'It's The League That Best Prepares You For The NHL': Sharks' Macklin Celebrini Explains His Decision To Play In The NCAA Over The CHL​ https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/san-jose-sharks/players/its-the-league-that-best-prepares-you-for-the-nhl-sharks-macklin-celebrini-explains-his-decision-to-play-in-the-ncaa Celebrini was referring to the NCAA over the CHL. Celebrini played for Boston University in the HockeyEast conference. So what conference would be best? Is that HockeyEast... Read more ..read more

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"Matthew Wood is the portal’s most sought-after offensive prize." ‘I’m super excited to join the Gophers,’ says prized transfer portal pickup Matthew Wood After leading UConn in scoring the last two seasons, the good-sized forward who was a Nashville Predators first-round pick will bring his size and skills to the Big Ten with two years of eligibility. www.therinklive.com Gophers signed him. This topic was already covered in other threads. It's not new news. I thought I would give it a new thread because it's big news ..read more

Per Steph: Fans at several University of Minnesota sporting events could sip some cocktails this fall — and eventually have bottle service in suites — under a plan before the Board of Regents. The proposal from the U's Athletics Committee would allow fans to purchase canned and batched cocktails at concession stands in Huntington Bank Stadium, Williams Arena, Maturi Pavilion and 3M Arena at Mariucci as soon as fall. It would bring full-service bars to club rooms and limited bottle service... Read more ..read more

Per Joe: There are seven teams in the Big Ten hockey conference and six of them will reportedly be playing at Wrigley Field in 2025. The lone loser? The Minnesota Golden Gophers. According to Badger Extra, the Gophers are the only team from the Big Ten that will not play at at Wrigley Field, the home of baseball's Chicago Cubs, in January 2025, shortly after the stadium plays host for the NHL's Winter Classic on Dec. 31, 2024 between the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks. "The... Read more ..read more

Northern Michigan University Athletics announced Tuesday that head hockey coach Grant Potulny will be stepping down to pursue a position at the professional hockey level and athletic director Rick Comley will be taking over as interim head coach, effective as of Tuesday. A national search for a new head coach will begin immediately. Associate head coach Byron Pool and assistant coach Nick Peruzzi have also stepped down to accept coaching positions elsewhere. Potulny led... Read more ..read more

Next Friday and Sunday (26th) at Xcel Energy Center. It's the Walter Cup championship.It's a mostly-Minnesota players team. Minnesota is THE state of hockey. Former Gopher Taylor Heise scored the game-winner to advance. She's the former #1 overall draft pick in the first ever draft. Go to a game, it's history happening. Five former Gophers play for PWHL -- Heise, Zumwinkle, Pannek, Strecklein, and Boreen -- (although I think Boreen may only be eligible for one playoff series). The general... Read more ..read more

Per STrib: The Wild will have a different look behind the bench next season after firing longtime assistant and former player Darby Hendrickson. An original member of the Wild who scored the team's first goal at the Xcel Energy Center in 2000, Hendrickson had been an assistant for the past 14 seasons — a tenure that included working alongside six of the seven head coaches in franchise history. The forward played for inaugural coach Jacques Lemaire from 2000 to 2004. Hendrickson, 51... Read more ..read more

Per Day: The two Division I schools in Minnesota exist in different financial realities and philosophical spaces. The U of M a state school entrenched in a Power Five conference with enrollment over 50,000. St. Thomas a private Catholic university with teams in several conferences trying to learn how to be a Division I program with enrollment under 10,000. But Coyle and Esten were surprisingly similar in saying that their overriding hope is once the dust settles on these changes, they can... Read more ..read more