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By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — After rallying to defeat Ferris State Friday at home, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team hoped to get off to a better start in their rematch Saturday.   The Tommies failed to do so as they fell behind 2-0 just like the previous night, but then they caught fire offensively. UST scored […]

By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL, Minn. — It’s been a month since the St. Thomas men’s hockey team played a game and it showed at times during the first two periods against Ferris State.   However, the Tommies rallied in the third to tie the game late and got the game-winning goal from freshman defenseman Hayes Hundley with 41 seconds left in

By Ryan Stieg  Happy New Year! I hope you all had a great holiday and if you had one, a great winter break.   My break was pretty great. Not only did I get some much-needed time off, but I had a great Week 12 with my CCHA predictions. I went 7 for 8 with my picks and

By Ryan Stieg  It’s that time everyone. I’ve flipped the sign in the window, and the bakery is open again.   Each year, I debate whether this will be the last time I write this column as this is a college hockey website, and this topic goes all the way back to my days at the Mining Journal in Michigan. However, it’s by far my most popular

By Ryan Stieg  Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone is having a great holiday and that all of you on winter break will continue to enjoy yourselves.   I’m doing quite well. I’m enjoying a cup of hot cocoa, which was my reward for being successful with my picks in Week 11. St. Thomas came through for me by sweeping NMU and Augustana split its series

By Ryan Stieg  Sports injuries are an interesting thing. Sometimes, they can devastate an athlete, but they can also lead to unexpected opportunities.   That’s been the case for St. Thomas forward Alex Gaffney, who joined the team this year out of the transfer portal, and is now having the best season of his college career. He’s currently tied for seventh nationally in goals with 12 and

By Ryan Stieg  Well, how was your weekend? Mine could have been better.   For the first time ever, I was in real danger of having a winless week. Northern Michigan and Ferris State surprised me by getting wins and St. Thomas ended up splitting its series. Everything came down to the Bemidji State-Augustana series on Saturday night, and that’s when

St. Thomas’ Ryan O’Neill tries to set up a play behind the Lake Superior State net during the first period of a game on Dec. 6 in St. Paul. (Photo by Ryan Stieg) By Ryan Stieg  ST. PAUL – All good things eventually come to an end, and for the St. Thomas men’s hockey team, that was a

By Ryan Stieg  Well, we’ve reached December, and things are heating up in the CCHA. The most recent NPI rankings (the replacement for Pairwise) came out Sunday and four CCHA teams are in the top 20, which means the league has a good chance to get more than one team into the NCAA Tournament this year. That is, if those teams continue to play

By Ryan Stieg  This is tough to say folks, but the perfect week has escaped my grasp again. The worst part is that I came so close to achieving it, going 3 for 4 with my picks, but one school didn’t cooperate with my plans.   That team was Minnesota State, who ended up sweeping Michigan Tech when I thought it’d be a split. The good thing