College Hockey Update:  After two full periods of total toe-to-toe scoreless, stalemated dogfight play, Nebraska-Omaha freshman forward Jake Randolph found the net with a long slap shot from the point just a minute into the third period.  After that the heat was on RIT, and they played furiously (they outshot UNO eighteen to nine in the…

College Hockey Update:  Providence and Denver played nearly two full periods evenly, tightly, and heavily contesting each other; something had to give, and it did, when Noel Acciari scored for Providence to give them a 1-0 lead, with about six minutes left in the second, which is how the frame ended. The third was a…

College Hockey Update:  Both Boston University and North Dakota won NCAA Regional Championships yesterday, Saturday, March 28th. Boston Squeaks By Minnesota-Duluth 3-2 Late In Game Boston University and Minnesota-Duluth played a very close, tight, nail-biting, nerve-wracking game yesterday, as Boston U was first on the board with a very unconventional goal by the much-overlooked Evan…

College Hockey Update:  Midwest Regional play of the NCAA Men’s Division I Hockey Tournament opened yesterday and ended with RIT making history as the first Tournament #16 seed to ever beat the Tournament #1 seed, by a 2-1 margin over top-seeded Mankato State. The RIT Tigers, resplendent in their bright orange “away” uniforms also brought…

College Hockey Update: Another instant replay took place yesterday as North Dakota easily dismissed Quinnipiac from the NCAA Tournament in the second game of the Western Region in Fargo, ND, last night. North Dakota scored the first three goals before Quininipiac got one on the board to make it a 3-1 game. But North Dakota…

College Hockey Update:  In the second game of the day in the Northeast Region in Manchester, NH, Minnesota-Duluth just hammered Minnesota into submission.  This thing was only close for about fifteen minutes. Duluth scored in the first with about seven minutes left for the 1-0 lead, and then scored again two minutes laster to make it…

College Hockey Update:  The NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament continued with a killer dogfight (Huskies and Huskies) in Fargo, ND., between St. Cloud and Michigan Tech, in which St. Cloud came on strong late, and lasted long, to get a 3-2 win in OT; wait, didn’t I just write this one?   This game was so, so similar to…

College Hockey Update:  The NCAA Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament got underway with a killer dogfight (Terriers and Bulldogs) in Manchester, NH., between Boston University and Yale, in which BU had to come on strong late, and last long, to get a 3-2 win in OT. The game went scoreless for nearly 37 minutes…

College Hockey Update:  Yes, that’s right, the pool deadline has been extended to 8am Pacific Time on Friday, March 27th. So, time is running out to submit your picks for this year’s pool. With the deadline extended to Friday morning, March 25, at 8:00am Pacific Time, we will more than likely accept submissions up to…

College Hockey Update:  Ok, first things first, and this is important — I have emailed you your 2015 NCAA Tournament bracket; please open it immediately, make your picks, and email your picks back to me in a single typed line as my picks appear here including the score of your final game.  My picks are provided here as…