By Ryan Stieg Well, it finally happened. After trying for more than two months, I achieved the elusive perfect week and I’m feeling great about that. Not only did I pick every week correctly, but I also picked the right team winning on each night. That is an even rarer feat that I think I’ve […]
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — For the first two periods Saturday, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team was having a frustrating night. The Tommies were clearly keeping up with rival Minnesota State, both in terms of physicality and pace of play, but they couldn’t find any good looks to solve Mavericks goalie Keenan
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By Ryan Stieg Last week was the start of a new month, but unfortunately, things continued to stay the same when it came to my CCHA predictions. Over the past two weeks, I’ve come painfully close to achieving the elusive perfect week with my picks and going into last weekend, I was confident that I’d
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — When a hockey team is about to play its conference rival, it obviously wants to go into the series with some momentum and the St. Thomas men’s squad definitely has some right now. After a rough outing Friday against Ferris State, the Tommies rebounded Saturday and thumped the
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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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