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By Ryan Stieg  We are entering third week of the 2025 portion of the season and I’m off to a good start. In fact, I came close to achieving my second perfect week of the year, but then Northern Michigan decided to pull a surprise.   I was right that Lake Superior State would split with […]

By Ryan Stieg  MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — After putting up nine goals on Ferris State last night, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team knew it’d have a tougher fight on its hands Saturday night and despite being on their heels for most of the third period, the Tommies eventually gathered themselves and delivered a knockout

By Ryan Stieg  MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Heading into Friday night’s game against Ferris State, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team hadn’t played at home since late November, but it didn’t take long for the Tommies to get comfortable.  The Tommies scored a school Division I record nine goals, six of them coming in the first

By Ryan Stieg  After a fairly good first half of the season, I was hoping to start off the second half on a good note and I did for the most part.   I was right that Michigan Tech would finish third at the Coachella Valley Cactus Cup and I was also correct that UMass

By Ryan Stieg  The second half of the 2024-25 season has officially begun and the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is back home for the first time since late November.  The Tommies split a series at Michigan Tech in early December, but had three weeks off for the holiday break before playing a game at

By Ryan Stieg  Heading into last weekend, I was hoping to close out 2024 on a good note, but I ended up leaving it on a mediocre one.   I did a great job picking the two tournaments involving CCHA teams correctly as I correctly predicted Ferris to take fourth at the Kwik Trip Holiday

By Ryan Stieg  Yes, it’s that time again. That special day where I get to deliver some just desserts to the people in sports who deserve it. I know you all have been looking forward to it, but I almost decided to disappoint you this year.  After handing out my annual batch of pies in

By Ryan Stieg  Hello again everyone! First off, I hope you all had a great holiday and if you’re continuing to celebrate your customs, I hope you continue to have a great one. Mine was pretty good overall and I’m looking forward to the college hockey season resuming again this weekend.  The week before the

By Ryan Stieg  After achieving the elusive perfect week two weeks ago, I set out to accomplish something I’ve never done before and that was to earn back-to-back perfect weeks.   Well, I did pretty well, but I couldn’t complete the challenge. I got three of the five series right including picking St. Thomas to

By Ryan Stieg  It finally happened. After striving for more than two months this season, I achieved the perfect week and I’m feeling good right now,   Perfect weeks are rare as I think I’ve only racked up four of them over the four seasons I’ve been running this website and honestly, I didn’t think that