Denver 2, North Dakota 0: Might as well start with the game I attended. Denver outplayed the Sioux, but it wasn’t as if the Sioux were terrible in the game. Outside of the first five minutes that is. Freshman Aaron Dell gave up 2 goals on the first 4 shots he saw. Brad Eidsness stopped [...]

After an award winning year doing last year’s bracketology (ok, not a winning year but I did get linked by Puck Daddy a couple times so I’ll call it a win) it’s time for year #2. Before we get started, a couple things to keep in mind:
1. This is a projection of how I think [...]

It’s been kind of a hectic day in this little corner of Blogfrica, (or, since this is a hockey blog, Scandinblogvia?) so instead of a huge post, why don’t you take a gander at former Michigan State Spartan goalie Ryan Miller’s mask that he will don at the Olympics.

1. Wisconsin (14-6-4) (10-4-4) Up 3
With 3 points against Denver, Wisconsin takes over the top spot. I debated them and Miami for a long time, but finally settled on Wisconsin because (among other things) the Badgers lead the nation in scoring margin.
2. Miami (16-4-6) (13-1-4) No Change
The RedHawks haven’t lost a conference game in 3 [...]

St. Cloud State 4, Minnesota 1: Mike Lee had perhaps his best collegiate game, making 42 saves for the Huskies as they move all the way into a tie for 2nd in the WCHA. Jared Festler had 2 goals. Cade Fairchild had the lone goal for Minnesota. Maybe if they wore maple leafs on their [...]

Hahhhhhvahd 4, Union 1: Union had a 10 game unbeaten streak this year in ECAC Hockey, and before last night was the only team to have not lost a conference game. Ryan Carroll almost singlehandedly stopped that, stopping 47 of Union’s 48 shots. Jason Walters had the lone Union goal
Cornell 1, North Dakota 0: The [...]

A few years ago Islanders GM Garth Snow tore into Minnesota and coach Don Lucia. Now, it’s LA Kings GM Dean Lombardi’s turn. Lombardi said that because Michigan coach Red Berenson gets “all the best players” he never does any coaching, and as a result player’s development is stunted. Lombardi said that he wasn’t criticizing [...]

One team is second in their conference, just a point back from first, while the other is in 6th, having just lost and tied to the 7th place team, and having played two more games than the 7th place team. Yet that 6th place team (North Dakota) is higher in the Pairwise than the 2nd [...]

Just a few things tonight that aren’t really worthy of a whole post..
- Minnesota’s leading scorer Mike Hoeffel is out for a couple weeks with mono. After the Jay Barribal injury, the last thing the Gophers need is another good offensive player out. Jordan Schroeder better stay locked in his apartment. The Gophers, 7th in [...]

Tough choice this week, but in the end I decided to go with the star of one of the two marquee CCHA series this past weekend. Notre Dame forward Ryan Thang had 2 goals in Friday’s 5-2 win over Michigan State, as well as the game winner. He had two more in Notre Dame’s tie [...]