The final stops on the road to the Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y., come this weekend as six New England programs compete across all four NCAA tournament regions in Manchester, N.H.; Providence, R.I.; Allentown, Pa.; and Fargo, N.D. Both New England-based brackets feature a pair of teams from the … [Read more...]
NAHL Watch List: 6 New England Natives
There are plenty of junior hockey options, near and far, for promising Division 1 prospects. New England Hockey Journal already covered some of the top New England natives playing in the USHL and BCHL, and, of course, extensively covered the vast prep school ranks, but our latest junior watch list … [Read more...]
D1 insider: AIC in NCAA tourney thanks to smooth coaching transition
New England fans certainly know that it has been a year of change in college hockey. For starters, Boston University and Boston College pulled off Hockey East quarterfinal upsets but are nowhere to be found in the NCAA tournament field after their respective fifth- and seventh-place finishes. The … [Read more...]
Top 10: Six New England schools remain in hunt for national championship
Following this weekend's completion of conference championships across the country, the bracket for the 2019 NCAA Division 1 Men's Ice Hockey Championship was revealed on Sunday night. Six of the 16 teams in the field hail from the New England, though only two Hockey East teams join champion … [Read more...]
‘Different’ Northeastern produces same results, wins Hockey East title
BOSTON -- Entering this Hockey East season, there were doubters. “How would Northeastern replace Adam Gaudette, Dylan Sikura, and Nolan Stevens?” It’s a question that eighth-year head coach Jim Madigan had to answer quite a bit when the puck dropped back in October. It was a valid one as Gaudette … [Read more...]
5 Thoughts from the Hockey East Semifinals
BOSTON -- When the postseason comes, records can get thrown out the window. UMass had been the talk of Hockey East ― and one of the top stories in all of college hockey ― all season long, but the top-seeded Minutemen fell flat in their first Hockey East semifinal game since 2007 as Boston College … [Read more...]