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Against all odds, 2013 Patty Kazmaier Award winner Amanda Kessel returned to play at Minnesota, and this past weekend in her first games with her old team in two years, she notched two assists. What does Kessel’s return mean for her team?
Quinnipiac, St. Cloud State, North Dakota, Boston College and Providence haven’t been perfect but they’ve emerged as the best in the country.
The Huskies continued a resurgence, while the Crimson fell from ninth to 11th in the PairWise Rankings.
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota State’s tie with North Dakota, what the Mercyhurst-Syracuse split means in the CHA, Plattsburgh’s perfect season, the chaos in the ECAC and bottom half of Hockey East, and the Beanpot results.
The Bobcats needed another late rally to beat Dartmouth last week. The Huskies, meanwhile, are scoring in bunches.
He missed last season while dealing with the effects of a concussion, and he showed in a Beanpot victory that he’s found his goaltending style again.
The Crimson allowed two power-play goals in the second period of an opening-round loss to Boston College.
Candace and Arlan look at teams like North Dakot and Bemidji State, which sit just on the cusp, ponder whether Princeton and Northeastern can maintain winning streaks, and consider which teams have surprised positively and which have surprised negatively.
The Arizona native was been in high-level hockey for a short time, and the transition hasn’t always been smooth. But size, athleticism and potential has caught the attention of the NHL over the last year.
Quinnipiac’s Rand Pecknold would have to average 20 wins per season for another 29 years to reach the milestone that Boston College’s Jerry York did last Friday.
Candace and Arlan discuss Minnesota’s tough series with Minnesota State, North Dakota’s sweep of Minnesota-Duluth, the CHA, ECAC, and Hockey East races, and prognosticate on likely Patty Kazmaier Award nominees.
USHL commissioner and president Bob Fallen said he recently had a meeting with the Big Ten to discuss the proposal. He thought the conference had some fair points, but some are disappointed in the proposal.
The Bobcats have put together the pieces for a run at the national championship.
After two weeks of the second half, Candace and Arlan ponder all the standings races, whether BC showed vulnerability in its win over BU, and what the possible return of Amanda Kessel could mean to Minnesota’s fortunes.
After a weekend of interesting upsets, we know a little bit more about the league races.
After tremendous starts, Providence and Boston College have both faltered recently.
A.J. Greer left the team for major juniors and Nick Roberto’s season-long suspension was announced over the break.
Canada and Sweden are the Americans’ first two opponents in the tournament in Helsinki.
The director of hockey operations for the Colorado Thunderbirds AAA youth program has helped send dozens of players to college, many of them close to home in Colorado.
Former Harvard Crimson and Team USA star Angela Ruggiero became just the fourth woman inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame.