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NHL Draft Analysis: Back To Earth

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College hockey has, for the past few years, been in the land of riches. Everything began in 2000 when Boston University goaltender Rick DiPietro was chosen as the number-one overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft. Minutes after DiPietro was chosen, Wisconsin’s Dany Heatley made the daily double when he was picked second. Since that … Read more

Predicting The Frozen Four Bids

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The six finalists to host the Frozen Four in 2009-2011 made their pitches. Now Jayson Moy takes all the information and makes his best guess as to where college hockey’s main event goes.

Tampa’s Try

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Could we be headed to Florida for the Frozen Four? It’s quite possible if the Tampa Sports Commission’s presentation goes its way.

No Place Like Dome?

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Ford Field, home of the Frozen Four? Thanks in part to CCHA commissioner Tom Anastos, USCHO.com’s Jayson Moy says it’s a real possibility.

Championship Notebook

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A Freshman Will Lead Them Travis Zajac’s goal gave him five in the NCAA tournament, and 20 on the season. His 20 goals led the Sioux this season, which is the fewest that a leading goal-scorer has had since Landon Wilson had 18 to lead the Sioux in 1993-94. Travis Zajac’s first-period goal was his … Read more

A Family’s Peace

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It’s one of those wonderful contradictions of life that, sometimes, when time is at its most bleak, the human spirit shines the most. This is the case for Patty Sertich and her family. Just another loving American family — a family that happens to be one of the most famous college hockey families in the … Read more

McKee: ‘The Right Guy Won’

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For the third straight year, an ECAC goalie was in the Hobey Hat Trick, and for the third straight year, that goalie lost to a high-scoring WCHA forward. In two of those years, 2003 and 2005, it was a Cornell goalie, coming in with record-breaking statistics, losing to a Colorado College forward — David LeNeveu … Read more

The So-Called Rookie

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After 43 games, it’s hard to call a freshman a freshman, especially when he’s the game-winning goalie for a national champion, and the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. In two games, Denver goaltender Peter Mannino made 85 saves on 88 shots in a performance that earned him 2005 Frozen Four MOP honors and made him the … Read more

Back To Back … To Back To Back

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It hadn’t been done for 30 years. Now it’s been done twice in a row. Back-to-back national championships. Boston University achieved the feat in 1971 and 1972. Six times after that teams returned to the title game, but couldn’t pull off the repeat. Another four times they got as far as the Frozen Four, but … Read more

No Hollywood Ending

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The stage was set and the story was all but written. North Dakota had risen from the ashes. Rebounding from a 15-13-3 record late in the season, UND rallied to make the NCAA tournament and pulled off three straight blowouts to make it to the national championship game against defending champ Denver. Add in the … Read more

Like Father, Like Son

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On the night of April 11, 1975, J.P. Parise scored the first of many memorable OT goals in New York Islanders’ history. Almost 30 years later to the day, his son Jordan Parise wrote another chapter in the illustrious goaltending heroics of North Dakota hockey. In both cases their brilliance allowed their teams to avoid … Read more

The Dean of North Dakota

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Dean Blais still refers to North Dakota as “we.” And why not? He only won two national championships, went to another title game, and built the team that plays in this Saturday’s final before handing the reins to long-time assistant Dave Hakstol. And this is all he has right now, ever since the NHL season … Read more

20 Minutes Away: Stastny Goal Gives Pioneers Lead

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Goaltender Peter Mannino has a handful of big saves and Paul Stastny’s second-period power-play goal has Denver one period away from a second consecutive national championship. Mannino has 21 saves through two periods and the Pioneers lead 2-1 after 40 minutes Saturday at Value City Arena. The freshman, who is making his first back-to-back starts … Read more

Under The Radar

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If you score a highlight-reel goal in the national semifinals, you expect to turn the TV set on later to relive your moment of glory. Your buddies will congratulate you on a truly “sick” move while the sportscaster extols your virtues for millions of viewers. So imagine Luke Fulghum’s surprise when ESPNews didn’t show him … Read more