Author: Tom

  • Smith, BC, Beat Merrimack

    Smith, BC, Beat Merrimack

    COLLEGE HOCKEY UPDATE: What a bum I am to be starting this so late. This post shows the date as one day earlier than my first last year, however, last year’s first came on the Friday, not the Saturday . . . . This post will cover a lot of ground — last weekend’s top […]

  • Bobcats ’23 NCAA Champs

    Bobcats ’23 NCAA Champs

    QUNNIPIAC PERSISTENT SPEEDY ATTACK PREVAILS FOR 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP College Hockey Update: Minnesota came out with guns blazing in the NCAA Hockey Championship game last Saturday night, April 8, 2023, in Tampa, FL., and at the outset it didn’t look good for Quinnipiac — they were playing a little sloppy, as if they had just stepped […]

  • Gophers/Bobcats To Final

    Gophers/Bobcats To Final

    MINNESOTA DISMISSES BOSTON UNIVERSITY College Hockey Update: This is a very late posting, but these games were not easy to summarize, so let’s give it a whirl. In the early semi-final game of the Frozen Four in Tampa, FL., Minnesota and Boston University battled closely — for the first two periods. Boston University scored first […]

  • Frozen Four On Tomorrow!

    Frozen Four On Tomorrow!

    College Hockey Update:  Well it’s here; one of the best, best events in sports kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, April 6th, at 2:00pm Pacific Time, in Tampa, FL., when #1 Minnesota faces #5 Boston University in the first Frozen Four semifinal game, followed at 5:30pm Pacific Time by #2 Michigan facing #3 Quinnipac in the second […]

  • Where’re You In Our Pool?

    Where’re You In Our Pool?

    College Hockey Update:  Thanks for being in the pool. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH MY SCORING FOR YOU, EMAIL ME RIGHT AWAY. (I’ve kept all the emailed entries). I DID DOUBLE CHECK, BUT MISTAKES ARE POSSIBLE. What a major difference in the tournament’s game outcomes this year vs. last year. Last year there were eight games […]

  • Michigan To Frozen Four

    Michigan To Frozen Four

    College Hockey Update: Michigan prevailed over Pennsylvania State 2-1 in second round action of the NCAA Hockey tournament in the Bridgeport, Connecticut Region, yesterday, Sunday, March 26, 2023. The game was a fast-paced back-and-forth affair in the first period; each team managed to get fourteen shots off, but the activity did not yield a score. […]

  • Quinnipiac To Frozen Four

    Quinnipiac To Frozen Four

    College Hockey Update: Quinnipiac prevailed over Ohio State 4-1 in second round action of the NCAA Hockey tournament in the Bridgeport, Connecticut Region, today, Sunday, March 26, 2023. The game started with Ohio State charging hard and fast, really outstripping Quinnipiac, and scoring very quickly, in the first two minutes on a fast-break, unassisted score […]

  • Minnesota To Frozen Four

    Minnesota To Frozen Four

    College Hockey Update: Minnesota prevailed over St. Cloud State 4-1 in second round action of the NCAA Hockey tournament in the Fargo, North Dakota region, yesterday, Saturday, March 25, 2023. Minnesota had the momentum early, outshooting St. Cloud 14-6, and picked up a goal by Bryce Brodzinski six minutes into the period for the 1-0 […]

  • Boston U. To Frozen Four

    Boston U. To Frozen Four

    College Hockey Update: Boston University prevailed over Cornell University in what I’d call a “sticky” game in second round action of the 2023 NCAA Hockey Championship Tournament in Manchester, New Hampshire yesterday, Saturday, March 25, 2023. I’d say “sticky” because of Cornell’s defense which at times made it seem as though there was glue on […]

  • Avalache of Tidal Waves

    Avalache of Tidal Waves

    OVERALL BLANKET REPORT ON THE WHOLE NCAA DAY FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2023 College Hockey Update: Are you kidding me? The total of winners’s combined scores versus losers’s combined scores on Friday was 32-2. And I have to say that we could say it started with the final game played on Thursday night, actually. If you […]