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Boston College’s Ryan Leonard leads NCAA with 23 goals (Photo: BC Athletics).

Saturday, March 8, is the last day of the regular season of the NCAA Division in the Hockey of Hockey, the day when Hockey East and NCHC close their league plans, the last of the six conferences to do so.

This means that there are only four weeks left until college hockey fully switches to tournament mode. A look at the conference position gives the promise of exciting league races that are likely to go down to the cord.

Currently, the biggest gap between teams in first and second place in Atlantic Hockey, where Sacred Heart has only five-point edge on Holy Cross. In NCHC there is a tie at the top of the position. ECAC Hockey (a point), The Big 10 (two) and Hockey East (Three) are also airtight. In CCHA, which will be decided by winning a percentage rather than points, a beginning Augustana program is trying to hold the Perennial League Power Minnesota State.

Of course, there are also national consequences such as team jockey for the 16 seats in the NCAA tournament. On the weekend alone, there is more than a dozen game where both teams rank among the 25 best in pairing locations:

Friday
#1 Boston College at #15 New Hampshire
#2 Michigan State vs. #14 Michigan
#4 Maine at No. 7 Providence
#6 Uconn vs. #16 umass
#8 Denver on #13 Arizona State
#17 Wisconsin vs. #20 Penn State
#18 Minnesota State vs. #19 Augustana

Saturday
#2 Michigan State vs. #14 Michigan (Little Caesar’s Arena, Detroit)
#4 Maine at No. 7 Providence
#6 Uconn vs. #10 Umass Lowell
#8 Denver on #13 Arizona State
#17 Wisconsin vs. #20 Penn State
#18 Minnesota State vs. #19 Augustana

Monday
#1 Boston College vs. #9 Boston University (Beanpot)

College Hockey Fans: Check out as many games as you can; See these score boards around the country; Keep the pairing page up to date. The stretching run is upon us and the month of February delivers a season of the drama.

Daily Resortboard | Weekly schedule | State leaders | Meal leaders

Must read:

Boston Globe: Eamon Powell gets the most out of his extra year at Boston College

College Hockey News: Team of the Week: Maine

College Hockey News: Muszeliks do most of other chances

College Hockey News: Berard, Stonehill builds piece by piece

Ep Rinkside: Uconn on the verge of the story with surprising increase

Flohockey: Flames choose Trevor Hoskin with a star’s season for Niagara

Grand Forks Herald: Hobie Hedquist posted solid numbers in the new year

New England Hockey Journal: 4 takeaways from 2025 men’s beanpot semi -final

Sioux Falls Live: If you haven’t already done that is time to jump on the Augustana Hockey car

The pipeline shows: Preview Beanpot with Uschos Jimmy Connelly

USCHO: Bowling Green takes up the trend, Falcons get points like the team simply ‘to worry about us’

USCHO: To look at NCAA -Tournament providers as the conference remains unpredictable

USCHO: Boston College, Boston University to fight next Monday in the Beanpot final for 23rd time

USCHO: Union ‘focused strictly on our Friday night opponent’

Need to hear:

CCHA Reporter’s Corner: With Michigan Tech Sophomore Isaac Gordon

Chn -Iniders: With Maine head coach Ben Barr

College Hockey Today: School Vikings

Inside Atlantic Hockey: With Niagara head coach Jason Lammers

Separate Schotts: HAUGE Reviews Yale-Brown Weekend, Previews Colgate-Cornell Games

The CCHA show: With Augustana -head trainer Garrett Raboin

Und hockey podcast: Five points in St. Cloud

Uscho Spotlight: With Augustana -head trainer Garrett Raboin

USCHO WEEKEND REVIEW: Some surprise teams like conference races warm up

The Big Gadowsky:

Army West Point Defender Mac Gadowsky (So., Fairbanks, Alaska) picked up an assist in Tuesday’s loss on Bentley and expanded his score to nine games.

It ties the longest point line of a defender in the NCAA Division I-Men’s Hockey this season and matches the nine games produced by Dartmouths CJ Foley (So., Hanover, Mass.) And Denver’s Eric Pohlkamp (So., Brainerd, Minn.) Earlier this year.

Gadowsky’s 11 goals in 27 games this season tops the country’s defenders, while his 27 points only trail the 29 sent by Denver’s Zeev BUIUM (So., San Diego, California).

Alaska Goalrush:

Speaking of stripes, alaska f Matt Hubbarde (Sr., Pickering, Ontario) has scored at least one goal in each of its last six matches tying Boston College’s Ryan Leonard (So., Amherst, Mass.) For the longest active finish trim in the country.

Hubbarde, who has matched the 12 goals he made up over his first three NCAA seasons, has turned on the lamp nine times during his current hot streak. He leads Nanooks with a career hill 20 points in 23 competitions this season.

Roaring the twenties:

Minnesota Junior F. Jimmy Snuggerud (Chaska, Minn.) Infected his 20th goal of the season in Friday’s 5-2 win over Wisconsin and hit this plateau for the third time in so many years.

According to Minnesota Men’s Hockey Communications Director Scott Slarks, Snuggerud was Just the third golden gopher To score 20-Plus times in each of its first three years, joined the program John Mayasich and Dick Dougherty, both of whom did it in 1953-54.

Snuggerud finished Friday’s win with two goals and two assists, and vaulted him into the NCAA scoring management with 41 points in 30 competitions.

Rocky Mountain Highs:

Last weekend’s NCHC series between Denver and visitors Omaha was one for the recordbooks.

Friday night, the two teams fought for a 3-3 overtime binding before Uno claimed the extra league point in a 16-round Shootout, the longest in NCHC history. Uno d Nolan Krenzen (Gr., Twig, Minn.), Who does not have an official goal this season, ended marathon with a shootout number.

The following evening, Mavericks jumped out to a 2-0 lead before answering 11 straight goals in a possible 11-2 victory. This output tied the NCHC record for most goals of a team in a league match. It also marked Denver’s best overall games since an 11-1 win over the Air Force on December 27, 1995.

Fit for printing:

“For our young program and for our players and coaches to get that kind of validation is important and you immediately felt the energy and momentum it created. People reached out and congratulated us, and that means a lot. We want College Hockey World to know that we are serious. That we invest in this and try to build it for a long time. “

– Augustana Athletics Director Josh Morton After the Vikings, only in their second year in the NCAA Division I -Hockey, appeared recently in the national polls for the first time (source: Sioux Falls Live).

NO NO -Note:

New York Rangers D Adam Fox (Harvard, 2016-19) recently crossed the 40-point limit for the sixth season in a row, Puts him in the hard company According to Rangers’ official website.

The only other back guards in the franchise story with so many consecutive 40-point campaigns were colleagues NCAA alums James Patrick (North Dakota, 1981-83), which had seven in a row from 1985-86 to 1991-92, and Brian LeTch (Boston College, 1986-87), which produced six from 1993-94 to 1998-99.

Fox, Norris Trophy winner in 2020-21, is currently tied to the third among the NHL defender in Assists (39) and is tied eventually in points (42).

Fries at the bottom of the bag:

Boston College and Boston University meet in Monday’s Beanpot final at Boston’s TD Garden. BC defeated Northeastern this last Monday to expand its nation’s best winning row to eight matches while BU sent from Harvard earlier in the day … Holy Cross Senior F Liam McLINSKY (Pearl River, NY) reached the 100-point plateau for his NCAA career in Sunday’s victory over Canisius … Denver’s victory over Omaha on Saturday was 112. For the team’s senior class that ties the program record in 2005 … Connor Caponi (Milwaukee, Wis.) Appeared in his 167. Career Game that night, leaving him one away from tying Ryan Barrow’s school post … Junior G Andrew Takacs (Bowie, Md.) Recorded his first career shutout in Colgates 2-0 win at Clarkson last Friday … Saturday’s participation of 10,894 witnessing Minnesota’s 4-1 win over Wisconsin was the biggest crowd in The story of 3M Arena in Mariucci. Gophers also set a series of participation record (21,641) for 3M Arena at Mariucci… Omaha went 7-1-1 in January and tied the program record for most wins in a single month.

The longest active team wins stripes:

  • 8 Games, Boston College (started January 11 at Merrimack)
  • 6 games, Holy Cross (started January 17 at Bentley)
  • 4 games, Princeton (started January 25 against Bentley)

Longest active point strips:

  • 11 games, f Tj Hughes (Michigan)
    • 7-12-19, began December 14 against Wisconsin
  • 9 games, d Mac Gadowsky (Army)
    • 7-10-17, started January 3rd against Merrimack
  • 9 Games, f Teddy Bear Stiga (Boston College)
    • 6-6-12, began January 10 against Merrimack
  • 8 games, f Alex Bump (Western Michigan)
    • 7-6-16, started January 3rd against Alaska Anchorage
  • 8 Games, f Jake Gagnon (RPI)
    • 5-3-8, started January 4 at Brown
  • 8 games, d Samuel Sjolund (Western Michigan)
    • 1-11-12, started January 3rd against Alaska Anchorage

Longest active finish strips:

  • 6 Games, f Matt Hubbarde (Alaska)
    • 5-3-8, started January 4th in Minnesota Duluth
  • 6 Games, f Ryan Leonard (Boston College)
    • 10-3-13, began January 17 against Providence
  • 4 Play f Kenny Connors (Umass)
    • 5-1—6, started January 24 against Alaska

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