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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By Ryan Stieg Every college athlete goes on a journey through their careers and most of them are fairly typical. They play one sport for four or five years and then move on to the next phase of their lives. However, some athletes have more of a winding road that’s full of changes and
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Two weeks ago, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team were humbled a little bit and ended up getting swept at Bemidji State. Some teams might get rattled by this, but after a hard week of practice, the Tommies got back on track last week against Northern Michigan.
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — For the first month of the season, the second game of a series has been a problem for the St. Thomas men’s hockey team as the Tommies had been shut out on three of the previous four Saturdays heading into this weekend’s series with Northern Michigan. The Tommies’
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — After getting swept last weekend at Bemidji State, St. Thomas men’s hockey coach Rico Blasi talked earlier this week about his team needing to play to its identity heading into Friday’s game against Northern Michigan. The Tommies clearly listened to him as they took an early 2-0 lead
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By Ryan Stieg Two weeks ago, I had the worst performance I’ve ever had making predictions on this site. So, I took a vow not to gamble that much again for the rest of the season and went into last week looking for redemption. I didn’t find it though. I was wrong about St. Thomas-Bemidji
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The St. Thomas men’s hockey team is one month into its season, and it’s been an up and down affair so far. The Tommies split their first series with St. Cloud State, got swept by Minnesota, and then swept Lindenwood at home to enter the CCHA season
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