The Beanpot Championship game is still 10 hours away, but I’ll be writing live from the TD Banknorth Garden for tonight’s title tilt between Boston’s two hottest hockey rivals – Boston College and Boston University. The game is being billed as a battle of two top goaltenders in red-hot John Curry manning the BU net and … Read more
It’s a college hockey tournament that many say only appeals to the four teams that play in it. Just don’t tell that the the thousands of people who were expected to watch last night’s Beanpot semifinals. Even though both of the two games were somewhat yawners – and yes, BC and BU are meeting in … Read more
Though the USCHO.com poll is still a few hours away from being released, it seems apparent that a new number one is eminent. After Minnesota’s sweep at the hands of North Dakota, New Hampshire, which won its only game of the weekend against Providence on Saturday, is the likely candidate to take over the number … Read more
So how does the old expression go, something like “Timing is everything.†That certainly was the case for the top teams in the country this past weekend as each of the top five teams in the USCHO.com poll all faltered, splitting their respective weekend series. Of the five, only Maine saw impacted when this week’s … Read more
Hi, my name is Jim and I’m a slacker. That’s right, it’s been way too long since I last wrote, so I’ll bow my head, do a mea culpa, and tell you the good news. The good news of course is that I’m back. The better news is that the college hockey season is officially … Read more
First off, let me say that I was really impressed with the response I got from my first Blog post. And even more impressive is that what was written didn’t turn into a message-board-like flame fest. That said, I wanted to take the opportunity to respond to a couple the comments that were left by readers. … Read more
The title basically says it all. When USCHO.com asked me to write a blog for them this year, I figured it was a nice opportunity to throw away the deadlines and topics that have buried me for years and take the chance to do what I’ve wanted to for a long time now: screw around. … Read more