Thomas starting anew with Alaska-Anchorage coaching position
The Seawolves program has taken plenty of hits this offseason, but the former RIT captain wants to restore a good reputation. Matthew Semisch reports.
Matthew Semisch
Montgomery has tough act to follow at Denver, but he says infrastructure is in place
The new Pioneers coach hopes to get the team to buy into his system quickly. Matthew Semisch reports.
Montgomery sets out to build on ‘storied past and tradition’ at Denver
In what the Denver administration conceded was a poorly-kept secret, Jim Montgomery was officially named Monday as the Pioneers’ new head hockey coach. A 1993 Maine graduate, Montgomery, 43, is the head coach and general manager of the Dubuque Fighting Saints in the USHL. His start date as the eighth hockey coach in Denver’s history … Read more
Gwozdecky: ‘I am not done coaching’ after shocking ouster at Denver
Former Denver coach George Gwozdecky made one thing perfectly clear at his farewell news conference Tuesday at Magness Arena: He’s not done. Gwozdecky, 59, was released from his contact at Denver on Monday following an impasse over a possible extension that would have kept him behind the Pioneers bench past the expiration of his existing … Read more
WCHA Picks: Mar. 30 (NCAA Tournament)
West Regional final – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 2 North Dakota vs. No. 4 Yale Matthew: North Dakota was the only WCHA team of the four playing in Friday’s opening day of the NCAA tournament to progress to a regional final, and UND was made to work for its success in a 2-1 triumph over … Read more
WCHA Picks: Mar. 30 (NCAA Tournament)
West Regional final – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 2 North Dakota vs. No. 4 Yale Matthew: North Dakota was the only WCHA team of the four playing in Friday’s opening day of the NCAA tournament to progress to a regional final, and UND was made to work for its success in a 2-1 triumph over … Read more
WCHA Picks: Mar. 29 (NCAA Tournament)
West Regional – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 4 Yale vs. No. 1 Minnesota Matthew: Yale is perfect so far this season against WCHA opposition – the Bulldogs won at both Denver and Colorado College back around Thanksgiving – and perhaps that ought to ring some alarm bells for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers will be looking … Read more
WCHA Picks: Mar. 29 (NCAA Tournament)
West Regional – Grand Rapids, Mich. No. 4 Yale vs. No. 1 Minnesota Matthew: Yale is perfect so far this season against WCHA opposition – the Bulldogs won at both Denver and Colorado College back around Thanksgiving – and perhaps that ought to ring some alarm bells for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers will be looking … Read more
Early woes a distant memory as Wisconsin keeps rolling into NCAA tournament
The Badgers won 20 of their last 27 games and three games in three days at the Final Five to win the championship. Matthew Semisch reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Five of six first-round series go chalk
Three of the WCHA’s six opening-round, best-of-three playoff series required third games. In the end, only one of the pairings’ favored squads didn’t move on to this week’s Final Five showcase in St. Paul, Minn.. The only team that hosted a first-round series last weekend but didn’t advance was WCHA No. 5 seed Denver. The … Read more
Five of six first-round series go chalk
Three of the WCHA’s six opening-round, best-of-three playoff series required third games. In the end, only one of the pairings’ favored squads didn’t move on to this week’s Final Five showcase in St. Paul, Minn.. The only team that hosted a first-round series last weekend but didn’t advance was WCHA No. 5 seed Denver. The … Read more
Minnesota crosses finish line second, hoists the MacNaughton Cup first
St. Cloud State fans were launched onto cloud nine – sorry – when their Huskies knocked off No. 14 Wisconsin 4-2 in Madison, Wis. Friday and clinched a share of SCSU’s first (and final) WCHA men’s regular season championship. What was missing in the visiting team’s locker room at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, however, was … Read more
Minnesota crosses finish line second, hoists the MacNaughton Cup first
St. Cloud State fans were launched onto cloud nine – sorry – when their Huskies knocked off No. 14 Wisconsin 4-2 in Madison, Wis. Friday and clinched a share of SCSU’s first (and final) WCHA men’s regular season championship. What was missing in the visiting team’s locker room at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, however, was … Read more
WCHA Picks: March 8-10
No. 8 St. Cloud State at No. 14 Wisconsin: Matthew: Thanks to the Wisconsin high school state basketball championships going on at UW’s Kohl Center, this series will take place at Madison, Wis.’s much older Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Many Badgers fans aren’t over the moon about it – the two games aren’t part of the … Read more
WCHA Picks: March 8-10
No. 8 St. Cloud State at No. 14 Wisconsin: Matthew: Thanks to the Wisconsin high school state basketball championships going on at UW’s Kohl Center, this series will take place at Madison, Wis.’s much older Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Many Badgers fans aren’t over the moon about it – the two games aren’t part of the … Read more
Walters’ biggest impact? Nebraska-Omaha forward ‘gets the job done’
Junior Ryan Walters has used hockey sense and a new training regimen to take the national points lead. Matthew Semisch reports.
Zengerle’s four points lead Wisconsin over Nebraska-Omaha
Nebraska-Omaha’s chances of earning home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs aren’t completely dead and buried, but after the Mavericks’ 6-2 loss to Wisconsin Saturday at CenturyLink Center, you could forgive UNO fans for being pessimistic. The Badgers didn’t have it all their way — UNO played them close through the first … Read more
Woods scores late to propel Wisconsin past Nebraska-Omaha
Friday’s WCHA spotlight tilt between Nebraska-Omaha and Wisconsin felt like a playoff game and in a meeting where both teams’ urgency was clearly evident throughout, the Badgers did just enough in the end to pull out a 4-3 win. Both teams traded blows throughout a very even game, but a fifth goal of the season … Read more
WCHA Picks: March 1-2
No. 16 Wisconsin at No. 13 Nebraska-Omaha: Tyler: In a battle of two teams that need two wins, I’m giving UNO a slight edge but I’m not going with a sweep. If the Badgers settle into their structured defensive style and take away UNO’s speed, they’ll have chance to come away with a win, but … Read more
WCHA Picks: March 1-2
No. 16 Wisconsin at No. 13 Nebraska-Omaha: Tyler: In a battle of two teams that need two wins, I’m giving UNO a slight edge but I’m not going with a sweep. If the Badgers settle into their structured defensive style and take away UNO’s speed, they’ll have chance to come away with a win, but … Read more