Men’s D-I in general
All Hail New Hampshire They left no doubt about it. The UNH Wildcats wrapped up the regular season title in as impressive a fashion as possible, sweeping then-seventh ranked Boston College, a team on a 13-3-2 run itself. “I’m just really excited for our team,” UNH coach Dick Umile said after the Saturday night clincher. … Read more
The first regular-season conference champion has been crowned — who’s next? Jim Connelly and Scott Brown discuss the league races, the polls and the PairWise Rankings.
There are still seven WCHA teams in the field, but this week Jayson Moy has a different set of problems in lining up the brackets.
A split with its archrival left Michigan still in command of the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll Monday, but by a narrower margin. The Wolverines, fresh off a Friday loss and a Saturday win against Michigan State, earned 35 of 50 first-place votes to stay at No. 1 for the third straight week. In second … Read more
Michigan State goaltender Jeff Lerg has been named one of 11 finalists for the prestigious James E. Sullivan Memorial Award. Presented annually since 1930 by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the Sullivan Award honors the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Lerg, a 21-year-old junior, was named the Spartans’ Most Valuable Player as he … Read more
Welcome To Our Roller Coaster You want wire-to-wire consistency? There’s New Hampshire and then… um… well… nobody. As befits a team challenging for the top spot in the PairWise, the Wildcats have been a model of consistency this season, losing back-to-back games only once while rolling to a 19-7-2 record. Within the league, they’ve been … Read more
What We Know, Vol. II What a difference a week makes While there is still much to be determined, the league is beginning to shake itself out now with two weeks to go. Brown, Dartmouth or Rensselaer — with 11 points apiece — could potentially replace Colgate as the eighth seed, and more importantly, claim … Read more
When the season began, Colorado College head coach Scott Owens may not have known what he had in Richard Bachman. Now, Bachman has left no doubt he was ready all along. Candace Horgan reports.
And the parade of CHA players to the NHL continues. Niagara junior Les Reaney left the team last week, signed a two-year rookie deal with the Edmonton Oilers and was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Springfield Falcons. Reaney had been a healthy scratch for NU this season, but still piled up 15 points in … Read more
Two Weeks to Go With two weeks left in the regular season, here’s what we know, and here’s what we don’t. We know: • Army has clinched a home-ice spot, the only AHA team to do so at this point. 30 points is the magic number at the moment. Sacred Heart, RIT, Mercyhurst and Air … Read more
Funny, isn’t it, how a weekend following a day for love portrayed little, particularly up in Grand Forks and here at column home base, where I got pasted in predictions by my significant other. Oh, and apparently CC didn’t have the last non-conference tilt a few weeks ago, as the Sioux take on Bemidji this … Read more
Friday night, Red Berenson coaches his 1,000th game at Michigan — fittingly against archrival Michigan State. Dave Starman takes a look at the man who has become synonymous with Wolverine hockey.
Red Carpet Time Now that the writers’ strike is over and the Academy Awards are safe, I think it only fitting to return to what all writers should be doing all the time: handing out hardware. Player of the Year Last year when I gave out this award, I didn’t think anything could top the … Read more
Jim Connelly and Scott Brown are back to size up North Dakota and New Hampshire, along with an early look at some Hobey Baker candidates and more.
This week’s Bracketology causes Jayson Moy fewer headaches on attendance, but there’s some shifting to be done thanks to seven WCHA teams in the field.
Michigan remained atop the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll Monday, earning 48 of 50 first-place votes after a sweep of Lake Superior State. The Wolverines held their ground, but the identity of the No. 2 team tailing them changed. North Dakota rose into the second position, picking up the other two first-place nods in the … Read more
It’s tough to interview people when they can’t hear you speak. This correspondent successfully ditched three solid months of rotating illnesses, but one of them finally caught up to him, just in time to look menacingly infectious in the Beanpot press box. The cold’s run off with my voice, so I’m sorry to say that … Read more
Niagara and Robert Morris each won their CHA series last weekend with the Purple Eagles getting a win and a tie at home against Alabama-Huntsville and RMU sweeping Wayne State in Detroit. As it stands going into this weekend, NU and Robert Morris are tied for second place in the CHA, each five points back … Read more
Happy Valentine’s Day! Enthusiasm? About Valentine’s Day? From this girl reporter? Over the years, I’ve made it clear that Valentine’s Day is every bitter, divorced, middle-aged hockey writer’s least favorite holiday … and yet already I’ve broken with personal conviction and mentioned the Hallmark holiday by name three times in this column. I sense your … Read more
Denver flirts with being back again, Colorado College loses one at home and again, the league race continues to get tighter, with no one wanting to share the love. Red Baron Pizza WCHA Players of the Week Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week: Matt Hartman, SCSU. Why: Led all WCHAers with five scoring … Read more