Univ. of Massachusetts News & Stories

Boston University and UMass are both right around .500 despite NCAA tournament aspirations. They need some of their top players to help establish greater consistency.

Ryan Lambert takes a look at the the front-runners for college hockey's biggest individual trophies at the halfway mark of the NCAA season.

*Looking at the NPI* Uhhh, I didn't have THIS on my freaking 2025 bingo card!!!!

We're back at it again with another perfect power ranking which everyone loves.

Hockey East is usually one of the top conferences in college hockey, with three-plus NCAA tournament teams. Now, things would have to start going very well for the league to get three at all.

The rowdy boys are back for another perfect power ranking that is completely inarguable.

Unexpected freshmen are challenging to win the scoring race and the top candidate to be the NHL's 2026 first overall selection faces some growing pains adjusting to college hockey.

A look at how injuries are mounting for some of the best teams in the country, life on the independent circuit, hits and misses in awards predictions, and more.

A bunch of top teams split, more upsets happened, and no one can figure it out.

Another wild fortnight in college hockey shook up the power rankings once again.

Our expert panel unveils their ballots and defends their choices for October.

CHL players, NIL payments, House money? College hockey programs have more issues to deal with than ever, so how are they doing it?

Ryan Lambert breaks down the weekend that was in college hockey.

A conference-by-conference breakdown of the best players and teams in the country.

Previewing the most outstanding candidates for all three of college hockey's major awards.

Sebastian High breaks down the film on 2025 NHL Draft prospect Václav Nestrašil.

The Terriers and Broncos took two very different paths to the Frozen Four, but they'll take the trip anyway they can get it.

A top seed eliminated, two OTs, and a blowout. Just another ordinary first day of the NCAA tournament.

Previewing the two first-round matchups in the Fargo regional of this year's NCAA tournament.

Breaking down every decision the NCAA selection committee made, why they did it, and what the tournament schedule will look like.

The four college hockey conference championship games tonight will determine the full field and seeding for the NCAA tournament that begins next week.

An in-depth run down of who's already in, who needs to win, and the scenarios that could eliminate a few teams as the conference playoffs wrap up over the next three days.

After a sluggish start to the season, Cole O'Hara and Michael Hrabal have UMass back in the NCAA tournament picture.

Seven of the top 13 teams in the country play in Hockey East. How does that affect everyone's tournament chances?

Breaking down the NCAA tournament odds halfway through the year.

You know we had to do the dang NCAA power rankings!

Ryan Lambert recaps the first day of action from the Springfield and Sioux Falls regionals in the NCAA tournament.

Ryan Lambert tees up the selection Sunday bracket for the NCAA Tournament

Five championship games tonight will determine who rounds out the field of NCAA tournament teams.

The bubble is down to just two teams vying for one spot. Neither of them is playing tonight.

Multiple NCAA teams' tournament fates will be decided tonight.

Ryan Lambert previews the NCAA Conference Championship weekend.

Victor Nuño takes a look at the Nashville Predators' prospect who should be stepping into the league very soon.

J.D. Burke and Mitch Brown rank the 20 best freshmen classes going into the 2023-24 NCAA men's hockey season.

Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis breaks down the Carolina Hurricanes system ahead of the 2023 NHL trade deadline.

The USHL Stock Watch zeroes in on Quinn Finley, Daimon Gardner, Aram Minnetian, William Whitelaw, Oliver Moore, and Michael Hrabal.

Will Smith leads the way in our debut USHL Stock Watch, looking at who's trending up, who's trending down, and who's holding steady in that part of the scouting world.

The NCAA Stock Watch shines the spotlight on Adam Fantilli's historically strong start.

A high PDO doesn't mean you're doomed to step back, but a low SF% probably does.

The majority of NCAA tournament slots are probably locked up. But there's still wiggle room.

Now Cale Makar is a known commodity, but Mitch Brown looks back at how the Norris Trophy winner put it all together.

The Elite Prospects scouts were in attendance for the 2022 BCHL Showcase, and now Daniel Gee shares his thoughts on the top performances from those four days of hockey.

EP Rinkside columnist Russ Cohen talks with Czech goaltender Michael Hrabal about his game, his training methods, and the adjustment to North America in his latest.

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings series continues with a look at the Carolina Hurricanes and their 14th-ranked system.

J.D. Burke, Mitch Brown, and Catherine Silverman team up to build an exhaustive guide on the 2022 cycle's best NCAA free agents, one that offers proprietary analytics and scouting reports on each of the 40 or so players included in the piece.

Ryan Lambert goes conference-by-conference to look at the NCAA tournament picture after the holiday break.

Elite Prospects Dir. of North American Scouting Mitch Brown is back in charge of Scout's Notebook for this week's edition, one looking at Arizona Coyotes prospect Dylan Guenther, Carolina Hurricanes prospect Scott Morrow, and Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Stanislav Svozil.

Things are about to get interesting in Hockey East, where four of the five best teams are set to play each other in a pivotal weekend of action. Ryan Lambert sets the stage on EP Rinkside.