Paula C. WestonThe Reason for the Season The weather has finally turned nippy, the Thanksgiving turkey is a carcass, the days shorten, and several local radio stations are playing Christmas music round the clock. This can only signal one thing: it’s time to shop. While the day after Thanksgiving, a.k.a. “Black Friday,” is touted as the single … Read more
A Video’s Worth A Thousand Bucks We live in a world in which Mariah Carey is considered the best current American female soul/R&B artist, so very little should surprise and shock us. But even the most jaded among us finds it hard to imagine that a Division I coach would compile a tape of what … Read more
For the second consecutive night, the Ohio State Buckeyes blanked the Lake Superior State Lakers, winning 4-0 and earning their first CCHA sweep of the season. The Bucks owed the shutout to senior goaltender Dave Caruso, who stopped 27 shots including back-to-back five-on-three LSSU power plays in the third period. “Dave Caruso won that hockey … Read more
Kenny Bernard and Mathieu Beaudoin connected for two third-period goals and goaltender Dave Caruso made 27 saves in his seventh career shutout as Ohio State downed visiting Lake Superior State, 3-0. “I think Ohio State’s a good team. They’re starting to come around,” said LSSU head coach Jim Roque. “They’re good, they’re strong, they don’t … Read more
Everybody Hurts Well, everybody except for Michigan. The Wolverines moved to the top of the USCHO.com/CSTV poll this week with a record of 9-1-1 (5-1-1 CCHA) as nearly everyone else in the top 10 lost at least one contest. Given the 11 rookies on the Wolverine roster, some folks find Michigan’s quick start surprising. Certainly, … Read more
Ohio State came from behind to snap a four-game losing streak, beating No. 13 Michigan State, 3-2, at Value City Arena. Junior Andrew Schembri had two third-period goals and sophomore Tom Fritsche had a goal and an assist as Ohio State (3-5-1, 2-4-1 CCHA) registered its first win since beating Bowling Green Oct. 20. “We’re … Read more
Timing Is Everything. In the Friday, Nov. 4 game between Ohio State and Miami, there were a total of 178 penalty minutes, 101 of which — stop smirking — were assessed to the Buckeyes. Of course, I wasn’t there to see it. This is the way every week before moving households should go: Secure the … Read more
An Object Lesson in Five Minutes Last weekend, Michigan State traveled to Ithaca, New York, to open Cornell’s D-I season in front of the Lynah faithful. By all accounts, this was a terrific, emotionally-charged series that provided up-and-down action, great goaltending, fierce competition. The series also gave more than what was reported, and less perhaps … Read more
But Ann Arbor Is Miles from Punxsutawney Does Harold Ramis get royalties every time the Wolverines and Spartans meet? For the third consecutive game going back to February of last season, the famed archrivals have met on the ice and departed tied, with those pesky Spartans coming from behind in each contest to force OT. … Read more
One night after beating the Falcons 7-2 in Bowling Green, the No. 3 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes found themselves having to come from behind to earn a single point, ultimately tying BGSU 2-2 in their home opener at Value City Arena tonight. It was John Dingle’s one-timer from high in the slot at 4:03 in … Read more
It’s Early, but It’s Nice Once upon a time, the CCHA was a league to be feared. As recently as the 1990s, the teams around these parts were considered among the toughest in the country, with savvy goaltending, fearsome defense, and physicality second to none. During the last five years or so, however, changes have … Read more
Editor’s note: a previous version of this article reported on an altercation during Northern Michigan’s intrasquad scrimmage, information which has subsequently been determined to be unreliable. USCHO.com apologizes for the error. Like I Never Really Left It’s a brand-new season, but I felt as though the last one never ended, thanks to the email I … Read more
History teaches everything, including the future. — Lamartine The UAF Nanooks will look to their most recent history, namely last year, to learn what’s necessary to take them to their immediate future. “We got older in age marginally, but by class and experience we’re younger,” says head coach Tavis MacMillan. Just how young is this … Read more
History is full of delightful reversals, where the opposite of what one predicts comes true. — Edmund Carpenter. For the first time in the history of such things — preseason polls, Ohio State hockey — the Buckeyes are expected to finish first in the CCHA this season. All but one CCHA coach picked OSU to … Read more
The 2005-2006 CCHA: Tiers or Tears? “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” So said Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana, a Pulitzer Prize nominee whose early-20th century output rivaled only Emerson in volume and insight. “On paper, I think our league is really going to be improved.” So said Canadian-born American … Read more
History isn’t really about the past, settling old scores. It’s about defining the present and who we are. — Ken Burns Three summers ago, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks were rocked by a number of departures. Both players and coaches left unexpectedly, some just before the beginning of the new season. Last year, after spending the 2003-04 … Read more
History is the great propagator of doubt. — A.J.P. Taylor Miami deserves a better fate than that of sixth in the CCHA preseason coaches’ poll, seventh in the media poll. Yes, the RedHawks struggled last season — to put a team on the ice. Once they got there, however, they really knew how to play. … Read more
In history, there are no real beginnings. — Warren Sylvester Smith Out with the old, in with the new. Or should we say that everything old is new again? Not to imply that Jeff Jackson is old, by any means. There’s a certain symmetry to Notre Dame hiring Jackson after firing Dave Poulin. Jackson is … Read more
You must always know the past, for there is no real Was, there is only Is. — William Faulkner You’re only as good as your last game. Every coach, every player knows this. To end last season, the Ferris State took Ohio State to three games in first-round CCHA playoff action in Columbus, shutting out … Read more
Nothing capable of being memorized is history. — R.G. Collingwood If there is one thing to learn from Bowling Green’s 2004-05 season it’s this: humility. “I didn’t want to keep on saying it was the ‘flu.” That’s the simple explanation that Jordan Sigalet, BGSU’s senior goaltender last season, gave for making public his struggle with … Read more