By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — This season has been full of ups and downs for the St. Thomas women’s hockey team and recently, it had been mostly downs. Heading into last weekend’s regular season finale series against Minnesota State, the Tommies were on a seven-game losing streak with one of them being […]
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Heading into Saturday night’s game against Bemidji State, the big storyline with the St. Thomas men’s hockey team was the growing list of injuries plagueing the roster and it was evident from the start that the problem was getting worse as the Tommies couldn’t put together a full line chart.
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By Ryan Stieg Well folks, I just had a disappointing week. My hope was that it would be an elusive second perfect week and I thought the odds were in my favor as I only had to pick two series correctly, but I only got one of the two right as thankfully, Augustana split on the
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — There are two weeks left in the regular season and the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is in rough shape. Not when it comes to the CCHA standings as the Tommies are tied for second place with Minnesota State and Bowling Green, and they’re just two points behind
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — By the end of February, hockey teams want to be reaching their peak as they prepare for the postseason and right now, Bowling Green is showing how good they really are. After an awful start to the year, the Falcons are on a hot streak and on
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — After a rough start to the season, the Bowling Green hockey team came into this weekend on a four-game winning streak and it kept rolling on Friday night against St. Thomas. The Falcons rallied to tie the Tommies in the second period and Ben Doran scored the game-winner in
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By Ryan Stieg Valentine’s Day has come and gone, which means there are three weeks left in the regular season and soon, some teams will be broken-hearted. I entered last night’s somewhat of a holiday with some mixed feelings. My birthday was yesterday, and I felt loved and appreciated. However, I didn’t receive the early
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Around mid-February, races for the conference title and home ice in the playoffs heat up around the country, and this year, the St. Thomas hockey team is right in the thick of it in the CCHA. However, after their performance last weekend, the Tommies have some mixed feelings. On
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By Ryan Stieg Valentine’s Day is next week, a time when people all over the country hope that someone special will give them love and/or a nice present. My birthday is also next week, the day before V-Day, so I’m also hoping for a nice gift from the people closest to me. Well, the CCHA
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — It’s early February and the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is in first place again. After falling in a overtime heartbreaker to Minnesota State Friday, the Tommies dropped one point behind the Mavericks and into second place in the CCHA standings. However, UST rebounded Saturday thanks to
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