With Minnesota losing a 2-0 lead in the third period today at Mariucci Arena, the top 10 teams in this week’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports poll went 2-5-3 in their opening games of the weekend. That should make the ballot interesting to fill out on Sunday. It should be noted that Notre Dame won a shootout … Read more
One of these days, you might not recognize the MacInnes Student Ice Arena anymore. A few years back, the Michigan Tech program added a new locker room complex to its venerable facility and added onto the press box. OK, not the most noticeable things, but certainly appreciated by players and the media. This season, the … Read more
Many other people knew Jim White better than I did. The great thing about him was that he’d never let you know that. White, a longtime off-ice official at Denver and a college hockey afficionado, passed away Thursday after an illness. I met White a few years back as part of the visiting media corps … Read more
It sounds like fans aren’t real happy with the way games are being called in the WCHA so far this season under the rules emphasis designed to crack down on obstruction of the puck carrier. At least, that’s the way it has come into commissioner Bruce McLeod’s office. He told Kevin Pates of the Duluth … Read more
I’ve been on a lot of road trips covering Wisconsin for The Capital Times, but the opening four weeks of this season will be memorable for a lot of reasons. I saw Boston College raise its national championship banner, then made an amazing drive to New Hampshire the next day, marveling at the fall colors … Read more
I will admit that I didn’t have the highest expectations for Minnesota this season, and I will take whatever I have coming to me if the Gophers turn out to be as good as they looked in stretches last weekend. I picked them for seventh in the WCHA after going through a statistical analysis of … Read more