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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

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — If there’s one opponent that seems to give the St. Thomas men’s hockey team fits, it’s Bemidji State. Heading into this weekend’s series, the Tommies had only beaten the Beavers twice at home.   However, on Friday night, UST’s special teams shined with three power play goals and a shorthanded tally to earn a 5-1 victory over BSU. Tommies goalie Carsen

By Ryan Stieg  It’s now mid-January and even though it is chilly outside, things are heating up in the CCHA standings.   There was a shift in the standings last weekend as St. Thomas jumped into first place with a road win over then-first place Minnesota State and then Augustana joined them at the top after an easy sweep

By Ryan Stieg  Well, that was a rough way to start the new year. After a spectacular ending to 2025 where I went 7 for 8 with my predictions, I only got 3 of 10 predictions right last weekend to open 2026. I had too much faith in the CCHA teams. As soon as Minnesota State and Michigan Tech both lost in