Todd D. MilewskiBrent Brekke joined the Miami staff last offseason knowing the challenge that lay before him. He would be working with four freshman defensemen on a team that lost plenty on that side of the ice, and would be charged with keeping the RedHawks’ identity intact. That Miami will play for the national championship on Saturday … Read more
If there was an undoing for Bemidji State this season, it was exactly what played out Thursday on the Verizon Center ice. Not being outplayed, like coach Tom Serratore and his players said they were in a 4-1 loss to Miami in the Frozen Four semifinals. Not a shortfall of scoring like the Beavers experienced … Read more
Vermont’s Drew MacKenzie went from the heights to the depths during the third period of their game against BU in the Frozen Four.
This is making its way through college hockey tonight, including over on our message board, but I thought it deserved to be mentioned here. The D.C. Sports Bog, a production of the Washington Post’s Web site, is reporting that George Mason’s pep band, known as the Green Machine, will be standing in for the Bemidji … Read more
This is making its way through college hockey tonight, including over on our message board, but I thought it deserved to be mentioned here. The D.C. Sports Bog, a production of the Washington Post’s Web site, is reporting that George Mason’s pep band, known as the Green Machine, will be standing in for the Bemidji … Read more
If you’re headed to the Frozen Four a day early and want to check out the Verizon Center and the four competing teams, check out the free practice sessions. Not only do you get the chance to see how the hockey-covering media lives (note the tongue planted firmly in cheek there), but teams usually make … Read more
If you’re headed to the Frozen Four a day early and want to check out the Verizon Center and the four competing teams, check out the free practice sessions. Not only do you get the chance to see how the hockey-covering media lives (note the tongue planted firmly in cheek there), but teams usually make … Read more
If you have no particular rooting interest in this year’s NCAA tournament (or even if you do but can separate that from an overall view of things), answer this question: Is this year’s tournament the best in recent memory, or maybe just the one with the most parity? How else does the Frozen Four feature … Read more
If you have no particular rooting interest in this year’s NCAA tournament (or even if you do but can separate that from an overall view of things), answer this question: Is this year’s tournament the best in recent memory, or maybe just the one with the most parity? How else does the Frozen Four feature … Read more
Enrico Blasi paused, perhaps to think about everything that happened. Asked to sum up his feelings about what surely ranks up there among his accomplishments in hockey, the Miami coach finally threw a question right back. “You guys have some time?” he said. In terms of time left in the season, Blasi and the RedHawks … Read more
I wanted to get this post up Friday, but then the games started and, well, there went the rest of the night at Mariucci Arena. With 37 entries in an informal NCAA tournament poll I conducted, some interesting things developed: ** Only 8 percent did not have either Boston University or Notre Dame winning it … Read more
I wanted to get this post up Friday, but then the games started and, well, there went the rest of the night at Mariucci Arena. With 37 entries in an informal NCAA tournament poll I conducted, some interesting things developed: ** Only 8 percent did not have either Boston University or Notre Dame winning it … Read more
Miami’s coaching staff apparently made the right choice in goaltenders. It was no foregone conclusion that Cody Reichard was going to be in net to earn all-regional honors and help the RedHawks claim their first trip to the Frozen Four this weekend at Mariucci Arena. In fact, after a week of competition in practice between … Read more
The tales of this Minnesota-Duluth postseason run won’t need much in the way of embellishment. The honest truth is pretty amazing on its own. The latest entry involves a pair of goals in the last 40 seconds of regulation to force overtime and a power-play goal to win it and earn a spot in the … Read more
It’s easy to look at the box score and flush out that Minnesota-Duluth’s power play made the difference in its 5-4 overtime victory Friday over Princeton in the West Regional. The Bulldogs scored one of their two final-minute goals with the man advantage (actually a two-man advantage because goaltender Alex Stalock was on the bench) … Read more
When Miami’s representatives arrived for their news conference with the media on the day before the NCAA tournament, they had to talk to themselves because no one showed up to listen. People are listening now. An enthusiastic start, a solid defense and an unusual bounce Friday made the RedHawks the second No. 4 seed to … Read more
By this time, we’re all looking ahead to the NCAA regionals next weekend, but there were some amazing things that took place in the conference tournaments this weekend that need to be revisited. ** Of the 19 games played, eight were shutouts. Four of those came in Saturday’s championship games, with Minnesota-Duluth, Yale, Boston University … Read more
By this time, we’re all looking ahead to the NCAA regionals next weekend, but there were some amazing things that took place in the conference tournaments this weekend that need to be revisited. ** Of the 19 games played, eight were shutouts. Four of those came in Saturday’s championship games, with Minnesota-Duluth, Yale, Boston University … Read more
There were two forms of consolation that Wisconsin could enjoy after a second-period surge sparked a victory in the WCHA Final Five third-place game Saturday. The Badgers could walk out of Xcel Energy Center with heads high a day after they were pretty low. Jordy Murray scored twice, the first one part of a three-goal … Read more
Two heroes, one award. That was the conundrum at the WCHA Final Five, where UMD goaltender Alex Stalock and his teammate MacGregor Sharp both put in starring performances. Todd D. Milewski reports.