Why Minnesota State is already locked into an NCAA tourney autobid

Minnesota State earned the first automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA men’s hockey tournament Saturday, six days before the CCHA playoff championship will be decided. The Mavericks are the only team left in the CCHA tournament that’s eligible to compete in the NCAA tournament this season. Minnesota State’s 4-0 win over Bemidji State in the … Read more

SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Minnesota, Ohio State stay alive while Penn State moves on in B1G tournament; Holy Cross survives in AHA; Bowling Green sweeps in CCHA; No. 1 BC cruises past Merrimack; Denver completes sweep of Colorado College – College Hockey

Minnesota goalie Nathan Airey has his eye on the puck during B1G playoff action on Saturday night (Photo: Minnesota Athletics) B1G TOURNAMENT No. 3 Minnesota 4, Notre Dame 2 Four players found the back of the net to lead No. 3 Minnesota to a 4-2 win over Notre Dame in Game 2 of the B1G … Read more

Cornell’s Bergmann, Minnesota Duluth’s Gascon, Wisconsin’s McNaughton chosen top-3 finalists for 2025 Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award – College Hockey

From left, Annelies Bergmann, Eve Gascon and Ava McNaughton. The Women’s Hockey Commissioners Association has announced the three finalists for the Women’s Hockey Goalie of the Year Award. They are Cornell’s Annelies Bergmann, Minnesota Duluth’s Eve Gascon and Wisconsin’s Ava McNaughton. The winner will be announced during the NCAA Frozen Four in Minneapolis. All three … Read more

The Minnesota Vikings are unlikely to use the franchise tag on QB Sam Darnold

Sam Darnold Vikings pic

In 2024, Sam Darold had a breakout year in the NFL. It was his first season with the Minnesota Vikings. Darnold was on a one-year, $10 million deal. He more than exceeded his expectations with Minnesota.  Darnold started all 17 games for the Vikings in 2024 and went 14-3. After his career-best season, the Vikings … Read more

Mats Zuccarello’s 2-Point Night Helps Wild Defeat Kraken 4-3 – The Hockey Writers – Minnesota Wild

Mats Zuccarello Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild traveled to Seattle on March 4 to take on the Kraken for their second matchup of the season. It was a close game, but the Wild were able to take the 4-3 victory. Game Recap At 12:01, Brandon Tanev drew the first penalty of the night. After a high stick to Yakov … Read more

SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Minnesota and Michigan State are co-B1G regular-season champs; No. 1 BC beats UNH in shootout; North Dakota upsets No. 4 Western Michigan; No. 5 Maine holds off Vermont – College Hockey

SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Minnesota and Michigan State are co-B1G regular-season champs; No. 1 BC beats UNH in shootout; North Dakota upsets No. 4 Western Michigan; No. 5 Maine holds off Vermont - College Hockey

Michigan earned a share of the B1G regular-season title with its win at Notre Dame on Saturday night. (Photo: Michigan State Athletics) Mike Koster scored with 3:04 remaining in regulation to break a 3-3 tie and lift No. 2 Minnesota to a share of the B1G regular-season championship Saturday with a 5-3 road win at … Read more

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: American International keeps season alive, gets OT win over RIT in Atlantic Hockey playoffs; No. 15 Penn State downs No. 2 Minnesota in OT; top-ranked Boston College defeats New Hampshire; No. 19 Clarkson nips No. 13 Quinnipiac in OT – College Hockey

FRIDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: American International keeps season alive, gets OT win over RIT in Atlantic Hockey playoffs; No. 15 Penn State downs No. 2 Minnesota in OT; top-ranked Boston College defeats New Hampshire; No. 19 Clarkson nips No. 13 Quinnipiac in OT - College Hockey

RIT and AIC played to a 1-1 tie through 60 minutes in the opening game of the Atlantic Hockey America playoffs until the Yellow Jackets advanced with a thrilling overtime win (photo: Elizabeth Robertson/RIT Athletics). American International kept its season – and its NCAA Division I tenure – alive Friday night, knocking out RIT 2-1 … Read more

SATURDAY COLLEGE HOCKEY ROUNDUP: Fink, No. 18 PSU upset No. 1 Michigan State, No. 5 Minnesota now tops in B1G; No. 3 WMU salvages points with OT win at No. 12 ASU; No. 8 Providence rallies past No. 13 UML for key league points; Army ends Riley era in West Point with OT win – College Hockey

Penn State jumped to a 3-0 lead early and then held off the nation’s top team Michigan State, holding on for a 3-2 victory in Lansing on Saturday. Combined with Friday’s 2-2 tie where Penn State won the shootout, the Nittany Lions held  Michigan State to just a single Big Ten point this weekend allowing … Read more

Boston Fleet Defeat the Minnesota Frost 4-2 – The Hockey Writers – PWHL

The Boston Fleet hosted the Minnesota Frost for their fifth matchup of the 2024-25 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) season. The Frost have taken the win in all four previous games. The Fleet were not letting them repeat their earlier success, defeating the Frost 4-2. Game Recap At 10:54, the Frost kicked off the scoring … Read more

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Minnesota State has ‘got a job to do here’ as Mavericks need to ‘play united’ to secure NCAA tournament spot – College Hockey

This Week in CCHA Hockey: Minnesota State has 'got a job to do here' as Mavericks need to 'play united' to secure NCAA tournament spot - College Hockey

Evan Murr has been a top defenseman for Minnesota State and the CCHA all season long (photo: Noah Ritter). College hockey is, almost more than anything, a game of momentum. The best teams have the ability to string together wins–even ones in which maybe they aren’t the better team on the night. For Minnesota State, … Read more