UMass-Lowell Tumbles in Latest Poll; Hockey East Dominates ECAC
Hockey East and ECAC schools renewed some old rivalries this weekend in what turned out to be an excellent showing by the HEA teams. Hockey East went 4-2-1 against the more senior league, one in which many HEA school were once part of before the split or later expansion. However, UMass-Lowell dropped a pair of league [...]
UMass-Lowell Into Top Three
In a largely static poll from a Hockey East perspective, the four ranked conference members each only moved one spot. Miami is still number one in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Hockey Poll with 37 of 50 first place votes and 983 total points. They bested Denver, who had 938 points and nine [...]
UMass-Lowell Inches Up in Latest Poll
The River Hawks went out of conference to and paid a visit to Huntsville, Alabama and took advantage of the Southern hospitality, sweeping their hosts to help them move up one spot to fourth in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Hockey Poll. UMass-Lowell is the top rated Hockey East program and seems to [...]
River Hawks Crack Top 5, Terriers Tumble Ten Spots
UMass-Lowell continues to rise in the polls as they climbed three spots in this week’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Hockey Poll from eighth to fifth. Miami, after a weekend sweep of Michigan is the near unanimous number one, losing only one first place vote to North Dakota, who is second in the poll. [...]
Terriers Drop to Seventh, Still Top Rated Hockey East Team
Hockey East is proving to be a balanced conference so far this season, which is good in that there is a lot of depth in the league and there seem to be a number of good teams who should be tournament tested later in the season. However, the league seems to lack that elite leader [...]
BU Inching Down In Hockey Poll
Boston University took on two powers this week, first they battled eighth ranked Notre Dame, but lost, however they rebounded by beating #5 Michigan. The split leaves BU under .500 at this early juncture, but despite their 1-2 record, they only dropped one spot to fourth in the latest USCHO.com / CBS College Sports Division I [...]
BU Drops to #3, Vermont Up to #7 in Latest College Hockey Poll
Boston University and UMass opened the Hockey East slate in Amherst and with the Minutemen scoring the 3-2 victory, BU dropped one spot to #3 in the USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Hockey Poll this week. Miami earned 46 of 50 first place votes to retain their number one ranking after taking three of [...]
Boston University Down Key Players, Looks to Repeat in Hockey East
The BU Terriers won the Beanpot, edged out Northeastern by one point to take the regular season Hockey East crown, and then won the league tournament to grab all the conference hardware. They capped all that off with the NCAA Championship and boasted the Hobey Baker winner in Matt Gilroy. Colin Wilson and Northeastern’s Brad [...]
Terriers Hold #2 in Latest Poll
Boston University held second in the latest USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’ Hockey Poll, but Miami (Ohio) took the top honors this week, jumping from fourth last week. The Red Hawks took 28 first place votes to BU’s 17 after sweeping a weekend series from St. Cloud State. Denver, the former top team, split a [...]
Preseason Polls Showcase Hockey East’s Depth
The Preseason USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I Men’s Hockey poll was released and Denver edged out reigning NCAA Champion Boston University for the top spot of the 20 ranked teams. Denver got 20 first place votes and 873 points while BU got 814 total points and 17 firsts. Michigan (two firsts), Miami (five), and Notre [...]
Terriers Picked to Repeat in Hockey East
A depleted Boston University, but the defending Hockey East and National Champion, was voted by the Hockey East Coaches to win the conference again. BU received 84 of the possible 100 points in the survey with six of the 10 first place nods. UMass-Lowell came in second with 79 points and Boston College checked in [...]
BU #1 Overall Seed in NCAA Hockey Tournament
The NCAA College Hockey Tournament field was announced Sunday morning and, to no surprise, BU was dubbed the overall #1 seed. The Terriers are coming off a 1-0 victory over UMass-Lowell to win the Hockey East Tournament, won the conference regular season title by a single point over Northeastern on the season’s final day, and claimed victory in the [...]
BU Earns Shutout to Claim Seventh Hockey East Title
The Terriers put down a valiant effort from the River Hawks to claim their seventh Hockey East Tournament Title, its first since 2006. The seven titles are second only to BC’s eight in the league’s 25-year history. BU will enter next week’s NCAA Tournament as the overall #1, however, this game’s outcome would not have [...]
River Hawks Oust Huskies, Terriers Down Eagles to Set HEA Final
UMass-Lowell scored the game-tying goal on a power play with the goalie pulled with 20 seconds remaining in the third period and then won the game three minutes into the extra period to rally past the second seeded Northeastern team into the Hockey East Championship Game. For Lowell, the 3-2 victory paves the way for only [...]
NU Goalie Thiessen Hockey East POY, Among Hobey Baker Finalists
Northeastern’s junior goaltender, Brad Thiessen, key to the school’s turnaround, was named Hockey East’s Player of the Year. He lead the conference with a .932 save percentage and 2.00 goals against average while playing every minute of the season in goal for the Huskies. Northeastern reached the Garden Semis for the first time since 1994 [...]
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