Jack Hittinger
It’s a new week and all 10 WCHA teams are finally in action at the same time. But most importantly, I’d like to introduce my new WCHA partner, Daver Karnosky. He’ll be making picks for the first time this week and will be writing the first column next week. We’ll be going head to head … Read more
Northern Michigan coach Grant Potulny didn’t want to take all the credit for his team’s incredible comeback at Boston University (photo: Jim Rosvold).
Don’t worry, Americans. Although Oktoberfest is over, look no further than Mankato, Minn., where the celebration of German culture on the ice lasts all season (photo: Minnesota State Athletics).
Brandon last week: 9-6-2 Jack last week: 9-6-2 Brandon’s record-to-date: 9-6-2 Jack’s record-to-date: 9-6-2 Thursday-Friday, Oct. 17-18 Alaska at Penn State Who are these Nanooks and what did they do with the downtrodden punching bags the WCHA is used to seeing each year? Winning a game in Houghton is impressive. Winning two (2!) games in … Read more
Welcome back, friends! Jack here. Although college hockey technically kicked off the season last weekend, we’re doing our inaugural 2019-20 WCHA picks competition blog this week. (For what it’s worth, both Brandon and I were perfect with what would have been our picks last week…. yeah, let’s go with that….) Anyway, most of the action … Read more
When Bowling Green was still finalizing its schedule in early April, Ty Eigner and Chris Bergeron had no idea they’d be starting the season on different benches (photo: BGSU Athletics).
This should be an exciting year in the WCHA. Minnesota State has won three of the last six WCHA titles. USCHO expects Mankato to go for its fourth title, or at least compete with Bowling Green or one of the Upper Peninsula teams for the McNaughton Cup (photo: BGSU Athletics).
Bowling Green coach Chris Bergeron knows his team is on the bubble (photo: BGSU Athletics).
Just because Minnesota State clinched the WCHA title with three games to spare doesn’t mean there’s not a whole lot for everyone else in the league to play for (photo: Jim Rosvold).
To say it’s been a rough season for Alaska Anchorage would be something of an understatement (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
As those of us in the Upper Midwest braced ourselves for even more snow this weekend, it was a good thing that there were some quality college hockey games for us to follow (photo: Omar Phillips).
A funny thing happened to the WCHA in December. The conference when into its holiday hiatus in December with a team that wasn’t Minnesota State at the top of the standings (photo: Shelley M. Szwast).
Twenty below. That’s what the forecast reads for Friday night in Bemidji, Minn., when Bemidji State is scheduled to take on Michigan Tech in the first game of a WCHA series (photo: Jim Rosvold).
There isn’t much the Lake Superior State hockey program hasn’t done in its long history (photo: Mark Vasey/Lake Superior State Athletics).
Alabama Huntsville hasn’t been on the good end of close games much this season (photo: Jim Rosvold).
The college hockey world is small, and updates of games in-progress usually make the rounds on social media pretty quickly, especially if they’re as shocking as one score in particular from Saturday night’s action: Alaska Anchorage led North Dakota 3-1 after two periods in Grand Forks (photo: Bradley K. Olson).
When it came to goaltending for Bemidji State during the past three and a half years, Tom Serratore had a relatively simple decision: Just write in Michael Bitzer’s name and worry about everything else (photo: Bemidji State Athletics).
Each week, USCHO.com will pick the top 10 moments from the past weekend in our new Monday 10 feature (photo: Melissa Wade).
After losing so many pieces of last season’s MacNaughton Cup-winning team, Mike Hastings wasn’t entirely sure how he’d be able to replace that production so soon at Minnesota State (photo: Minnesota State Athletics).
Let’s get it out of the way now: Four games is an extremely small sample size. Chris Bergeron is well aware (photo: Isaiah Vasquez/Bowling Green Marketing & Communications).