Matthew Semisch

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

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

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

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00001S2OpsNlGaw” g_name=”20140111-Omaha-Duluth-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.Y6oFliotROhjPmh9mJJeZMaVqt6MFwLWFuJPv2ZfeDEm8L9mEOw–” ] OMAHA, Neb. — Over recent years, Nebraska-Omaha has started its seasons well before faltering in the second half and … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00001obH90eWmhA” g_name=”20140110-Omaha-Duluth-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.Y6oFk3KTlvmoIA8WORtFORwBjd4_PLXgwxP0kG5ul1qXzmfIkTg–” ]OMAHA, Neb. — Minnesota-Duluth hadn’t played a non-exhibition game since Dec. 14, but not enough rust showed Friday to keep … Read more

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

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

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