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…

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…

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…

College Hockey Update: Cornell prevailed over Denver in the second game played in Manchester, N.H., Tursday, March 23, 2023, in opening round play of the NCAA Hockey Tournament. Jack O’Leary scored only three minutes into the first period to put Cornell up 1-0. Ben Bernard added a goal eight minutes later, increasing the margin to…

College Hockey Update: In the opening game of the 2023 NCAA Hockey Tournament, Boston University prevailed over Western Michigan University 5-1. Boston University had the momentum early in the first period, but at about the five or six minute mark into the period, Western Michigan seemed to regroup and started applying the pressure back to…

College Hockey Update: NOTICE:                           Picks are DUE THURSDAY, March 23, by 9AM Pacific Time ! ! ! !     The NCAA Tournament Begins on THURSDAY!! PICKS ARE DUE TO ME WITHIN 39 HOURS OF THE TIME THE EMAILS GO OUT.      …

College Hockey Update: Let’s run through the top fifteen teams that played last weekend, all in tournaments (not going to list all games played in all tournaments). #1 Minnesota hosted, and beat, #19 Michigan State in a Big Ten semifinal; #2 Quinnipiac hosted and swept Yale two games in an ECAC quarterfinal series; and #3…

College Hockey Update:  First things first — if the emails you receive from me personally (not those from the blogsite system) are going into your spam or junk folder, would you PLEASE send me an email and notify me so that I can try to put an end to that for next season.  Thanks.  And…

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College Hockey Update:  Last Saturday’s and Sunday’s (March 26th and 27th) Second Round Recap DENVER EARLY PRESSURE SURPASSES MINNESOTA-DULUTH Minnesota-Duluth got on the board first, fifteen minutes into the first period, in the Western Region Final in Loveland, CO., on Saturday, March 26th, in a quarter in which Denver had the pressure on the Bulldogs, making…