University of Massachusetts, 21; University of Connecticut, 18; Bentley University, 16; Harvard University, 13; Colgate University, 4; Michigan Tech University, 3; Bowling Green University, 1.​

 

[AUS Fan]

Sam Oliver, Drummondville QMJHL commits to UNH for 2025-26

 

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Some DI women player milestones courtesy of Victory Press & their weekly Stick Taps and Snark feature ...

... On Saturday, Kalty Kaltounková became the first Raider in Colgate program history to score 100 career goals. She is also the only active NCAA Division I skater to reach that plateau. Wisconsin's KK Harvey became the fifth Badgers blueliner to reach 100 career points and was the quickest to reach that number. Teammate Casey O'Brien set a new program record for career assists with a helped on the Badgers' third goal on Saturday to reach 139. Minnesota's Peyton Hemp and Minnesota Duluth's Olivia Wallin each tallied their 100th career point last weekend. ...