St. Cloud starts slow, finishes strong in road sweep

This season’s St. Cloud State team appears to be one that gets the job done on the road, no matter how hairy any given scenario might be for the Huskies. Last Friday’s game at intrastate rival Minnesota-Duluth proved a perfect example. Playing its first home game since Oct. 26, UMD bossed large parts of its … Read more

Nebraska-Omaha’s Massa caps off Mavericks’ terrific November

Nebraska-Omaha goalie Ryan Massa stops Miami

You may remember I suggested in my NCHC column last Wednesday that, with Nebraska-Omaha goaltender Ryan Massa playing so well on Friday nights so far this month, maybe the time had come to make him the Mavericks’ solid No. 1 starter. It appears UNO coach Dean Blais could be leaning that way. One wouldn’t expect … Read more

Massa stops 25 and Nebraska-Omaha sweeps Miami

OMAHA, Neb. — In a game where every goal came with one team on a power play and the other not, Nebraska-Omaha’s special teams units came up trumps Saturday night. Thanks to two power-play goals and a game-winner that came while the Mavericks were shorthanded, unranked UNO downed No. 8 Miami by a 3-1 count. … Read more

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Ortega scores two as Nebraska-Omaha routs Miami

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000gwZB67lPcKM” g_name=”20131122-Omaha-Miami-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.Y6o0Mvx60Z_0WtzroKOW1OqHbIlEF8Se832EUGduduHRtEFj3HQ–” ]OMAHA, Neb. — Considering Miami came into Friday’s game 7-1-0 after scoring first, things were looking great for the RedHawks … Read more

Michigan gets ‘lucky,’ tops Nebraska-Omaha on late DeBlois goal

OMAHA, Neb. — With several goals coming mere moments apart Saturday at CenturyLink Center, the game between Nebraska-Omaha and No. 2 Michigan always felt like a last-goal-wins sort of affair. That’s exactly what happened in the end. Although UNO forced the game into a 3-3 deadlock at 13:03 of the third period, a goal from … Read more

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Archibald goal completes third-period rally as Nebraska-Omaha upsets Michigan

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000rw3vEKsqlJQ” g_name=”20131115-Omaha-Michigan-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.Y6ozKBw6oNqUQFK.0rsX06Y9KDHaWCLRk0TzocyjmEJTfs60lJw–” ]OMAHA, Neb. — Although Nebraska-Omaha had started the month of November with a 3-1-0 record, bad habits started to creep … Read more

Simpson’s gutsy play inspires as North Dakota ends losing skid

North Dakota at Denver, Feb. 22, 2013 (Candace Horgan)

To find out what a performance from a hockey team’s captain should look like, one needn’t look much further than the game film from last weekend’s series between No. 11 North Dakota and Nebraska-Omaha. Dillon Simpson, a UND defenseman wearing a ‘C’ over his heart in his senior season in Grand Forks, only picked up … Read more

Saunders makes 36 saves against Nebraska-Omaha as North Dakota snaps losing skid

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Massa stops 28 as Nebraska-Omaha holds off North Dakota

OMAHA, Neb. — Saturday’s NCHC tilt between Nebraska-Omaha and No. 11 North Dakota was just as topsy-turvy as any meeting the pair have had. When North Dakota began to tire late though, UNO raised its game and picked up its third win in a row. Two second-period goals from North Dakota forward Luke Johnson and … Read more

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Indiscipline hampering UNO as tough November slate awaits

Heading into the 2013-14 season, a quick look at Nebraska-Omaha’s first seven games made it seem as though that slate could serve as a springboard to help the Mavericks jump into NCHC play in November with some momentum on their side. Unfortunately for UNO though, that’s not the way things have worked out. After breezing … Read more