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When the final buzzer sounded, Cornell captain Ryan Walsh stared up at the scoreboard at Blue FCU Arena.What it read was not something he had anticipated when his squad made the NCAA Tournament:Denver 5, Cornell 0.The Big Red hadn’t lost by more than three goals all year, nor had they been shut out. Friday’s game changed both of those things.“In order to be the best, you’ve got to play against...
Matt DiMarsico broke his stick over the crossbar. Reese Laubach slammed his on the boards as he skated back to the bench.In what was surely his final collegiate game, Gavin McKenna dropped to a knee, watching Minnesota Duluth celebrate shutting the door on Penn State.Just moments prior, Ty Hanson found the back of the Nittany Lions’ empty net to seal the Bulldogs’ 3-1 victory in the regional semifinal...
While there are plenty of teams across college hockey with superstar forwards, or with prolific top lines that serve as the focus for opposing teams' defensive game plans, the reality for Denver is — simply — they are not that type of team.Nor do they pretend to be. And Friday, in their dominant 5-0 shutout of Cornell, the Pioneers showed just why they don't need to be. Denver entered the NCAA...
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If the ice in the image to the left looks a little off, this was a real thing in 2005. With the NHL lockout in full effect, the AHL was seeing a pile of stars play nightly who should have been on NHL rosters while the NHL and AHL brass looked at all sorts of options to make the game better during AHL games. The image to the left is from one of those games where the ice was coloured "electric powder blue" , the blue lines were painted almost fluorescent orange , and the red line was painted dar...
With a lack of draft capital, the Edmonton Oilers are looking overseas once again. This time, they signed Czech defenceman Tomáš Cibulka to a two-year entry-level contract that starts in 2026-27. Cibulka, 21, stands six feet tall, 176 pounds, and is a left-shot defenceman who has spent the last two seasons in Czechia. Last season,…
Keeping in mind the quality of opponent, quality of play, and the context of the game, what do you think is the best Edmonton Oilers home win of the season? Take a minute to think about it. It’s easy to figure out the big home-ice disappointments. It’s not so easy to figure out the big…
The Edmonton Oilers’ chances at finishing first in the Pacific Division hinge on Saturday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. As it stands, the Oilers are five points behind the Ducks with one additional game played. With just nine games remaining, their odds of finishing first in the division are already pretty slim, but a loss…
I know we’re still a few weeks away from the playoffs starting, but it’s hard not to think that last night’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena was pretty damned close. There were fireworks. There were scrums. There was everything you’d expect from a massive game between two teams…
The Edmonton Oilers signed a European defenceman for next season on Friday morning, perhaps signalling another wave of free agent signings in early spring. The team announced they have agreed to terms with Tomáš Cibulka on a two-year entry-level contract beginning in the 2026-27 season. After playing junior hockey in Canada, he’s spent the last…
An optional skate before heading to Colorado.
The Jets prospect also appears to be up with the big club.
After Morgan Barron was put in concussion protocol after the game last night it looks like Parker Ford is up with the big club.
The Oilers completed a sweep of their two-game road trip on Thursday, taking down the Golden Knights 4-3 in overtime. Following a commanding win over the Mammoth in Utah earlier this week, Edmonton handed Vegas its fifth loss in six games and moved two points clear of a potential first-round opponent in the Pacific Division…
Did you catch another subtle sign of spring from the last few days? The NHL standings page added an “If Playoffs Started Today” link at the top of the page. And it doesn’t just go to a page that says “… it would be way too early, calm down”. That’s because we’re almost there. There are just three weeks left in the NHL season, and while that’s plenty of time for teams to shift around the standings, it’s close enough to the playoffs that we can start thinking ahead to potential matchups. And as ...
Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Mattias Ekholm comes in at No. 41 on our updated 2025 list. He wasn’t listed on Brownlee’s original list. There are two things that even Ken Holland’s biggest detractors can’t argue with:…
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If you're wondering what's going on in college hockey—and all of college sports—you're not alone. Just when the landscape seems to settle, a new lawsuit or settlement shifts the ground. Below is the current state of play as of the 2025–26 and 2026–27 seasons.Where did this all begin?While college sports have been evolving for decades, the modern era truly began with the 2015 O’Bannon v. ...
Bentley found itself trailing 2-0 entering the second period of its Albany Regional game with top-seeded Michigan, a hole that proved to be too deep to dig out of. Michigan ended Bentley’s season with a 5-1 win.Bentley found itself in that hole off two Michigan goals that were easily preventable.The first came after Bentley failed to clear the puck out of its defensive zone during a line change. ...
Already up by a goal heading into the waning moments of the first period, Michigan seemed to be just plodding along in its First Round NCAA Tournament matchup against Bentley.Sometimes, however, fate and just throwing a puck on net does just the trick. It also might just be someone that you least expect.As defenseman Ben Robertson carried the puck through the neutral zone in the waning seconds, he...
On paper, Friday's NCAA first-round win for defending national champion Western Michigan might seem all too familiar to the Broncos' inspired tournament run a year ago.And yes, undoubtedly, there are similarities. The Broncos' triumph over CCHA champion Minnesota State was essentially another one-goal game — the final score only stretched to 3-1 with less than 10 seconds left in the third period...
Minnesota State's season came to an end against the defending national champion Western Michigan, 3-1, in the NCAA Regional semifinals.Year in and year out, Minnesota State has shown under coach Luke Strand that it can compete nationally, as it had on the level Mike Hastings brought the program to before him. And there is plenty to hang the hat on with that, including another CCHA regular-season and...
Mercyhurst has become the latest casualty of the increased financial demands on Division I sports. The school announced today it is dropping its men's hockey program.The women's program will continue.“These were thoughtful and consequential decisions,” school president Kathleen Getz said in a statement. “They reflect our responsibility to ensure Mercyhurst remains strong, responsive, and focused...
It wasn’t the ending anyone around the Merrimack program had in mind.But North Dakota weathered a late surge from the Warriors and skated away with a 3-0 victory Thursday night, closing the book on Merrimack’s season in the NCAA Tournament.The push came hard in the third, which had defined Merrimack for much of the second half of the season. The Warriors tilted the ice in the third period, outshooting...
The last time North Dakota had a freshman goaltender guarding the cage in an NCAA Tournament game, and also securing a win, was Zane McIntyre in 2013.But the last freshman netminder to earn a shutout was Jordan Parise in 2004.Jan Špunar etched his name in both categories, turning aside all 31 shots in North Dakota’s 3-0 win over Merrimack to advance to the Regional Final on Saturday against Quinnipiac...