Posts About "NCHC"
NCHC Hockey: Develop Brand Before Expanding
May 20th, 2016 After three seasons, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference has proven to be a strong conference from top to bottom. There are no off nights. While it sounds cliché, every game is a war. Week-to-week, in NCHC play, there are no easy games. Any team can win on any given night. If your favorite team has aspirations of winning the...
NCHC Hockey: 10 Players Selected During 2015 NHL Draft
June 30th, 2015 This past weekend, 10 players with National Collegiate Hockey Conference Connections were drafted during the 2015 NHL Entry Draft in Tampa, Florida. For those that like to make comparisons, last season, nine players representing six-of-eight NCHC teams were drafted in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. One player with NCHC connections was...
NCHC and WCHA Not Combining Conference Tourneys
May 13th, 2015 Things never stay the same, they evolve over time. Sometimes change isn't always for the better. For the most part, human beings are resistant to change because they're afraid of the unknown. With the conference realignment, some issues have emerged. After two years of watching their conference tourneys, National Collegiate Hockey...
Three Takeaways: North Dakota vs. Wisconsin
November 11th, 2014 This past weekend, the University of North Dakota swept the University of Wisconsin Badgers in an important two-game non-conference series. With the sweep, UND extended their unbeaten streak to eight games (7-0-1). More importantly, UND improved to (5-1-1) in non-conference play. Here are my three takeaways: North Dakota vs....
NCAA Hockey: Five Intriguing College Hockey Match-ups
August 27th, 2014 You can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. September is almost here, and that means the 2014-15 college hockey season is almost upon us. College students are making the trek back to campus. Fall camps and conditioning will begin very soon. There are roughly 38 days until the college hockey season kicks off. Perusing the...
National Collegiate Hockey Conference Social Media Guide
July 21st, 2014 The National Collegiate Hockey Conference is entering its second season. While it's the off-season, there's still breaking news. Currently, a number of players are attending NHL development Camps. Last summer, I wrote a blog post on top-10 must follow NCHC twitter accounts. This summer, I have decided to put together the NCHC...
NCHC Hockey: No Second Thoughts or Regrets
December 31st, 2013 The more I read this article, “Second Thought”, the more I take issue with it. I am sure fans of the Big Ten or the NCHC might as well. One should not, however, mistake the history of specific hockey clubs — say, what Minnesota brings to the Big Ten, or Denver to the NCHC — with the history of the conferences themselves. The...
NCAA Hockey: There Has to Be a Better Way
December 9th, 2013 College hockey is an entertaining game, however, very few of the games are ever on television. In many cases, fans huddle around their computer screens or watch a fuzzy, standard definition webcast uploaded to their television screen. This is done, via an s-video cord. If this sounds like grumbling, it is. College hockey lacks...
UND Hockey: Sub-Par Faceoff Numbers Plague Team
December 5th, 2013 Traditionally, faceoffs have been a strong point of the UND hockey team. Last season, the UND hockey team went 1460-of-2782 in the faceoff circle (.525). Individually, they were led by All-American center Corban Knight, who won an impressive 623-of-1090 faceoffs (.572). Knight has graduated, and there’s no heir apparent. What a...
NCHC Hockey: Breaking Down the Numbers
November 30th, 2013 After a month and a half of league play, here’s a few of the numbers from the National Collegiate Hockey Conference. The Saint Cloud State Huskies own the best record with a (9-1-2, 4-1-1 NCHC) record. The Huskies are also 5-0-1 in non-conference play. Colorado College owns the worst record (1-9-2, 1-5-2 NCHC). Minnesota...
UND Hockey: Long Video Review Confirms Goal
November 16th, 2013 Friday night at the 0:37 mark of the third period, UND forward Michael Parks appeared to have scored a goal that would have given the University of North Dakota a 2-0 lead over the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. Or did he? The call on the ice by the officials was no goal. This call was confirmed by a video review when...UND Hockey: Age is Just a Number
So far this season, we’ve heard how the University of North Dakota hockey team is a young hockey team. Looking at their roster, that’s not entirely untrue. It depends how you look at it. Facts are facts. Or are they? Being a high profile program like UND, they’re going to have younger teams from time-to-time, due to player...
UND Hockey: Drake Caggiula’s Roller Coaster Ride
November 11th, 2013 It may be early, but he’s been a ray of sunshine in an otherwise subpar season so far for the University of North Dakota hockey team. Sophomore forward Drake Caggiula hails from Pickering, Ontario and he came to the University of North via the Stouffville Spirit of the Ontario Junior Hockey League where he scored (10g-24a—34pts)...
