Graphic: Conference tournament attendance falls another 7 percent in 2016
The calls for changes to the conference tournaments are likely to only grow stronger with another year of declining attendance.
The calls for changes to the conference tournaments are likely to only grow stronger with another year of declining attendance.
It’s time for the final Bracketology of the season. Here, I will predict how I think the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee will think and what the bracket will look like when it is announced on Sunday. First, here is my predicted bracket and then I’ll explain how I got there afterward: East … Read more
The Gophers allowed three power-play goals to the nation’s best power play in Michigan.
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As we await the final seven games before selection Sunday, here’s where we stand.
The Big Ten suspended Michigan defenseman Michael Downing for Saturday’s league championship game as supplemental discipline for a hit in Friday’s semifinal victory over Penn State.
The Buckeyes played an overtime game Thursday before allowing four third-period goals against Minnesota.
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They reached the 20-win mark for the first time.
The Buckeyes lost four times to the Gophers in the regular season, three of them in overtime.
Photos from Thursday’s quarterfinals at the Big Ten tournament, where Penn State beat Wisconsin and Ohio State beat Michigan State in overtime.
The Badgers fell behind early and then forced their hand too many times in a 5-2 loss Thursday to the Nittany Lions before a sparse crowd at Xcel Energy Center in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament.
The Wolverines thumped Penn State twice last weekend and are the second seed in the Big Ten tournament.
The Huskies were 2-12-3 in late November but have won 18 of 21 to get into contention for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament.
The pairings are set for 2016 conference championship weekend in the six Division I men’s conferences.