Matthew SemischMiami wins playoff title, at a cost Congratulations are in order for the Miami RedHawks, winners of this season’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff. MU won the league’s playoff title on Saturday by virtue of a 3-2 win over St. Cloud State. Getting past the Huskies allowed Miami to wrap up the league’s autobid into the first … Read more
The Huskies are the only team in the field not yet secure of an NCAA tournament spot entering the semifinals.
Candace and I both predicted Miami to sweep Western Michigan this weekend in the teams’ NCHC first-round playoff series, but Western forced a Game 3 with a win last night in Game 2. Ahead of tonight’s series-decider, here are our updated predictions. Candace: Western Michigan has made this series very hard on the RedHawks, and … Read more
Candace and I both predicted Miami to sweep Western Michigan this weekend in the teams’ NCHC first-round playoff series, but Western forced a Game 3 with a win last night in Game 2. Ahead of tonight’s series-decider, here are our updated predictions. Candace: Western Michigan has made this series very hard on the RedHawks, and … Read more
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — There’s something about big moments in late-season games that brings out the best in Connor Gaarder. The North Dakota senior forward is probably best-known for a double-overtime game-winning goal in last season’s NCAA Midwest Region championship game against Ferris State. On Saturday, he scored a game-winner that wasn’t quite as big, but did … Read more
North Dakota wins Penrose Cup outright Congratulations are in order for North Dakota, which won the NCHC regular season championship outright on Friday by virtue of a 2-1 road win over second-place Miami. The RedHawks could have picked up a share of the Penrose Cup title if they had swept UND this weekend in Oxford … Read more
North Dakota wins Penrose Cup outright Congratulations are in order for North Dakota, which won the NCHC regular season championship outright on Friday by virtue of a 2-1 road win over second-place Miami. The RedHawks could have picked up a share of the Penrose Cup title if they had swept UND this weekend in Oxford … Read more
The RedHawks can grab a share of the Penrose Cup with two wins; UND needs just a tie to gain sole possession of the title.
Some of the bigger talking points from the weekend that was in the NCHC: Omaha suffers sweep Before Omaha visited unranked St. Cloud State this weekend, UNO hadn’t been shut out in a single game this season. Nor, in fact, had the Mavericks been swept in any two-game set during the current campaign. Both of … Read more
Some of the bigger talking points from the weekend that was in the NCHC: Omaha suffers sweep Before Omaha visited unranked St. Cloud State this weekend, UNO hadn’t been shut out in a single game this season. Nor, in fact, had the Mavericks been swept in any two-game set during the current campaign. Both of … Read more
UNO has trended downward in the home stretch in recent seasons and hasn’t been to a league playoff championship weekend in nearly 11 years.
Saturday saw us wrap up an abbreviated weekend slate of action of four games involving five NCHC teams. The league’s weekly dance card will be full each week from next weekend through the end of the regular season, but here are three things that stuck out to me from the last round of games. Denver … Read more
Saturday saw us wrap up an abbreviated weekend slate of action of four games involving five NCHC teams. The league’s weekly dance card will be full each week from next weekend through the end of the regular season, but here are three things that stuck out to me from the last round of games. Denver … Read more
With his league holding five of the top nine spots in the PairWise Rankings, the commissioner has a successful product to market.
With seven of the NCHC’s eight teams in action this weekend, we’ve been left with plenty of talking points. Here are three that particularly stick out in my mind. Duluth underwhelms at North Star College Cup In only its second year of existence, the North Star College Cup has already generated plenty of excitement in … Read more
With seven of the NCHC’s eight teams in action this weekend, we’ve been left with plenty of talking points. Here are three that particularly stick out in my mind. Duluth underwhelms at North Star College Cup In only its second year of existence, the North Star College Cup has already generated plenty of excitement in … Read more
The Broncos are 9-1 in their last 10 games, but the coach has his team looking ahead to St. Cloud State this weekend.
Each week during the season we look at the big events and big games around Division I men’s college hockey in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Seven of the NCHC’s eight teams were in action this weekend, and plenty of storylines were created. Here are three that particularly stuck out in my mind. Omaha leaps into first place Most years, the sporting totem pole in Omaha isn’t even topped by an Omaha team. Nebraska football is normally the top dog, followed … Read more
Seven of the NCHC’s eight teams were in action this weekend, and plenty of storylines were created. Here are three that particularly stuck out in my mind. Omaha leaps into first place Most years, the sporting totem pole in Omaha isn’t even topped by an Omaha team. Nebraska football is normally the top dog, followed … Read more