College Hockey Update:  First, sorry this is such a late post; second, I’m delighted to have the game summary provided to us by our Contributing Field Reporter, John McLean, who attended the game in person; and third, the pool results and controversy are reported below. 1 John McLean writes:    Kids beat the Catholics In yet…

College Hockey Update:  Well, it’s here, the big one we’ve been waiting for.  Notre Dame against University of Minnesota-Duluth.  Two teams that have both won all three of their 2018 NCAA Tournament games by one goal in each game, will meet tomorrow, Saturday, April 7th, in St. Paul, MN., at 4:30pm Pacific Time, scheduled for…

College Hockey Update:  Well it’s here; one of the best, best events in sports kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, April 5th, at 3:00pm Pacific Time, in St. Paul, MN., when #11 Minnesota-Duluth faces #5 Ohio State in the first Frozen Four semifinal game, followed at 6:30pm Pacific Time by #10 Michigan facing #2 Notre Dame in…

College Hockey Update:  Thanks for being in the pool.  Wow — 50 — this is the most we’ve ever had, four more than last year, and two more than our previous high-water mark of 48 participants in 2016.  With a couple of upsets, half of the bracket was just bombed over the weekend, but I’m…

College Hockey Update:  In the final game of the Midwest Region Sunday in Allentown, PA, it was all Ohio State in what started out as a defensively dominated battle.  The first period produced a total of fourteen shots between the two teams, and ended scoreless.  The second period became a bit more offensive, producing nine…

College Hockey Update:  Today in the final game of the Northeast Region in Worcester, MA, Quinn Hughes scored only five minutes into the first to give Michigan a 1-0 lead, and seven minutes later a BU goal tied it at one apiece.  But Tony Calderone scored a power play goal only three minutes later to…

College Hockey Update:  Yesterday in the late game of the Midwest Regional in Allentown, PA, Denver destroyed Penn State in a commanding performance.  Kohen Olischefski scored a goal twelve minutes into the first period to give Denver a 1-0 lead, and with three minutes left in the frame, Troy Terry scored to make it 2-0,…

College Hockey Update:  Yesterday in the early game of the Midwest Regional in Allentown, PA, it was all Ohio State.  Mason Jobst scored a power play goal fourteen minutes into the first to give Ohio State a 1-0 lead, and only twenty seconds later Kevin Miller scored to extend the lead to 2-0.  The two…

College Hockey Update:  Yesterday in the early game of the Northeastern Region in Worcester, MA., Cornell and Boston University played a very even and scoreless first period, and play continued that way into the second as well.  Trevor Yates scored seven minutes into the second to give Cornell a 1-0 lead, and 36 seconds later,…

College Hockey Update:  Yesterday in the late game of first round play in the Northeastern Region in Worcester, MA, an evenly played first period produced no scoring from either Michigan or Northeastern.  A lop-sided second period, in which Michigan out shot Northeastern somehow didn’t change things for quite a long time.  But fifteen minutes into…