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… or basically the Duluth/Clarkson series. Not too many thoughts here, but I still wanted to toss up a quick blog. – Nice to see the Bulldogs come up with two non-conference victories after a rough non-con loss to UND (yes, that was a non-conference game). – Props to junior David Grun for getting his … Read more
The World Junior Championships wrap up Wednesday, which means the tournament’s collegians will return to their NCAA teams’ lineups in time for the resumption of league play this weekend. Except for the two WCHA players on Canada’s roster: Colorado College’s Jaden Schwartz and Dylan Olsen of Minnesota-Duluth. The sophomore, Olsen, signed a professional contract with … Read more
Forget resolutions. Chronicling what a team should resolve to do or not to do is a popular thing for writers to present at this time of year, but I just don’t care. We’ve watched the CCHA and college hockey for half a season, and by now every fan’s an expert in what needs to be … Read more
Before the holiday break, I looked at what would happen from a playoffs standpoint if season ended today. And while the playoff picture is still up in the air, some candidates for individual honors have begun to emerge. Here are my picks for the Atlantic Hockey All-Star teams at the midway point of the season. … Read more
Welcome back, everybody. Lots and lots and lots of results to sort through (maybe I should’ve been more proactive over the holidays?) so let’s get to it. Players of the… um… Weeks Player of the Weeks: Matt Reber, Dartmouth Yet another icer out of hockey-mad Edina, Minn., senior Reber scored twice and added four assists … Read more
Monday night’s loss to Team Canada in the semifinals of the World Junior Championship might have been disappointing for Team USA but Boston University’s Charlie Coyle, playing in his first WJC, is ready to put it behind him. He said on Tuesday that there is simply nothing that the US can do about the past … Read more
Happy New Year! That’s definitely the case for a couple of teams coming out of some fun holiday hockey over the past several days. At 8-2-0 overall, the Castleton Spartans are starting to get noticed. Ranked in the USCHO D-III poll, Alex Todd’s team continues to take care of business following a strong first half. … Read more
Plattsburgh wins their own tournament Plattsburgh didn’t allow a trio of their former players showing up at Curry in the first round of the Cardinal Classic to bother them. The Cardinals rolled over the Colonels, 7-1, as Patrick Jobb got a hat trick along with an assist. Jobb scored the first two goals of the … Read more
I know we still have UMD/Clarkson to cover; I’ll do a quick post on that later this week. Other than that … here we go. GLI – Michigan Tech fell to Michigan 4-2, but from the sounds of things, the game was a lot closer than the score indicated. “If you talk to people in … Read more
Happy 2011! If you had a break from work, I hope it was restful. If you celebrated anything, I hope that was enjoyable. Two teams in the CCHA are entering the first week of 2011 and the second half of the season with something to celebrate, and one of them blows my little mind. Congratulations … Read more
Tournaments, conference games and some non-con matchups were on the bill for a busy Holiday week. Air Force was the only team to pick up four league points over the break, sweeping Bentley in a pair of close contests. The Falcons from Colorado defeated the Falcons from Massachusetts 3-2 in overtime last Thursday and then … Read more
No. 12 Hamline’s 4-1 victory over No. 9 Milwaukee School of Engineering was the marquee matchup over the New Year’s weekend, pitting two teams who are at similar stations in their respective leagues. The Minnesota Intercollegiate Hockey Association Pipers are (3-0-1) are in second place with 7 points, which one point behind No. 15 St. … Read more
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on Hockey East, though most of the action among the league teams took place over the past week. And a pretty ugly week it was unless you’re Boston College and Merrimack. Both the Eagles and Warriors earned two wins during the holiday break. BC captured the title … Read more
It’s me and former Clarkson team manager Benjamin Davis, sparring over more than two dozen games straddling this New Year transition. He beat me to end 2010, and he beat me in the first half of the Week 13 picks, 8-2-1 to 5-4-1. Let’s keep the momentum going… or at least, keep his momentum going… … Read more
Apologies to the Hockey East fans out there. Between Dave falling off the wagon and turning Christmas into a week-long bender and me having turkey coma since Christmas Day somehow we’ve missed two days of games and thus the related Hockey East picks. Dave isn’t around to add his input but here, at least, are … Read more
Those who remember former Florida Panthers winger Richard Zednik’s or Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk’s infamous injuries – and believe me, if you saw them you’d never forget – shudder to recall them. The 1,133 at Alabama-Huntsville’s Von Braun center Thursday night may have similar nightmares now, after Rensselaer freshman Brock Higgs required emergency surgery … Read more
At season’s start, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Association men’s hockey race was pegged to be a toss-up. So far, that prognostication has proven astute as very little real estate separates leader No. 15 St. Thomas and the rest of the pack. Preseason favorite Hamline is a point out of first place. So, too, is No. … 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
Ready for some hockey? I had said in my last blog entry before Christmas that the picks wouldn’t returning until January 7. But peer pressure from my follow writers at USCHO.com has made me decide to do some quick picks. The schedule this week is a smorgasbord of leagues games, holiday tournaments and straight-up nonconference … 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