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🏒 Ice, Ice, baby

🏒 Ice, Ice, baby

Checking in on the top teams in men’s and women’s hockey

With just under two months remaining in the regular season, it’s time to check in on the college hockey scene. Two Big Ten teams sit atop the men’s and women’s rankings, but some of the usual suspects are close behind.

January 06, 2025

🏒 Ice, ice, baby

🏒 Ice, ice, baby

Everything you need to know about the 2024-–25 NCAA men’s hockey season

The whole crew returns tonight to open the 2024–25 campaign.

October 11, 2024

🏒 A season Primer-ano

🏒 A season Primer-ano

Everything you need to know about the 2024–25 NCAA women’s hockey season

the whole gang is back this weekend and they’re better than ever.

October 04, 2024

🏒 League of dreams

🏒 League of dreams

NCAA-to-pro pipeline: Women’s hockey

The PWHL is giving NCAA stars a pro league to work towards

🏒 Ice, ice babies

🏒 Ice, ice babies

NCAA-to-pro pipeline: Men’s hockey

A deep dive into the relationship between the NCAA and NHL

🏒 No, the other Will Smith

🏒 No, the other Will Smith

No. 3–seed Denver and No. 1 Boston College will face off in tomorrow’s NCAA men’s hockey national championship

The puck drops on the NCAA Championship game tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

🏒 Iced out

🏒 Iced out

The NCAA men’s Frozen Four begins tomorrow with two offense-heavy matchups

The NCAA men’s Frozen Four will face off tomorrow on ESPN2, with two tickets to Saturday’s national championship up for grabs.

🏆 More hardware than a Home Depot

🏆 More hardware than a Home Depot

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NCAA championships in men’s hockey and men’s swimming & diving begin this week

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March 27, 2024

The winter sport grand finale frenzy continues this week, with more confetti coming soon

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The GIST of It Podcast

We’re celebrating the big 5-0-0

October 09, 2025

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How do you measure, measure six years?

With 500 episodes, it appears. Today marks the 500th episode of The GIST of It, so co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are taking a trip down memory lane. Tune in as the gals reveal the most popular episode of all-time, plus share a few behind-the-scenes secrets on what really happens when they’re recording. Happy 500 to us!

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🏒 Brr, it’s cold in here

🏒 Brr, it’s cold in here

The NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey season culminates with this weekend’s Frozen Four national championship

The sport of women’s hockey just keeps on winning, which means the pinnacle of the collegiate season — this weekend’s Frozen Four — couldn’t come at a better time. Future PWHLers will face off in Sunday’s 4 p.m. ET national championship game, but first, they have to survive today’s semifinals, featuring the nation’s four most dominant teams.

🏒 Light that lamp

🏒 Light that lamp

The puck drops on the NCAA women’s ice hockey national tournament tomorrow

The puck drops on the first round of the national tournament tomorrow — aka perfect timing since women’s hockey is the moment.

🏆 Make way for the comeback kids

🏆 Make way for the comeback kids

Colorado wins NCAA Skiing Championships, Arkansas and Texas Tech take indoor track & field titles

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Winter sports’ first national champs were crowned this weekend, with more coming down the pipe at breakneck speed.

The contenders for the 2023 NCAA men's hockey season

The contenders for the 2023 NCAA men's hockey season

The contenders for the 2023 NCAA men's hockey season

Taking their cues from the pros (in scheduling only, we hope), the men’s hockey season began last weekend with a mix of exhibition games and official regular-season matchups.

October 13, 2023

2023 NCAA women's hockey season preview

2023 NCAA women's hockey season preview

2023 NCAA women's hockey season preview

NCAA women’s hockey soft-launched with a few early games last week, but most squads’ seasons begin this weekend — check out our primer, then let’s hit the rink.

September 29, 2023

How NCAA men's hockey works

How NCAA men's hockey works

How NCAA men's hockey works

The men’s game is a bit more populous than the women’s, with 152 programs across all divisions, including 60 DI teams across six conferences.

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