Picking the championship final

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

Tournament semifinals picks

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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

A few thoughts on tournament attendance

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

Reflections from the Hockey East Championship Weekend and NCAA selection process

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

Three things: March 22

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

Quarterfinal wrap – four teams advance

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 thoughts from the B1G Tournament

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

Colgate falls just short, while Yale gets a second life

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

NCAA semifinals picks

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