If July 11, 2011 was the end of the WCHA as we knew it (that was when the formation of the NCHC was first announced), June 28, 2019 might mark the beginning of the end of the WCHA altogether.

Jennifer Flowers admits that she’s not “proficient” in the sport of hockey.

A little more than a year ago, college hockey’s two Alaska schools both hired new coaches, a process that took considerable time amid reports that the programs were unable to come to terms with some of their top candidates.

Friday night was a pretty good night for some Minnesota State hockey players past and future.

David Backes turned 35 on May 1. The Boston Bruins were down two games to one to the Columbus Blue Jackets in the NHL Eastern Conference Semifinals, and the veteran had been a healthy scratch for all three of those playoff games.

MANKATO — A home schedule front-loaded with intriguing matchups, another tough nonconference slate and a new Saturday-night start time are the highlights of the Minnesota State men’s hockey team’s 2019-20 schedule, which was released on Wednesday.

A little more than a week ago was the seven-year anniversary of Mike Hastings’ hiring as the men’s hockey coach at Minnesota State.

When six college hockey programs fled the WCHA for the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference in 2013, among the things they vowed to improve on in their new league was the quality of officiating.

When the 2019-20 college hockey season starts up next fall, it seems like there will be one obvious motto for the Minnesota State men:

Mackey, Michaelis to return to team

As the final seconds ticked away on Sunday afternoon, Providence College’s partisan crowd at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center began chanting.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Minnesota State men’s hockey coach Mike Hastings knows what’s missing from his program’s resume.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The conventional wisdom was that Saturday’s NCAA East Regional between two defensive-minded hockey teams would be a race to three goals.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A year ago, the NCAA tournament was a new experience for the majority of the Minnesota State men’s hockey team.

The No. 3 Mavericks (32-7-2) are in the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row and are the top seed in the East Regional where they will take on the No. 14 Friars (22-11-6), who are making their sixth consecutive national-tournament appearance. The other game pits No. 6 Northeastern (2…

Nick Rivera admitted that the play still haunts him a bit.

The Minnesota State men’s hockey team won its 30th and 31st games of the season during the semifinals of the WCHA playoffs, sweeping Lake Superior State to tie, then pass the program record.

It’s no secret, Mike Hastings said, about what’s missing on Minnesota State’s resume during the head coach’s tenure.

Minnesota State is the top seed at Providence, Rhode Island, and will take on fourth-seeded Providence at noon Saturday to open the East Regional at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. The game is scheduled to be broadcast on ESPN News. Here’s a look at how the teams match up:

MANKATO — Minnesota State freshman goaltender Dryden McKay on Wednesday was named College Hockey News' 2018-19 national rookie of the year.

Mike Hastings had a message for any of the 5,327 people at the Verizon Center who might have left early on Saturday night.

MANKATO — One of the celebrities at Sunday’s NCAA Selection Show party for the Minnesota State men’s hockey team at Pub 500 was 11-year-old Collin Pierskalla.

MANKATO — For 58 minutes Saturday night, the fourth-largest crowd in Minnesota State hockey history had little to cheer about.

The No. 2 Mavericks (31-7-2) are in the WCHA tournament championship game for the first time since 2016 and will play the No. 13 Falcons (25-9-5) for the Jeff Sauer Trophy. Minnesota State won the WCHA playoff title in 2014 and 2015. Bowling Green’s last postseason title came in the 1988 CCH…

The tradition in Mannheim, Germany, come playoff time was for hockey players to bleach their hair and hope the golden locks might provide a little extra luck — or at least some team chemistry — as they pursued a championship.

MANKATO — Come 7:07 p.m. Saturday night, both Minnesota State and Bowling Green should be well rested when they square off for the WCHA playoff championship at the Verizon Center.

MANKATO — Mike Hastings is taking one for the team.

This is the game everyone’s been waiting for.

MANKATO — Max Coatta is the only player on the Minnesota State men’s hockey roster to play in a WCHA playoff championship game.

MANKATO — Dryden McKay hasn’t needed a lot of goal support over the second half of the Minnesota State men’s hockey team’s season.

MANKATO — Nursing a one-goal lead, the Minnesota State men’s hockey team overcame quite a bit of third-period adversity on Friday night — some of its own making — to take a one-game lead over Lake Superior State in a best-of-three WCHA playoff semifinal series.

Watch Jared Spooner play hockey and you’ll see someone who plays hard and fast and rarely, if ever, slows down.

The No. 2 Mavericks (29-7-2) are once again in the WCHA semifinals but will be playing the No. 20 Lakers (23-11-2) this year instead of Michigan Tech, the team that knocked them out in this round the last two years. "We're always trying to get better," coach Mike Hastings said, "and go as de…

MANKATO — Six Minnesota State players were chosen as all-conference players by the Western Collegiate Hockey Association on Thursday.

The Minnesota State men’s hockey team did what was expected and swept Alabama Huntsville in the first round of the WCHA playoffs over the weekend.

MANKATO — Four sweeps. No upsets.

If Reggie Lutz went through a sophomore slump this season, he sure seemed to break out of it on Saturday afternoon.

MANKATO — Marc Michaelis has been working on his one-timer over the last few weeks, trying to tee off on teammates’ passes, rather than catch them first, and blast pucks behind goaltenders.

MANKATO — It’s no big secret that the Minnesota State men’s hockey team doesn’t give up a lot of goals.