This Week In The WCHA: Jan. 10, 2002
The news this week in the WCHA can be boiled down to three words: Jeff Sauer’s retirement. Todd D. Milewski has plenty to say about the Badgers’ coaching legend.
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The news this week in the WCHA can be boiled down to three words: Jeff Sauer’s retirement. Todd D. Milewski has plenty to say about the Badgers’ coaching legend.
The CHA returns to conference play this weekend, after solid performances in nonleague contests. Geof F. Morris reviews the league’s fortunes, including a look at those missing in action and picks for this weekend’s contests.
As the CCHA barrels into the second half, Paula C. Weston ticks off highlights of the first few months, beginning with some game they played in a football stadium. Also: the Edmonton Oilers claim a special place in CCHA fans’ hearts.
Canisius returns from a longer-than-expected break, thanks to Mother Nature; Rand Pecknold and Quinnipiac review the weekend at Michigan State; and AIC netminder Chad Davis makes Jim Connelly look good.
For one week only, Russell Jaslow returns to handle SUNYAC duties for USCHO.com. Included: Geneseo picks up steam, Potsdam lies in wait (?), and some trivia details get cleared up.
It’s time for a midseason review, as Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser round up the first half. Also: Harvard shows its mettle, and Colgate and Cornell reverse field — sort of.
Look out, but here comes Boston College. The defending national champions lost a lot of talent in the offseason, but plenty remains. That, a new start for Merrimack, and some tough luck in Amherst, from this week’s column from Dave Hendrickson.
Hard to believe the season’s half over already? Ready or not, Scott Biggar starts off the new year with a look back at the first half in the ECAC West.
Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser review the ECAC’s holiday action, and report on the success of a different kind of interconference performance.
At the beginning of the season, AIC’s coaches thought they had recruited a solid goaltending duo. Half of that expectation has already been supported; now the other half may be tested. Also: the MAAC suffers through a tough tournament season, partly thanks to an old nemesis. Jim Connelly reports.
One week after assessing the relative first-half performances of Hockey East’s member programs, Dave Hendrickson hands out the individual hardware. Also: Anthony Aquino and international politics, the league’s biggest surprise, and the New England Patriots.
With the second half about to get underway, Geof F. Morris shakes up the standings to assess each CHA team’s shot at the title. Also: this weekend’s contests previewed.
With the holiday tournaments complete, WCHA coaches weigh in on the shootout option; St. Cloud looks forward to the chance for a long run at the top; North Dakota has its newfound momentum tested immediately in Minneapolis; and the championship-winning goalie at the Great Lakes Invitational meets — his teammates.
Like many, Paula C. Weston has made New Year’s resolutions. Of course, in this case USCHO.com’s CCHA columnist is making them for other people. Read on…
Whether it’s surprising Holy Cross or underachieving Bentley, Jim Connelly takes a look at the high-flyers and the bottom-feeders in the MAAC at the season’s halfway point.
With Christmas now past, it’s time to get back to Hockey East action. Dave Hendrickson sorts out who’s been naughty (Providence) and nice (UMass-Lowell) during the first half of the season.
In a typically-unpredictable ECAC season, half the season is hardly enough to pick the eventual winner. Still, Jayson Moy and Becky Blaeser run through the first half with facts and analysis.
College Hockey America comes out of the holiday break slowly, but one conference battle looms large as Wayne State visits Huntsville to rematch with league-leading UAH. Geof F. Morris lays out his vision of the weeks to come.
Holiday tournaments may not be for conference points, but they’re often a bellwether of things to come in the second half. With that in mind, Todd D. Milewski checks off the WCHA’s tourney participants, keeping a special eye on the Badger Showdown and a potential battle of titans at the Denver Cup.
Wisconsin’s comeback against North Dakota finds its place in history; the NCAA’s potential new policies on playoff travel, and their impact on college hockey; Minnesota State-Mankato finds its crunch-time guys; and the Craig Dahl-Jacques Lemaire comparison. Todd D. Milewski reports.