Colorado College used a certain mentality that nearly helped the Tigers win the Final Five and earn a berth in the NCAA tournament. We don’t need to win three games in a row. We need to win one game three times. “That was the mentality we used against North Dakota last night,” said CC goaltender … Read more
Notre Dame’s win over Michigan in the CCHA championship game gives Yale an at-large bid and keeps the Wolverines out of the tournament for the first time in 23 years. Let’s put down our bracket prediction first, and then we’ll explain how we got there. My predicted NCAA tournament bracket is as follows: West Regional … Read more
There’s one more game left to be played and it will decide which team will be the last to make it into the NCAA tournament. Let’s put the bracket prediction down first, and then we’ll explain how we got there after that. Since we have two different scenarios, let’s lay out two different brackets depending … Read more
Here are photos from Wisconsin’s 3-2 victory over Colorado College in the WCHA Final Five championship game: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000kkD6whVnz8U” g_name=”20130323-WCHA-Wisconsin-Colorado-College” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y5OvD6cmzgmu4Us1V_DKqdN94uDJhjObmBxffXnXQsmrM3MUSSg–” ]
The Badgers won 20 of their last 27 games and three games in three days at the Final Five to win the championship. Matthew Semisch reports from the WCHA Final Five.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Here are videos of the postgame news conferences after Wisconsin’s 3-2 victory over Colorado College in the WCHA Final Five championship game: [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/5gGrlvc8F-o width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/gPlbfB_pTHU width=500]
Colorado College v Wisconsin Wisconsin vs. Colorado College Matthew: This is going to be a surreal Final Five championship on several levels: The Xcel Energy Center won’t be completely packed considering North Dakota and Minnesota were eliminated previously, and few people had picked UW or CC – and even fewer picked both – to make … Read more
Here are photos from Friday’s semifinal games at the WCHA Final Five in St. Paul, Minn., Wisconsin’s 4-1 victory over St. Cloud State and Colorado College’s 2-0 victory over Minnesota: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000BAI.O599sy0″ g_name=”20130322-WCHA-FridayGallery” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Here are videos of the postgame news conferences after Colorado College’s 2-0 win over Minnesota in the WCHA Final Five semifinals on Friday. [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/E7GLCCs3-Bc width=500] [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/oE1apbbZmtc width=500] Courtesy Minnesota Athletics [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TAzXR7g8y0 width=500]
CC’s play in the defensive zone and Joe Howe’s sturdiness between the pipes has the Tigers playing Wisconsin for the Final Five title Saturday night. Tyler Buckentine reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Was the stick dropped or thrown? A questioned call is big in Wisconsin’s win over St. Cloud State. Tyler Buckentine reports from the WCHA Final Five.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Here’s video of the news conferences after Wisconsin’s 4-1 victory over St. Cloud State on Friday in the WCHA Final Five semifinals: Wisconsin’s Mike Eaves, John Ramage and Joel Rumpel [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/xjxRjC1HCeU width=500] St. Cloud State’s Bob Motzko, Ben Hanowski and Drew LeBlanc [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/xnIEcOX2rJw width=500]
The Tigers held UND scoreless on six power-play chances and netted a short-handed goal. Timothy Boger reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Here are photos from Thursday’s games at the WCHA Final Five, Wisconsin’s 7-2 win over Minnesota State and Colorado College’s 4-3 overtime win over North Dakota. [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000ggJIUum_GRY” g_name=”20130321-WCHA-ThursdayGallery” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Here are videos from the postgame news conferences after Colorado College’s 4-3 overtime victory over North Dakota in the WCHA Final Five quarterfinals: Colorado College’s Scott Owens, Peter Stoykewych, Rylan Schwartz and Alexander Krushelnyski [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/5Kjx0F8zC28 width=500] North Dakota’s Dave Hakstol, Drake Caggiula and Danny Kristo [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/Qa6MiBebHlE width=500]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Here’s some postgame video reaction from Wisconsin’s 7-2 victory over Minnesota State on Thursday in the WCHA Final Five quarterfinals: Wisconsin’s Mike Eaves, Tyler Barnes, Jefferson Dahl, Frankie Simonelli, video courtesy Wisconsin Athletics [youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRh4_5Hnb5k width=500] Minnesota State winger Eriah Hayes [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/nPP_OkDF2M8 width=500] Minnesota State coach Mike Hastings [youtube_sc url=http://youtu.be/-__JUt4oF_w … Read more
Four of Jefferson Dahl’s seven goals this season have come against Minnesota State. Tyler Buckentine reports from the WCHA Final Five.
Please excuse the temporary bout of morbidity I’m about to throw into one of the most exciting times in the college hockey season. At some point or another, we all wonder how we’ll be remembered after we’re gone. Some of us would like to be known for having been kind to others. Some of us, … Read more
Minnesota State v Wisconsin: Matthew: Mike Hastings was richly deserving of his WCHA Coach of the Year honors this season as MSU has been marvelous in their first year under his tutelage. The problem, though, is that the Mavericks are winless all-time in the Final Five and were taken to the three-game limit last week … Read more
One of the only events North Dakota’s seniors haven’t experienced is defeat at the Final Five. UND has won eight straight games at the Final Five and three championships going back to 2009, the year it fell to eventual champion Minnesota-Duluth in the semifinals. That was a season before any of the current players joined … Read more