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.

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.

EP Rinkside Senior Columnist Ryan Lambert looks at the NCAA field and ranks college hockey's five best teams.

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.

The St. Louis Blues boast the NHL's 26th-ranked prospect pool according to our Elite Prospects scouts, and they're the subject of today's article in the EP Rinkside prospect pool ranking countdown.

Patrick Williams reports on Alexander Holtz, the seventh overall pick this past October, becoming the 13th first-round pick from the 2020 NHL Draft to play in the AHL this season.

“The finer adjustments are that much more important at this level.” Patrick Williams details Alex Newhook's pro debut.

“Honestly, it really kind of hasn't hit yet.” Patrick Williams reports on NCAA star Odeen Tufto's start with the Syracuse Crunch.

After Notre Dame was removed from the tournament, due to COVID. Maren Angus asked multiple coaches about their fears of the unknown entering this weekend.

For more than a decade, there was never any doubt about Nashville’s goaltending. It was Pekka Rinne’s net — full stop. As Rinne’s illustrious career winds down, though, questions concerning...

Just when it seemed like the San Jose Sharks prospect pool was starting to run shallow, they went and out cleaned up at the 2020 NHL Draft. Yes, it’s still...

We’re less than a week away from the draft, so what better time than now to take stock of the best prospects already tied down with an NHL franchise? This...

The Minnesota Wild signed UMass-Amherst forward Mitchell Chaffee to an entry-level contract a couple of weeks ago. The prized college free agent forfeited a senior year with the Minutemen to...

The San Jose Sharks are destined for a lottery finish, but they don’t have a number for Bill Daly to call — their first-round pick is in the Ottawa Senators...

This week on The Pipeline Show we get prepared for the playoffs in both Hockey East and the Alberta Junior Hockey League, plus the final few games in the QMJHL...

It’s just about a dead heat for the pole position in the ultra-competitive Calder Trophy race between Cale Makar and Quinn Hughes. One could make a compelling case for either...

The 2020 World Junior Championship drops the puck on December 26 in the Czech Republic. For NCAA fans, 24 players will participate in the tournament, with the vast majority on...

After a heartbreaking championship loss to the Finns in the 2019 WJC, the United States are looking for a better result this year in the Czech Republic. Boasting a deep...

While smaller players have made larger and larger impacts at the NHL level in recent years, NHL teams still value size. That’s why some of this year’s better NCAA free...

This week on The Pipeline Show we get an update on the CHL’s Canada-Russia Series, and then we’ll dive into the reasons why the OHL’s London Knights have been able...

It feels as if decades have passed since the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Such is the state of the contemporary NHL, a constantly shifting landscape that is getting populated by...

This week on The Pipeline Show, we offer a preview of Hockey East in the NCAA, chat with the broadcast voice from an OHL club that is hot out the...

It’s a little staggering to consider just how well the Colorado Avalanche have managed to bounce back from their 48-point 2016-17 season. In just two short years, they’ve managed to...

In a perfect world, the Edmonton Oilers’ prospect pool rating in the bottom half of the NHL would signal a turn of fortune for the big league roster. To some...

The Nashville Predators have a lot going for them. They play in one of the NHL’s best cities, with fans of equal or better quality, and they’ve been a Western...