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It’s here – the 2015 national title game. So who hoists the hardware at the end of Saturday night? Only one of our columnists will get bragging rights later this evening. Dan Hickling Trinity 5, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 4 The Bantams bring the championship back East for the first time in five years. Brian Lester Wisconsin-Stevens … Read more
The top two teams combined for over half of the picks as champions among the 11,658 completed brackets.
Who gets to the men’s Division III Frozen Four? Dan and Brian have ideas… Brian Lester Adrian (24-3-3) vs. Trinity (23-3-1): The Bulldogs and Bantams have never met on the ice. The Bulldogs have won 12 consecutive games and are the hottest team in the nation. They are in the final four for the first … Read more
There has been a significant amount of buzz around college hockey about the possibility that this could be one of the final weekends for the NCAA Division I men’s hockey tournament regional tournaments as we now know them.
I intentionally skipped over the attendance issue in my blog yesterday because at this point it’s kind of like beating a dead horse. That being said, WCCO’s David McCoy had an interesting piece (which features USCHO’s Todd Milewski) that aired on Rosen’s Sports Sunday last night that I wanted to share. The whole video is very … Read more
After a fun Final Five back in St. Paul, here are my (late-arriving) three thoughts on the end of the WCHA season. 1. Mavs make it two, earn the No. 1 Minnesota State capped its stellar season in style, using a comeback victory to defeat Michigan Tech 5-2 and win the Broadmoor Tropy for the … Read more
Last week: Dan: 1-2 Chris: 0-3 For the season: Dan: 134-81-27 (.610) Chris: 137-76-27 (.627) And the winner is: Chris made RIT fans happy by picking against the Tigers the final weekend, and they again proved him wrong. But he held on for the season victory against Dan by a mere 3.5 games. We didn’t … Read more
These are the three things I think I learned in this final pre-NCAA tournament week. 1. Boston University finally put together a strong first period at the TD Garden. The Terriers’ first three games at the Garden this year — the Beanpot and Hockey East semifinals — hardly showcased a team on the way to … Read more
Miami wins playoff title, at a cost Congratulations are in order for the Miami RedHawks, winners of this season’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff. MU won the league’s playoff title on Saturday by virtue of a 3-2 win over St. Cloud State. Getting past the Huskies allowed Miami to wrap up the league’s autobid into the first … Read more
Adrian moved one step closer to a national championship Saturday night, holding off fourth-ranked Oswego State 5-4 in a thrilling quarterfinal showdown at the Arrington Ice Arena. The second-ranked Bulldogs are headed to the final four for the first time since 2011 when they finished as the national runner-up. Their next challenge is Trinity in … Read more
Three things from Championship weekend in Atlantic Hockey: One and done For the third consecutive season, the top seed went down in the semifinals of the Atlantic Hockey tournament. This time it was defending champion Robert Morris, who put 62 shots on net against Mercyhurst in 63 minutes of play, but fell to the Lakers, … Read more
Well, the Big Ten Tournament is in the books and five of the conference’s six teams began their offseason this weekend. In case you live under a rock, here’s how the Big Ten Tournament finished: Ohio State defeated Penn State 3-1 Michigan took down Wisconsin 5-1 Minnesota defeated Ohio State 3-0 Michigan beat Michigan State … Read more
The league wrapped up its second championship weekend back at Lake Placid, with Harvard beating Colgate 4-2 to win its first Whitelaw Cup since 2006. That’s also the last time the Crimson made the NCAA Tournament. Quinnipiac, who lost in the opening game to Harvard, and Yale, who lost in last weekend’s quarterfinal series against … Read more
The former Mavericks player skated for the St. Louis Blues at the Xcel Energy Center hours before Minnesota State played Michigan Tech in the WCHA championship game.
It’s down to No. 1 Plattsburgh and No. 2 Elmira. Tonight. For all the marbles in women’s Division III. Candace and Matt take the floor for one final time this season. Elmira at Plattsburgh Candace: These two have each beaten the other this season, and are the two most recent national champions. I have to … Read more
Well, my hunch worked yesterday, as I went 2-0 (1.000), while Matthew went 1-1 (.500). On the year, I am 119-55-14 (.670), while Matthew is 112-62-14 (.632). Let’s see how we do on the final weekend of the year. Saturday, March 21 North Dakota vs. Denver Candace: Neither team has lost two games on a … Read more
Let’s get right to it. All three games will be broadcast on Fox College Sports. Friday, March 20 6 Harvard vs. 1 Quinnipiac 4:05 On USCHO Live! this week, hosts Jimmy Connelly and Ed Trefzger did exactly what I knew they would, and asked me to pick the ECAC champion. I hemmed and hawed, like … Read more
One weekend left and Dave holds a slim one-game lead over me in the picks. I was able to pick up two games last weekend correctly picking UMass Lowell in games one and three and New Hampshire in game one. Now let’s hope Dave doesn’t run the four-corner offense and pick exactly the same as … Read more
This is it – the final four games of the year. One of Plattsburgh, Norwich, Elmira, or Wisconsin-River Falls will be crowned women’s Division III national champion Saturday night. But who? Candace and Matt carefully make their final picks of the season and then put the magic 8-ball away for another seven months. Friday, March … Read more
Last week, I went 3-1 (.750). This postseason, I am 29-15 (.659). Only three games left. Friday, March 20 Harvard vs. Boston College This might be more of a heart pick. These two split so far, with each winning on home ice. What does neutral ice equal? Boston College 3-1 Wisconsin at Minnesota As I … Read more