Jack Hittinger

1. Minnesota State retakes first Minnesota State capped the first half of its season in dominating fashion, sweeping Alabama Huntsville last weekend and in turn leaping past idle Bowling Green to take over first place in the standings. The Mavs are on a four-game winning streak and have scored 20 goals in that span. 2. … Read more

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Before this season, Bemidji State had gone four years without a player scoring a hat trick. It only took Jay Dickman a month to get two. The Bemidji State junior, who had a hat trick in an 8-6 loss to Minnesota State on Nov. 11, scored three times Friday night as the … Read more

It’s the last harrah before the holiday break, and a bunch of WCHA teams are in action. Which ones will get what they want from St Nick and which get coal in their stockings? Here’s what we think. Lake Superior State at Michigan Tech Sean: Tech got conned into a sweep last week by Ferris State … Read more

Everyone’s back in action this week for an all-WCHA weekend. Which teams will be able to separate themselves as the first half winds down? Here’s what we think. Minnesota State at Lake Superior State Sean: It’s a fresh weekend for the Mavericks, but it’s never easy visiting the Lakers. Mavericks 3-2, 2-1 (OT) Jack: The Mavs … Read more

1. Falcons on top It took two extremely hard-fought games against defending league champs Bemidji State, but Bowling Green is on top of the standings after a win and a tie against the Beavers. BGSU won 3-1 on Friday thanks to a goal with just more than two minutes left by  Niko Coffman (they added … Read more

It’s officially December, which means it’s really not early in the season anymore. We’re in the thick of things now, and teams are starting to define themselves in relation to others. With four conference series this weekend, which programs will get some separation in the standings? Here’s what we think: Anchorage at Ferris State Sean: Ferris … Read more

1. Fit to split, again Three of the four conference series this weekend were splits. League leaders Minnesota State and Bowling Green split once again (the teams have never swept one another in WCHA play) with the Mavericks winning 6-1 Friday and the Falcons winning 4-1 Saturday. MSU is one point ahead of BG in … Read more

We’re a little late with the picks this week, so we don’t have much time for wasting. It’s the first weekend with all 10 teams playing WCHA series, so it will be fun. Here goes: Alaska at Ferris State Sean: This could be a big weekend for Alaska against Ferris. A sweep would help pull … Read more

An interesting weekend in the WCHA — not a single team swept. Nobody had a bad weekend, but here’s three things I noticed from the league this week. 1. Bowling Green gets five points The only team who came away from the weekend with more than three points was Bowling Green. The Falcons beat Michigan … Read more

Three things I noticed from the weekend that was in the WCHA: 1. WCHA already looks better in nonconference It may be early, and it may be a small thing, but the WCHA is currently 10-14-4 against nonconference foes. Like I said, it’s still early, but consider: Last season conference teams were 17-48-5 against nonconference … Read more