Live from the Gah-den

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

Beanpot Redux

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

A New #1?

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

The mighty fall… simultaneously

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

Mail bag…

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