Theresa SpisakDenver flirts with being back again, Colorado College loses one at home and again, the league race continues to get tighter, with no one wanting to share the love. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Matt Hartman, SCSU. Why: Led all WCHAers with five scoring … Read more
Not everything is meant to last forever. Just ask the Colorado College Tigers who saw their 14-game home ice winning streak end at the hands of the St. Cloud State University Huskies, 3-2, Saturday night at World Arena. “You don’t think too much about [the streak], but yeah, this was a game we had hoped … Read more
In a game between two teams searching for identity and a pivotal time to get back on track, seemingly the only conceivable result was a tie, as the University of Denver Pioneers and University of Minnesota Golden Gophers battled it out to a 1-1 stalemate at Magness Arena on Friday night. “That was exactly what … Read more
Colorado College sweeps the last non-conference series of the season and the league race gets tighter than ever. But enough from me, we’ve got a lot to talk about … Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Mike Testwuide, CC. Why: Had four goals, one assist, … Read more
On a night alumni from the 70 years of Colorado College hockey wore throwback jerseys to celebrate Tigers’ hockey, the Tigers put on a show of yore, scoring six goals to defeat the Clarkson University Golden Knights 6-1 Saturday night at World Arena. “It feels real good to [win] at home, and alumni weekend, with … Read more
When the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons score four goals in a game, they usually expect to win and with good reason — the squad is 6-0-1 when scoring four or more. However, on the strength of a late third period goal, the Bentley College Falcons pushed that to 6-0-2, tying Air Force 4-4 Friday … Read more
This conference can’t ever be nice and predictable, can it? Six teams remain separated by three points and the Fighting Sioux are edging the Colorado duo for league superiority. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Co-Offensive Players of the Week: Jimmy Kerr, MTU and Jason Wiley, MSU-M. Why: Kerr had … Read more
We’re starting the stretch run of the season here and it is going to be a wild and crazy race to the finish line. As I type this, six teams are separated by seven points, making it a virtual guarantee that nothing will be decided until the final weekend of play. Though it looked like … Read more
While it may never breed the depths of hatred among fans like the University of Denver/Colorado College rivalry, the CC/Air Force Academy rival is growing in strength now that the Fighting Falcons have a stronger program. In front of a sellout, standing-room only crowd of 7,750 at the Colorado Springs World Arena, the No. 3 … Read more
What did I say last week about things looking up at the U, if only for a weekend? Yeah, maybe it was only for that weekend. Still, the Gophers are starting to score a bit more per game, so they may be sloooowly turning the corner. Now if they could only hold a lead … … Read more
If a team is called for 14 penalties in a game and 12 result in short-handed opportunities, it better hope its penalty killers are up to the task, or it might be in for a long night. Luckily for the Rochester Institute of Technology, their penalty killers were more than ready as the Tigers (9-7-3, … Read more
Doth the new year kill the column jinx? After I talk about possible troubles concerning the Gophers and the Tigers, both teams swept their weekend series. After talking with Coach Scott Owens last week, I felt the Tigers might be okay, but held off judgment until the weekend series, where they went ahead and swept … Read more
Look, I’m back. I’ll make this short and say my holiday was good and I hope yours was too. Of course, you all got the gift of not having to read me for about a month, so you know. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: … Read more
The Air Force Falcons were able to score first Saturday night, but the tenacity of the Canisius Golden Griffins once again forced a comeback goal to force a 3-3 tie for the second night of the weekend. “I feel very good,” said Canisius coach Dave Smith. “I thought we played very smart hockey against an … Read more
In a game with a lot of back-and-forth action and lead changes, seemingly the only appropriate result was the one achieved as the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons and the Canisius College Golden Griffins battled to a 3-3 tie Friday night at Cadet Ice Arena. On a cold, foggy and snowy night made for hockey, … Read more
Last week we saw all 10 WCHA teams face off against each other — one of only three times that will happen all season. At the end of the weekend, things stayed pretty much the same. Colorado College and Denver remain on top with Alaska-Anchorage and Minnesota State on the bottom. Minnesota and North Dakota … Read more
Two months into the season and who’d’ve thunk that the Seawolves would be tied with the Badgers and the Gophers would be struggling to get league wins? North Dakota’s also middle-of-the-pack — much lower than they were predicted, but that’s just par for the course for the Fighting Sioux under Dave Hakstol in the first … Read more
I was going to say I’ll try to keep this short this week, but holidays are no excuse; the column must go on, and go on as usual. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Chad Rau, Colorado College. Why: Had four points (3g, 1a) including … Read more
The quick breakdown: The Gophers finally won, the Sioux are playing like they usually do this time of year, the Badgers have an offense, the Sioux and Badgers renewed their rivalry and the Tigers found someone to fill Zaba’s skates with great success. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive … Read more
We’ve finally completed our first full weekend of WCHA action (well, save for Minnesota State’s weekend against Alabama-Huntsville, of course) and at the end of it, we’ve got some surprises. Granted, it’s still early (how many times have I said that so far?), but by this point in the season, who would have expected Michigan … Read more