By Ryan Stieg One of the things I enjoyed doing as a kid at Thanksgiving was pulling the wishbone of the turkey because my wish usually came true. If I had remembered to do that last Thursday, I probably would’ve gotten my wish and that was a perfect week of CCHA predictions. I came […]
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The St. Thomas women’s hockey team had been going through some struggles recently, but a trip to Washington D.C. appears to have changed the Tommies’ fortunes. After getting shut out twice by St. Cloud State, UST competed in the D1 in D.C. event at the Washington Capitals
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — We’re two months into the college hockey season, and the St. Thomas men’s team is sitting pretty good right now. The Tommies (7-6-1, 5-3 CCHA) were on a five-game winning streak until Saturday’s loss to Lake Superior State and they’re currently sitting atop the CCHA standings with
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The St. Thomas men’s hockey team may not have had a Thanksgiving hangover during its win Friday night, but it suffered some delayed indigestion Saturday against Lake Superior State. The Lakers scored three goals in the first period and that’s all they needed as they earned a 3-1 victory
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Sometimes teams can be a little slow out of the gates coming off a bye week, but that definitely wasn’t the case for the St. Thomas men’s hockey squad Friday against Lake Superior State. Instead of being hungover from the Thanksgiving holiday, the Tommies stayed hungry and
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By Ryan Stieg If there’s one thing that is true about the CCHA this year is that it’s wildly unpredictable. This makes me feel as if each passing week, my picks for each conference series are pointless. In fact, last week, I was celebrating my own mediocrity where I once again picked only one league
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — It’s Thanksgiving weekend in a few days and the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is hungry for some more victories. The Tommies (6-5-1, 4-2 CCHA) have won four games in a row thanks to back-to-back sweeps over Northern Michigan and Bowling Green with the last two wins
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By Ryan Stieg Have you ever taken pride in mediocrity? I’ve never considered it until this week, but this streak that I’m currently on is worth at least a small dose of pride. After going winless with my CCHA picks a few weeks ago, I’d gone through an impressively weak stretch of winning just
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — It’s been a rough stretch for the St. Thomas women’s hockey team and rough might be putting it mildly. The Tommies play in the best conference in the nation and must go up against much more established and much deeper programs on a regular basis. Over the course
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By Ryan Stieg What is the deal with this league? That’s the big question CCHA writers and fans have been asking each other. Currently, there is no real frontrunner in the conference, and it appears anybody can beat anybody on any given night. This makes me wonder if I should keep making predictions as unlike
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