#9 Ferris State played much more the role of their mascot Bulldog than that of an underdog in its pursuit of the NCAA Ice Hockey Crown in Tampa, Florida, yet it wasn’t to be for the upstarts. Boston College completed a nineteen game winning streak, and furthermore completed four games in the NCAA Tournament allowing only [...]
#1 Boston College hammered #6 Minnesota yesterday in a game that showed that BC can win without much regard to how the game is being played. Early in the game Minnesota flat outplayed BC, getting by the BC defense and into position to score, but BC goalie Parker Milner was up to the task and [...]
Union College and Ferris State fought to a scoreless first period in the opening semifinal game of the NCAA Men’s DI Frozen Four today, in Tampa, Florida. The first period also ended without penalties. In the second period the pace and the fight intensified as Daniel Carr put Union College up 1-0 eight minutes into [...]
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Tomorrow one of the greatest sporting events kicks off when #3 Union College faces #9 Ferris State at 1:30pm Pacific Time, on ESPNU. In the second game of the day, #1 Boston College faces #6 Minnesota at 5pm Pacific Time on ESPN2.
So if you are able to get near a TV at those times, [...]
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The Frozen Four is set, and the entries in our pool ran the gamut on these four teams from heavily favored, to nearly not chosen at all, to make it to this point. Three of the games were solid shows of strength by the winners, and one was a tense fight to get the final [...]
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Saturday’s play in the NCAA DI Men’s Hockey Tournament lacked the drama of Friday’s upsets, but provided some dramatic moments in some of the games.
North Dakota Narrowly Wins
Sporting their NCAA-compliant, but rather less interesting uniforms, North Dakota took an early 1-0 lead on a Michael Parks wrap-around goal from behind, and [...]
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Michigan may well have made history yesterday as they entered as the #1 regional seed, and lost to the #4 regional seed, for the second time in a four year stretch. Painful memories, hoped to be forgotten, of the embarassing 2009 shutout loss to an unranked Air Force team, were fully refreshed in the Michigan [...]
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Ferris State and Denver fought through a scoreless first period today in the opening game of the Midwest Regional in Green Bay, WI., but Ferris State’s Jordie Johnston scored the lone second period goal to put Ferris State up, 1-0. Early in the third period, Ferris State’s freshman defenseman Simon Denis, of Burnaby, [...]
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Union College kicked off the 2012 NCAA DI Men’s Hockey Tournament today with a convincing win over Michigan State in the East Regional in Bridgeport, CT. Union’s Max Novak struck first late in the first period, and Union’s Jeremy Welsh then made it 2-0 early in the second. Michigan State’s Matt Berry scored on a [...]
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