Column

Columns, excluding “This Week” columns

Tourney Thoughts

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Starting with a fascinating Boston College-Minnesota matchup in Worcester, Dave Starman breaks down the X’s and O’s of this weekend’s regionals.

Rookie Watch

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Perhaps more than ever, freshmen are playing key roles on this year’s crop of NCAA tournament teams. Dave Starman highlights a few good (young) men.

Bracket Analysis

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With the field of 16 announced, USCHO.com got the teams — but not the matchups — right once again. Jayson Moy breaks down the committee’s thought process.

Bracketology: Final

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With the games in the books, Jayson Moy looks over the results and offers his take on the brackets for the NCAA tournament.

The Vindication of Youth

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College sports is so much about fresh faces as athletes cycle through every four years or so. Thus, there isn’t much time to get the most from your players on the team. Therefore, when freshmen make an immediate impact, it’s a bonus. An added impact that can sometimes propel a team deep into the national … Read more

Kevin, Ryan And The Joe

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With the Hobey Baker finalists out, Dave Starman muses on two missing names, then gives props to the CCHA awards banquet.

Crusade

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St. Norbert has won at least a share of the NCHA title in 10 of the past 12 seasons. It has also won the NCHA Playoffs and Peters Cup five out of the last six years. Having accomplished both again this season, and having defeated St. Thomas 2-1 in overtime to advance to their fifth … Read more

This Week in D-III Women’s Hockey: Mar. 20, 2008

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Frozen Four Preview For the third straight year, Plattsburgh and the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena will play host to the NCAA D-III Women’s Frozen Four. Last year, Plattsburgh completed an unbeaten season with wins against Amherst and then beating Middlebury in the finals to halt the Panthers three straight National Championship streak. This year, … Read more

This Week in D-I Women’s Hockey: Mar. 20, 2008

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For many, the Frozen Four is the women’s college hockey season. It certainly is for the players and coaches who define their lives (the hockey part of it anyway) by how close they come to winning the National Championship, and for the partisans who live and die with the rising and falling (and for one … Read more

Bracketology: March 18, 2008

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The NCAA tournament picture is becoming clearer, but plenty hangs in the balance this weekend. Jayson Moy brings out the latest edition of Bracketology.

PairWise Possibilities Remain

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With a full weekend of games left to be played and 16 NCAA tournament bids to be handed out, Jayson Moy has been hard at work with USCHO.com’s PairWise Predictor. See what he has learned, and what is yet to be determined.

This Week in D-I Women’s Hockey

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So what did you think of the tourney selections? Any of the eight teams selected by the NCAA to vie for the Fro4 title cause any head scratching? Perhaps not. In fact the only the thing surprising about this year’s tourney field is that there are no surprises. Nada. Seven schools return from last season’s … Read more

Four Square

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The playoff action heats up this weekend — just in time for Dave Starman to offer breakdowns of every series in the WCHA, CCHA, ECAC Hockey and Hockey East.

Driving The Meter

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Dave Starman can root for the underdog as much as anyone. But the personal and the professional are different matters, and overcoming the odds isn’t always a headline-grabber. Read on.

This Week in D-III Women’s Hockey: Mar. 13, 2008

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And Then There Were Seven Last weekend certainly had its surprises including both Middlebury and Plattsburgh losing in their respective conference tournaments. Fourth-seeded Colby provided the biggest shock of the weekend downing the top-seed and host Middlebury Panthers 3-2 in overtime in the NESCAC semifinals. The Elmira College Soaring Eagles also staved off elimination from … Read more

Signing Off

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Players leaving school early for professional contracts are a part of big-time college athletics, and hockey is increasingly no exception. Jim Connelly traces the growing trend.

Bracketology: March 11, 2008

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With the regular season now complete in all six Division I leagues, opportunities for bubble teams are coming into focus. Jayson Moy dives a little deeper into the numbers in this week’s column.

Tuesday Morning Quarterback: March 11

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With the playoffs now in full swing, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown spotlight NCAA hopefuls in this weekend’s matchups, discuss Notre Dame’s prospects, and draw parallels regarding Division III’s Adrian College.