St. Thomas captain Lucas Wahlin prepares to deliver a check to St. Cloud State’s Jack Peart during a game last October in Mendota Heights. (Photo by Shannon Stieg) By Ryan Stieg Just three years ago, the St. Thomas men’s hockey program started a huge journey as it made the leap from Division III to Division […]
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By Ryan Stieg Last season, I had a very successful year with my weekly CCHA predictions, and then I took my success to a whole new level once I got to the NCAA Tournament. I picked three of the Frozen Four participants correctly and I was also right that Quinnpiac would defeat Minnesota 3-2 in
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By Ryan Stieg My favorite time of year has arrived once again as the NCAA men’s hockey tournament drops puck later this week and the road to St. Paul begins. Usually this time of year, I’m simply excited to watch some quality hockey on TV, but this year, I’ll be at the Frozen Four.
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By Ryan Stieg Well, it’s come down to this. It’s time for the CCHA Championship and one last chance for me to go out on a high note. Last week, I had to predict two games correctly to earn a perfect playoff week, but I only got one of them right. I was correct
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By Ryan Stieg The CCHA Playoffs began last weekend, and I got off to an awful start. I gambled a little bit by picking some of the lower seeds to win in three games and that came back to bite me. In fact, I ended up only predicting one series correctly and that was
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — It’s always hard for a college hockey team to have its season come to an end, but it’s even harder when it ends in heartbreaking fashion. That’s what happened to the St. Thomas men’s squad Sunday night. After forcing a deciding Game 3 in their CCHA Quarterfinal
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The hardest thing to do in college hockey is to sweep a team on the road when its season is on the line and the St. Thomas men’s hockey squad was determined not to let that happen Saturday night. After defeating the Tommies 4-1 Friday, Lake Superior State
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — When you’re facing an undermanned opponent, you want to take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way and that’s what the Lake Superior State hockey team did Friday night against St. Thomas. With the Tommies unable to put together a full line chart to multiple injuries,
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By Ryan Stieg The playoffs have arrived in the CCHA, which means I get a fresh start with my predictions. My quest to achieve a second perfect week during the regular season came to a disappointing end last weekend as I came up short for a final time. I came close as I went
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The CCHA playoff season has arrived, and the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is sort of limping into it. The Tommies finished with the No. 2 seed and will host a first-round playoff series for the first time as a Division I program this weekend. However, they’re
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