Theresa SpisakWhile Kevin Porter’s Michigan Wolverines came up short in terms of the team’s ultimate goal of a national championship, Porter did not walk away from Denver empty-handed, becoming the 29th winner of the Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Though the Hobey is a very individual award, Porter, as he has all season, continued to deflect the … Read more
Lately, it has seemed if the North Dakota Fighting Sioux want to get to the Frozen Four championship game, they’ll want to avoid Boston College. Unless, of course, they see the Eagles in the NCAA regionals — then they’ve got a shot. For the third time in as many years, Dave Hakstol’s squad fell to … Read more
Jeff Lerg got everyone’s attention last season as Michigan State won a national title. Friday night in Colorado, he was at it again. Theresa Spisak reports.
It took 40 years, but the Notre Dame Fighting Irish finally made it to a Frozen Four. Taking the next step in building a hockey tradition in South Bend, the Irish beat the Michigan State University Spartans 3-1 in a rematch of last year’s Midwest Regional Final Saturday night. Not only do the Irish make … Read more
Sometimes, not being a top seed has its benefits. The No. 13 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the lowest-seeded at-large team in the tournament and last year’s overall two seed, enjoyed the lack of pressure and upset the No. 4 overall seed University of New Hampshire Wildcats, 7-3 at the NCAA West Regional at the … Read more
Banged up or not, T.J. Oshie is providing a needed spark to North Dakota as the Sioux head for the NCAA tournament. Theresa Spisak checks in on the Sioux star.
In their first visit to the Xcel Energy Center in three years, the Denver Pioneers continued their winning ways in the building, going 5-0 by beating the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 3-1. “They’ve had a tremendous run from January on and it’s a real honor to be able to compete against them and come out … Read more
Chris Butler can score — of that there’s no doubt. But the Denver blueliner is equally at home on defense, where he leads by example. Theresa Spisak reports.
You’d think the Minnesota Golden Gophers would have been tired, after playing in their fourth game (their fifth in a sense, thanks to extra periods) in seven days. Instead, the Gophers had enough energy to get the game-winning goal with 12.7 seconds remaining in the third period to lift them to a 3-2 victory over … Read more
Well, folks, this here is the end of the WCHA “season,” so to speak — the WCHA Red Baron Final Five starts today. So here’s a little something to chew on while waiting for the games. Putting the ‘Student’ in Student-Athlete The league released the 2007-08 All-WCHA Academic Team last Friday and 45 of the … Read more
In the playoffs, heroes are born. In a closely contested game between the Colorado College Tigers and the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves, Mike Testwuide ended up being the hero, scoring the game-winning goal three minutes into overtime, lifting the Tigers to a 3-2 win and a 2-0 series sweep. “I blacked out, I don’t … Read more
In a much closer battle than the final score indicated, the Colorado College Tigers took game one of the best-of-three series against the University of Alaska Anchorage, 4-1. “We stole one? Yeah, you could probably say that,†said CC head coach Scott Owens. “We got outshot by eight and we weren’t real sharp, but I … Read more
We’re talkin’ ’bout playoffs this week. While I have a lot to say this week, I think Denver’s George Gwozdecky sums it up best — “The first round playoffs are going to be as close and competitive as they’ve ever been in this format.” Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA … Read more
It took all season for the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons to get a sweep in conference, but it finally happened. Air Force beat the Bentley College Falcons, 3-1, to sweep the best-of-three series between the two teams and earn a date at the Atlantic Hockey Association Final Five in Rochester, N.Y., next weekend. “If … Read more
Scott Owens couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present. On the same night he celebrated his 52nd birthday, Owens’ Colorado College Tigers shut down their archrival, the University of Denver Pioneers, 5-2, as well as clinched the MacNaughton Cup as the WCHA’s best team. Earning state bragging rights by retaining the Gold Pan was … Read more
Here we are, everybody — the final season of the regular season. We’ve got playoff spots to be decided with everybody except Wisconsin and Alaska Anchorage having a hand in their final fate. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Jack Hillen, CC. Why: Became the … Read more
On a night honoring seniors, it was the freshman who shined, scoring three of the five goals the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons scored in a 5-0 victory over the Yellow Jackets of American International College. “They’re a very fine hockey team and when they get it going, they can really take it to you,†… Read more
After finding themselves down 2-0 to start the game, the Colorado College Tigers scored five unanswered goals to beat the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks Friday night 5-2 at World Arena. “We got beat by a a good team tonight; they played good too,” said Mavericks’ coach Troy Jutting. The Mavericks started off the scoring … Read more
Just two weekends left in the regular season and some things are shaping up — we know three teams who will have home ice. Still, a lot of the league continues to be jumbled together so it looks like everything will come down to the final weekend … with two teams — the Badgers and … Read more
Funny, isn’t it, how a weekend following a day for love portrayed little, particularly up in Grand Forks and here at column home base, where I got pasted in predictions by my significant other. Oh, and apparently CC didn’t have the last non-conference tilt a few weeks ago, as the Sioux take on Bemidji this … Read more