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Hawks start to soar.
It’s early on a Friday night, but the Ralph Engelstad Arena is already rocking. Just minutes before the puck drops at center ice, the lights go down in the arena and the cheering somehow manages to get...
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Detroit Rock City: On the road with a Division 1 hockey team.
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part series following the Northern Michigan University hockey team to the Great Lakes Invitational. MICHIGAN The bus I’m sitting on is warm, but it’s getting colder...
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Detroit Rock City: On the road with a Division 1 hockey team.
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a 2-part series following the Northern Michigan University hockey team to the Great Lakes Invitational. MICHIGAN After three days’ worth of practices, game day for...
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Saturday surprises as NCAA Tourney begins.
Heading into this past weekend, I had a pretty good idea of how the NCAA brackets would look this year. By the time Saturday night rolled around, my idea went out the window thanks to some topsy-turvy...
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Picking the Frozen Four, and the two best teams in the country in the final.
Last week, two teams that probably shouldn’t have ended up in the NCAA Tournament were on the cusp of making the Frozen Four. I picked both of them to get bounced in their opening game, so I was...
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UND’s latest championship is a big win for a small hockey school.
Grand Forks is a reasonably small town (about 55,000 people) on the eastern side of North Dakota. It sits along the Red River, which is good for one flood every year that ranges from slightly...
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Who will breeze into the Windy City?
The 2016-17 college hockey season has been an interesting one. Some things stayed the same. The Big Ten Tournament had atrocious attendance, again. At a Michigan State-Ohio State game, around 200...
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2017 Frozen Four preview: Who will be crowned champions in Chicago?
The NCAA regionals have been over for two weeks, and even though the Frozen Four begins on Thursday, I’m still thinking about the past. I can’t help it. Things didn’t quite go as expected — not only...
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Frozen Four: Was it worth the wait?
ST. PAUL – It took 15 years, but my journey as a college hockey fan had finally reached its destination. I attended my first Frozen Four at the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild. As I...
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NCAA hockey preview: It’s going to be a wild season
It’s that time of year again. The puck dropped on the college hockey season this weekend. After months of waiting, I can say that it’s about time. I’m guessing that those of you still reading my...
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