Dan HicklingGary Bettman has taken plenty of heat for his part as National Hockey League bench boss for trying to squeeze blood from a stone. Or, more correctly, by making the NHL a winsome property to national sponsors by overseeing the placement of franchises in Sun Belt cities. An excersice in futility, some would say. Or … Read more
Not much in the way of upsets during the weekend just past, as teams ranked in the top ten in last week’s USCHO poll went a combined 11-2-3. The two losses were suffered by No. 6 Minnesota in their Northward slog to Duluth. The No. 3 ranked Bulldogs took a pair of one-goal games from … Read more
Not much in the way of upsets during the weekend just past, as teams ranked in the top ten in last week’s USCHO poll went a combined 11-2-3. The two losses were suffered by No. 6 Minnesota in their Northward slog to Duluth. The No. 3 ranked Bulldogs took a pair of one-goal games from … Read more
Mid-autumn in Cambridge brings with it visions of sculling on the Charles River with leaves of every hue serving as an idyllic backdrop. Then again, there’s just one color that really seems to matter in this corner of the hub, and that would be Harvard Crimson. To that end, veteran bench boss Katey Stone has … Read more
Sweeps and splits. There were a few of each during the weekend past. While Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, and Wisconsin all handed their opponents a pair of trouncings, there was some bread sliced in half elsewhere. That may point to parity, or confirm that for the road team especially, half a loaf is better than a few … Read more
Sweeps and splits. There were a few of each during the weekend past. While Minnesota, Minnesota-Duluth, and Wisconsin all handed their opponents a pair of trouncings, there was some bread sliced in half elsewhere. That may point to parity, or confirm that for the road team especially, half a loaf is better than a few … Read more
Erin Cody can be glad she wasn’t born any time before 1988.You can bet her Bemidji State teammates are thankful for that, too. After all, she would have missed playing her senior season in the gleaming new Bemidji Regional Events Center. And they would have missed her contribution to what proved to be a most … Read more
If the rest of the season turns out to be anything like last weekend, with its plethora of unthinkable upsets (and on the road, no less), we will be in for a wild ride. Heading the list is the two-game sweep performed by North Dakota over Minnesota. As Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald … Read more
If the rest of the season turns out to be anything like last weekend, with its plethora of unthinkable upsets (and on the road, no less), we will be in for a wild ride. Heading the list is the two-game sweep performed by North Dakota over Minnesota. As Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald … Read more
The game that stands out to me this weekend is tonight’s non-conf Providence College at Syracuse tilt. Both teams could challenge for their conference titles and could be there in March when the NCAA’s are set. It should be a heck of a lot of fun. Also, as an addendum to this week’s column, I … Read more
The game that stands out to me this weekend is tonight’s non-conf Providence College at Syracuse tilt. Both teams could challenge for their conference titles and could be there in March when the NCAA’s are set. It should be a heck of a lot of fun. Also, as an addendum to this week’s column, I … Read more
There is rebuilding, and then there is reloading. Funny how it is that the first rate programs never have to do the former, but are adept at doing the latter. Programs such as Mercyhurst. Success for the Lakers under head coach Michael Sisti has been constant throughout their nine-year run atop the CHA. You think … Read more
Okay. As brackets go, the template for the NCAA Divison I womens’ hockey tourney is a short one. However, that doesn’t mean that the field of eight is a dull one, void of intrigue. Observers of the scene will ask, where’s Wisconsin? Granted the question comes strictly out of habit. The defending champion Badgers stumbled … Read more
Not-So-Instant Classic You didn’t miss that epic overtime game played last Sunday, did you? No, not the one that Sidney Crosby ended barely eight minutes into extra time. We refer, of course, to the mammoth endurance test between RPI and Quinnipiac in the ECAC quarterfinals, the one settled by the Engineers’ Laura Gersten early in … Read more
The end of the regular season, which was last week for three of the four D-I leagues (all but the CHA, that is), meant a renewal of that rite of late winter. Senior Day. (That is not to be confused with Senior Moment, of which your correspondent is all too well acquainted). Routinely celebrated during … Read more
Hands up, anyone who thinks you can name the top NCAA D-1 goal-getter in the land. Does it matter that we didn’t specify the gender? Any hands still up? You can use it to pat yourself on the back, if you guessed that it’s St. Cloud State senior sniper Felicia Nelson. The pride of St. … Read more
Goal in Mind Everybody loves a big upset (unless of course you are cast in the role of the forlorn favorite), so last week’s surprising 2-1 win by Niagara over No. 1 Mercyhurst caught plenty of notice across the hockey spectrum. The architect of all that eyebrow arching was junior netminder Jenni Bauer, a self-described … Read more
By chance is Tae Kwan part of your training regimen? If not, you might consider giving it a whirl. After all, it hasn’t hurt Carolyne Prevost any. In fact, Wisconsin’s sophomore forward credits that Korean martial art – which is loosely analogous to kick boxing – with helping her become a better hockey player. Not … Read more
Been scanning around the world of women’s pucks, finding things to catch my eye. One doesn’t have to look far at all. Camp Randall Shinny For starters, I noticed that the process of laying down the outdoor rink at Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium is in preparation for the coed (men’s and women’s) college double-dip is … Read more
Goal upon goal upon goal has been netted in the Hub by a sniper wearing No. 7 and bearing the name of Esposito. Not a single one of those goals, however, were scored under a snowy sky in the shadow of the Pru. That is, not until a week ago, when Brittany Esposito (with no … Read more