Univ. of Massachusetts News & Stories

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.

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.