LOWELL, Mass. – College hockey teams spend all week preparing for Friday night. But sometimes the game plan gets tossed out the window and proceedings go down an unexpected path. Such was the case in a 6-5 home win for UMass Lowell over Vermont on Friday night at the Tsongas Center, securing two … [Read more...]
D1 preview: UMass, Northeastern set to battle for Hockey East supremacy
There is a winter storm coming to New England this weekend, but there’s also some pretty important college hockey. The home-and-home series between UMass and Northeastern highlights the weekend slate and could go a long way to determining the shape of Hockey East race entering the final stretch of … [Read more...]
Q&A with Avon Old Farms top scorer Stefan Miklakos
Stefan Miklakos began his scholastic hockey career at the public high school in his hometown of Pelham, N.Y., making the path and adjustment to prep school ― as advancing to a new level is for most players ― a bit of a challenge. Still, all roads have led to Division 1 hockey for the second-year … [Read more...]
D1 insider: UMass, Makar look primed to win Hockey East
Massachusetts rose to the top of both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine national polls for the first time in program history after sweeping Vermont to retain first place in Hockey East and match its 17-win total from all of last season. Last weekend’s 4-1 and 5-1 wins gave the … [Read more...]
Prep Hockey Coaches Poll: Avon Old Farms cracks the top 5
The top five teams ranked in New England Hockey Journal’s sixth Prep School Coaches Poll of the season enjoyed an undefeated week, posting a combined 13-0 record. Following such a strong showing, it’s no surprise to see nine of the ten teams remain the same from last week with Salisbury and Kimball … [Read more...]
Top 10: BU on the rise after a 4-point week
Five of New England’s Division 1 college hockey teams finished the second weekend of 2019 in sweeping fashion. Leading the way, three of the four Hockey East clubs to win two games on the weekend did so in league play. UMass and Northeastern were two of those clubs, and both teams enter their week … [Read more...]
