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Discipline and having your players stay out of the penalty box can always be a challenge for college coaches. Particularly early in the season when referees and players are getting used to one another – and what is and isn’t a penalty – you often see penalty totals that are, shall we say, a bit … Read more
No matter the teams or the heat of the rivalries between them, it always seems like you can pair two equipment managers and find a pretty close bond. It’s not that hard to figure out why: On the list of not-thanked-enough people in hockey, the equipment manager has to be pretty close to the top. … Read more
In our first full weekend of play, it was exciting as always, in both the conference and the non-conference series. Here are a couple quick thoughts on what happened. BC sweeps Denver – Denver looked sloppy … but they did play the number one team in the country and BC definitely looked the part. – … Read more
Last week, we had some observations about how ties can feel like wins. Rochester Institute of Technology 4-4 tie with Massachusetts-Lowell on Saturday had to feel like like a loss. In front of a school and AHA record sellout crowd of 10, 556 at Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena, Mass-Lowell’s Scott Campbell scored an extra attacker … Read more
If the rest of the season turns out to be anything like last weekend, with its plethora of unthinkable upsets (and on the road, no less), we will be in for a wild ride. Heading the list is the two-game sweep performed by North Dakota over Minnesota. As Brad Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald … Read more
If ties truly are like kissing your sister, Hockey East is one very disturbed family. Other than at the very top (Boston College), middle (Merrimack) and bottom (Providence College), every league team engaged in sister-kissing last weekend with Lowell double-dipping. (Thank me for avoiding the temptation to torture the metaphor further in the case of … Read more
Rick Comley, Michigan State’s ever-quotable head coach, gives us a good summation of the CCHA weekend: “I leave this weekend saying, ‘You know what? We can play with really good teams.’” Sure, he was talking about how his team performed against visiting Maine, but the line can stand for just about the whole league this … Read more
On the Fly Friday, October 15 Bowling Green 0 at Clarkson 4 Junior Jake Morley and senior Brandon DeFazio registered a goal and an assist each as the Golden Knights blanked BGSU in Clarkson’s home opener. The Knights scored twice in the first and twice more in the third, as junior Paul Karpowich made 31 … Read more
The game that stands out to me this weekend is tonight’s non-conf Providence College at Syracuse tilt. Both teams could challenge for their conference titles and could be there in March when the NCAA’s are set. It should be a heck of a lot of fun. Also, as an addendum to this week’s column, I … Read more
Like my fellow D-I columnists, I’ve decided to highlight picks for the big women’s games each week. I’ll track them too, to see how I do against the other writers. I’ll post my picks for the week every Friday morning. Here’s what we have on tap for the week. Friday-Saturday October 15-16 BC at Vermont: … Read more
As part of USCHO’s redesign, I’ll be posting my picks for upcoming games on Friday mornings and this season I want to start where I left off, with last year’s CCHA tournament. Why? Because I was right. I so rarely get to say that. In the 2010 CCHA tourney at JLA, I picked Northern over … Read more
Note: Usually we’ll have Tyler’s picks here too; however, outside circumstances prevented him from getting his picks in this week. Friday, October 15 and Saturday, October 16 North Dakota @ Bemidji State: Split. Bemidji takes the arena opener and the Sioux come back the next night. Minnesota State @ Michigan Tech: Split. The Huskies continue … Read more
This Week’s Picks Hey folks. Beginning this week, both Dave and I will be making our weekly picks in the Hockey East blog. Every week, we will both make the selections for the upcoming games, meaning I can kick Dave’s butt fair and square this season. Friday, Oct. 15 Rensselaer at Northeastern Dave’s Pick: The … Read more
Look for picks in this space every Friday and check back to see how I did on Monday. Last season, I picked just under two out of three (.641) results correctly. Think you can do better? Email me your picks at ahawriter@uscho.com. and I’ll feature a sampling each week. This Week’s Picks Friday October 15 … Read more
Let’s get down to business. Friday, Oct. 15 Bowling Green at Clarkson — 7 p.m. Eastern Clarkson has to be feeling good after kicking St. Cloud State to the curb last Saturday. The North Country is never a fun road trip, and the Falcons are still licking their wounds after taking the broom against Michigan … Read more
As USCHO enters its 15th season, you’ll notice a few changes around the site. This blog is one of them. I’ll be blogging three times regularly, every week: once on Sundays or Mondays to chat about the doings of the previous weekend; once late Tuesday or early Wednesday to chat about something else; once on … Read more
Northeastern got off to a rocky start this weekend, dropping its first two games, both of them within Hockey East. The Huskies lost to Providence, 3-2, and Boston College, 2-0. At the same time, however, they got a good look at the freshmen who project to be instrumental in the team’s success this year. Seven … Read more
Last season, Atlantic Hockey teams struggled out of the gate in non-conference matchups, going 1-9 on opening weekend, with Canisius getting the sole win. Turn the calendar ahead and it was more of the same. AHA teams were 1-9-3 to open the 2010-2011 season with the Golden Griffins again getting the only victory, a 5-3 … Read more
Players of the Week* *These are my selections; ECAC Hockey’s can be found here. Player of the Week: Kelly Zajac, Union Zajac put up four goals and a helper this weekend. … Well, OK, it was all on Saturday. Yeah, it was against Sacred Heart; yeah, he didn’t show up on the score sheet Friday … Read more
Of the teams picked to finish in the top five of the WCHA Preseason Media Poll, none of them came away with two wins in the first weekend of the regular season. Not to say these games aren’t relevant, but it’s not reason to change opinions about teams at this point of the season. In … Read more