Your Detroit Forecast

There are two reasons why I bring you the Detroit weather forecast for the rest of the week. One, because it’s always good to plan ahead. You may expect Anaheim weather and get Wisconsin weather, like I did in 1999. Two, because I’ve heard people wondering whether warm weather would negatively impact the ice at … Read more

NCAA Regionals on Live TV

Here’s what we’ve compiled for live television plans for NCAA regional games this weekend, including which local and regional stations are picking up the games not broadcast live on ESPNU (all times Eastern): FRIDAY Denver vs. RIT, 3 p.m. (ESPNU HD) St. Cloud State vs. Northern Michigan, 5:30 p.m.  (WBUP-TV, Marquette, Mich.; MASN) Cornell vs. … Read more

What I Think: Week 24

Honestly, what I think this week is that there aren’t enough hours in the day. Sorry for not posting until now. NCAA time gets a little crazy around here. I’m going to go through how I filled out my bracket, but I have to say right away that I don’t feel good about it. One … Read more

Last Train out of Albany

The NCAA hasn’t given up on Albany, but ECAC Hockey has. This weekend marks the last time for the foreseeable future that the league will host its championship tournament in the Empire State’s capital city. Next year? Atlantic City … the city that’s “always turned on”. Multiple public-address announcements publicized the change-of-venue during the weekend’s … Read more

Conference Finals on TV

Here’s the TV information for this weekend’s conference tournaments. Also, watch for our live blogs for each tournament: ECAC This schedule comes from a league release. All times Eastern. FRIDAY, MARCH 19 (SEMIFINALS) NHL Network (Live in the U.S. and taped delayed in Canada) Semifinal #1 – Cornell vs. Brown at 4 p.m. and Semifinal … Read more

What I Think: Week 23

I’ll write more as we go through this week, but I wanted to use this space to go through some of what we saw on what had to be one of the most insane weekends of the college hockey season. We’re (finally) done with the 23rd week of the season — of course, it fittingly … Read more

What I Think: Week 22

A few random (and not-so-random) thoughts after the 22nd week of the season: * I’m guessing there’s going to be a little bit of fire in two series next weekend. North Dakota hosts Minnesota in a WCHA first-round series, and Michigan State hosts Michigan in a CCHA quarterfinal series. You don’t really need to say … Read more

And the Winner Is…

I’ll post a link to the pretty bracket when it’s put up, but for now, here’s the pairings: First Round: Adrian at St. Norbert St. Thomas at Gustavus Curry at Elmira Quarterfinals: Curry/Elmira winner at Norwich Bowdoin at Oswego Plattsburgh at Middlebury St. Thomas/Gustavus vs. Adrian/St. Norbert Reaction: – The good news for the West … Read more

D-III Bracketology, Version 2.0

As Selection Sunday approaches, it’s time for version 2.0 of Division III Bracketology. We’ll do one again on Sunday prior to the NCAA announcement, and then a “what the heck happened) postmortem. Again this week, the NCAA has produced rankings based on the process it will use to select the Division III field. Using those … Read more

What I Think: Week 21

You can’t help but being a little bit heartbroken if you’re an American hockey fan, but I’ll preface this week by saying this: The two best teams were in the gold-medal game, and I don’t think it was coincidence that it needed overtime to separate them. With that done, here’s this week’s edition: * I’m … Read more

ECAC Hockey Update: One Game Left

With one game to go, things are looking much clearer in ECAC Hockey. Here’s how things are shaking out. (Current standings are listed here.) First-Round Byes are Set • Yale has clinched the No. 1 seed in the tournament and at least a share of the Cleary Cup. • Cornell has secured the second seed … Read more

D-III Bracketology, Verson 1.0

The conference playoffs are in full swing, which can mean only one thing: It’s time to play Bracketology. As was the case last year, we know the criteria used by the NCAA Division III Men’s Committee to select and seed the teams, but not the weighting used in their evaluation. Starting last week, the NCAA … Read more

What I Think: Week 20

This is why I don’t get emotionally involved in sports any more. When I do, I end up dinged up. A fist pump with Ryan Kesler’s incredible empty-net goal for the United States against Canada on Sunday night, and my head swings enough to push the glasses from my face and across my eye. Yeah, … Read more

On Faceoffs and Playoffs

Last weekend, Union scored three goals in 6:29 to draw within 4-3 of host Harvard. The only problem was that the Dutchmen’s third goal, scored by defenseman and All-American candidate Mike Schreiber, lit the lamp with merely 3.4 seconds remaining. Going for broke, Union coach Nate Leaman elected to keep goalie Corey Milan on the … Read more