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 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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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The St. Thomas men’s hockey team may not have had a Thanksgiving hangover during its win Friday night, but it suffered some delayed indigestion Saturday against Lake Superior State. The Lakers scored three goals in the first period and that’s all they needed as they earned a 3-1 victory
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — Sometimes teams can be a little slow out of the gates coming off a bye week, but that definitely wasn’t the case for the St. Thomas men’s hockey squad Friday against Lake Superior State. Instead of being hungover from the Thanksgiving holiday, the Tommies stayed hungry and
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By Ryan Stieg MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — It’s Thanksgiving weekend in a few days and the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is hungry for some more victories. The Tommies (6-5-1, 4-2 CCHA) have won four games in a row thanks to back-to-back sweeps over Northern Michigan and Bowling Green with the last two wins
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