The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://collegehockeynews.com Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:09:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/24_one_goal_short.php Although visibly emotional after a 3-2 loss to Wisconsin, Colorado College stood tall on Saturday night in St. Paul. A world of emotions stirred among the seniors, who combined had played 951 games of college hockey. They lived together, ate together, had classes together, and spent countless hours on the ice with one another. “These are guys that have played a lot of games. They’ve been around ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/23_wisconsin,_colorado_college.php Desperate times call for desperate measures. In the case of Wisconsin and Colorado College, desperate teams playing for their season make for some of the best hockey. For the third time in four years, both the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in the WCHA Final Five have failed to make the championship game. Instead, the fourth-seeded Badgers and sixth-seeded Tigers will play their third game in as many days ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/23_howe_its_done.php Continuing its underdog success, Colorado College shut out Minnesota, 2-0, in the WCHA Final Five semifinal. The player of the game wasn’t Colorado College’s Rylan Schwartz, even though he put one by Gopher goalie Adam Wilcox after displaying an amazing toe-drag. Nor was CC’s Charlie Taft, who also scored after converting on a Gopher turnover. No, Friday star was CC’s senior goaltender, Joe ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/22_wcha_final_five_semifinal.php And then there were four. The WCHA Final Five opened Thursday with two contrasting games where Minnesota State and North Dakota saw their chances for the Broadmoor Trophy end. In the opener, Wisconsin scored three goals in the opening 8 minutes, 11 seconds to defeat the Mavericks 7-2. Then the nightcap included a bit of bonus hockey as defenseman Peter Stoykewych scored the winner 4:52 into overtime ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/22_rise_of_the_tiger.php Colorado College coach Scott Owens said it all following Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over North Dakota in the WCHA Final Five. “If you would have said that on the fifth of January, after we got swept at UNO, that we’d be playing and winning games on Thursday night in St. Paul over North Dakota, I would say that you’re crazy.” After starting off the season at a decent pace, the Tigers hit ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/20_wcha_final_five_preview.php The WCHA Final Five has always been a celebration of college hockey, where fans of different schools in the conference get together to fill the Xcel Energy Center as an end-of-the-year tradition. This year it doubles as the end of an era. With eight of the conference’s 12 schools leaving the WCHA for new leagues, teams across the Upper Midwest and West will be split apart beginning next year. That ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/15_wcha_tournament_preview.php With two-thirds of the league heading elsewhere next season, this year's WCHA tournament will be the last of its kind. If the regular season was any indication, it promises to be a memorable one. The race for home ice came down to the final weekend, and the battle for the MacNaughton Cup went down to the final night. St. Cloud State clinched a share of its first MacNaughton Cup on Friday, but then ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/03/07_nchc_unveils_logo,_postseason.php The National Collegiate Hockey Conference, eight months from starting its inaugural season, unveiled its new logo today, and its ticket packages for the postseason tournament. A news conference was held today in Minneapolis, around the state of Minnesota's high school hockey championships, and the Let's Play Hockey Expo, which is being held in and near the Xcel Center in St. Paul. “We’re excited ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2013/01/31_transition_game.php Like every coach, Colorado College's Scott Owens sat down at the end of last season and identified a number of areas where his team needed to improve heading into a new season. One area stood out the most. His team had given up too many quality scoring chances -- too many shots from in close, too many guys getting open around the net. So Owens and his coaching staff decided to make a change. They ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0100