How conference tournament attendance both rose and fell in 2015
There were fewer ticketing sessions for the events, so total attendance was down but per-session averages were up.
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Reflections from the Hockey East Championship Weekend and NCAA selection process
These are the three things I think I learned in this final pre-NCAA tournament week. 1. Boston University finally put together a strong first period at the TD Garden. The Terriers’ first three games at the Garden this year — the Beanpot and Hockey East semifinals — hardly showcased a team on the way to … Read more
Gallery: Boston University beats UMass-Lowell in Hockey East final
Here are images from Boston University’s win over Massachusetts-Lowell in Saturday’s Hockey East championship game in Boston.
Boston University sees shades of 2009 in run to Hockey East title
The Terriers have won the Beanpot and both league titles, just like they did the last time they won the national championship.
The field of 16 is set; now we work on the brackets
All the games are in, and here are the 16 teams that the PairWise Rankings show will be in the 2015 NCAA tournament, grouped by seeding: 1. Minnesota State 2. North Dakota 3. Boston University 4. Miami 5. Denver 6. Minnesota-Duluth 7. Michigan Tech 8. Omaha 9. Harvard 10. Minnesota 11. Boston College 12. St. … Read more
Gallery: Friday at the Hockey East championship
Here are images from UMass-Lowell’s win over Vermont and Boston University’s win over New Hampshire in Friday’s semifinals at the Hockey East championship in Boston.
Comeback stories take different directions for Boston University, New Hampshire
The Terriers are moving on to the Hockey East title game after rallying from a poor start, while the Wildcats’ season revival ended in the semifinals.
For just a bunch of dogs, Massachusetts-Lowell is awfully close to history
The River Hawks can become only the second team to win three straight Hockey East playoff titles with a win in Saturday’s championship game.
Hockey East picks – Mar. 20-21
One weekend left and Dave holds a slim one-game lead over me in the picks. I was able to pick up two games last weekend correctly picking UMass Lowell in games one and three and New Hampshire in game one. Now let’s hope Dave doesn’t run the four-corner offense and pick exactly the same as … Read more
Eichel lands more awards as Hockey East Player, Rookie of the Year
More Hockey East awards were doled out Thursday night as Boston University freshman Jack Eichel took home both the 2015 Warrior Player of the Year and Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Year awards. It is the first time both awards have gone to the same player since the 1992-93 season when Maine’s Paul Kariya took … Read more
Seven forwards among 10 finalists for 2015 Hobey Baker Award
National scoring leader Jack Eichel of Boston University and five other players in the top 10 in scoring are on the list.
Of Hockey East’s semifinalists, some need playoff title more than others
Boston University is a lock for the NCAA tournament, while New Hampshire can only get in with the automatic bid. UMass-Lowell and Vermont are in uncertain territory.
Hockey East recognizes All-Rookie Team, announces seven other awards
Hockey East announced on Wednesday the 2014-15 Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team and seven other awards. Mike Paliotta of Vermont is the Old Time Hockey Best Defensive Defenseman and Providence’s Noel Acciari is the Gladiator Custom Mouthguards Best Defensive Forward. Additionally, Boston College’s Michael Sit and Northeastern’s Dalen Hedges will receive the Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award. … Read more
HEWBA awards announced with Boston University’s Eichel leading the way
The Hockey East Writers and Broadcasters Association has announced its award winners for the 2014-15 season. Boston University freshman Jack Eichel is a unanimous selection for Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, First Team All-Star and an All-Rookie Team member. Boston University head coach David Quinn, who helped lead the Terriers to an 11-win turnaround from the 2013-14 regular season, was named the association’s Coach of the Year. Ballots were received from print, web and broadcast media covering the 12 league schools, as well from as regional and national media. The official Hockey East awards will be announced by the league at its annual banquet on Thursday night. HEWBA All-Hockey East First Team HEWBA All-Hockey East Second Team HEWBA Hockey East All-Rookie Team
Just days out, and we can keep most of the Eastern teams in the East
The final installment of Bracketology before the conference championship weekend starts shows an opportunity to keep five of the six Eastern teams in the bracket in their region for the tournament.
An effort to narrow the Hobey list to 10 ahead of Thursday’s announcement
Candace Horgan and Chris Lerch make their picks for the players they think will be on the list of 10 finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.
BU, Lowell hold, Vermont upsets with emotion and UNH takes extra drama to advance
Boston University and UMass Lowell each advanced to the Garden but both did so in very different ways. That leads the three things we take away from this weekend. 1. Terriers easily advance, Lowell reaches Garden after battle. It was incredible to see BU get past Merrimack with such ease. Given that every other series … Read more
Hockey East picks – March 13-15
The first round of the playoffs is usually a time to fatten the picks percentage, but not this year. Jim picked up another game on me to inch within three. Too little, too late? We’ll see. As with last week, we’ll pick all three games even if we believe there will be a two-game sweep. That way there’ll … Read more
Hockey East’s top teams prepare to see whether week off helped or hurt
Four teams that played last weekend (and played, and played in Notre Dame’s case) face off against four teams that got first-round byes.
TMQ: Working overtime (and then some), a compelling Big Ten finish and ranking the upsets
Niagara was last in the PairWise Rankings until it beat Holy Cross in a best-of-three Atlantic Hockey series.