(#366) Hockey East and Big Ten Weekend Takeaways, Bracket Projection, Gauthier Traded

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Today's issue includes:

— Hockey East weekend takeaways lead off with UNH's sweep over Princeton. Is it time for UNH to extend head coach Mike Souza? 

Other takeaways from Hockey East:

• Northeastern could be a dangerous team in the second half.

• Merrimack is back to .500 after a slow start.

• UConn has a big "prove it" weekend against Maine coming up.

— Big Ten weekend takeaways lead off with a look at Wisconsin, how they've turned it around, and why Todd Knott is the No. 1 candidate to land a head coaching job (if someone can pry him away from the Badgers).

Other takeaways from the Big Ten:

• Saturday's Penn State vs. Army game was a lot of fun.

• Ohio State is back to .500 and seems to have found a new goaltender. 

— My latest 2024 bracket projection. It could get messy at the top of the bracket, with so many eastern teams battling it out in the top five. Only two No. 1 seeds can stay close to home! Plus, UMass as a host (and potential No. 4 seed) adds another wrinkle.

— BC’s Cutter Gauthier was traded to Anaheim today after he refused to even communicate with the Philadelphia Flyers. I have some details.

— A few of you have asked about group subscriptions for your organizations. I'm in the process of working out these details and will probably finalize some things next week (after the new year).

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