Tim Costello
So your team starts out the season at 8-0-0 and is outscoring your opponents by a 45-15 margin — everything is playing out your way. Then you hit a little rough spot before the break and lose four in a row, including three at home, and you may wonder what happened to the team. The … Read more
The stretch run in every conference has been right down to the wire as teams are bunched tightly in the standings and literally every point is a significant one. In many conferences, just a couple of points separate the top four or five teams, so taking care of business and possibly at the same time … Read more
The stretch run in every conference has been right down to the wire as teams are bunched tightly in the standings and literally every point is a significant one. In many conferences, just a couple of points separate the top four or five teams, so taking care of business and possibly at the same time … Read more
As Sunday’s Super Bowl showed clearly, it’s not how you start the game, it’s how you finish that ultimately matters. While Thursday’s and Friday’s picks saw me pick correctly at 4-0-1, Saturday’s 0-3-0 day dropped me to 4-3-1 (.563), which brings the season total to 58-29-9 (.651). Time is running out, so I will add … Read more
As Sunday’s Super Bowl showed clearly, it’s not how you start the game, it’s how you finish that ultimately matters. While Thursday’s and Friday’s picks saw me pick correctly at 4-0-1, Saturday’s 0-3-0 day dropped me to 4-3-1 (.563), which brings the season total to 58-29-9 (.651). Time is running out, so I will add … Read more
“No doubt you gain chemistry on the ice by being good friends off the ice,” said UNE sophomore forward Brady Fleurent. If that is the case, the B-F-F line must be REALLY good friends off the ice just based on what they have been able to do offensively this season. To date, Brady leads the … Read more
For many teams, these final weeks of the regular season are already feeling like playoff hockey. Some leagues are already decided at least for the top spot, while others, like the NESCAC, are going to be a clear battle right to the very end in determining playoff position and the top seed. Just two weeks … Read more
For many teams, these final weeks of the regular season are already feeling like playoff hockey. Some leagues are already decided at least for the top spot, while others, like the NESCAC, are going to be a clear battle right to the very end in determining playoff position and the top seed. Just two weeks … Read more
The sky is not falling, even for those teams, like me, that may not have had the best of weekends and lost a bit of momentum heading into the February stretch run. Redemption is as close as the next game away and there is still time to get on a streak and build confidence for … Read more
The sky is not falling, even for those teams, like me, that may not have had the best of weekends and lost a bit of momentum heading into the February stretch run. Redemption is as close as the next game away and there is still time to get on a streak and build confidence for … Read more
For many teams, the holiday break was exactly that, a holiday break. For the Hobart Statesmen, the holiday break included a unique opportunity to visit and play hockey in France and Switzerland. From December 28, 2016, through January 7, 2017, the team spent time in the French Alps touring, skiing, and visiting the U.N. and … Read more
Holding down the fort. Keeping the puck out of your own net. Taking care of the defensive end. There are all coaching clichés heard every weekend of the season. However, at this time of the season, the need to take care of the puck and be smart in the defensive end is even more important … Read more
Holding down the fort. Keeping the puck out of your own net. Taking care of the defensive end. There are all coaching clichés heard every weekend of the season. However, at this time of the season, the need to take care of the puck and be smart in the defensive end is even more important … Read more
The shot totals on the scoreboard could tell you everything you needed to know about tonight’s NCHC battle between Colorado College and North Dakota: 45-20 in the favor of North Dakota, which unfortunately ran into the red-hot goaltending of Alex Leclerc and lost 3-0 to the resilient Tigers. Leclerc was poised all night long and … Read more
The shot totals on the scoreboard could tell you everything you needed to know about tonight’s NCHC battle between Colorado College and North Dakota: 45-20 in the favor of North Dakota, which unfortunately ran into the red-hot goaltending of Alex Leclerc and lost 3-0 to the resilient Tigers. Leclerc was poised all night long and … Read more
The battles now are virtually all in conference, so teams really need to take care of business in the one thing they can sort of control — the game they are playing. No scoreboard watching just yet. Finished at 5-2-1 (.687) last week, which brings the season total to 51-22-7 (.681). I have been consistent, … Read more
The battles now are virtually all in conference, so teams really need to take care of business in the one thing they can sort of control — the game they are playing. No scoreboard watching just yet. Finished at 5-2-1 (.687) last week, which brings the season total to 51-22-7 (.681). I have been consistent, … Read more
Quickly, name the nation’s second-ranked goaltender in both goals-against average and save percentage. No cheating on USCHO or collegehockeystats.net! Some may quickly point to goalies at St. Norbert, Wisconsin-Stevens Point or, in the East, Hamilton’s Evan Buitenhuis among others, but the answer is Buffalo State’s Mike DeLaVergne and his consistent performance has not happened by … Read more
The game can be simple. The game often is anything but simple. Effort, emotion, and momentum are all ingredients that ebb and flow in a way that creates great angst for coaches and often the most entertaining hockey for fans. There were many games that came down the final seconds this weekend showcasing the “never … Read more
The game can be simple. The game often is anything but simple. Effort, emotion, and momentum are all ingredients that ebb and flow in a way that creates great angst for coaches and often the most entertaining hockey for fans. There were many games that came down the final seconds this weekend showcasing the “never … Read more