Paula C. WestonThere’s hockey played tonight – so it’s a good time for a supplemental blog to write up what I didn’t have time to write for this week’s column in addition to giving you my picks for the Ferris State-Ohio State series. I was lucky enough last week to see the Friday Western Michigan-Michigan game in … Read more
There’s hockey played tonight – so it’s a good time for a supplemental blog to write up what I didn’t have time to write for this week’s column in addition to giving you my picks for the Ferris State-Ohio State series. I was lucky enough last week to see the Friday Western Michigan-Michigan game in … Read more
There’s so much at stake this weekend that there promises to be drama that affects the standings in every rink this weekend. Even the battle for last place — between Bowling Green and Michigan State in East Lansing — sees the end of an era with MSU’s Rick Comley’s imminent retirement. One point separates first-place … Read more
As the regular season draws to a close, here are 15 seniors whose contributions made the CCHA a more interesting place during the last four years. Most of these are guys who won’t show up on any end-of-season league awards radar, but who will be missed nonetheless. Nanooks defenseman Bryant Molle (Penticton, B.C.) and forward … Read more
As the regular season draws to a close, here are 15 seniors whose contributions made the CCHA a more interesting place during the last four years. Most of these are guys who won’t show up on any end-of-season league awards radar, but who will be missed nonetheless. Nanooks defenseman Bryant Molle (Penticton, B.C.) and forward … Read more
The landscape in the CCHA changed only a little over the weekend and with one weekend to go, the regular-season title and last two first-round byes are up for grabs. Ferris State-Notre Dame. For the 10th time in program history, the Fighting Irish have reached 20 wins with a sweep over the Bulldogs, 3-2 and … Read more
The landscape in the CCHA changed only a little over the weekend and with one weekend to go, the regular-season title and last two first-round byes are up for grabs. Ferris State-Notre Dame. For the 10th time in program history, the Fighting Irish have reached 20 wins with a sweep over the Bulldogs, 3-2 and … Read more
First, a thanks and an apology Thank you to my friends and colleagues, Bob Miller and Jeff Svoboda. Bob is USCHO’s arena reporter at Yost, and Jeff covers Buckeye hockey for the Buckeye Sports Bulletin. In yesterday’s column, I used quotes from OSU head coach Mark Osiecki that Bob forwarded to me by email and … Read more
First, a thanks and an apology Thank you to my friends and colleagues, Bob Miller and Jeff Svoboda. Bob is USCHO’s arena reporter at Yost, and Jeff covers Buckeye hockey for the Buckeye Sports Bulletin. In yesterday’s column, I used quotes from OSU head coach Mark Osiecki that Bob forwarded to me by email and … Read more
There is one team in the CCHA that controls its destiny, and one whose destiny is now predetermined. If Notre Dame wins its last four games, no one else can capture first place. No one else can capture last place, either; that belongs to Bowling Green alone. The top three teams in the CCHA — … Read more
As Valentine’s Day hit us yesterday, I got to thinking about the guys in the CCHA who wear No. 14 and how they may have fared on the ice this past weekend. Alaska sophomore forward Adam Henderson did not play Feb. 11-12. His only goal this season was the third in a 4-1 win over … Read more
As Valentine’s Day hit us yesterday, I got to thinking about the guys in the CCHA who wear No. 14 and how they may have fared on the ice this past weekend. Alaska sophomore forward Adam Henderson did not play Feb. 11-12. His only goal this season was the third in a 4-1 win over … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day, CCHA fans! The Universe delivered a Valentine to me with some increasingly rare prescience for this past weekend’s picks. Last week: 8-2-2 (.750) Season to date: 95-62-23 (.592) The Fighting Irish and Wolverines showed themselves a little love, too, with sweeps of visiting opponents, while the two points the RedHawks lost at … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day, CCHA fans! The Universe delivered a Valentine to me with some increasingly rare prescience for this past weekend’s picks. Last week: 8-2-2 (.750) Season to date: 95-62-23 (.592) The Fighting Irish and Wolverines showed themselves a little love, too, with sweeps of visiting opponents, while the two points the RedHawks lost at … Read more
The Spartans put 52 shots on net but Northern Michigan goaltender Jared Coreau was up to the task for 50 of them, as the Wildcats beat Michigan State, 4-2, snapping a four-game losing streak in the process. “We came out the first period and definitely played like a fragile, lot of mistakes,” said NMU head … Read more
So, I don’t make a habit of simply re-releasing PR pieces by individual teams, but this video from Michigan deserves a bigger audience. Senior Louie Caporusso is hilarious, and according to my esteemed colleague Jeff Arnold, this was done in one take. Caporusso looks so slick and silly at the same time. I don’t know … Read more
So, I don’t make a habit of simply re-releasing PR pieces by individual teams, but this video from Michigan deserves a bigger audience. Senior Louie Caporusso is hilarious, and according to my esteemed colleague Jeff Arnold, this was done in one take. Caporusso looks so slick and silly at the same time. I don’t know … Read more
We’re getting down to it and the league is becoming less predictable – for me at least, apparently. Last week: 2-7-1 (.250) Season to date: 87-60-21 (.580) With three weekends left in the regular season, every series this week is bound to be hotly contested. Every team plays this weekend; Ferris State welcomes Alabama-Huntsville for … Read more
We’re getting down to it and the league is becoming less predictable – for me at least, apparently. Last week: 2-7-1 (.250) Season to date: 87-60-21 (.580) With three weekends left in the regular season, every series this week is bound to be hotly contested. Every team plays this weekend; Ferris State welcomes Alabama-Huntsville for … Read more
This weekend is the closest of the season to Valentine’s Day, and every longtime reader of this column knows what that means: a bitter, divorced, middle-aged woman is doing the writing this week. Of course, that differs very little from any other week in the season, but at this time of year, the Ghosts of … Read more