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By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — After Friday night’s win over Alaska Anchorage, St. Thomas head coach Rico Blasi said that the Seawolves were “going to be aggressive right from the get-go,” and he was correct with his prediction.   The Seawolves scored first in the game and even after falling behind by two

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Heading into this season, St. Thomas forward Lucas Van Vliet was supposed to be one of the Tommies’ offensive leaders and on Friday night against Alaska Anchorage, the sophomore showed that he was performing up to expectations.  Van Vliet notched his first career hat trick and finished with

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — The last time that the St. Thomas men’s hockey team and Minnesota State battled, it was in the CCHA Championship game where the Mavericks ended up skating away with the Mason Cup.   On Friday, the Tommies had a chance to enact some sort of revenge against the

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — After starting off their season with a faceplant on Friday, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team had a much better performance Saturday.   The Tommies got a third period goal from Augustana transfer Quinn Rudrud in the third period and then an empty netter from star Lucas Van

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — Hockey teams always want to start their season on the right skate, but for the St. Thomas men’s squad, it was more of a faceplant.   The Tommies fell behind Air Force 3-0 in the second period Friday night and were eventually handed a 5-1 defeat with the

By Ryan Stieg  It’s time for another season of what’s been dubbed “The Process” for the St. Thomas men’s hockey team and even though the Tommies have yet to start practice, the anticipation is growing as they look to build on last year’s success.  In its first year of NCAA Tournament eligibility, UST was at

By Ryan Stieg  We’ve now reached Las Vegas and the end of this year’s journey. Unlike last year’s trip to St. Louis where there were two first-timers, this year’s group is all bluebloods with multiple national titles. I can understand hockey fans being both excited and annoyed by that result.   Looking back at the regionals, I did okay with my picks. The first round

By Ryan Stieg  My favorite part of the year has arrived. It’s finally NCAA Tournament time again.   Before I get into that, let’s look back at last week. Things didn’t go well for me with my CCHA championship prediction and as a result, I did not get to eat corn dogs to celebrate National Corn Dog Day. That’s not a terrible penalty, but it was still disappointing.

By Ryan Stieg  We’ve reached the end of the CCHA season. There’s a slim chance that the conference will get two NCAA Tournament bids, but it’s probably going to be one. That’s disappointing because things looked good for the conference to get two just a few weeks ago.   Looking back on last weekend, I went 1 for 2 with my picks. I got the early game

By Ryan Stieg  Sometimes the unpredictable becomes predictable and that’s what happened in the CCHA Quarterfinals.   The CCHA is usually known for its wackiness, but last week, all of the higher seeds won their respective series. This was good for college hockey analysts like myself, but at the same time, it was a little disappointing because first round upsets are fun.   I earned my