Todd D. MilewskiWatching my e-mail over the last few days, I’ve noticed a few teams pointing out that they’re choosing to practice outside. Yale did so on Tuesday, taking to a pond on the school’s golf course for a skate that associate head coach C.J. Marottolo said “makes you realize why you love the game and how … Read more
Watching my e-mail over the last few days, I’ve noticed a few teams pointing out that they’re choosing to practice outside. Yale did so on Tuesday, taking to a pond on the school’s golf course for a skate that associate head coach C.J. Marottolo said “makes you realize why you love the game and how … Read more
I wasn’t surprised to see that the WCHA voted Thursday to suspend its moratorium on expansion. I was surprised — and commissioner Bruce McLeod said he was, too — that the vote was unanimous. You may ask: What’s the harm in lifting the moratorium? It doesn’t put the league on the hook to approve anyone. … Read more
I wasn’t surprised to see that the WCHA voted Thursday to suspend its moratorium on expansion. I was surprised — and commissioner Bruce McLeod said he was, too — that the vote was unanimous. You may ask: What’s the harm in lifting the moratorium? It doesn’t put the league on the hook to approve anyone. … Read more
The WCHA lifted its moratorium on expansion in a unanimous vote Thursday, and it didn’t take long for Bemidji State to put itself at the front of the line among applicants. The league’s vote, taken during league meetings at the NCAA convention in Washington, D.C., means that it will accept applications until March 31. Bemidji … Read more
Just a heads-up that the NCAA convention is next week in Washington, D.C., and during it, the WCHA will hold meetings that could change the college hockey landscape. The league meetings on Thursday include a discussion of the moratorium on expansion that has been in place since Minnesota State joined in 1999. Six of the … Read more
Just a heads-up that the NCAA convention is next week in Washington, D.C., and during it, the WCHA will hold meetings that could change the college hockey landscape. The league meetings on Thursday include a discussion of the moratorium on expansion that has been in place since Minnesota State joined in 1999. Six of the … Read more
What you find when you talk to people around hockey is that, no matter how many leagues bring the shootout into being, it doesn’t look like the concept will even gain full acceptance. After his team lost a shootout 1-0 for the championship of the Badger Hockey Showdown last Sunday, I asked Lake Superior State … Read more
What you find when you talk to people around hockey is that, no matter how many leagues bring the shootout into being, it doesn’t look like the concept will even gain full acceptance. After his team lost a shootout 1-0 for the championship of the Badger Hockey Showdown last Sunday, I asked Lake Superior State … Read more
Every year, maybe just for my own amusement, I compile the rankings of college hockey’s holiday tournaments in order of combined winning percentage. It started as a quest a few years back to track how many tournaments there were on a yearly basis — it seemed like the number was getting out of hand — … Read more
Every year, maybe just for my own amusement, I compile the rankings of college hockey’s holiday tournaments in order of combined winning percentage. It started as a quest a few years back to track how many tournaments there were on a yearly basis — it seemed like the number was getting out of hand — … Read more
I tried to deflect the question I knew was coming by saying right at the top of a radio interview the other day that I thought trying to pick who’ll end up with the MacNaughton Cup as WCHA regular season champions three months from now is a futile effort. Didn’t work. Still got the question. … Read more
I tried to deflect the question I knew was coming by saying right at the top of a radio interview the other day that I thought trying to pick who’ll end up with the MacNaughton Cup as WCHA regular season champions three months from now is a futile effort. Didn’t work. Still got the question. … Read more
For all the Sean Avery stories there are in hockey, you know there are 10 more stories like this that don’t get the attention they deserve. Or maybe they don’t get attention because those responsible for them just know it’s what they should be doing. The Chicago Blackhawks are being celebrated around the Internet, and … Read more
For all the Sean Avery stories there are in hockey, you know there are 10 more stories like this that don’t get the attention they deserve. Or maybe they don’t get attention because those responsible for them just know it’s what they should be doing. The Chicago Blackhawks are being celebrated around the Internet, and … Read more
There was a pretty good ad campaign from the NHL last season (not sure if it’s still running), throwing out the rhetorical question, “Is this the year?” It was to get you thinking about the possibilities, and the fact that you never know when there’s going to be a record set. Spinning that line toward … Read more
There was a pretty good ad campaign from the NHL last season (not sure if it’s still running), throwing out the rhetorical question, “Is this the year?” It was to get you thinking about the possibilities, and the fact that you never know when there’s going to be a record set. Spinning that line toward … Read more
As I stared at the legal pad on which I detail how the teams in last week’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll fared last week, the debate in my head went something like this: Point: Air Force has the best record in the country. Counterpoint: Who have the Falcons played? Point: They’re leading all the number-driven … Read more
As I stared at the legal pad on which I detail how the teams in last week’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll fared last week, the debate in my head went something like this: Point: Air Force has the best record in the country. Counterpoint: Who have the Falcons played? Point: They’re leading all the number-driven … Read more
Is the College Hockey Showcase positioned on a bad weekend? Michigan State coach Rick Comley thinks so. Comley would like to see the games between Big Ten teams Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin moved away from the Thanksgiving weekend, when attendance is off. “I think they’re prime games and they should be played at … Read more