It doesn’t take long to notice that Buffalo Sabres center Tage Thompson stands out and has a lot to offer on the ice. However, no coach in the National Hockey League knows how to get more out of the 25-year-old star than Sabres coach Don Granato. Granato had a major hand in Thompson’s hockey … [Read more...]
How the waiting game paid off for Matt Copponi at the NHL draft
Matt Copponi has been through it all when it comes to the NHL draft. For the past two years, the Merrimack College rising junior from Mansfield, Mass., watched all seven rounds go by without hearing his name called. Those disappointments certainly helped prepare him for another go-around this … [Read more...]
2023 NHL Draft: How has Will McDonough developed in the USHL?
It has been a year to remember for Will McDonough. Before returning to the USHL’s Sioux Falls Stampede for another season, the 17-year-old McDonough (Duxbury, Mass.) firmed up his plans for playing at the next level by committing to Harvard University. With his future certain, the 6-foot-2, … [Read more...]
How Quinnipiac won the national championship
There is a first time for everything. For the Quinnipiac men’s hockey team, oh, what a first time it was. In the first Frozen Four title game to go to overtime since 2011, the Bobcats delivered a finish for the ages. Sophomore Jacob Quillan scored just 10 seconds into the extra session to propel … [Read more...]
Takeaways from Quinnipiac’s win, BU’s loss in Frozen Four semifinals
For the second time in three years, a New England club will play for a Division 1 men’s hockey national championship. Saturday night’s ultimate game at the Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla., will feature the top two seeds in the entire tournament in Quinnipiac and Minnesota. The ECAC’s Bobcats ousted yet … [Read more...]
5 storylines to watch in the 2023 Frozen Four
The final weekend of the Division 1 men’s college hockey season is here. A long journey that began way back in October comes to an end this weekend, with Boston University and Quinnipiac standing among the nation’s elite teams heading to the Frozen Four in Tampa, Fla. To advance to the Frozen Four, … [Read more...]