Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth News & Stories

You know we had to do the dang NCAA power rankings!

Sean Shapiro ranks the 15 best goaltender prospects going into the 2024-25 NHL season.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with 2024 NHL Draft prospect and USNTDP U18 forward Max Plante.

The December USHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Andrew Strathmann, Zam Plante, Christian Humphreys, E.J. Emery, and Will Felicio.

The No. 35 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft is off to a hot start to the USHL. Which never would have been possible without his own video work.

J.D. Burke and Mitch Brown rank the 20 best freshmen classes going into the 2023-24 NCAA men's hockey season.

Russ Cohen shares an exclusive interview with 2023 NHL Draft prospect Jayson Shaugabay.

This month's NCAA Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Alexander Campbell, Gavin Brindley, Mason Lohrei, Wyatt Kaiser, and Sam Colangelo.

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings series continues with a look at the Philadelphia Flyers 17th-ranked system.

American winger Isaac Howard is one of the most divisive prospects in the draft. Russ Cohen spoke to him ahead of the 2022 NHL Draft in Montréal to better understand his game.

J.D. Burke reports live from Landshut, Germany after Team USA's commanding 8-3 win over Canada in preliminary action, highlighting Isaac Howard's four-goal, one assist performance.

EP Rinkside's college hockey expert Ryan Lambert recaps the third day of the NCAA tournament, with recaps of the action at the Loveland and Albany regional finals.

EP Rinkside's resident college hockey expert Ryan Lambert recaps the first day of action at the NCAA tournament

It's playoff time in college hockey, and NCAA tournament seeding is on the line every night.

Ryan Lambert goes conference-by-conference to look at the NCAA tournament picture after the holiday break.

The Chicago Blackhawks boast the NHL's 27th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's breakdown in the EP Rinkside 2021-22 prospect pool rankings.

The Tampa Bay Lightning boast the NHL's 30th-ranked prospect pool, and they're the subject of today's writeup in the EP Rinkside 2021-22 prospect pool rankings.

We're finishing off our series of roster previews with a look at the American's offering for the U18 World Hockey Championships, a tournament they're set to host in Texas. Joey Padmanabhan has more.

Wyatt Kaiser proved during the NCAA post-season that he's a top defensive prospect within the Chicago Blackhawks system. Russ Cohen offers an exhaustive scouting report, with the help of some statistical insights made possible by InStat hockey, for Rinkside.

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

The 21-year-old Golden Knights forward is back in the AHL for a tune-up. Patrick Williams looks at his first game with the Henderson Silver Knights.

Ryan Lambert takes a look at this year's nine finalists for the Mike Richter Award, granted to the best goalie in college hockey at the end of the season, and explains with data from InStat how his ballot shakes out (kind of).

Not only did the Dallas Stars make it within two wins of the Stanley Cup. They did so without sacrificing any real draft capital or top-flight prospects in the process....

It’s been a lean, difficult few seasons for the Winnipeg Jets, and largely by no fault of their own either. About half of their top-four got out of dodge at...

This ranking isn’t an indictment of the Philadelphia Flyers’ young core; in fact, this team is a victim of being good at talent identification. The Flyers’ combination of draft capital,...

The St. Louis Blues have a type — players who hit. If they don’t hit, they opt for the next best thing — players who have the potential to one...

That the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup in September is no mistake. They’ve been the model franchise for drafting and developing homegrown talent, and that’s their reward. That...

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...

NHL Draft prospects coming out of the United States high school ranks come shrouded in a veil of mystery. Today, we’re going to offer a look behind the curtains, with...

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...

We’re exactly two weeks away from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, so what better time for another draft ranking than now? While we position ourselves as a united front in...

It’s hard to conjure a better fit for Jake Sanderson (EliteProspects’ No. 9-ranked prospect in 2020) than the University of North Dakota. Questions about Sanderson’s offensive upside will be answered...

The title just about says it all, right? Wrong. Desperately wrong. The EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide is available, but we haven’t had a chance to let you know what...

The appetite for NHL Draft coverage expands with every year. Where the main course centred on the first round alone once sufficed, our audience now demands a seven-plate meal with...

We’re little over a week away from the NHL Draft Lottery, scheduled for Friday, June 26th, at 8 PM Eastern. So what better time to update our ranking of the...

The University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, carried by their core of stars, have maintained their position near the top of the NCHC Conference and repetitively appeared in the NCAA’s Frozen Four...

The Boston Bruins have always actively participated in the NCAA free agent market. They throned near the top of the NHL standings the past few years, and as a result,...

We already addressed the undrafted free agents who could make the jump from NCAA to the pros next season. Then there are the guys who NHL teams have already drafted...

This week on The Pipeline Show we get set for the USHL season with a recap of the Fall Classic plus a primer on the NCHC conference of NCAA hockey....

The Los Angeles Kings have an embarrassment of prospect riches. They’re rocking a running total of 38 prospects eligible for the EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Ranking, many of which rank...

The Dallas Stars have always had their share of great draft hits. Take the captain, Jamie Benn, who Dallas snagged in the fifth round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft....

The reigning Stanley Cup Champions’ prospect pool checks in at No. 23 on our countdown. The top of the cupboard has some tasty treats but the depth is a tad...