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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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — For the first time in its short span in Division I, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team had a first place fight in its home rink, but the Tommies couldn’t deliver a knockout blow. Heading into Friday night’s battle with Minnesota State, the Tommies were tied for first
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By Ryan Stieg It’s February, which is still very early in 2024, but we’ve now entered the home stretch for the college hockey regular season. Over the next five weeks, home ice spots for the playoffs will be earned, regular season titles will be clinched and if they stay the course, some teams might
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — There’s a little more than a month left in the regular season and things are heating up in the CCHA standings. The St. Thomas men’s hockey team is battling injuries and fighting through pain right now, but on the positive side, the Tommies (12-11-1, 10-6 CCHA) sit
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By Ryan Stieg Two weeks ago, I went winless for the second time this season, a performance as ice cold as the temperatures were outside. Last weekend, the weather got a little better and so did my prediction-making skills as I went 3 for 5 in the CCHA series. I was right that St. Thomas
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Every college hockey team goes through highs and lows over the course of its season and unfortunately for the St. Thomas women’s team, it’s been mostly the latter this year. However, last weekend, the Tommies (8-17-0, 2-16 WCHA) achieved another high and that was taking down a
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By Ryan Stieg The new year is only a few weeks old, and I’ve already got some mud on my face. It took me quite a while during the first half of the CCHA season to earn a winless week, but it only took me three weeks to achieve that feat in the second half.
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