Drew Claussen

Dear faithful readers, I have an interview for next week’s column scheduled with Brad Traviolia, Deputy Commissioner for the Big Ten Conference, tomorrow afternoon. If you’d be so kind to post any questions that you have about Big Ten hockey or college hockey as a whole in the comments section and I’ll try to ask as … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000WDRgpKz0Sys” g_name=”20160131-BemidjiSt-StCloud-JGR” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.f3NowjA2l27NHWMngqnzB3oODJA_yBkhO6zcOHhtxCqpmtXHG_w–” ] ST. PAUL, Minn. — After winning a close game on Saturday, No. 3 St. Cloud State scored early and … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000zW83XGgFS4I” g_name=”20160131-MinnesotaSt-Minnesota-JGR” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.f3NowjA2l27NHWMngqnzsuZm4rkJdbAvT53EH7npNlLvVHlzSXA–” ] ST. PAUL, Minn. — It wasn’t pretty, but No. 19 Minnesota State used a strong power-play performance and some … Read more

Greetings from the Xcel Energy Center press box, where Minnesota State just completed a 3-2 victory over Minnesota (more on the Gophers later). Here’s how the B1G teams did this weekend: Michigan swept Penn State in a Thursday-Saturday series Wisconsin swept Alaska-Fairbanks at home Ohio State and Michigan State split their series in Columbus Minnesota … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000jNQqQAiA51k” g_name=”20160130-NSCC-BemidjiSt-Minnesota-JGR” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.f3Noxesx3pWw6odJFJ4rmqtGBbCOh8J2LLWUtbLxsySh4jIgXxA–” ] ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the second straight year, Bemidji State came into the North Star College Cup as … Read more

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Greetings from the frozen tundra that Minnesota turned into this weekend. ‘Twas a perfect weekend to park yourself on the couch and never leave. All six Big Ten teams squared off against each other this weekend. Here’s how things played out: Minnesota swept Michigan State at home Penn State swept Wisconsin at home Ohio State … Read more

I hope everyone had a great holiday season, I had to get this one posted early before all of the Vikings/Packers festivities begin. Most of the Big Ten teams hit the road to play in a holiday tournament last week, with the exception of Minnesota hosting a tournament and Wisconsin gearing up for the second … Read more

Five B1G teams were in action this weekend with four playing each other and Penn State playing one game against a nonconference foe. Ohio State took the weekend off. Here’s how things ended up: Michigan and Minnesota split a pair of games at Yost Ice Arena Michigan State and Wisconsin split two games at Munn … Read more

Five B1G teams were in action this weekend with Wisconsin taking another weekend off. Here’s how the games played out: Minnesota was swept at home by St. Cloud State Ohio State was swept on the road by Nebraska-Omaha Michigan State was swept at home by North Dakota Michigan beat Dartmouth on Friday before the same … Read more