Paula C. WestonThe Semi-Awful Truth In theory, someone will pick up some points in the CCHA this week. It has to happen. Sure, I know that Earth is round, that illness isn’t caused by an imbalance of humors and that gazing into an emerald won’t make your eyesight perfect (although I’d be willing to put that idea … Read more
It’s all in the way you respond. That’s what the coaches were saying after Robert Morris beat Ohio State, 4-3, after the Colonials tied the Buckeyes in Pittsburgh Friday night. After Sergio Somma scored at 6:36 in the second to give OSU a 1-0 lead, RMU responded less than two minutes later with two goals … Read more
Chatter Is the sky falling? Can the center hold? For the first time in living memory — okay, so perhaps not that long, but you know what I mean — the top three spots in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I Men’s Poll belong to the CCHA. Honestly, on the heels of the second Red Sox World … Read more
With two goals from Mick Lawrence on the power play and a solid performance for the second straight night from goaltender Jerad Kaufmann, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks completed a two-game road sweep of the Ohio State Buckeyes, the 5-2 score identical to Thursday night’s final tally. The wins were the first two in CCHA play for … Read more
With two goals from Brandon Scero and multi-point games from several key players, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks earned their first CCHA win of the season with a 5-2 decision over the Ohio State Buckeyes. “Quite honestly, I think it was about the way we played throughout the season,” said UNO head coach Mike Kemp, whose Mavericks … Read more
Another World The CCHA and Buckeye football are conspiring to ruin my life. The two-week on-site playoff system forces weeknight games, while Ohio State avoids playing on Saturdays when the pigskin boys are home, giving us Thursday night contests and Sunday afternoon games when the Buffalo Bills are actually on local television because they’re playing … Read more
After trailing briefly by two near the end of the first period, the Ferris State Bulldogs rebounded with four unanswered goals — three of them on special teams — to beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 4-2 and complete the series road sweep. It was Cody Chupp’s shorthanded marker at 16:29 in the first that pulled … Read more
With goals production from all four lines, the Ferris State Bulldogs recorded their second shutout in as many games, defeating Ohio State 4-0 in Value City Arena. Pat Nagle, who stopped 27 shots in the first shutout of his collegiate career and assisted on the game-winning goal, was quick to credit his teammates for limiting … Read more
It’s Alive! It’s Aliiiiiive! Collectively, they are The Thing that Wouldn’t Die. Tales of the Michigan Wolverines’ demise this season — or at least their descent to the realm of the mere mortals — seem a bit exaggerated. Picked in both the CCHA media and coaches preseason polls to finish fourth, the Wolverines are ranked … Read more
It’s in the Stars, Again An escaped prisoner is captured 28 years later. A woman receives her wedding photos 27 years after her big day, when the photographer surprises her at her place of work after cleaning house and finding the pics. An 80-year-old Japanese man receives a postcard sent 64 years earlier. The Red … Read more
With a career-best two goals from Justin Mercier and a 24-save performance by Jeff Zatkoff, the No. 2 Miami RedHawks exposed Ohio State in the opening night of CCHA play, exploiting the inexperienced Buckeyes for 33 shots and a 5-1 win. Mercier’s tallies were the equalizer and game-winner, midway and late in the first period … Read more
We Are the Champions “It’s kind of the worst nightmare,” said Michigan State head coach Rick Comley after Saturday’s loss to North Dakota. “It’s what you fear after six months of people patting you on the back and then you come in here and play a team of that caliber.” It was not the way … Read more
After losing 4-1 to Wisconsin in the first contest of Friday’s Lefty McFadden Invitational, three second-period goals helped to lift the Dame Fighting Irish over the Mercyhurst Lakers by a score of 4-0 in Saturday’s Lefty McFadden Invitational consolation game. Irish senior captain Mark Van Guilder scored two goals in the contest to bring his … Read more
It had to happen sometime. With goals from five different players and a solid performance by sophomore netminder Joseph Palmer, the Ohio State Buckeyes outlasted the surprised Wisconsin Badgers, 5-3, for their first hockey win over Big Ten rival UW. “I’m happy with our whole team,” said OSU head coach John Markell. “I thought we … Read more
With two third-period power-play goals, the Ohio State Buckeyes turned a deficit into a 2-1 win over the Mercyhurst Lakers to advance to play Wisconsin in Saturday’s title game of the Lefty McFadden College Hockey Invitational. “I think it was a good game,” said OSU head coach John Markell. “I thought Mercyhurst was right there … Read more
The Wisconsin Badgers had offensive contributions from three different classes in their 4-1 win over Notre Dame in the opening game of the Lefty McFadden College Hockey Invitational, and senior defenseman Davis Drewiske had three assists, but Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves wants everyone to understand that this is a very young hockey team. “We … Read more
There are two ways to define the 2007-08 Northern Michigan Wildcats: 1. Young. This is a roster that includes 17 sophomores and freshmen. 2. Really young. Not only will the Wildcats play as many as 15 underclassmen per game, but the average age of the NMU team is just over 20 years. Five of the … Read more
What can anyone say about the Miami RedHawks? Two things, for sure: 1. They’re loaded and experienced in every position. In 2006-07, Miami finished second in the CCHA with an offense that scored more than three per game, two of the most consistent goaltenders in the league, and name-brand players everywhere on the ice — … Read more
What can you say about a team that emerged from relative obscurity to capture both the regular and postseason 2006-07 CCHA championships? Two things: 1. How can Notre Dame survive without goaltender David Brown? Brown had the best goals-against average (1.58),second-best save percentage (.931) and top win percentage (.808) in the nation last year. 2. … Read more
What is the measure of a good program? The Mavericks have two answers to that question. 1. You produce coaches that other people want. Nebraska-Omaha said goodbye to assistant Doc DelCastillo, who is the new head coach for Alaska. Also, UNO welcomes back Nick Fohr, whom the Mavericks had already sent out into the world … Read more