Notes from the West: lessons in losing and winning

What struck me most about Colorado College’s 8-4 win over Boston College was twofold. First, these Eagles were completely unaccustomed to being on the receiving end of this kind of drubbing and had never had to experience an NCAA tournament loss. Second, this was not the same CC team that I saw in the Great … Read more

Notes from the West Regional: that game-winning goal

I know that fans only want to talk about Kevin Lynch’s game-winning goal that sent Michigan ahead and ended Nebraska-Omaha’s season. Unfortunately, the way the game ended overshadows the great sixty minutes of regulation hockey and two minutes of OT that preceded it. The Mavericks scored at 1:35 and 8:18 in the first; the Wolverines … Read more

Top line, short-handed goals carry Colorado College past top seed Boston College

When Jimmy Hayes scored 19 seconds into Friday’s West Regional semifinal to give Boston College a quick 1-0 lead, it looked as though the defending national champions might be headed toward another high-scoring, lopsided victory. Instead, the Eagles found themselves in unfamiliar territory, down 4-1 at the end of one, as Colorado College dominated on … Read more

Lynch’s OT goal completes Michigan’s rally past Nebraska-Omaha

After 60 minutes of hard-fought, back-and-forth hockey, the game-winning goal in the first game of the NCAA tournament’s West Regional took 10 minutes and 21 seconds to score. Michigan beat Nebraska-Omaha 3-2 in overtime on Friday, with a lengthy review of Kevin Lynch’s game-winner at 2:35 of the extra session. “We knew that this would … Read more

Paula’s picks: NCAA regionals 2011

Just quick picks – winners, losers, scores – and no justification whatsoever for my choices, although I will be happy to respond in the comments section when I can, given travel and work this weekend. I will say that I surprised myself with my Frozen Four field. Midwest Regional No. 4 Rensselaer vs. No. 1 … Read more

The hiring of Anastos is an interesting turn of events

It is hard to know where to begin. On Saturday morning, I listened to then-CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos discuss the ways in which he and the CCHA would deal with the impending Big Ten league. On Monday morning, the Big Ten made its Big Announcement. On Wednesday afternoon, Michigan State announced that now-former CCHA commissioner … Read more

Anastos reportedly to MSU

According to several Lansing media outlets, including WLNS TV, current CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos will be the new Michigan State head coach. An announcement is supposed to come today at 4:00 p.m. Now you know as much as I do. Until this story started making its way around the internet, the name most talked about … Read more

Anastos reportedly to MSU

According to several Lansing media outlets, including WLNS TV, current CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos will be the new Michigan State head coach. An announcement is supposed to come today at 4:00 p.m. Now you know as much as I do. Until this story started making its way around the internet, the name most talked about … Read more

Post-Joe: Mar. 21, 2011

Stealing Miami’s thunder Leave it to the Big Ten to steal the attention away from the Miami RedHawks and their first CCHA playoff championship. Well, I’m not going to talk about that today. That can wait until midweek. There’s hockey being played now. There was hockey in Detroit just two days ago. There are four … Read more

Post-Joe: Mar. 21, 2011

Stealing Miami’s thunder Leave it to the Big Ten to steal the attention away from the Miami RedHawks and their first CCHA playoff championship. Well, I’m not going to talk about that today. That can wait until midweek. There’s hockey being played now. There was hockey in Detroit just two days ago. There are four … Read more

Odds and ends after the first day in Detroit

It’s a sunny, warm day in downtown Detroit – gorgeous day, in fact. Fans seem to be very pleased with the Fan Fest that the CCHA has put together this year – complete with a ceremonial slap shot yesterday with Detroit mayor Dave Bing – and fans from two teams are very pleased, indeed, about … Read more