Theresa SpisakFor the second straight night, archrivals Denver University and Colorado College deliered an entertaining and action-packed game for a packed house. In the second game of a home-and-home, the WCHA’s top two teams battled to a 4-4 tie at Magness Arena, behind a gutsy third period comeback by the Tigers. “You’ve got to give credit … Read more
Hope your Thanksgiving went well and you didn’t overstuff yourself. Also hope that the leftovers are slowly being expunged from your fridges (almost gone over here …). The point spread between first and last in the league jumped up a bit to 11 (15 points for the two Colorado schools sharing first and four for … Read more
After holding a lead throughout most of the third period, the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves didn’t want to let a win slip through their gloves. After the Colorado College Tigers scored a late goal to force overtime, the Seawolves pounced on the Tigers in the extra frame, scoring just a minute in to beat … Read more
The University of Denver Pioneers continued their winning ways Friday night, beating the visiting St. Cloud State University Huskies, 5-3. The Huskies scored the first goal of the game four and a half minutes into the first period. Sam Zabkowicz held the puck in the DU zone and tossed it to Ryan Lasch at the … Read more
Not as deep or as long this week, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The point spread between first and last in the league is now down to nine (13 points for first; four for last). Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Co-Offensive Players of the Week: Joe Colborne, DU; Jerad Stewart, … Read more
When University of Denver goaltender Marc Cheverie was injured back on October 30, all he wanted was to be healed up and back on the ice for the Pioneers’ series against the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux. Cheverie made it back in time for the Sioux series and performed in spectacular fashion, stopping all … Read more
I think I’m going to start using this area as the number of points which separate first and 10 in the league given this year is going to undoubtedly be as close as last year. Right now that number is 10. League leader Colorado College has 13 points while last place Minnesota State has only … Read more
Though a few of the usual suspects have been hanging around the top half of the league, we’ve still got more of the same like last year, as only seven points separate first and 10th place. Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Co-Offensive Players of the Week: Evan Trupp, UND; Sean … Read more
Thanks to killing a late 6-on-3 power play, the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs beat the Colorado College Tigers 4-3 Friday night, winning their fifth straight game at the Colorado Springs World Arena. “We might not have gotten a lot of chances early, but we stayed patient and got a couple of goals and our guys … Read more
Well, we’re three weeks in and the two Colorado schools are leading the pack, with CC being the relative surprise. Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Tony Lucia, UM. Why: Scored five points (3g, 2a) including two shorthanded goals, to help his Gophers sweep Alaska-Anchorage. Also … Read more
Despite losing goaltender Marc Cheverie to injury early in the third period, the No. 2 University of Denver Pioneers held on to beat the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks 4-3 Friday night. Both teams exchanged chances throughout the first period, with Pioneers’ goaltender Marc Cheverie making goal-line stops and his Mavericks’ counterpart Austin Lee stoning … Read more
It’s Halloween week here and although that really means nothing in the world of college hockey, it happens to be one of my personal favorite holidays. So, please excuse the Halloween-y touches and the probably excessive use of Halloween hyperbole sprinkled throughout. Red Baron WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of … Read more
Last season, the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons went 13 games before finally losing. This year, it took four games before they finally won. The Falcons earned their first win of the season Friday night, gritting out a 5-4 victory over the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers. “It’s great to get that 500-pound gorilla off … Read more
We’ve entered the early part of the season, where everything still feels new, on both the spectators’ side and that of the coaches and teams, who are still feeling everything out. This weekend, we get all ten teams in action against each other for the first of five total times this year, an early way … Read more
The University of Alabama-Huntsville Chargers shut down the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons in their home-opener Friday night, 4-2, quieting the Falcons’ ninth-consecutive sell-out crowd in the process. Alabama-Huntsville opened up the scoring early, getting on the board 2:09 into the first when Chris Fairbanks streaked down the far side boards after forcing a turnover … Read more
Why, hello there again. Are you ready for hockey season? Most of the WCHA turned up to play this past weekend, with all teams in action but one earning victories Friday night. Granted, most of those teams lost on Saturday, but it’s always nice starting off one’s season with a notch in the win column. … Read more
In their second high-scoring, back-and-forth game of the weekend, the University of Vermont Catamounts earned a 6-4 victory over the University of Denver Pioneers Saturday night, also earning the weekend split. “I thought it was just a great college hockey game; it had a little bit of everything in there,” said Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon. … Read more
Strictly speaking in conference, Minnesota had a down year. The Gophers had most of their struggles after the New Year, managing to finish one game above .500 and squeaked into the final home ice spot in the playoffs, where they proceeded to sweep St. Cloud before falling to Minnesota-Duluth in the Final Five play-in game. … Read more
Last year was quite the wild ride for Minnesota-Duluth. The Bulldogs struggled early, picked it up around the holidays before going on a skid to end the season 0-3-2. That late skid dropped them to seventh in the league, but as soon as they hit the playoffs, they found the fire. First they swept Colorado … Read more
The 2008-09 season was a wild one for Wisconsin. Everyone thought if the Badgers could get past their tough opening schedule, they’d be OK. Everyone was right, for the most part. Wisconsin started off the season 0-6-1, but picked it up enough to end up tied for third in the league, gain home ice and … Read more