Hockey East roundup: Air Force shocks No. 5 Boston College
The Falcons rallied with a pair of goals in the third period to stun the Eagles 2-1 in the first night of the Icebreaker Tournament at Denver, Colo.
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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.
A prediction for the 2016 NCAA tournament bracket
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
Gallery: Northeastern defeats UMass-Lowell for the Hockey East title
Photos from Northeastern’s 3-2 victory over UMass-Lowell in Saturday’s Hockey East championship game: <!–
Northeastern’s incredible run now includes a long-awaited Hockey East title
The Huskies are 20-1-2 in their last 23 games and ended a 28-year title drought.
Three teams on the bubble ahead of Saturday’s games
As we await the final seven games before selection Sunday, here’s where we stand.
Gallery: UMass-Lowell and Northeastern survive a long night of Hockey East action
Photos from Hockey East victories by UMass-Lowell in a triple-overtime game and Northeastern at 12:56 a.m. <!–
In three-overtime epic, both teams leave fatigued but only one gets the glory
UMass-Lowell outlasted Providence in the Hockey East semifinals.
Northeastern makes Boston College pay for turnovers
BOSTON — In the grand scheme of things, it is hard to not look at Friday evening’s Hockey East semifinal games with a focus on a greater perspective. All coaches in Hockey East will say that winning the conference title is a priority, an endgame. It is a goal for programs to reach come tournament … Read more
A postseason rivalry resumes in the Hockey East semifinals
Providence and UMass-Lowell meet again at the TD Garden, while Boston College plays red-hot Northeastern.
TMQ: As championship weekend nears, Northeastern continues to impress
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.
Here are the pairings and schedules for 2016 conference championship weekend
The pairings are set for 2016 conference championship weekend in the six Division I men’s conferences.
Hockey East hands down one-game suspensions to Boston College’s McCoshen, Vermont’s Shaw
Hockey East has suspended Boston College junior defenseman Ian McCoshen and Vermont junior forward Brady Shaw for one game each. McCoshen’s suspension stems from a contact to the head incident at the 19:12 mark of the third period March 11 against Vermont. He will miss the March 12 Hockey East quarterfinal game against Vermont and … Read more
Hockey East picks – March 11-13
Stick a fork in me. I’m done. With a six-game deficit staring me in the face last week, I had to go for some long shots. And for a while on Friday night, it looked like I might pick up an amazing four games on Jim heading into Saturday. My faux thoroughbreds, however, couldn’t hold … Read more
Massachusetts wants to be a regular Hockey East contender. Is that realistic?
The Minutemen fired coach John Micheletto after a fourth straight losing season, and a turnaround will take a special coach and considerable support from the school.
Teams hosting Hockey East’s first round had to earn the home ice
Two of them, Connecticut and Merrimack, needed final-night victories to secure home games this weekend.
Hockey East picks – Mar. 4-6
I’m not going to prematurely celebrate as things can still change on a dime, particularly if Dave decides to leave his brain behind and pick differently than I do in most games this weekend in a singular attempt to catch up. But I picked up two more games on Dave last weekend and hold a six … Read more
In the end, BC and Providence stand out among the best
A five-team race late in the season became a three-team race in Hockey East’s final weekend. And in the end, though Boston College captured the top seed in the playoffs, the Eagles and the Providence Friars ended up atop of the league. That leads the three things I learned this weekend. 1. Eagles and Friars … Read more