USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

December 17, 2012

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Boston College	(44)	11- 2-1	993	1
2	New Hampshire	( 4)	11- 2-2	938	2
3	Notre Dame	( 2)	14- 4-0	911	3
4	Minnesota		11- 3-3	816	4
5	Miami		11- 3-4	768	5
6	Boston University		10- 5-0	737	6
7	North Dakota		10- 5-3	675	8
8	Western Michigan		11- 4-1	648	7
9	Quinnipiac		12- 3-2	603	9
10	Dartmouth		7- 2-2	525	10
11	Cornell		6- 3-2	441	12
12	Nebraska-Omaha		11- 6-1	395	13
13	Union		8- 3-4	391	14
14	Denver		9- 6-3	343	11
15	Yale		7- 3-2	321	15
16	St. Cloud State		11- 7-0	296	17
17	Niagara		10- 2-4	248	16
18	Minnesota State		10- 6-2	204	20
19	Ferris State		7- 7-3	50	19
20	Colgate		9- 7-2	47	NR
20	Harvard		4- 4-1	47	18
Others receiving votes: Providence 43, Holy Cross 16, Robert Morris 15, Ohio State 14, Colorado College 7, Lake Superior 4, Massachusetts-Lowell 2, Michigan 2.

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Lucia on the Gophers future schedules

English: Big Ten Conference logo since 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

There has been a lot of discussion on the Gophers future hockey schedules with their move to the Big Ten and why they're not playing one team and then playing maybe another team. Here is a quote from Michael Russo's blog today.

Some Don Lucia quotes:

On future schedule? “We have a four-year deal with Northeastern and Boston College [starting next year], so it’s something I want to continue to do – at least every year get out to the east coast. Right now, we’ll have our 20 Big Ten ames, our eight in-state games – that’s 28, we’ll have our tournament, that’s 30, so that’ll leave us four games a year. Right now we’re locked in with Notre Dame, B.C. and Northeastern, and when that drops off, we’ll get North Dakota back on when Notre Dame drops off. When B.C. drops off, that’ll free up another opportunity to go at East to play somebody every other year back and forth. The plan is to try to get out to the east coast every other year.”

Thoughts? Comments? It will be nice to see the rivalry return in four years hopefully.

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GWG by Mark MacMilian

Danny Kristo described what he saw on the game winning goal.

“Just a chip in,” Kristo said. “Just kind of read the play to the Duluth “D” – rimmed it – beat the guy to the puck and luckily beat the guy off of the wall. Originally, looked shot then I saw Mark [MacMilan] out of the corner of my eye and he was opened up for a one-timer so just tried to make a good pass and it went through and he buried it.

From the new INCH blog, Gladdy says...

• Of course, one of the games we dialed up was the Friday night contest between North Dakota and Minnesota Duluth. I encourage the readers to take advantage of your opportunities to watch Danny Kristo play hockey. He’s one of the best offensive talents I’ve seen in my years of closely following college hockey. I consider some of Kristo’s attributes as a combination of the players involved in the great Hobey debate of 2008. His anticipation to make plays and to be in the right places on the ice matches Michigan’s Kevin Porter. Kristo’s skill, excitement, and big-game contributions compare favorably to Boston College’s Nathan Gerbe. Even Jess Myers would buy a ticket to watch Kristo play.

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UND Drops to 7th in USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

November 19, 2012

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Boston College	(47)	9- 1-0	996	1
2	Denver	( 2)	9- 1-0	948	2
3	New Hampshire	( 1)	8- 1-1	865	5
4	Minnesota		7- 2-2	853	3
5	Miami		7- 2-3	781	4
6	Notre Dame		8- 3-0	731	8
7	North Dakota		5- 3-2	705	6
8	Union		6- 2-1	664	7
9	Western Michigan		6- 3-1	543	9
10	Boston University		6- 4-0	536	11
11	Dartmouth		5- 1-2	462	12
12	St. Cloud State		6- 4-0	377	15
13	Cornell		3- 3-2	322	10
14	Colorado College		7- 5-0	287	14
15	Nebraska-Omaha		6- 3-1	260	18
16	Ferris State		6- 4-2	211	20
17	Harvard		4- 3-0	201	17
18	Quinnipiac		7- 3-1	187	NR
19	Michigan		4- 6-1	160	13
20	Niagara		8- 2-3	112	NR
Others receiving votes: Alaska 79, Yale 66, St. Lawrence 57, Holy Cross 34, Providence 23, Massachusetts-Lowell 14, Northern Michigan 12, Ohio State 9, Northeastern 2, Colgate 1, Merrimack 1, Minnesota State 1.

Revised and Updated College Hockey Television Schedule

Originally posted at the Hockey Writers - Combine. 

Previously, I posted a national television schedule for NCAA Division I college hockey.  As with most sports, television schedules are fluid and change a lot, so I added a few dates to the television schedule that I posted back in October.

According to recent information that was announced last weekend during the nonconference series between BU and UND; NESN out of Boston, Massachusetts is picking up game two  of the UND and SCSU series in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. That is good news for college hockey and NHL fans that are looking for something to fill the void left by the NHL Lockout.  Also, Boston College travels across town to play their heated rival the Boston University Terriers on Sunday November 11th, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. central on NESN.

Apparently NESN is picking up Saturday's UND vs. SCSU game next weekend (available on DirecTV and Dish).
— Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) November 2, 2012

If you have been scanning twitter and the various NHL webpages on the Internet you will realize that the NHL owners and NHL Players Association are still really no closer to signing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. Sure they’re going to meet tomorrow (6th of November, 2012) but will they actually get to work and try to save the 2012-13 season?

Fri. Nov. 9 Boston University at Merrimack FOX College 7:30 p.m. TBD
Sat. Nov. 10 North Dakota at Saint Cloud State NESN 7:00 p.m. 628/434
Sun Nov 11 Boston College at Boston University NESN 5:00 p.m. 628/434
Thu. Nov. 15 Notre Dame at Michigan CBS Sports Net. 7:30 p.m. 613 / 158 (C)
Fri. Nov. 15 UMD at UND FCS/Midco 7:37pm TBD
 Fri Nov. 16 UMD at UND FCS/Midco 7:07pm TBD

Updated College Hockey Television Schedule

CBS Sports I.D. From 1990 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Orginally posted at the Hockey Writers - Combine

One of the themes I have been hitting on this fall is – College Hockey can fill the void left by the NHL Lockout – there is a very good chance that there will not be any NHL Hockey this season.

From every thing that I have read - it doesn't appear that the two sides aren't very close to solving their differences nor do they seem to be in any hurry to settle the labor dispute.

Keep hope alive - the two sides are meeting but that's about it.

From the average fans perspective, it doesn't appear that the two sides are making very much progress. 

According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, the NHL is close to announcing that they're going to cancel some regular season games on the schedule - that announcement could come in the very  near future.

I have posted television schedules for college hockey in couple of previous posts and today I got my hands on the updated national television college hockey schedule. If my math is correct, there are going to be over 125 college hockey games to choose from this season.

Starting this Saturday, you will be able to watch a Division I college hockey exhibition game between the University of North Dakota and University of Manitoba Bison on Fox College Sports.

You can check your local listing but FCS is on the following DirecTV channels 617, 623, 626. As of right now, Dish Network does not include Fox College Sports. Games with a (C) are also available in Canada.

Day	Date	Game	Network	Time (ET)	DirecTV/Dish
Sat.	Oct. 6	Manitoba at North Dakota (Ex.)	FOX College	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Oct. 12	Ice Breaker: Notre Dame vs. Maine	NBC Sports Net.	7 pm	603 / 159
Fri.	Oct. 12	Michigan State at Minnesota	FS North	7 p.m.	668 / 436
Fri.	Oct. 12	U.S. NTDP at North Dakota (Ex.)	FOX College	8:30 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Oct. 12	Ice Breaker: Army vs. Neb.-Omaha	NBC Sports Net.	TBD	603 / 159
Sat.	Oct. 13	Ice Breaker Championship	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 pm	603 / 159
Sat.	Oct. 13	Michigan State at Minnesota	FS North +	9 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Oct. 19	Minnesota at Michigan Tech	FS North	7 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Oct. 20	Minnesota at Michigan Tech	FS North +	7 p.m.	TBD
Sun.	Oct. 28	Canisius at Minnesota	FS North	2 p.m.	668 / 436
Fri.	Nov. 2	Minnesota State at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Nov. 3	Minnesota at Minnesota State	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Nov. 9	Boston University at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Thu.	Nov. 15	Notre Dame at Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 16	Harvard at Cornell	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 pm	603 / 159
Fri.	Nov. 16	Wisconsin at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Nov. 16	Denver at Colorado College	Altitude	9:30 p.m.	681 / 410
Sat.	Nov. 17	Colorado College at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Nov. 17	Wisconsin at Minnesota	BTN	9 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 23	Minnesota at Vermont	FS North +	7 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Nov. 23	Colgate at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Sat.	Nov. 24	Minnesota at Vermont	FS North	7 p.m.	668 / 436
Fri.	Nov. 30	Boston College at Boston University	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 pm	603 / 159
Fri.	Nov. 30	Ohio State at Michigan State	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 30	Vermont at Maine	CBS Sports Net.	8 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Nov. 30	Nebraska-Omaha at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Sat.	Dec. 1	Boston University at Boston College	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Dec. 1	Nebraska-Omaha at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Dec. 7	Michigan State at Notre Dame	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Dec. 7	Harvard at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Dec. 7	Minnesota at Colorado College	FS North +	9:30 p.m.	TBD
Sat.	Dec. 8	Maine at Boston University	CBS Sports Net.	8 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Sat.	Dec. 8	Minnesota at Colorado College	FS North +	9 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Dec. 14	Miami at Ohio State	BTN	7 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Dec. 14	Western Michigan at Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Thu.	Dec. 27	Michigan State vs. Western Michigan	FS Detroit	3:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Thu.	Dec. 27	Michigan vs. Michigan Tech	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Fri.	Dec. 28	GLI Third-Place Game	FS Detroit	3:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Fri.	Dec. 28	GLI Championship Game	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Dec. 29	Air Force at Minnesota	FS North +	TBD	TBD
Sat.	Dec. 29	Boston University at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Dec. 30	Boston College at Minnesota	FS North +	TBD	TBD
Fri.	Jan. 4	Colorado College at Nebraska-Omaha	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 4	Robert Morris at Army	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 4	Cornell at Denver	ROOT Sports	9:30 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Jan. 5	Merrimack at Vermont	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Tue.	Jan. 8	Bowling Green at Michigan	BTN	7:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Tue.	Jan. 8	Notre Dame at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Jan. 11	New Hampshire at Boston College	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Jan. 11	Union at Princeton	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 11	Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota	BTN	9 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 11	Nebraska-Omaha at Denver	NBC Sports Net.	10 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Jan. 12	Army at Air Force	CBS Sports Net.	6 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Sat.	Jan. 12	Alaska at Michigan	FS Detroit +	7:30 p.m.	664 / TBD
Sat.	Jan. 12	Alaska Anchorage at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Jan. 12	Nebraska-Omaha at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Fri.	Jan. 18	Northeastern at Boston University	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Jan. 18	Harvard at Yale	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 18	Ferris State at Michigan State	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Fri.	Jan. 18	North Dakota at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Jan. 19	North Dakota at Minnesota	FS North	6 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Jan. 19	Alaska at Notre Dame	CBS Sports Net	7 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 25	Maine at Boston College	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Jan. 25	Yale at Cornell	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Jan. 25	Ferris State at Notre Dame	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Jan. 25	Minnesota State at Minnesota	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Jan. 26	Penn State at Michigan State	BTN	6 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Jan. 26	Providence at Boston University	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Jan. 26	Michigan at Western Michigan	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Jan. 26	Minnesota at Minnesota State	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Fri.	Feb. 1	Michigan State at Michigan	BTN	6:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 1	UMass Lowell at Merrimack	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Feb. 1	Dartmouth at Union	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Feb. 2	Michigan vs. Michigan State (JLA)	FS Detroit	4 p.m.	663 / 430
Fri.	Feb. 8	North Dakota at Nebraska-Omaha	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Feb. 8	Michigan at Notre Dame	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 8	Minnesota at St. Cloud State	FS North +	8:30 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Feb. 8	Colorado College at Denver	ROOT Sports	9:30 p.m.	683 / 414
Sat.	Feb. 9	Massachusetts at Merrimack	NESN	3:30 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Feb. 9	Minnesota at St. Cloud State	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Sun.	Feb. 10	Providence at New Hampshire	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 15	Northern Michigan at Michigan State	BTN	6:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 15	Boston University at Maine	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Feb. 15	Notre Dame at Miami	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 15	Minnesota at Wisconsin	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Feb. 16	Bowling Green at Ferris State	FS Detroit	5 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Feb. 16	Boston University at Maine	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Feb. 16	Northern Michigan at Michigan State	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sun.	Feb. 17	Minnesota vs. Wisconsin (Soldier Field)	BTN	4:30 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sun.	Feb. 17	Notre Dame vs. Miami (Soldier Field)	FS Detroit	TBD	663 / 430
Fri.	Feb. 22	New Hampshire at Vermont	NESN	7 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Feb. 22	Yale at Quinnipiac	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Feb. 22	Notre Dame at Western Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Feb. 22	Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Feb. 22	North Dakota at Denver	NBC Sports Net.	10 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Feb. 23	New Hampshire at Vermont	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Sat.	Feb. 23	Minnesota Duluth at Minnesota	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Feb. 23	North Dakota at Denver	ROOT Sports	9 p.m.	683 / 414
Sun.	Feb. 24	Boston College at Merrimack	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 1	Wisconsin at Nebraska-Omaha	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Mar. 1	Ferris State at Michigan	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 1	Denver at Minnesota	BTN	8 p.m.	610 / 439 (C)
Sat.	Mar. 2	Hockey East Game TBD	NESN	4 p.m.	628 / 434
Sat.	Mar. 2	Ferris State at Michigan	FS Detroit	7:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 2	Denver at Minnesota	FS North	8 p.m.	668 / 436
Sun.	Mar. 3	UMass Lowell at Merrimack	CBS Sports Net.	4 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 8	Maine at New Hampshire	NBC Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Mar. 8	Boston University at Northeastern	CBS Sports Net.	7:30 p.m.	613 / 158 (C)
Fri.	Mar. 8	Massachusetts at Merrimack	FOX College	7:30 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Mar. 8	Minnesota at Bemidji State	FS North	8:30 p.m.	668 / 436
Sat.	Mar. 9	Minnesota at Bemidji State	FS North +	8 p.m.	TBD
Fri.	Mar. 15	Hockey East Quarterfinal	NBC Sports Net.	7 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Mar. 15	CCHA Second Round	FS Detroit	7 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 16	Hockey East Quarterfinal	NESN	4 p.m.	628 / 434
Sun.	Mar. 17	Hockey East Quarterfinal	NESN	4:30 p.m.	628 / 434
Fri.	Mar. 22	Hockey East Semifinal	NBC Sports Net.	4 p.m.	603 / 159
Fri.	Mar. 22	Hockey East Semifinal	NBC Sports Net.	7 p.m.	603 / 159
Sat.	Mar. 23	CCHA Semifinal	FS Detroit	1 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 23	CCHA Semifinal	FS Detroit	4:30 p.m.	663 / 430
Sat.	Mar. 23	Hockey East Championship	NBC Sports Net.	7 p.m.	603 / 159
Sun.	Mar. 24	CCHA Championship	FS Detroit	2 p.m.	663 / 430
Sun.	Mar. 24	NCAA Selection Show	ESPNU	9 p.m.	208 / 141
		NCAA Regional Coverage	ESPNU	TBD	208 / 141
Thu.	Apr. 11	NCAA Semifinal	TBD	4:30 p.m.
Thu.	Apr. 11	NCAA Semifinal	TBD	8 p.m.
Sat.	Apr. 13	NCAA Championship	TBD	7 p.m.

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