Destination unknown for Penrose Cups — yes, plural — entering the final weekend
North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Nebraska-Omaha all have a chance at getting their hands on one of the two regular season championship trophies the NCHC had made.
North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Nebraska-Omaha all have a chance at getting their hands on one of the two regular season championship trophies the NCHC had made.
When the coaches leave the room after a win, the music gets loud. Here’s what teams have picked to listen to and why.
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00004xkbG2tcGFg” g_name=”20140301-Omaha-ColoradoCollege-MBishop” 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.Y673t1Y2aC4mzw0UFzHL0FkbS8_.ywdiQyocVXcp4LewGrGepfw–” ] OMAHA, Neb. — Heading into Saturday’s game against Colorado College, Nebraska-Omaha senior defenseman Michael Young had 10 goals to … Read more
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The eight freshmen on Nebraska-Omaha’s hockey team were placed in alternate housing Wednesday after a two-alarm fire severely damaged a unit in the school’s Scott Village dormitory complex.
One of the things the NCHC has undoubtedly hoped for in its inaugural season is about to come to fruition. The Penrose Cup, the new mammoth chalice awarded to the league’s regular season champion, will be on display this next weekend at St. Cloud State’s Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. That much was decided ahead … Read more
One of the things the NCHC has undoubtedly hoped for in its inaugural season is about to come to fruition. The Penrose Cup, the new mammoth chalice awarded to the league’s regular season champion, will be on display this next weekend at St. Cloud State’s Herb Brooks National Hockey Center. That much was decided ahead … Read more
Freshman Evan Cowley got the win against Nebraska-Omaha last Saturday.
OMAHA, Neb. — It’s not very often Denver backup goaltender Evan Cowley sees playing time. In fact, the only game he’d appeared in coming into Saturday was way back on Oct. 19. When Pioneers coach Jim Montgomery gave him the nod Saturday, however, partly to send the rest of his team a message to stop … Read more
OMAHA, Neb. — Whenever Nebraska-Omaha has needed a big goal this season to give the Mavericks a boost, forward Josh Archibald and his extraordinary speed have come very much in handy. Archibald came up big twice for UNO Friday against No. 18 Denver, scoring his NCHC-leading 22nd and 23rd goals of the season en route … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha’s Saturday games have been becoming more and more, well, interesting. One could make the argument this pattern began with the Mavericks’ 5-1 win Jan. 18 at Miami, the first time UNO had routed anyone since beating the RedHawks 6-3 at home nearly two months before that on Nov. 22. Fast-forward to Feb. 1, then, … Read more
Nebraska-Omaha’s Saturday games have been becoming more and more, well, interesting. One could make the argument this pattern began with the Mavericks’ 5-1 win Jan. 18 at Miami, the first time UNO had routed anyone since beating the RedHawks 6-3 at home nearly two months before that on Nov. 22. Fast-forward to Feb. 1, then, … Read more
The Bulldogs have gone from under .500 to contention for an NCAA tournament spot in less than two months.
Geography dictates that it’s tough for western college hockey teams to put on something similar to the Beanpot, the tournament that brings together Boston’s four big men’s – and women’s for their own annual version – college hockey programs to determine local bragging rights. That said, Minnesota’s five Division I programs seem to be onto … Read more
Geography dictates that it’s tough for western college hockey teams to put on something similar to the Beanpot, the tournament that brings together Boston’s four big men’s – and women’s for their own annual version – college hockey programs to determine local bragging rights. That said, Minnesota’s five Division I programs seem to be onto … Read more
Candace and I both went 3-1 Friday, which looks pretty good when you consider we both went 2-3-5 last week. Now, though, we’ve got two more North Star College Cup games today to call. Yesterday at St. Paul, Minn.’s Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota-Duluth outlasting Minnesota State 5-4 in overtime Friday before top-ranked Minnesota bested No. … Read more
Candace and I both went 3-1 Friday, which looks pretty good when you consider we both went 2-3-5 last week. Now, though, we’ve got two more North Star College Cup games today to call. Yesterday at St. Paul, Minn.’s Xcel Energy Center, Minnesota-Duluth outlasting Minnesota State 5-4 in overtime Friday before top-ranked Minnesota bested No. … Read more
UND is 8-0-1 in its last nine games but will be without goaltender Zane Gothberg heading into a series at Denver.
Canceled and missed flights make for hassles, but teams use the time for activities that may help in the long run.
Although we’re starting to see more daylight open up between the NCHC’s sets of leaders and trailers, it appears to be time to start thinking about adding Minnesota-Duluth to the former category. Duluth spent the first half of the season putting up a decidedly mediocre record and splitting series almost as though that was the … Read more