Candace Horgan

With a brutal October schedule looming, the St. Cloud State Huskies needed to get the season started on the right track. While it wasn’t a perfect beginning to the season, SCSU certainly answered some questions about their scoring. Joe Rehkamp had two goals, and six other Huskies managed to find the net as No. 7 … Read more

St. Francis Xavier shutout New Hampshire, 2-0, Saturday night in the Wildcats only exhibition game of the season. St. Francis Xavier’s Drew Owsley led the way with 30 saves. “He is our key guy back there,” St. Francis Xavier coach Brad Peddle said. “In a year like this, when we are hosting the national championship, … Read more

Well, after winning the first two years of our friendly wager on the picks contest, Arlan finally beat me out last year, getting the six pack of beer that goes along with it. He beat me pretty handily in the end too, so this year, it’s up to me to be a better prognosticator. This … Read more

HAMDEN, Conn. — After a furious start and a furious finish, the Clarkson Golden Knights defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers 5-4 to win their first even NCAA women’s ice hockey championship. “The girls believed in themselves all year; even coming into tonight I had a feeling about the way they were going to come out … Read more

Well, Matthew and I went 0-2 in our first round picks. Let’s see if we can do better for the consolation and championship games. North Dakota vs. Western Michigan Candace: Western Michigan coach Andy Murray made a big deal about playing for a 20-win season and sending his seniors out with a big during the … Read more

Well, last weekend I could only go 2-2 (.500), putting me at 26-17 in the playoffs so far. Let’s see if I can do any better this time around. Friday, March 21 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Another classic battle between these rivals. Minnesota won all four games this season, though three were close. I think the … Read more

Well, neither Matthew nor I had much luck picking the games last weekend, what with all the upsets and all. We went 4-5 (.444) on the weekend, and I only correctly picked one series (North Dakota), while Matthew picked Western Michigan to win its series, so he was correct on two, but neither of us … Read more

Perhaps it’s only fitting that a league that produced so many series splits had only one of the favored teams, second seed North Dakota, advance to the Frozen Faceoff semifinals in Minneapolis. North Dakota barely escaped a tough Colorado College team, winning game three, 4-3, on Sunday night. Heart-stopping RedHawks While the Miami RedHawks had … Read more

DURHAM, N.H. — When the Northeastern Huskies (18-13-4) fell behind 4-2 to New Hampshire (20-16-1) with less than four minutes to go in the second period, the Huskies faithful were bracing themselves for another disappointing year. That’s where this story begins. New Hampshire took a 1-0 lead 11:35 into the game on a Grayson Downing … Read more

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BIG RAPIDS, Mich.  — Ferris State University advanced to the WCHA Final Five with a 3-2 double overtime victory over Bemidji State University to sweep the Beavers in a best-of-three series. Chants of “This is our house” echoed out the Ferris State student section after the Bulldogs finished undefeated at home in WCHA play. After … Read more