TMQ: Tuesday Morning Quarterback
After so much inter-conference action during the holiday tournaments, Jim Connelly and Theresa Spisak have a lot to back-and-forth about this week. While neither the ECAC nor Hockey East set the college hockey world on fire at midseason, two WCHA squads had to settle for third-place in their own traditional holiday happenings. Has No. 1 Michigan been tested? What’s up with the U-18 program? It certainly is a brand new year.
In this week’s TMQ, WCHA correspondent Teresa Spisak sits in again for Scott Brown as she and Jim Connelly discuss Miami’s drop from No. 1, parity in college hockey, and their prognostications about the early leaders for the Hobey Hat Trick.
The flu bug has gotten our esteemed Executive Editor Scott Brown down for the week, but there is a more than adequate substitute in Theresa Spisak, USCHO’s WCHA Correspondent. What’s surprised thus far? How do some of the holiday tourneys look? And April will be in Colorado, hear what Theresa has to say about that and much more in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
In the new season’s first edition of TMQ, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown bring back their continuing debate, discussing the future of the CHA and a weekend of on-ice statements at rinks around the nation.
The three Eastern leagues have decided their regular-season champions, and after examining each titlist’s postseason situation, Jim Connelly breaks down the first-round matchups in the ECACHL playoffs.
With the stretch run in full swing, it’s time for the return of Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Jim Connelly kicks us off with an examination of new No. 1 New Hampshire, props for RIT, a look at Clarkson’s NCAA tournament hopes, and more.
It’s a TMQ two-fer this week, as Scott Brown analyzes the three Western conferences’ playoff situations with an eye on national-tournament consequences.
Jim Connelly debuts TMQ 2006 with a look at the Hockey East standings, a salute to a newborn rivalry, and a suggestion for the top teams in Atlantic Hockey.
With Santa on his way, Jim Connelly hands out his (slightly tongue-in-cheek) holiday awards to the East.