Leonard W. Brumm, Jr, or “Oakie” to those who knew him, a former University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey coach, athletic director, and men’s basketball coach, passed away on January 17, 2006, in Racine, Wisconsin, after battling an aggressive form of cancer. Brumm coached hockey and basketball and served as UAF Director of Athletics from 1951-1953. … Read more
Wisconsin’s lead in the WCHA evaporates with stunning speed, St. Cloud State stays on a roll that might lead to the NCAA tourney, and Scott Brown takes on instant replay.
A Friday no-goal in the game between Michigan and Michigan State illustrated the flaws in the CCHA’s well-intentioned review system, but Dave Starman has a solution.
Miami’s ascent through the CCHA and the national rankings has been a team effort, but Zach Silberman finds a lot of credit going to the RedHawks’ youthful goaltending duo.
Dei Ex Machinis Here are two improbable tales. Scenario One You have shamed a woman and killed her father. She, her lover, and another woman whom you’ve shamed have vowed revenge. You’re walking through a city square and a statue of the man you’ve killed, a local official, warns you that his family will have … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation today announced seven outstanding student athletes who were selected as finalists for the 2006 Hockey Humanitarian Award. The finalists, listed in alphabetical order, are: Janelle Armitage, Sr., University of Connecticut Eric Leroux, Sr., Princeton University Drew Miller, Jr., Michigan State University Mason Oakes, Sr., Lawrence University Jaime Sifers, Sr., University of … Read more
Like that Book by Dostoevsky Two days off since Dec. 28 and 60 student drafts later, and suddenly I find myself on the other side of a mid-January Thursday, installing XP updates to a borrowed computer, brewing tea, and missing Aaron Voros. Voros, as you may remember, was the fiery forward from Alaska-Fairbanks who compiled … Read more
Wisconsin and Miami have established themselves atop the WCHA and CCHA standings, but Scott Brown says the Badgers have the better position.
Sophomore defenseman Joe Grimaldi has left the UNO Mavericks in order to play major junior hockey for the Ottawa 67s in the Ontario Hockey League, UNO coach Mike Kemp announced today. Grimaldi, a native of Long Island, N.Y., had no goals and four assists and 51 penalty minutes in 19 games this season for the … Read more
Good Vibrations This is my favorite quote of the season. “I’ll tell you what. It feels really darn good.” That was head coach Scott Paluch’s reaction, with a little prodding, after Bowling Green edged Ohio State, 3-2, last Friday night. Paluch, one of the nicest guys in college hockey, began his postgame summary with, “I … Read more
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2006, dear CCHA fans, and the second half of the season, when things get more interesting on tangible levels and the first half of the season becomes infinitely more interesting in retrospect. It is the time of year when many of us become reflective and some of us bravely take … Read more
Alaska-Fairbanks, which has seen a strong start to 2005-06 soften in recent weeks, will start the remainder of the season with another challenge: the absence of its leading scorer. On Tuesday, the school announced that sophomore center Ryan McLeod would sign a pro contract within the East Coast Hockey League. He was scheduled to leave … Read more
Miami continues to make waves; Brett Sterling has a shot at history at Colorado College; and Scott Brown muses on Bemidji State’s importance to college hockey.
In an up-and-down season for the CCHA, Dave Starman locates the first half’s big winners, especially at Miami, Ferris State and Lake Superior.
Let It Snow It’s raining here in Columbus. Apparently, the local weather — like the local college hockey team — cannot decide what it is supposed to be. I was going to put together a midseason report card for each team in the league, but after grading 60 final exams and 60 essays, I didn’t … Read more
A Tale of Two Teams There are 118 road miles and eight points separating the first-place Miami RedHawks and the second-place Ohio State Buckeyes on this, the last weekend of play before each team arrives in Columbus for the Ohio Hockey Classic later this month. There are six points separating the Buckeyes from the last-place … Read more
The Reason for the Season The weather has finally turned nippy, the Thanksgiving turkey is a carcass, the days shorten, and several local radio stations are playing Christmas music round the clock. This can only signal one thing: it’s time to shop. While the day after Thanksgiving, a.k.a. “Black Friday,” is touted as the single … Read more
It’s a College Hockey Showcase showcase for Scott Brown, who muses on the four teams in last weekend’s edition of the annual standoff.
Sophomore Victor Oreskovich has left Notre Dame to play with the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers, head coach Jeff Jackson announced Sunday. Selected in the second round, 55th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, Oreskovich played in nine games with Notre Dame in 2004-05, scoring two goals and adding one … Read more
A Video’s Worth A Thousand Bucks We live in a world in which Mariah Carey is considered the best current American female soul/R&B artist, so very little should surprise and shock us. But even the most jaded among us finds it hard to imagine that a Division I coach would compile a tape of what … Read more