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By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Friday night, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team played a 55-minute game before giving up two late goals in the third period and having to settle for a 3-3 tie with Augustana.  In the rematch on Saturday, the Tommies were looking to put together a full 60-minute performance, but a three-goal third […]

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — To beat a good opponent, hockey teams need to play well for a full 60 minutes. On Friday night, the St. Thomas men’s squad played well for only 55.   Holding a 3-1 lead over No. 18 Augustana with five minutes left in regulation, the No. 15 Tommies gave up two goals

By Ryan Stieg  Well, Valentine’s Day weekend is over. I hope that you all were able to spend it with someone special and if you didn’t, I hope that you at least enjoyed your weekend in some form.   I was in the former category, and we had a good day. However, it also was my birthday weekend and that went great. It didn’t go perfectly as I didn’t achieve a

By Ryan Stieg  We’ve now reached Valentine’s Day weekend, but more importantly, my birthday weekend in the CCHA season. Hopefully, I’ll be having an extra celebration thanks to some great predictions. I felt liking partying after last week’s picks as I got back on track for the first time in more than a month. In fact, I almost pulled off the

By Ryan Stieg  We’ve now entered February, and things have started to heat up in the CCHA.   Just four points separate first place St. Thomas from second place Augustana and five points between the Tommies and third place Michigan Tech. In the race for home ice in the first round of the playoffs, just one point separates fourth place Minnesota State

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — All good things come to an end, and for the St. Thomas men’s hockey team, it was their long winning streak.   Heading into Saturday’s game with Michigan Tech, the No. 15-ranked Tommies had rattled off 11 straight victories and hadn’t lost since Dec. 5. However, the No. 19-ranked Huskies took off running early and managed to hang

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — The weather may have been bitterly cold Friday night, but the St. Thomas men’s hockey team stayed hot on the ice.   After a dominant sweep last week over Lake Superior State, the CCHA-leading Tommies took down second place Michigan Tech 4-1 for their 11th win in a row. UST now leads

By Ryan Stieg It’s the last week of January and some teams are starting to emerge from the pack in the CCHA standings. However, there’s still five weeks to go in the regular season and when it comes to this conference, things can change quickly.   It changed fast for me last week when it came to my picks. On Friday night, things looked pretty good for me,

By Ryan Stieg  We’ve now entered Week 16 in the CCHA season, and the conference is making some noise on the national level.   Four CCHA teams are ranked in the top 20 and two of them are ranked in the top 16 in the NPI, so as of right now, there’s a very good chance that the league will have more

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Over its five seasons at the Division I level, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team has had multiple firsts as a program. On Saturday, the Tommies added another one to the list.   Heading into this weekend’s series against Bemidji State, UST had never beaten BSU on a Saturday, but it got the job