Sean Shapiro First of all I wanted to thank all the readers here at USCHO. This will be my final weekend picking and writing about the WCHA, I start a new job on Monday and with that development, Jack will be taking a solo lap for the rest of the season as WCHA columnist. It’s been fun … Read more
First of all I wanted to thank all the readers here at USCHO. This will be my final weekend picking and writing about the WCHA, I start a new job on Monday and with that development, Jack will be taking a solo lap for the rest of the season as WCHA columnist. It’s been fun … Read more
1. We have to start off with a somber note after the passing of Jim Johannson, assistant executive director of USA Hockey. WCHA President and Men’s League Commissioner Bill Robertson issued the following statement” “On behalf of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and our member institutions, we are profoundly shocked and deeply saddened to … Read more
1. We have to start off with a somber note after the passing of Jim Johannson, assistant executive director of USA Hockey. WCHA President and Men’s League Commissioner Bill Robertson issued the following statement” “On behalf of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and our member institutions, we are profoundly shocked and deeply saddened to … Read more
Bemidji State at Ferris State Jack: The Beavers lost and tied against North Dakota last week (ironically, they lost the game in which they largely looked like the better team and tied the one they looked like the worse one… hockey is weird). Still, they carry a long conference unbeaten streak into this series at … Read more
Bemidji State at Ferris State Jack: The Beavers lost and tied against North Dakota last week (ironically, they lost the game in which they largely looked like the better team and tied the one they looked like the worse one… hockey is weird). Still, they carry a long conference unbeaten streak into this series at … Read more
There is more than a month remaining in the regular season, but time is running short for Lake Superior State and Alaska Anchorage (photo: Candace Horgan).
1. Northern Michigan is the biggest threat to Minnesota State. The Wildcats swept Bowling Green and have a relatively easy schedule the rest of the way. If the Mavericks falter, the Wildcats could be poised to strike. 2. It was a weekend of splits. While Northern Michigan had a sweep, the rest of the league … Read more
1. Northern Michigan is the biggest threat to Minnesota State. The Wildcats swept Bowling Green and have a relatively easy schedule the rest of the way. If the Mavericks falter, the Wildcats could be poised to strike. 2. It was a weekend of splits. While Northern Michigan had a sweep, the rest of the league … Read more
Ferris State at Lake Superior State Sean: With two teams failing to pick up wins, I feel like Game 1 of this series is going to be a big one. Win Friday, take confidence into Saturday and get the sweep. Bulldogs 3-1, 2-1 Jack: A pair of teams both struggling. LSSU has won just once … Read more
Ferris State at Lake Superior State Sean: With two teams failing to pick up wins, I feel like Game 1 of this series is going to be a big one. Win Friday, take confidence into Saturday and get the sweep. Bulldogs 3-1, 2-1 Jack: A pair of teams both struggling. LSSU has won just once … Read more
The Michigan Tech Huskies are used to the long bus rides from the Upper Peninsula to Detroit. It’s a trip they’ve made every year since 1965 for the Great Lakes Invitational.
The Falcons powered their way to the championship of the Great Lakes Invitational, had a trio of players honored with WCHA weekly honors, and started checking off boxes that could be lining the road for the first NCAA tournament bid since 1990.
1. Alaska captured its fifth-straight Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup and completed a sweep over in-state rival Alaska Anchorage. Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup was supposed to be determined by a best-of-six series with the Seawolves, but the Nanooks clinched it early by defeating UAA for the fourth time this season on Saturday. 2. Northern Michigan banked … Read more
1. Alaska captured its fifth-straight Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup and completed a sweep over in-state rival Alaska Anchorage. Alaska Airlines Governor’s Cup was supposed to be determined by a best-of-six series with the Seawolves, but the Nanooks clinched it early by defeating UAA for the fourth time this season on Saturday. 2. Northern Michigan banked … Read more
Here is what we learned this past weekend in the WCHA: 1. Non-conference struggles continued for the WCHA. The league went 1-6 in non-conference tilts, with Bemidji State picking up the only win against Princeton last Wednesday before Thanksgiving. 2. Michigan Tech is taking care of it’s own business, but it’s going to need some … Read more
Here is what we learned this past weekend in the WCHA: 1. Non-conference struggles continued for the WCHA. The league went 1-6 in non-conference tilts, with Bemidji State picking up the only win against Princeton last Wednesday before Thanksgiving. 2. Michigan Tech is taking care of it’s own business, but it’s going to need some … Read more
Thanks to a slight scheduling snafu and some family build-up, this column is coming to you later that originally scheduled. For that I beg your forgiveness, dear reader. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s look at what each of the WCHA teams have to be thankful in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Alabama Huntsville: … Read more
Bowling Green at Minnesota State Jack:These guys again? MSU and BG met Oct. 20-21 in Bowling Green. They split. The two league leaders meet again this week — this time in Mankato. I have a feeling we’ll get similar results. Mavericks 4-2, Falcons 5-3 Sean: Has to be a split, right? But it should be … Read more
Bowling Green at Minnesota State Jack:These guys again? MSU and BG met Oct. 20-21 in Bowling Green. They split. The two league leaders meet again this week — this time in Mankato. I have a feeling we’ll get similar results. Mavericks 4-2, Falcons 5-3 Sean: Has to be a split, right? But it should be … Read more