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2023-10-03, 17:00NCAA
NCAA Hockey Season Preview: Ranking the nation's top 20 freshmen classes
J.D. Burke and Mitch Brown rank the 20 best freshmen classes going into the 2023-24 NCAA men's hockey season.
2022-11-08, 18:53Draft RetrospectiveDraft Retrospective: The evolution of Cale Makar
Now Cale Makar is a known commodity, but Mitch Brown looks back at how the Norris Trophy winner put it all together.
2022-10-18, 23:32NCAADespite roster questions, UMass establishes an identity
The UMass Minutemen pulled off a daring sweep over No. 1-ranked Denver this weekend, and it looks like they've established an identity in the process.
2022-03-26, 03:44NCAANCAA Tournament Takes Day 2: Two OT thrillers in Worcester; two ugly games in Allentown
EP Rinkside's college hockey expert Ryan Lambert recaps the second day of action at the NCAA tournament.
2022-03-07, 17:45NCAAAs NCAA tournament approaches, who’s in and who’s out?
It's playoff time in college hockey, and NCAA tournament seeding is on the line every night.
2022-03-04, 20:30NCAAThe EP Rinkside 2022 NCAA free agency guide
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.
2021-11-30, 14:43NCAAHockey East race about to get interesting
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.
2021-11-02, 19:31NCAASeeding will matter more in Hockey East
Winning hockey games is the most important thing a hockey team can do, but in the NCAA, winning certain games matters for very different and particular reasons.
2021-10-06, 21:21Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 5-ranked New York Rangers
The New York Rangers were the No. 2-ranked prospect pool last fall. In the year since, they graduated three top prospects and loaded up with more in the 2021 draft.
2021-09-29, 21:30Prospect Pool RankingsEP Rinkside 2021-22 Prospect Pool Rankings: No. 10-ranked Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators boast the No. 10-ranked prospect pool in the NHL according to our team of scouts at Elite Prospects. They're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside prospect pool countdown.