Archive for August, 2009

Howdy, folks. It’s that time of year again. Every so often The College Hockey Blog will be unveiling our Preseason top 16 teams, one by one. If you want to see the top 16 in order, and links to each individual preview, click the tab at the top of the page. Today’s team is #6 Princeton Although Yale is the defending league champs, and is expected to be ranked 1st in the ECAC Preseason polls, I like Princeton a bit better. Returning is the backbone of the 7th best defense in college hockey last year, goalie Zane Kalemba, who had [...]

Time to get you caught up on the hockey world… Complaining that Justin Schultz isn’t getting enough love. I love him. (60 mins. No alibis. No regrets.) Are there hotties on the DU volleyball team? Find out. (Let’s go DU) Something I missed: Troy Jutting and Scott Sandelin have signed extensions at their respective schools. (This is the WCHA) Some Canada stuff, including whether or not the best player in the world will be their captain next year. (Illegal Curve) Some BC Women’s Hockey talk. (Beyond the Dashers) Yes this is about football, but it’s a great blog so go [...]

A very mini version today. The St. Cloud Times is reporting that goalie Jase Weslosky will be ruled ineligible for this season, and will likely transfer to Bemidji State. Although Dan Dunn is the only goalie back with experience, incoming Freshman Mike Lee figures to be the favorite for the starting job. Back to back Freshmen (John Muse and Kieran Millan) have won NCAA Championships. Just sayin’ The other news is that the US Women’s Olympic hockey roster will be named at 1 PM central time. Jocelyn and Monique Lamoureux have been confirmed to be on the team, not that [...]

Howdy, folks. It’s that time of year again. Every so often The College Hockey Blog will be unveiling our Preseason top 16 teams, one by one. If you want to see the top 16 in order, and links to each individual preview, click the tab at the top of the page. Today’s team is #7 North Dakota Last year the Fighting Sioux won the MacNaughton Cup for the first time since 2004, but was bounced in the first round of the NCAA Tournament by New Hampshire in a crazy game. A failure by Joe Finley to clear the puck out [...]

The CCHA made a pretty surprising decision today, denying Alabama-Huntsville admission into the league. UAH will now be the only CHA team without a home when the league disbands. Niagara and Robert Morris will be absorbed into Atlantic Hockey, while Bemidji State will be in the WCHA. I, for one, am shocked. Think abou tthe “little guys” that were the foundation of the CCHA: Lake State, Ferris State, Northern Michigan, Bowling Green, etc. Now, the CCHA has decided they are too good for another little school in UAH. With Nebraska-Omaha moving to the WCHA, UAH seems a perfect replacement. For [...]

Howdy, folks. It’s that time of year again. Every so often The College Hockey Blog will be unveiling our Preseason top 16 teams, one by one. If you want to see the top 16 in order, and links to each individual preview, click the tab at the top of the page. Today’s team is #8 Minnesota Well, here we go. I have my e-mail open and my Google translator on in preparation for all of the e-mails from Sioux fans that say some form of “U kant hav the goofers number 8 u loser.” Should be a fun week or [...]

Howdy, folks. It’s that time of year again. Every so often The College Hockey Blog will be unveiling our Preseason top 16 teams, one by one. If you want to see the top 16 in order, and links to each individual preview, click the tab at the top of the page. Today’s team is #9 Michigan Last year Michigan made the CCHA championship game, losing to Notre Dame. For their efforts they were rewarded with the #1 seed in the Bridgeport regional. But they became the first of three #1 seeds to lose to a #4, when they lost to [...]