Goon’s Top 20 pre-season ranking
1.) Denver University – On paper it would appear that the Denver Pioneers don’t have many real weaknesses offensively, on the blue line the Pioneers are a little young this season. There is a very...
View ArticleEconomics of college hockey and banking on rivalries.
College hockey is built on tradition and driven by storied rivalries; these are the game(s) that college hockey fans mark on their calendar and look forward to. These games are also the ones that...
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Ways to improve the college hockey game.
This week I will discuss ways to improve the College Hockey game. There are a few of the suggestion that I would enact if I was in charge. I believe some of these tweaks would improve the college game...
View ArticleGoon’s WCHA pre-season ranking
1.) Denver University – It would appear that the Denver Pioneers don’t have many real weaknesses offensively; on the blue line the Pioneers will be young this season. There is a very good...
View ArticleWhy is there so much love for the EZAC?
There is a question that a lot of western college hockey fans ask. Why does the EZAC get so much love from the hockey pundits every year in the pre-season polls? This is a question that I would like...
View ArticleIs Miami a power house?
On October 27th 2007 Miami Student writer Mike Zoller declared that Miami University hockey ‘was on the Brink of being a dynasty.’ While Miami Hockey is not a dynasty by definition (need to win a few...
View ArticleMichigan and UAA (prediction)
Tonight in the Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage, AK perennial WCHA doormat team UAA is playing the mighty Michigan Wolverines from Ann Arbor, Michigan at 7:07 Alaska time (10:07 Central Standard...
View ArticlePrediction on UAA vs Michigan dead on.
A lot has been made about the Seawolves being one of the biggest teams in college hockey. I have referred to the Seawolves ‘as being a perennial WCHA doormat team, a big, slow, lumbering team, with...
View ArticleThe CHA argument.
I was thinking about the CHA and its 11 years of existence. Unfortunately the CHA will disband after 11 seasons of play. With the CHA disbanding, BSU will head to the WCHA, Niagara University and...
View ArticleCollege Hockey fan behavior
My dad sent me an account of a Gopher fan’s experience at Ralph Engelstad Arena this past weekend. Was I sitting in a different arena this past weekend? Sioux Gophers and idiots on both sides. I was at...
View ArticleFeeling Minnesota
I was reading the Star Tribune’s write-up this morning about another Gophers loss (0-2-1) and I got to thinking how long before the Gopher faithful want to throw head coach Don Lucia under the bus?...
View ArticleNCAA Round Up: Looking Back
I wanted to follow up on my Illegal Curve pre-season rankings and how they were looking, a few weeks into the season: 1 Denver University – (4-2-0) The Denver University Pioneers swept the hapless...
View ArticleNCAA Round Up: Stuff your schedule with cupcakes.
I touched on this subject a bit last week on my blog but it does stimulate an interesting debate. I referenced an article by the Wisconsin Badgers hockey beat writer Andy Baggot; apparently in the...
View ArticleNCAA Round Up: Questionable hits and the review process.
Last night during the SCSU and UND game I witnessed one of the dirtiest checking from behind incidents since the Geoff Paukovich hit on Robbie Bina which occurred at the 2005 WCHA Final Five. WCHA...
View ArticleNCAA Round: After further review the refs suck.
There has been a recurring theme this season in the WCHA and to a lesser extent the other leagues in college hockey, shoddy and inconsistent officiating. What is a penalty one period isn’t a penalty...
View ArticleNCAA Round Up: BSU is for real
Yesterday afternoon I saw one of the better played college hockey games of the seasons. The first game featured the upstart Bemidji State University Beavers of the CHA against the media darling Miami...
View ArticleNCAA Round Up: Your Bemidji State Beavers.
With my favorite team out of town in Duluth last night, I applied for a press pass and made the trek down highway to take in a game at the John S. Glas Field House in Bemidji, Minnesota. The game...
View ArticleNCAA Round Up: Half way point
Most College hockey teams have played about half of their games (somewhere between 15-17 games), so I think we can say that we are approximately half way through the college hockey season. So, as a...
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NCAA Round Up: The most wonderful time of the year.
In my opinion this is the most exciting time of the year, with the Christmas holiday season right around the corner, that means many of our favorite college hockey teams are playing non-conference...
View ArticleNCAA Round Up: Half way looking at the pre-season top 20
This was my pre-season top twenty and their current record. It would appear that Notre Dame, Minnesota, Boston University, Vermont are not as good as I originally thought they would be. Also, we can...
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