This season’s second installment of the New England Hockey Journal Prep School Coaches Poll features change at the top through a few weeks of regular-season action. The latest poll saw a clear No. 1 among the coaches after Salisbury and Kimball Union finished last week at the top with 72 points … [Read more...]
D1 men’s insider: Sacred Heart primed to make a run in Atlantic Hockey
Three conference series were played in Atlantic Hockey this past weekend, and only one ended in a sweep. And it was an impressive sweep for Sacred Heart at that. The Pioneers went to RIT and ultimately improved to 5-6-1 in league play with back-to-back wins for the first time this season, 4-3 and … [Read more...]
D1 men’s top 10: UMass, Quinnipiac split a weekend series
This past weekend marked the last full slate for New England’s Division 1 college hockey teams prior to the holiday break. Now, only two games remain prior to Christmas as Yale visits UMass on Tuesday before a Friday night game in Boston between Dartmouth and Boston University. UMass and Quinnipiac … [Read more...]
Third-period scoring outburst caps Northeastern’s strong semester
The first half of the season couldn’t have gone much better for Northeastern. Head coach Jim Madigan’s club topped it off with a five-goal third period and 7-2 win over Merrimack Saturday night at Lawler Rink to move to 10-3-1, including 6-1-1 in Hockey East play. The Huskies wound up in the NCAA … [Read more...]
Bigger, stronger, focused, Petruzzelli finds his groove for red-hot Quinnipiac
D1 men’s preview: UMass/Quinnipiac highlights weekend schedule
Only a pair of Division 1 hockey games scheduled next week involve New England clubs, so this weekend marks the final opportunity to gain valuable points in the Hockey East, ECAC, or Atlantic Hockey standings before Christmas. UMass Lowell and Boston University play a crucial Hockey East … [Read more...]