Todd D. Milewski

Driving home through four states on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend? Not fun. But the trip that yielded that ride home also yielded some more insight on college hockey this season, so here goes with this week’s installment of some random (and not-so-random) thoughts: * Of the four teams in the College Hockey Showcase, the … Read more

Week 7 already? College hockey season is already a quarter done? And what do we know? Probably not as much as we think we know, but here goes anyway: * We have our first teams to 10 victories on the season, and if you had Quinnipiac and Bemidji State in that exacta box, pick up … Read more

Some random (and not-so-random) thoughts after the sixth week of the season: * Part of you has to feel bad for Niagara. As close as the Purple Eagles come to getting their first victory of the season, they just can’t get it done. Saturday at Robert Morris, they were up 3-1 midway through the game … Read more

Some random (and some not-so-random) thoughts after the fifth week of the season: * Defending national champion Boston University is 2-5 overall and 1-4 in Hockey East play. There’s not much more you can say to illustrate how much things can change from one season to the next. The Terriers had six overall losses and … Read more

Part of the draw was to see which Minnesota team would take the ice at the Kohl Center on Friday. (Part of the draw, of course, was the Wisconsin-Minnesota rivalry — something a college hockey fan should experience in either building at least once.) Would it be the Golden Gophers that were shut out in … Read more

Some thoughts after the fourth weekend of the season: * I know many do have a real problem with the CCHA using shootouts to decide how points are allocated after tie games. I share some of those concerns, but I am in favor of the shootout as a way to inject some life into what … Read more

Trying out a new weekly installment of the blog — some random (and not-so-random) thoughts on the week prior. * I’ve never seen this before. And neither have you, unless you were a Minnesota hockey follower in 1930 and were around for those momentous games against the Tulsa Athletic Club and Wisconsin. Denver blanked the … Read more

The USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I preseason men’s poll is out today, and I’ll be the first one to tell you that it doesn’t mean a whole heck of a lot. Really, what do we have to go on? Last season and a lot of conjecture, neither of which tends to amount to anything definitive … Read more

Nice to see you again. Good summer? Ours was fine, thanks. The offseason is just about over — in case you missed it, college hockey won’t look quite the same after this season because of what took place over the last few months — and soon enough, USCHO will be getting back to full speed. … Read more