Theresa Spisak

In the game of hockey, which matters more, quality or quantity? That looked to be the question in Saturday night’s game between the Northern Michigan University Wildcats and the University of Denver Pioneers. Would NMU’s quality shots win out, or would the sheer quantity of DU’s barrage propel them to victory? The question was never … Read more

And here are the rest of the games. No. 3 North Dakota at No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth Theresa: The Sioux get to open their second WCHA building this year, although this time, it’s non-conference. UND spoiled Bemidji’s party, and, given that the team seems to be firing on all cylinders right now, I can’t see why … Read more

Last week Theresa: 2-2 Season Theresa: 63-43-11 Last week Tyler: 2-2 Season Tyler: 62-28-7 There are a lot of games coming up with the tournaments and due to holiday craziness, we’re splitting up our picks for the next week into two blog posts. Here’s part one. No. 20 Colorado College and Michigan Tech at the … Read more

So I said this was coming this week … although I think I’m a day later than planned. Oops. In any case, here are my annual WCHA Mideason Grades, with teams in alphabetical order. Alaska-Anchorage (t-eighth) – C – Needs improvement; meeting/exceeding expectations – It’s good that the Seawolves have been able to earn a … Read more

Not much action this past weekend, so obviously this is going to be fairly short. – Oh Michigan Tech … I wish you could turn things around. I’m also pretty sure your fans weren’t happy seeing you fall 6-2 to your UP rivals. – With the loss, the Huskies saw their losing streak extend to … Read more

All good things must come to an end, and Sunday night, that was true for the Colorado College Tigers. The Tigers, who had been riding a six-game winning streak, saw their winning ways come to an abrupt halt, being shut out by goaltender John Faulkner and Nebraska-Omaha, 3-0. “I knew that it would be a … Read more

Last week Theresa: 6-4-2 Season Theresa: 61-41-11 Last week Tyler: 9-1-2 (!) Season Tyler: 60-26-7 Not a lot of games this weekend, as schools gear up for the holiday break. Therefore, not a lot of insight, either, to make this quick and simple (though we may edit more in later). Friday, December 17 through Sunday, … Read more

Despite being an all-league weekend, it was still kind of odd – a Thursday/Friday series, games being postponed due to snow … crazy. Speaking of that snow … if any of you in Minnesota want to ship that out here to Colorado, it would be much appreciated. Thanks. – Michigan Tech may be scrappy, but … Read more

Last week Theresa: 7-5 Season Theresa: 55-37-9 Last week Tyler: 9-3 Season Tyler: 51-25-5 Note: Somehow missed that the MTU/UNO series was Thursday/Friday. Otherwise this blog would have been up much earlier. HOWEVER, I have not looked at what’s going on in that game and our picks were made well before the game started. I just … Read more

I’m still in Vegas as of writing this, thanks to a partial weekend off for running, but work is always calling, so here we go. – Props to Tyler for going with some history and calling a Mankato sweep. Let’s hope the Mavericks have the same kind of success this time around as they did … Read more

Sometimes, even in ties, the score can be misleading as to how the game went. In the case of Friday’s game between Air Force and Holy Cross, the end result, a 1-1 tie, was perhaps the only fitting end. “That was kind of two mirror-image teams going at it,” Holy Cross coach Paul Pearl said. … Read more