Non-UND College Hockey 2025-26

[brucespook]

The college hockey gurus who keep saying Big Ten is absolutely the best conference this year should be required to publicly admit their ignorance.   

[Level B Fishbowl]

Cornell eliminates Harvard in game 3, so that lowers the remaining number of ECAC teams out of the top 16 to two (Clarkson and Princeton). AHA final looking like it'll be Sacred Heart vs. Bentley for the autobid there.

[cberkas]

Ben Holden and Pat Micheletti calling the CCHA title game 

[cberkas]

Gophers letting a head coach go and it not being the one everyone thought it would be 

[Johnny Five]

14 minutes ago, cberkas said:

Gophers letting a head coach go and it not being the one everyone thought it would be 

It was Frost's time.  No titles in a decade, and clearly second tier behind UW and OSU.  We shall see if they throw the book at Muzerall, but obviously that has to wait.  

Based on this quick decision, looks like Bob will be safe, unless he decides it's time on his own accord.

[fightingsioux4life]

On 3/15/2026 at 12:32 PM, brucespook said:

The college hockey gurus who keep saying Big Ten is absolutely the best conference this year should be required to publicly admit their ignorance.   

NCHC > B1G

[TwamleyShuffle]

48 minutes ago, Johnny Five said:

It was Frost's time.  No titles in a decade, and clearly second tier behind UW and OSU.  We shall see if they throw the book at Muzerall, but obviously that has to wait.  

Based on this quick decision, looks like Bob will be safe, unless he decides it's time on his own accord.

I’m curious how coaches of women’s college hockey teams view the PWHL. Is it a jump up the ladder or in some instances a lateral move. I feel that some college jobs have to be viewed as good as a PWHL job given the college jobs have more history and prestige behind them. 

[cberkas]

Nightingale next WJC coach 

[farce poobah]

On 3/15/2026 at 12:32 PM, brucespook said:

The college hockey gurus who keep saying Big Ten is absolutely the best conference this year should be required to publicly admit their ignorance.   

Hear hear!

And if not for committee reliance on an objective method for selection/seeding (PWR/NPI), we'd be getting a tournament with 6 Big Ten teams, 5 Hockey East teams, and scraps for everyone else. (The polls, all season long, reflected those biases, and only move toward NPI when the data insists they do so.)

[cberkas]

How to get fired as the head coach of Minnesota:

Lose to Penn State at Penn State in the first round of the B1G tournament.

 

[fightingsioux4life]

From Sports Illustrated:

https://www.si.com/college/minnesota/gophers-hockey/bob-motzko-reportedly-out-as-gophers-head-coach-after-8-seasons

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Bob Motzko is not expected to return as the head coach of Gophers men's hockey after eight seasons in the position. ESPN hockey analyst John Buccigross was first to the news.

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The University of Minnesota has not confirmed the reports, but Michael Russo of The Athletic says Motzko is holding a team meeting on Wednesday "to inform Gophers players of his future after meetings with AD Mark Coyle the past few days."

I was hoping they would extend him! 

[cberkas]

Brad Berry is available, so you don't have to poach a coach from a team better than you.

[cberkas]

 

[cberkas]

This has been the list on GPL since they accepted the season was over. 

Potulny isn't leaving the pros to come back to the Gophers.

[tnt]

Just now, cberkas said:

This has been the list on GPL since they accepted the season was over. 

Potulny isn't leaving the pros to come back to the Gophers.

Bet they copy UND and get a GM.  Hopefully they keep the Minnesota mentality.

[Blackheart]

3 minutes ago, cberkas said:

This has been the list on GPL since they accepted the season was over. 

Potulny isn't leaving the pros to come back to the Gophers.

Would be very surprised if Ferschweiler left Western now that they're building a new barn.

[Blackheart]

2 minutes ago, tnt said:

Bet they copy UND and get a GM.  Hopefully they keep the Minnesota mentality.

Yes; stay out of Canada and the portal and stay away from NIL.

[cberkas]

Just now, Blackheart said:

Would be very surprised if Ferschweiler left Western now that they're building a new barn.

They keep bringing him up. Barr is the one they would want over Raboin.

Woog being the last of a long line of Gopher players that became the head coach will be missed.

[Blackheart]

4 minutes ago, cberkas said:

They keep bringing him up. Barr is the one they would want over Raboin.

Woog being the last of a long line of Gopher players that became the head coach will be missed.

John Hill available?

[cberkas]

2 minutes ago, Blackheart said:

John Hill available?

A scout for the Oilers

[MGsioux]

17 minutes ago, cberkas said:

 

At the end of this article it states that gopher hockey is the only non football/basketball program in D1 to make a profit.  That cant be true.  Doesn't UND hockey make a profit ?? 

[Blackheart]

1 minute ago, MGsioux said:

At the end of this article it states that gopher hockey is the only non football/basketball program in D1 to make a profit.  That cant be true.  Doesn't UND hockey make a profit ?? 

Maybe they were referring to teams in the Power 5 conferences?

[cberkas]

14 minutes ago, tnt said:

Bet they copy UND and get a GM.  Hopefully they keep the Minnesota mentality.

Sounds like Paul Martin kind of does this 

[skateshattrick]

Just now, cberkas said:

Sounds like Paul Martin kind of does this 

Yoda? 🙂

[ChetSteadman]

18 minutes ago, cberkas said:

This has been the list on GPL since they accepted the season was over. 

Potulny isn't leaving the pros to come back to the Gophers.

Pretty sure this guy just throws !@#$ at a wall.