This Week in … columns; weekly columns on a league, region or gender-division
Sleepless in Grand Forks? Dean Blais can usually sense a problem before it happens. Not that he’s one of those Tarot readers on the 1-900 lines. Rather, he seems to be able to sense problems in the dressing room before his North Dakota team takes the ice. When they’re not mentally prepared, he knows it. … Read more
College Hockey? Never Heard Of It. Q: What’s the best-kept secret in Kalamazoo? A: The Western Michigan Broncos, of course. "We’ve got the league’s second-leading scorer, the leading freshman, and the leading goal-scorer on the power play, and no one here knows about us," laments Bronco head coach Jim Culhane. In a city where Culhane … Read more
The Gate Is Open The musical chair of ECAC teams in the USCHO Poll has a new leader this week, in the form of the seventh-ranked Red Raiders of Colgate. The Red Raiders captured the 17th annual Syracuse Invitational this past weekend with wins over Merrimack and Niagara. “They really wanted this, they really wanted … Read more
Hockey East Goes 13-1-1 After a slow start in nonconference play earlier this year, Hockey East took no prisoners during Thanksgiving week, posting a 13-1-1 record. Ironically, Maine and Boston College, expected to be two of the league’s bellwether teams, made no contributions to the dominance since both clubs were off. Hockey East delivered its … Read more