Theresa Spisak

Last week Theresa: 8-4-2 Season Theresa: 48-32-9 Last week Tyler: 7-5-2 Season Tyler: 42-22-5 All conference, all the time this week. Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4 No. 10 Denver (10-4-2, 7-2-1 WCHA) at No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth (11-1-2, 8-1-1 WCHA) Theresa: I kind of talked about this series ad nauseum in the column this … Read more

Although non-conference series are all well and good in terms of PairWise and whatnot, they just don’t seem to generate the same kind of excitement as league battles do. Either that, or I still have too much tryptophan in my brain to process. Mmm, leftovers. – CC’s Tyler Johnson scored two goals in the Tigers’ … Read more

Taking a look back at the weekend as a whole, Clarkson University coach George Roll thinks his team played a good six periods of hockey. Given that his team lost Friday to Air Force, perhaps it was only fair that his Golden Knights were able to get the victory Saturday night, topping the Lake Superior … Read more

Last week Theresa: 6-4* Season Theresa: 40-28-7 Last week Tyler: 8-2 Season Tyler: 35-17-3 Friday, November 26 through Sunday, November 28 No. 11 Notre Dame  at No. 9 North Dakota (8-5-1, 7-3-0 WCHA) Theresa: This could easily be a split since both teams are about even when you look at the big picture (rankings, record-wise, … Read more

I liked last week’s format. Let’s stick with that. There are also quite a few thoughts rolling around from the weekend, so I’m going to quit delaying and get a cracking. – The Bulldogs, with their program-best 11-1-2 start, continue to keep on rolling. – The roll is partly due to UMD’s insane ability to … Read more

The University of Denver Pioneers somehow keep finding ways to win. Saturday night, it took a tactical adjustment on the breakout, but the Pioneers topped the visiting Bemidji State University Beavers, 4-2, for the series sweep and DU’s fourth straight victory. “We made one tactical adjustment that I think really had an effect in the … Read more

Last week Theresa: 7-4-1 (boo missing the nights on the BSU/UAA split) Season Theresa: 34-22-7 Last week Tyler: 7-4-1 Season Tyler: 27-15-3 Friday, November 19 and Saturday, November 20 No. 8 North Dakota (7-4-1, 6-2-0 WCHA) at No. 4 Nebraska-Omaha (8-1-1, 5-0-1 WCHA) Theresa: We lead off with this series because it’s arguably the hardest … Read more

My thoughts on this weekend aren’t quite as cohesive as in weeks past, so we’ll go with a marginally different format for this week. – Both CC and MSU, M have bye weeks next week and both coaches have said this off week couldn’t come at a better time. Understandable, with CC’s inconsistency and MSU’s … Read more

Sometimes, hockey is all about taking advantage of opportunities. Such was the case Saturday night at Magness Arena when, despite being dominated for much of the first period, the University of Denver Pioneers scored on a five-on-three advantage late in the frame and never looked back, beating the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks 6-1. “When … Read more

Going into their game Friday night against the Air Force Academy Fighting Falcons, the Colorado College Tigers wanted to redeem their loss from two years ago at Cadet Ice Arena. Call it mission accomplished, as the Tigers got four power-play goals to beat the Falcons, 6-4. “It’s redemption; any time you play them, it’s a … Read more

Last week Theresa: 5-4-1 Season Theresa: 27-18-6 Last week Tyler: 6-3-1 Season Tyler: 20-11-2 Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13 No. 10 North Dakota (5-4-1, 4-2-0 WCHA) at No. 13 Wisconsin (6-2-2, 3-1-2 WCHA) Theresa: Tricky series. Will Wisconsin dominate? Will the Sioux start doing the same? Regardless of what happens, it should be … Read more