Penn State Univ. News & Stories

Here's how our scouting team determined our final ranking of the top six forwards for the 2026 NHL Draft.

Lead scout David St-Louis takes you behind how the final 2026 NHL Draft ranking was built.

The 2026 NHL Draft lottery brought chaos and change. Here's how the top-half of the first round could play out in June.

The penultimate Elite Prospects 2026 NHL Draft ranking here, and there have been significant changes since our last ranking back in January.

After just five days, hundreds of players across Div. 1 have entered the transfer portal in search of new teams. We break down the top skater commitments, and key names still looking for a landing spot.

It's been a tumultuous season for Gavin McKenna, but he's still the top prospect available for 2026.

Let's talk about why the college hockey awards voters will choose the winners of the Hobey Baker, Mike Richter, and Tim Taylor trophies, and whether they will be getting those calls right.

The higher seeded teams won all four games on Friday, by a combined score of 16-3.

In the final Power Rankings of the season, the boys break down the NCAA tournament.

It's hard to remember a time when so many truly great teams had a chance to win a national title.

It was a busy week in college hockey, and that was before the six conference championships this weekend.

With every conference playoff now underway, we take our penultimate look at the NCAA power ranking.

It's been a banner year for NCAA free agents. Here, we look at 40 of the best offerings.

The NCAA's biggest stars came to play in the last month of the regular season, as Gavin McKenna reignites his dynamic scoring while Porter Martone keeps growing into a dominant power forward.

Minnesota-Duluth's Zam Plante scored four huge playoff goals this weekend, two with the extra attacker and two in OT.

With a sweep of BC this weekend, BU may have turned the corner just before the conference playoffs begin.

As the regular season winds down, the fellas have some takes.

Gavin McKenna was not trending toward being a Hobey Baker finalist. Then he had the first eight-point game in college hockey since 1987.

The best rookie in the country probably isn't who you were thinking about back in October. But there also isn't a clear No. 1 just yet.

Merrimack has been one of the hottest teams in the country since December, thanks to the contributions of freshmen and sophomores.

Sebastian High breaks down the NCAA's rising and falling stocks, highlighted by the big draft-eligible new arrivals: Oscar Hemming and Tynan Lawrence.

In a season with few truly exceptional performances, who stands out among the best in college hockey?

BU was expects to have another elite season, but instead, it will be fighting for its life every weekend for the rest of the season.

Here's how NHL scouts currently view the 2026 NHL Draft class.

North Dakota has been a great team all season. Lately, they're looking closer to "elite."

The boys are back at it again, talking power rankings, injuries, awards, and the NCAA tournament.

There's a possibility that the ECAC will put four or even five teams into the NCAA tournament, led by four Ivy League teams.

The second half of the NCAA season gets fully underway this weekend, and there's a lot up in the air.

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.

Michigan stays No. 1, but there's lots of change everywhere else.

When you close a 115-year-old building, you gotta tell yourself the result doesn't matter that much.

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.

Is it too early to talk about the NCAA tournament? Historically speaking, not really.

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.

Why Gavin McKenna is doing better than you might think, and how he can take his game to the next level.

Digging into the numbers to see whether the team you like is any good, plus news and notes on every conference.

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.

Just another packed week of college hockey news... and some analysis???

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

Sean Shapiro takes a deeper look at the Michigan freshman goalie that's helping turn things around for the Wolverines.

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

News, notes, and some game recommendations for the first full weekend of college hockey. Nearly all of Div. 1's 63 teams will be in action.

Gavin McKenna's scintillating skill and creativity propelled Penn State to a pair of opening weekend victories, but his defensive details need to improve to hit his franchise-calibre NHL upside.

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

Cam, Ryan, and Sean rank the top 20 teams in college hockey for 2025-26 and discuss some other interesting storylines for the new season.

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.

Our scouts take a deeper look at the Carolina Hurricanes prospect pool.

Gavin McKenna will likely go No. 1 at the 2026 NHL Draft. But who can challenge that claim?

Looking back at Gavin McKenna's incredible WHL career and looking forward to what's next.

After Michigan State lost out on the Gavin McKenna sweepstakes and saw Isaac Howard go pro, it had a big roster spot to fill. Enter Porter Martone.

The world's best 17-year-old hockey player just committed to Penn State. The impact of that decision will be felt far outside Happy Valley.

In a move that will send shockwaves throughout the hockey world, Gavin McKenna, the presumptive first-overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, has officially committed to play for Penn State...

A dynamic offensive defenceman, electrifying puck-rusher, and punishing shutdown defenceman all in one.

The tsunami of college commitments has started to build in the deeper waters. The list of junior-aged CHLers who have officially committed to an NCAA program for next season is...

Western needed double overtime, and BU needed a big game from Mikhail Yegorov, but they're both through to Saturday's final.

Penn State was below .500 in mid-January, but BU was so desperate for goaltending a couple weeks later that they brought someone in early. Both have been pretty close to lights-out since.

We don't know who the finalists are for the Tim Taylor award, given annually to the best rookie in college hockey, but there's one player who stands out from the rest of the crowd by a wide margin.

Denver and Penn State rounded out the slate for the Frozen Four with narrow wins over two higher-ranked Hockey East teams.

With wins today, Penn State and Denver are positioned to eliminate two Hockey East teams apiece.

News and notes from the second day of the NCAA tournament.

Previewing the two first-round matchups in the Allentown 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.