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Ohio State Battling to Make Something of Tough Season

Despite Ohio State losing critical pieces over the offseason, its roster still looked solid on paper and good enough to keep up with any team in the nation. The Buckeyes' top-6 was solid, outside of losing their leading scorer, their back end was still steady and their goaltending had potential to be really good.“When you have some change over, you're not sure where it's going to come from. And ...

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OGDB 6.0: Canada goes for gold medal against Team USA (6:00AM MT, CBC)

I know it’s only been a day and change since the win over Finland, but it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for this gold medal game between Canada and the United States. It’s two countries that don’t like each other out there, and a game that we’ll likely be talking about for years and…

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Why Keeping Records Matters

I spent more time that I probably should have in searching for information that shouldn't be this hard to find. As we know, Manitoba Bisons goalie Emily Shippam was credited with a goal last night in the Bisons' quarterfinal game against the Alberta Pandas in Edmonton, and I had put my stake in the ground that she may have been the first U SPORTS women's hockey netminder to have that honour. Both U SPORTS and Canada West have zero history of goalie goals posted anywhere, so I took a leap of fa...

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Meet the Sellers: The Chicago Blackhawks struggle to remain afloat

It looks as if the Chicago Blackhawks will be in the postseason once again. After a solid start to their season, young superstar Connor Bedard went down with an injury, and the Hawks’ season went down the drain. At the Olympic break, the Blackhawks have a 22-26-9 record and 53 points, the sixth-fewest in the…

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Staying Power

North Dakota fans themselves might not get too much sympathy from others for what may feel like longstanding suffering, but the reality for the Fighting Hawks is this: since winning the national championship a decade ago, UND hasn't returned to the Frozen Four, and in fact missed the NCAA Tournament entirely in two of the past three seasons.But up until 2016, North Dakota was no stranger to the big...

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Maryville Set to Formally Announce Start of New Program

Maryville University has received approval to launch its new Division I hockey program. An official announcement is expected in the coming week.The school announced last year at the Frozen Four in St. Louis that it would upgrade to NCAA D-I if it could meet a fundraising goal of $5.5 million. The funding was needed to upgrade its facilities.Maryville recently closed in on $4 million towards its goal...

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Bentley Captures Program's First Regular-Season Championship

Bentley defeated RIT on Friday, clinching the program's first regular-season championship.Bentley is up eight points on RIT with just two games remaining for each team.Last season, Bentley won its first-ever postseason championship, when it won the Atlantic Hockey Tournament and went on to the NCAA Tournament.After finishing 23-15-2 last season, the Falcons are currently 18-9-5 and No. 25 in the NPI...

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Hagens, Martone In Sync From Across the Country

In a bit of college hockey synchronicity, blue chippers James Hagens of Boston College and Porter Martone of Michigan State scored hat tricks in games Friday, and in each case, the player reached his 20th goal of the season in doing so.Martone and Hagens were also the No. 6 and 7 overall picks in the 2025 NHL Draft.Martone, a freshman who made the jump from Major Junior to the NCAA after getting drafted...

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McKenna's 8-Point Night Most in NCAA in 39 Years

Gavin McKenna has had his ups and downs this season, but Friday's on-ice performance ranks as spectacular.McKenna had 1 goal and 7 assists (5 primaries) in Penn State's 11-4 win over Ohio State. The 8 points in one game are the most since CHN started recording game-by-game statistics. The last player to have seven in a game was Maine's Brian Flynn, in 2010.It's believed the last player in an NCAA ...

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Is This The First One Ever?

I normally save all the Canada West women's hockey chatter for Sunday on The Rundown , but tonight will need its own entry on HBIC because we might have witnessed history tonight. As you know, HBIC will push whatever article I may be working on to a later date if there's a goalie goal scored with video evidence, and it appears we have one tonight that could be very historic! The woman to the left is Manitoba Bisons netminder Emily Shippam, and she was the starter for the Bisons tonight against...

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A Corny Evening Of Hockey

If you're a fan of Lego, you know that the company has been producing a line of minifigures over the last number of years that feature all sorts of wacky characters along with a number of licensed characters not released in sets. One of those figures that came was the one you see to the right as they had a minifigure dressed up like an ear of corn. What one would use this for in a Lego setting outside of being a mascot is harder to imagine, but what if there was a hockey team who decided to dr...

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Oilersnation Radio: Team Canada punches their ticket to the gold medal game

It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed Team Canada going to the gold medal game, Connor McDavid’s new record, line combinations, trade targets, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode of…

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