NCAA HOCKEY TICKETS

Travel, Schmavel
The NCAA is once again talking about restricting travel during the NCAA tournament of most sports, thanks to concerns over the economy. The last time it did this was in the aftermath of 9/11, forcing the hockey tournament to take travel into consideration in ways that caused unbalanced brackets. While seemingly with pure intent, the [...]

Age is but a number
Apparently, last year, the CCHA athletic directors made a command decision to have schools remove Dates of Birth from their rosters. This decision slipped under the radar, mainly because the information could still be gleaned from other sources. But this year, other leagues have unofficially followed suit. And consequently, the official sites that track statistics, have [...]

Ice It
As Denver Post writer Mike Chambers pointed out in his blog post after last night’s 4-3 win by Ohio State over the Pioneers, Denver coach George Gwozdecky got very upset when J.P. Testwuide was forced to stay on the ice despite an injury. That’s because the new rule in college hockey this year states that [...]

Ben Bishop and Sarah Palin
You may remember former Maine goaltender Ben Bishop, who led the Black Bears to back-to-back Frozen Fours in 2006 and 2007. Well, thanks to — of all people — vice-presidental candidate Sarah Palin, Bishop made his NHL debut on Friday night, playing for his hometown St. Louis Blues against the Los Angeles Kings. What did the [...]

Stoa returns
It was one year ago this week that Ryan Stoa’s sophomore season at Minnesota ended before it had really begun, as the forward suffered a season-ending, surgery-requiring knee injury. So it was great to see Stoa — now the captain for the Gophers — score tonight in his first game since Oct. 13, 2007. It’s [...]

Random Thoughts, Oct. 4
The 2008-09 Preseason All-CHN Team was announced today. I’m sure many people will take offense that their favorites aren’t there, but I think the list is fairly non-controversial. Michigan Tech and Merrimack both lost their exhibition openers to Canadian university teams today. Ooof. BU goalie Scott Cashman is dead at 39, the same age our friend Jon [...]

Tampa follies
So, the news came out officially today that the Tampa Bay Lightning’s new ownership has pulled the plug on the Lightning College Classic, the Christmas-time tournament that Notre Dame had arranged. This struck most of us as odd, immediately, considering that Tampa is hosting the 2012 Frozen Four. The tournament was arranged by Notre Dame coach [...]

Casey Jones in line at Cornell?
When I saw that Casey Jones had decided to fill the assistant coaching opening at Cornell, my first thought was “good catch,” and my second thought was “hmmmm.” Many have argued over the years that Jones, a Cornell alum (1990), was the strategic brains behind Ohio State’s rise from oblivion during his time as John Markell’s [...]

CCHA Shootout Thoughts
Once again, things are changing in college hockey. Yesterday, the CCHA approved the shootout rule to be in effect for the 2008-09 season. Although I thought that the shootout rule was a little bothersome, this is a change in college hockey that I will have to realize it could be good for the game. The NHL seems [...]

Snow takes Gopher
I liked this article by Bruce Ciskie, pointing out the irony of the New York Islanders selected highly-touted Minnesota recruit Aaron Ness in the recent NHL Draft. We pointed that out, too, in our Draft Roundup. Ciskie expands and opines on that, and gets a comment from Snow, where he mentions he’s not concerned about [...]