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By Ryan Stieg  MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The first time St. Thomas and Ferris State battled this season, it was an offensive explosion with the teams combining for 15 goals and it looked as if that might happen again after a wild first period Friday.   However, the Tommies locked down defensively in the second […]

By Ryan Stieg  We are now entering the second season, the CCHA playoffs, and it should be as fun as it normally is.   I’m especially looking forward to it because I’m going into the postseason with a little momentum as I almost pulled off my third perfect week of the season. I picked two

By Ryan Stieg  For the second straight season, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is hosting a CCHA first round playoff series, but when the season resumed after the winter holiday break, it appeared as if that wasn’t going to happen.   Then the Tommies caught fire. They’ve gone 12-3-1 since 2025 began thanks to

By Ryan Stieg  MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Heading into winter holiday break, it appeared as if home ice in the CCHA Tournament might be an unachievable goal for the St. Thomas men’s hockey team. However, the Tommies caught fire in 2025 and now, they’re heading into the playoffs with momentum after a 2-1 win over

By Ryan Stieg  MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — There was a lot on the line for the St. Thomas hockey team Friday night as a victory over Michigan Tech would increase the Tommies’ chances at getting home ice in the first round of the CCHA Tournament.   At the same time, a loss would almost kill

By Ryan Stieg  Well, it’s all come down to this. The CCHA regular season comes to an end this weekend and not surprisingly, home ice and playoff seeding are coming down to this last set of series.   I’m heading into this weekend with mixed feelings. I had a rough outing last week as I

By Ryan Stieg  As you know, my birthday was last week. It was a quiet day, but overall, pretty good. Then I finished my “birthday weekend” with something I’ve been striving for the past few weeks and that was a second perfect week.   Last weekend, there were only two series to predict, so it

By Ryan Stieg  In college hockey, you can be rolling through your season at one point, but then roll into the ditch the following weekend. That’s pretty much how my 2025 has gone.   It started off so well and now, it’s just been miss after miss for me. Once again, I almost achieved a

By Ryan Stieg  Two weeks ago, I barely dodged a winless week and it was only due to a technicality. So, I was more cautiously optimistic than confident going into last weekend’s matchups.   Well, the same thing happened again, but at least my special rule didn’t come into play. After missing the mark on

By Ryan Stieg  MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — On Friday night, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team put together some late magic, scoring back-to-back goals in the third period to both tie the game and then to defeat No. 15 Minnesota State in Mankato.  During the rematch Saturday, the Tommies came close to doing it again