Men’s D-I in general
Five Teams When the season opened with a mayday-mayday weekend, Hockey East’s chances of a second straight year with five teams in the NCAA tournament didn’t look promising. Only Merrimack escaped with a win back on that Friday the 12th that felt like a 13th. Not to worry. If the season ended today, New Hampshire, … Read more
Wayne State has never had a true home rink and last weekend added to the list of places it has called home with a game at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Located 45 minutes north of Detroit, the Palace houses the NBA’s Detroit Pistons and WNBA’s Detroit Shock and is more of a concert venue … Read more
Early surprises try to show staying power in Hockey East; Quinnipiac demonstrates its continuing development; and Atlantic Hockey pulls off another upset in the Rocky Mountains, giving Jim Connelly and Scott Brown plenty to talk about.
Attendance issues come to the forefront in week two of Bracketology, as Jayson Moy tries to balance the draw against the integrity of the field by using a little inventive bracketing.
With near-unanimity, Michigan claimed the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll for the third straight week. The Wolverines, who beat Notre Dame twice over the weekend to solidify their hold on No. 1, claimed all but one of the 50 first-place votes in the balloting. Michigan was followed once again by second-ranked … Read more
If Wayne State wants to go out with a bang, then maybe last weekend was the fuse being lit. Making the trip to Northern Michigan for a nonconference in-state series with the Wildcats, most saw the series as two notches in the win column for NMU, this writer included. But as we all know, games … Read more
First Congratulations to Lake Superior State. With an uncharacteristic offensive output, the Lakers beat the visiting Bowling Green Falcons, 4-1, Saturday night, to claim their first CCHA victory of the season. Saturday night’s hero was Simon Gysbers, a sophomore defenseman who had the offensive game of his life. Gysbers had a goal and three assists … Read more
Clarkson is back in the national spotlight, and few players are more responsible than senior Steve Zalewski for the Golden Knights’ return to prominence. Roman J. Uschak reports.
What did I say last week about things looking up at the U, if only for a weekend? Yeah, maybe it was only for that weekend. Still, the Gophers are starting to score a bit more per game, so they may be sloooowly turning the corner. Now if they could only hold a lead … … Read more
Midterm Examination I thought I had done a pretty thorough job in my column of two weeks ago, what with quotes from four different Hockey East coaches, but last week Dave Hendrickson wasn’t content to one-up me… he had to go and six-up me! The result was probably the first-ever Hockey East column with quotes … Read more
They say that the keys to winning in ECAC Hockey are to take care of your home games, and to take advantage of your power plays. So who’s doing both? Cornell — no surprise there — holds the longest current home unbeaten streak in the league. Granted, it’s only four games, so it doesn’t compare … Read more
Vote for Hobey — Fact and Fiction For the past several seasons, the Hobey Baker Foundation has run a promotion called “Vote for Hobey,” where the fans can cast ballots for their favorite candidate. It’s a good idea that drives traffic to the Hobey Baker website, drawing attention to the award (and the merchandise). There … Read more
Brock Trotter lost nearly his entire freshman season to injury, but the star forward is back and as good as ever. Candace Horgan chases down the Pioneers’ high-octane threat.
It took a bit for Rick Comley to really settle in at Michigan State, but now the Spartans’ bench boss is focused on a repeat NCAA championship, Dave Starman finds.
Joe Whitney long dreamed of playing hockey for Boston College. The dream is now reality, and Joe Haggerty finds Whitney making the most of it.
It’s time once again to do what we like to call Bracketology — College Hockey Style. It’s our weekly look at how the NCAA tournament would look if the season ended today. It’s a look into what are the possible thought processes behind selecting and seeding the NCAA tournament teams. This is the first installment … Read more
Scott Brown’s back on duty, so he and Jim Connelly take on the rise of Michigan’s Billy Sauer, Hockey East’s new contenders, video troubles in Denver and the “Vote for Hobey” fan poll.
A sweep of Western Michigan kept Michigan in the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, as the Wolverines racked up 45 of 50 first-place votes to retain the national pole position. Michigan was trailed once again by Miami, which picked up two wins over Nebraska-Omaha and earned the remaining five first-place nods … Read more
A Tale of Two Home Games Quinnipiac saw two-goal first-period leads disappear by the final horn in each of its two games last weekend. Fortunately for the Bobcats, they didn’t lose either game. Playing host to Harvard on Friday night, the ‘Cats jumped all over the Crimson and goaltender Kyle Richter with three first-period goals … Read more
There is still hope in Bemidji. All the Beavers need now is a rink. Or so it seems. Bemidji State president Jon Quistgaard will still go through with his presentation to the WCHA on Jan. 13 with hopes of being admitted to the conference, even though a couple snags have hit the proposal for the … Read more