2022-23 NCAA Division I Hockey Thread

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This hockey-less Christmas week in men's DI still offers us holiday reading material, courtesy of USCHO.com contributors ...

This Week in Big Ten Hockey: Looking back on first half of 2022-23 season, what to expect come second half

This Week in ECAC Hockey: Taking a look at each conference team’s Christmas wish list

This Week in Hockey East: Conference commish Metcalf says preconceived notions about league ‘are gone’

This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Handing out mid-term grades to all 10 conference teams at 2022 holiday break

This Week in NCHC Hockey: With Minnesota Duluth press box soon to be dedicated, former SID Nygaard right choice for recognition

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Dissecting conference’s contenders, pretenders with ’22-23 second half approaching

 

[JMCx4]

From: University of Wisconsin Athletics

Men's Hockey
December 26, 2022
Clara Boudette

Quick Six: Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off

Badgers face Lake Superior State in first tournament matchup

MADISON, Wis. — The Badgers return to action this Wednesday and Thursday in the second annual Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. The Badgers captured the inaugural event last year.

Here are six quick things to know before watching (Tickets):

Rosters: Badgers || Lake Superior State || UMass || Clarkson

1 - KWIK TRIP HOLIDAY FACE-OFF: The Badgers are back at Fiserv Forum to defend their title as Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off champions after Zach Urdahl won it for Wisconsin in the sixth round of a shootout over No. 15 Providence last year.

Wisconsin will face off with Lake Superior State in its first match of the tournament. A win would send them straight to the championship game to face either Clarkson or UMass. ...



5 - SCOUTING THE TOURNAMENT: Lake Superior State is 3-13-2 overall and 2-9-1 in the CCHA conference. They are coming off a series split against then No.17 Michigan Tech, notching a 3-0 shutout win before falling 5-1 the following night.

No. 15 UMass comes into the Holiday Face-Off as the top-ranked team with a 7-6-3 record and 3-6-1 showing against Hockey East opponents. Freshman Kenny Connors leads their roster with seven goals for 17 points in 18 games.

The Clarkson Golden Knights are 7-8-2 and 3-3-2 in ECAC play. ...


Read the Other 4 Kwik-ly at: Quick Six: Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off | Wisconsin Badgers

 

[Elvis P]

Top 10 NHL Alumni from Canadian U Sports Beginnings

With Logan Thompson being the latest U Sports alum to excel in the NHL, Ian Kennedy looks at 10 former NHLers who played Canadian university hockey.

thehockeynews.com

 

[JMCx4]

Top 10 NHL Alumni from Canadian U Sports Beginnings

With Logan Thompson being the latest U Sports alum to excel in the NHL, Ian Kennedy looks at 10 former NHLers who played Canadian university hockey.

thehockeynews.com

Shouldn't this story have been posted under a USports thread (existing or new)?

 

[JMCx4]

In Game #1 of the Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off in Milwaukee, the Clarkson Golden Knights overcame a 3-goal deficit with 6 ... count 'em ... 6 unanswered goals to defeat the UMass Minutemen 6-3. Truly an amazing turnaround.

 

[JMCx4]

Holiday Face-Off nightcap, Final Score = Wisconsin Badgers 4 - Lake Superior State Lakers 0. The final UW goal was an empty netter, while their first three goals were the result of the team's speed & relentless play in all 3 zones. LSSU was outplayed in every major stat category tonight, and seemed to be playing to simply not get blown out in the 3rd period.

LSSU will face UMass in the Thursday PM 3rd place game, and Clarkson will play the host & tournament defending champs Wisconsin for the 7:30 PM start of the 2022 Kwik Trip tourney finals. Crowd size was underwhelming on Day #1, but at least the Badgers faithful made some noise to liven up the Fiserv Forum before the lights were shut off.

 

[adsfan]

Holiday Face-Off nightcap, Final Score = Wisconsin Badgers 4 - Lake Superior State Lakers 0. The final UW goal was an empty netter, while their first three goals were the result of the team's speed & relentless play in all 3 zones. LSSU was outplayed in every major stat category tonight, and seemed to be playing to simply not get blown out in the 3rd period.

LSSU will face UMass in the Thursday PM 3rd place game, and Clarkson will play the host & tournament defending champs Wisconsin for the 7:30 PM start of the 2022 Kwik Trip tourney finals. Crowd size was underwhelming on Day #1, but at least the Badgers faithful made some noise to liven up the Fiserv Forum before the lights were shut off.

I am leaving soon to attend the Thursday games.

My daughter told me that the Badgers were playing the late game no matter what.

 

[JMCx4]

I am leaving soon to attend the Thursday games.

My daughter told me that the Badgers were playing the late game no matter what.

Did she also tell you that Wisconsin would lose to Clarkson? It was a thing of beauty.

 

[adsfan]

U Mass defeated Lake Superior State 4-1.


No, but she told me that the refs stunk!

She feels that Potsdam has put a curse on her life. She lived in Massena for about 18 months. Everytime she went to or near Potsdam, something bad seemed to happen to her. Now, it has followed her to Milwaukee.

Clarkson 3 Wisconsin 1

 

[JMCx4]

... No, but she told me that the refs stunk!

She feels that Potsdam has put a curse on her life. She lived in Massena for about 18 months. Everytime she went to or near Potsdam, something bad seemed to happen to her. Now, it has followed her to Milwaukee. ...

Better to have a cursed daughter than to have a cursing daughter. But I'd prefer they keep either one to themself, especially at family gatherings.

 

[CrazyEddie20]

She feels that Potsdam has put a curse on her life. She lived in Massena for about 18 months. Everytime she went to or near Potsdam, something bad seemed to happen to her. Now, it has followed her to Milwaukee.

Potsdam and Massena - two places no one should ever visit.

 

[adsfan]

Potsdam and Massena - two places no one should ever visit.

My daughter would agree with you!

On my first trip to Massena, I met a guy who was bidding on replacing my SIL's roof.
He told me he was a farmer for his regular job. Then we discussed recent articles in the WSJ for 10 minutes.
So he was really a farmer and a roofer who invested wisely. He was one of the very few that I met who was not a LEO or a worker at the casino. The SIL sold the house and moved to Syracuse about 2 years later.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Did she also tell you that Wisconsin would lose to Clarkson? It was a thing of beauty.

Didn't have to tell us. Any decent team will beat Wisconsin.

 

[CrazyEddie20]

Did she also tell you that Wisconsin would lose to Clarkson? It was a thing of beauty.

Clarkson: won the tournament only to go back to the dumphole that is Potsdam.

 

[JMCx4]

Clarkson: won the tournament only to go back to the dumphole that is Potsdam.

There's no place like home.

 

[CrazyEddie20]

There's no place like home.

Unless home is Potsdam or Massena, then graduate and move anywhere else.

 

[JMCx4]

New calendar year, so the DI PairWise rankings are beginning to matter. For the men ...

Men's Division I PairWise Rankings

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Click on a column header to sort by that column. Click on a team name to see its comparison with other teams

updated: January 05, 2023, 03:07:49 AM​

Rnk	Team	PWR	W-L-T	W%	W% Rnk	RPI	RPI Rnk
1	Minnesota	61	15-5-0	0.7500	5	0.6229*	1
2	Quinnipiac	60	15-1-3	0.8684	1	0.6070*	2
3	Denver	59	16-4-0	0.8000	2	0.6051*	3
4	Penn State	58	17-5-0	0.7727	4	0.5989*	4
5	St. Cloud	57	14-4-0	0.7778	3	0.5954	5
6	Merrimack	56	14-5-0	0.7368	6	0.5828*	6
7	Boston University	55	12-5-0	0.7059	8	0.5705*	7
8	Michigan	54	12-7-1	0.6250	13	0.5642	8
9	Ohio State	52	12-7-1	0.6250	13	0.5610*	9
9	Harvard	52	9-3-1	0.7308	7	0.5564*	10
9	Connecticut	52	13-5-3	0.6905	9	0.5521	11
12	Providence	50	11-4-5	0.6750	10	0.5507*	12
13	Michigan State	48	12-9-1	0.5682	19	0.5498	13
14	Western Michigan	47	12-9-1	0.5682	19	0.5418	14
14	Massachusetts	47	9-7-3	0.5526	21	0.5385	15
16	Notre Dame	46	9-9-2	0.5000	29	0.5366	16
17	Cornell	44	8-5-1	0.6071	17	0.5364	17
17	North Dakota	44	7-8-4	0.4737	37	0.5319	18
19	Bemidji State	43	9-5-4	0.6111	15	0.5262	20
20	Michigan Tech	42	12-6-3	0.6429	12	0.5317	19
21	Boston College	41	7-6-4	0.5294	26	0.5235	21
22	Alaska	40	10-8-2	0.5500	23	0.5215	22
23	RIT	39	12-6-0	0.6667	11	0.5186	23
24	Minnesota State	37	10-9-1	0.5250	28	0.5175	24
24	Omaha	37	9-9-2	0.5000	29	0.5139	25
26	Arizona State	35	10-11-0	0.4762	34	0.5131	26
27	UMass Lowell	34	10-8-1	0.5526	21	0.5111	27
27	Niagara	34	10-6-2	0.6111	15	0.5039	28
29	Sacred Heart	33	10-7-1	0.5833	18	0.5021	29
30	Bowling Green	32	10-12-0	0.4545	39	0.4977	30
31	Colorado College	30	9-10-1	0.4750	35	0.4975	31
31	Northern Michigan	30	11-9-0	0.5500	23	0.4958	32
33	Minnesota Duluth	29	8-10-0	0.4444	41	0.4941	33
33	Clarkson	29	9-8-2	0.5263	27	0.4932	34
35	Wisconsin	28	8-12-0	0.4000	43	0.4930	35
35	Ferris State	28	9-9-2	0.5000	29	0.4923	36
37	Colgate	25	9-9-2	0.5000	29	0.4894	37
38	AIC	24	10-8-5	0.5435	25	0.4893	38
38	St. Lawrence	24	9-9-0	0.5000	29	0.4881	41
40	Princeton	22	7-8-0	0.4667	38	0.4884	40
41	Union	21	8-10-1	0.4474	40	0.4887	39
42	Miami	20	7-11-2	0.4000	43	0.4880	42
42	Maine	20	6-9-2	0.4118	42	0.4874	43
44	Northeastern	17	8-9-3	0.4750	35	0.4862	44
44	Brown	17	4-10-2	0.3125	51	0.4613	45
46	St. Thomas	16	5-14-1	0.2750	55	0.4531	46
47	Rensselaer	15	7-11-1	0.3947	45	0.4493	47
48	Mercyhurst	14	6-12-2	0.3500	49	0.4492	48
49	Vermont	13	7-12-1	0.3750	48	0.4474	49
50	Holy Cross	12	5-13-1	0.2895	52	0.4362	50
51	Air Force	11	6-10-2	0.3889	46	0.4316	51
52	LIU	10	3-13-1	0.2059	58	0.4306*	52
53	Canisius	9	5-11-2	0.3333	50	0.4303	53
53	Alaska Anchorage	9	4-12-0	0.2500	56	0.4293	54
55	Lindenwood	7	5-13-0	0.2778	53	0.4283	55
56	New Hampshire	6	4-16-1	0.2143	57	0.4276	56
57	Army	5	6-10-2	0.3889	46	0.4238	57
58	Lake Superior	4	3-15-2	0.2000	59	0.4200	58
58	Bentley	4	5-13-0	0.2778	53	0.4157	59
60	Yale	2	2-10-1	0.1923	60	0.4045	60
61	Dartmouth	1	2-11-1	0.1786	61	0.4041	61
62	Stonehill	0	0-1-0	0.0000	62	0.2999	62

*Team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating weak opponent.
The PairWise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA Division I men's hockey tournament. The PWR compares all teams by these criteria: record against common opponents, head-to-head competition, and the RPI.
For each comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is based on the number of points (comparisons) won. Ties are settled by the RPI.
A more complete explanation of the workings of the PWR is also available in our FAQ. There is also a FAQ available explaining the NCAA Tournament selection process.
The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or person, provided USCHO's URL (College Hockey | USCHO.com) accompanies the results.
Note: A team's record is based only on games against other Division I hockey schools which are eligible for the NCAA Tournament.

 

[JMCx4]

And the DI women's PairWise has equal importance in the lives of the competing athletes (and the schools they attend) ...

Women's National Collegiate PairWise Rankings

updated: January 05, 2023, 03:11:16 AM​

Rnk	Team	PWR	W-L-T	W%	W% Rnk	RPI	RPI Rnk
1	Ohio State	40	18-2-2	0.8636	3	0.6940*	1
1	Yale	40	12-1-1	0.8929	1	0.6765*	2
3	Colgate	39	15-2-1	0.8611	4	0.6688*	3
4	Wisconsin	38	16-3-1	0.8250	6	0.6570*	4
4	Minnesota	38	14-3-2	0.7895	7	0.6567*	5
6	Quinnipiac	36	18-3-0	0.8571	5	0.6521*	6
7	Northeastern	35	18-2-1	0.8810	2	0.6492*	7
8	Minnesota Duluth	34	13-6-1	0.6750	10	0.5992*	8
9	Providence	33	16-5-1	0.7500	8	0.5884*	9
10	Clarkson	32	16-5-1	0.7500	8	0.5836*	10
11	Cornell	31	7-5-2	0.5714	15	0.5747	11
12	Penn State	30	15-8-1	0.6458	11	0.5736*	12
13	Vermont	29	13-7-1	0.6429	12	0.5552*	13
14	St. Cloud State	28	11-10-0	0.5238	17	0.5440*	14
15	Maine	27	11-10-0	0.5238	17	0.5364	15
16	Boston College	26	11-7-1	0.6053	14	0.5263	16
17	Connecticut	25	13-8-2	0.6087	13	0.5262*	17
18	Minnesota State	24	9-11-0	0.4500	24	0.5231	18
19	Princeton	23	6-7-1	0.4643	22	0.5210	19
20	Mercyhurst	22	10-10-0	0.5000	20	0.5130	20
21	St. Lawrence	21	9-11-0	0.4500	24	0.5123	21
22	Harvard	20	4-8-2	0.3571	30	0.4996	22
23	LIU	19	11-10-1	0.5227	19	0.4820*	23
24	Boston University	18	7-12-0	0.3684	28	0.4707	24
25	Union	17	10-9-1	0.5250	16	0.4650	25
26	New Hampshire	16	7-14-0	0.3333	33	0.4626	26
27	Brown	15	5-9-1	0.3667	29	0.4613	27
28	Merrimack	14	7-13-1	0.3571	30	0.4562	28
29	St. Anselm	13	11-11-1	0.5000	20	0.4444	29
30	St. Thomas	12	5-14-1	0.2750	35	0.4418	31
31	Bemidji State	11	4-17-1	0.2045	37	0.4418	30
32	Dartmouth	10	5-11-0	0.3125	34	0.4311	32
33	Syracuse	9	7-13-1	0.3571	30	0.4257	33
34	Rensselaer	8	5-14-1	0.2750	35	0.4198	34
35	Sacred Heart	7	9-12-1	0.4318	27	0.4168	35
36	Stonehill	6	9-11-1	0.4524	23	0.4136	36
37	Franklin Pierce	5	8-10-2	0.4500	24	0.4009	37
38	Holy Cross	4	2-18-1	0.1190	38	0.3941	38
39	Lindenwood	3	2-16-0	0.1111	40	0.3666	39
40	RIT	2	2-17-0	0.1053	41	0.3525	40
41	Post	1	2-15-0	0.1176	39	0.3037	41
42	St. Michael's	0	1-14-1	0.0938	42​	0.2824	42

*Team's RPI has been adjusted to remove negative effect from defeating weak opponent.
The USCHO.com PairWise Ranking is a system which attempts to mimic the method used by the NCAA Selection Committee to determine participants for the NCAA National Collegiate Women's hockey tournament. The PWR compares all teams by these criteria: record against common opponents, head-to-head competition, and the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).
For each comparison won, a team receives one point. The final PWR ranking is based on the number of points (comparisons) won against teams under consideration. Ties are settled by the RPI.
The PWR can be reformatted and redistributed by any media outlet or person, provided USCHO's URL (College Hockey | USCHO.com) accompanies the results.

 

[JMCx4]

"Happy New Year" to our dedicated Mod Team.

 

[JMCx4]

From: College Hockey News

January 5, 2023

McMahon: This Week in College Hockey, Jan. 5, 2023

by Mike McMahon/Staff Writer

The NCAA Transformation Committee released its final report this week. The 40-page report makes numerous recommendations, which the Division I board of directors will now consider for inclusion at the 2023 NCAA convention.

One of the biggest proposals was expanding the NCAA Tournament in all sports. For sports with 200 or more schools, the recommendation was that 25 percent of teams qualify. For other sports, it was recommended as many as 50 percent of teams qualify.

Those proposals will be reviewed by several committees, and if they are implemented, the NCAA said it would likely occur with the ’24–25 championship.

For men’s hockey, that could mean as many as 31 teams could qualify for the NCAA Tournament.


In other postseason news, The Gazelle Group, the marketing firm that operates the Kwik Holiday Faceoff in Wisconsin, has proposed a new postseason tournament in college hockey.

The Gazelle Group also runs the College Basketball Invitational, a third-tier tournament for teams not invited to the NCAA Tournament or NIT Tournament.

Gazelle said that hosting quarterfinal and semifinal games would require schools to guarantee the group $30,000 per game. Hosting the finals would require a $40,000 guarantee. ...


Read more at: CHN-McMahon: This Week in College Hockey, Jan. 5, 2023

 

[JMCx4]

USCHO.com's "This Week" rundowns for the DI men's conferences, as the New Year brings fresh ice ...

• This Week in Atlantic Hockey: Handing out midterm awards, plus asking key questions as second half of 2022-23 season gets underway

• This Week in NCHC Hockey: For Western Michigan’s Wendt, capturing GLI championship on Grand Rapids ice has special meaning

• This Week in CCHA Hockey: Bemidji State looking to keep improving after getting ‘a pretty high grade’ over first half of ’22-23 season

• This Week in ECAC Hockey: Princeton’s Hobey Baker Rink celebrating 100 years this weekend with Tigers men’s, women’s teams joining in recognition

• This Week in Big Ten Hockey: With second half kicking off, conference teams starting to scoreboard watch with PairWise on collective minds

• This Week in Hockey East: Playing recent game at Walter Brown Arena brings back fond memories for first-year Boston University coach Pandolfo

 

[JMCx4]

Also from USCHO.com, Nicole Haase offered up her alphabetical thoughts about each DI women's team as the second half of regular season play begins ...

Women’s Division I College Hockey: New Year’s resolutions for all 42 teams
By Nicole Haase - December 29, 2022

It’s about to be the new year and the second half of the season. Teams have about two months and around 15 games to put themselves in the best position for the postseason. With that in mind, I’ve come up with some New Year’s resolutions for each program to propel them into the final eight weeks of the regular season. ...


Read the 41 Resolutions at: USCHO: Women’s Division I College Hockey: New Year’s resolutions for all 42 teams

 

[Dakota Sioux]

Good for St Thomas

'It's a game-changer': Record $75 million gift makes on-campus St. Thomas hockey, hoops facility a reality

The largest gift ever given to a Minnesota university means the new 4,000-seat Lee and Penny Anderson Arena will likely open on the St. Thomas campus in time for the 2025-26 college hockey season.

www.therinklive.com

 

[mk80]

Good for St Thomas

'It's a game-changer': Record $75 million gift makes on-campus St. Thomas hockey, hoops facility a reality

The largest gift ever given to a Minnesota university means the new 4,000-seat Lee and Penny Anderson Arena will likely open on the St. Thomas campus in time for the 2025-26 college hockey season.

www.therinklive.com

This will be very good for them, and I think in the end it's better than the sites they had tried around campus

 

[mk80]

Coming out of the Denver and Miami blogs is some interesting talk from Miami's AD

LetsGoDU: Miami Sees Changes in NCHC Governance & Will Resist Arizona State Membership

Before last weekend’s DU men’s hockey series against the Miami Redhawks at Magness Arena, we came across an interesting article in the View From The Glass blog interview with Miami Athl…

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