TMQ: First half shows the difficulty in consistency
A few teams have emerged as the elite, but for many, the struggle to play at a high level every night has been real.
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Wednesday Women: Chasing perfection
As the first half of the season closes, two teams have perfect records, the ECAC is in turmoil, Boston University struggles, and Mercyhurst remains the top boss in the CHA. Candace and Arlan discuss Wisconsin’s sweep of Minnesota, the teams chasing Quinnipiac, and wonder about whether a squad can achieve what Minnesota did a few years ago: a perfect record.
TMQ: Is age-limiting proposal an answer to a problem that doesn’t exist?
Jim Connelly and Paula C. Weston discuss the Big Ten’s proposal to penalize 21-year-old freshmen by taking away one year of eligibility.
Wednesday Women: First-half finales
As the first half approaches its final two weeks, Candace and Arlan ponder what they learned from last weekend and what it might mean when Minnesota and Wisconsin square off the first time and Mercyhurst faces Robert Morris, and discuss the overall state of parity in the game.
Arizona State adjusts to new pace of play and sees more success
Coach Greg Powers says the Sun Devils were caught off-guard early in their first Division I season but have picked up the pace.
TMQ: Revisiting Belfast and weighing college hockey’s potential next venues
Jim Connelly and Paula C. Weston take a look back at the inaugural Friendship Four in this week’s Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Wednesday Women: wheat from the chaff
Candace and Arlan ponder Quinnipiac’s successful North Country trip, the upside down ECAC, what St. Cloud’s sweep of Ohio State might mean, the first round of BC-Northeastern, and what is going on in the CHA and its long-term outlook.
They’re leaving home: Illinois produces many college players but has no Division I team
Neither Illinois nor Northwestern seems interested in adding hockey, while Illinois-Chicago dropped its program nearly 20 years ago.
TMQ: On perfection, parity and teams whose true colors are yet unknown
With Quinnipiac’s pair of ties last weekend, there won’t be a perfect record this season, leaving Cornell’s 1969-70 team as the only team to pull off the feat.
Wednesday Women: Lessons learned
Candace and Arlan talk about the lessons learned from Minnesota’s sweep of Bemidji State and Ohio State’s win over North Dakota, preview the first clash of Alex Carpenter and Kendall Coyne, look at home ice candidates in the ECAC, what Penn State’s series win over Robert Morris does to the CHA, and the use of four-on-four OT in Hockey East.
TMQ: Haves and have-nots emerge in goal scoring
Confidence comes into play for talented teams that just aren’t putting the puck in the net, Paula C. Weston and Jim Connelly write in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Wednesday Women: Second tier
Candace and Arlan look at RPI’s upset of Clarkson, the too-hard-to-call CHA and ECAC, the results of Boston College and Boston University, what Bemidji’s win over Ohio State does for the Beavers, and what players are standing out that might not normally get accolades.
TMQ: In losses and wins, there are matters of perception
North Dakota lost the No. 1 ranking thanks to what voters likely considered a bad loss, while Quinnipiac is starting to get recognized for its 8-0 start.
Wednesday Women: Inside tracks
Candace and Arlan ponder whether new top 10 team Princeton can return to the NCAA tournament, what North Dakota’s win over Minnesota means, Wisconsin’s defense, whether anyone in Hockey East can push Boston College and Northeastern, and the Four Nations Cup.
Checking In: Former Alaska goalie Wylie Rogers tries to revolutionize goal pegs
He’s marketing The Wylie Post, which is more difficult to dislodge as a goalie pushes off.
TMQ: Three leagues stand out after first month of play
Teams from ECAC Hockey, Hockey East and the NCHC have put themselves in positions of strength as we head into November.
Wednesday Women: Searching for Answers
Traditional powers like Mercyhurst and Boston University are struggling after one month, Cornell and Harvard are winless after one weekend CHA teams are heading toward mediocrity, several squads are trying to figure out their goaltending, and the second tier of the WCHA is in a battle. Candace and Arlan look at teams searching for answers.
Off the ice, Michigan’s Nieves finds that music ‘makes me whole’
The Wolverines senior, who has used his drum set as a getaway from the pressures of hockey, is majoring in music performance.
TMQ: How much should we put into strong starts for teams and individuals?
Omaha and Quinnipiac are both 6-0 and both feature players near the top of the goal-scoring rankings.
Home at last: Omaha opens Baxter Arena as one of the top teams in college hockey
The No. 2 Mavericks play their first game in their new, 7,800-seat arena against Air Force.