Is Colin Campbell done?

I read this article over at Puck Daddy earlier this morning and I am really hoping this rumor is true. This move is a long time in coming and frankly I am tired of his inconsistencies, star players have one standard of justice and goons and hard nosed players have another standard. Now if we can only get rid of Gary Bettman.

The speculation among many NHL insiders is that Colin Campbell will be replaced at the end of the season – he will either announce his retirement or take another league job.

Given Campbell’s lamentable track record as the league’s chief law enforcement officer, it is a move that is long overdue.

The last straw, of course, was his refusal to suspend the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Matt Cooke for his attack on Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins.

But Campbell’s performance, not just recently, but over a period of years as the NHL’s senior vice-president of hockey operations, has been so inept as to be an embarrassment to the league and also the commissioner Gary Bettman.

More than anyone, Campbell is responsible for the increased incidents of head shots, because of his refusal to move to eliminate them years ago. The Savard-Cooke incident was just one of many that could have been stopped had substantial suspensions been handed out for blind-side attacks dating back at least three years.

According to insiders, Bettman wanted to suspend Cooke but deferred to Campbell who argued that a rule didn’t exist to justify sitting down Cooke, a repeat offender.

That argument, of course, was pure nonsense. There was no rule in the books covering the indefinite suspension to Sean Avery a year ago for describing former girlfriend and actress Elisha Cuthbert as “sloppy seconds,” but he got it and he sat for six games.

Insiders believe Bettman was intimidated by Campbell and his staff, because they happen to be veteran hockey guys, and Bettman is not.
[Truth or Rumors]

So you say there is a chance?

This post is for the people that keep telling me that there is no chance that Winnipeg will get another team. Huh! Looks like that isn't entirely true. It is my contention that some day there will be another NHL team in Winnipeg, MB.

• That the Ice Edge bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes is essentially dead and unless there is someone willing to step forward to buy the Coyotes from the NHL and keep them in Phoenix, there is an agreement in principle in place to sell the team to Canadian billionaire David Thomson, who will move the team to Winnipeg before next season.

Thomson’s name in connection with the NHL in Winnipeg is nothing new. He is a major investor in True North Sports and Entertainment, the company that owns and operates the 15,000-seat MTS Centre in Winnipeg. With a seating capacity of 15,015 for hockey, it would be the smallest building in the NHL and it would obviously have to have long-term plans to increase the capacity by at least 2,000.

Even if Winnipeg managed to sell out every game, it would rank 25th in NHL attendance. But the important distinction is that the vast majority of those seats would be paid, in comparison to many American markets where every ticket, including thousands of free and reduced-price tickets, is included in the attendance figure [Hockey News]

45% Line and more Links...

I found this on the Denver Post hockey blog. I came up with a new name for the Pioneer's line of Rhett Rakhshani, Tyler Ruegsegger and Joe Colborne, the 45% line because they have scored 45 percent of DU offense this season.

Michigan is going to it's 20th straight NCAA tourney appearance. Too bad the University of No Hardware hasn't been able to do anything with those 10 straight trips.

In case you were wondering, yes, that is a record. The next longest streak belongs to New Hampshire at ten and North Dakota at 8. Michigan also holds the record for National Championships with 9, followed by Denver and North Dakota tied at 7 and Wisconsin at 6. Although to be fair all but two of those Championships for the Wolverines came before 1965 and they haven't won it since 1998. [Hockey Buzz]

Sioux recruit Brock Nelson is/will/was (depending on when you read this) going to be on the Pipe line Show.

Our 2010 eligible prospect of the week is Brock Nelson a high school forward playing for the Warroad Warriors of the Minnesota State High School League. Is the touted forward a sure fire 1st rounder?

INCH breaks down the North East Regional...[click to read]

Beavers and Sioux on FSN Saturday.

This is really good news for area college hockey fans. Two back to back college hockey games.

FOX Sports North will televise the first round of the NCAA Hockey Tournament live on Saturday, March 27. FOX Sports North will carry the University of North Dakota vs. Yale game beginning at 4:00 p.m. and will telecast the Bemidji State vs. Michigan game beginning at 6:30 p.m [Fox Sports Net]

Good news for Boston Bruins fans

Boston Bruins fans help is on the way as soon as DU and Michigan's season's end. In my opinion I think Joe Colborne could have a good chance to make the Bruins line up next season out of camp like Blake Wheeler did two years ago. I think Joe Colborne is more talented player than Blake Wheeler, but neither player is very physical.

ATLANTA — Joe Colborne is still a sophomore at the University of Denver, which kicks off NCAA Tournament play Friday. The Pioneers, the top seed in the East Regional, will take on RIT. Colborne, the Bruins’ first-round pick in 2008, is hoping he’ll still be playing come April 10, the date of the NCAA title match at Detroit’s Ford Field.

But there’s a good possibility that once Denver’s season concludes, the 19-year-old center will sign with the Bruins and forgo the last two years of his college career. The Bruins have yet to discuss the situation with Colborne, his family, and Denver coach George Gwozdecky. Given Colborne’s development and how he projects as an NHL player, however, he should be ready to turn pro and most likely be a full-time AHLer in 2010-11.

Colborne, the 16th overall pick in 2008, has 21 goals and 19 assists in 41 games this season, second in team scoring behind Rhett Rakhshani (21-29—50). Colborne entered the draft with a pass-first reputation, but the 6-foot-5-inch, 210-pound center leads the WCHA with eight game-winning goals.

“He’s had a really good year,’’ said Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli.

Colborne will sign a three-year, entry-level contract. Because of his draft position, he most likely will earn $875,000 in base salary, the maximum that players picked in 2009 can earn. Colborne will also be eligible for bonuses that could add several millions to his contract.

Another collegian expected to sign once his season ends is Michigan defenseman Steve Kampfer, acquired from Anaheim March 2 for a fourth-round pick. The senior has 3 goals and 19 assists in 43 games. Michigan will play Bemidji State Saturday. [Boston Globe]

Fox Sports North to broadcast UND-Yale regional semifinal

Here is the official announcement for this weekend's game that will be shown on FSN. This is very good news for UND Fighting Sioux hockey fans that cannot attend the regional games.

GRAND FORKS, N.D.- Fox Sports North has agreed to broadcast Saturday afternoon's North Dakota-Yale NCAA Northeast Regional semifinal live from Worcester, Mass.
Fox Sports North obtained the rights from ESPN and will give Fighting Sioux hockey fans across the upper Midwest the ability to see the game live and in its entirety.

"We are very appreciative of the efforts of Mike Dimond and Ryan Sirvio at Fox Sports North and the service they will be providing to Fighting Sioux hockey fans all over the region," said UND athletics director Brian Faison.

"With our team playing so far from Grand Forks, the ability for our fans to see the game live on television is very important and Fox Sports North has come through for us in a big way."

Fox Sports North is available to 3 million homes throughout Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

UND is the No. 2 seed in the Northeast Region and will take on the No. 3-seeded Yale Bulldogs at 4 p.m. from the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass.

If the Sioux win on Saturday, Sunday's regional championship game will be televised on ESPNU beginning at 4:30 p.m.

Good news UND and Yale game will be on FSN...

RWD's favorite hockey beat writer just announced that the UND Fighting Sioux hockey game will be on FSN North, that is 668 Direct TV and Channel 28 in Grand Forks, ND on Midco. There is a God...

FSN North will televise Sioux-Yale

Fox Sports Net North will televise the Sioux-Yale first-round NCAA Northeast Regional on Saturday. That game begins at 4 p.m.

If the Sioux beat Yale, you will be able to catch the region final on ESPNU at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

"We are very appreciative of the efforts of Mike Dimond and Ryan Sirvio at Fox Sports North and the service they will be providing to Fighting Sioux hockey fans all over the region," UND athletic director Brian Faison said in a statement. "With our team playing so far from Grand Forks, the ability for our fans to see the game on live television is very important and Fox Sports North has come through for us in a big way."

Sand bagging in Denver

The Tigers are 0-6 against teams outside of their conference, there is NO WAY this team beats the mighty Denver Pioneers. You can mark that one down and come back to it later. An epic upset is not in the cards this season there is no Holy Cross in this years tourney.

Star goalie Marc Cheverie, making a save against Michigan Tech this season, will lead DU into the East Regional on Friday. (Jack Dempsey, AP )The best scouting report on the University of Denver hockey team's first-round NCAA Tournament opponent is coming from Air Force coach Frank Serratore.

Serratore's Falcons played the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers four times this season.

"They have good, competitive depth, and they're an older team," Serratore said of the Tigers, who went 2-2 against Air Force during Atlantic Hockey Association games. "They're plenty good enough to go up and down the ice with Denver, but I would be shocked if Denver doesn't penetrate and get more quality shots than teams from our league."

Top-seeded Denver (27-9-4) and fourth-seeded RIT (26-11-2) meet Friday in the East Regional opener at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. The Tigers, who have won 10 consecutive games, are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance — just five years after becoming a Division I program.

RIT, seeded 15th overall, and 16th-seeded Alabama-Huntsville of College Hockey America are the only teams in the 16-team field that would not have qualified for the NCAA Tournament without an automatic bid as a conference tournament champion.

Air Force won the three previous AHA playoff championships and entered the NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed. The Falcons came close to upsetting Minnesota in 2008 and Miami (Ohio) in 2009 before beating Michigan 2-0 a year ago. Serratore, whose 2009 team came within an overtime goal of advancing to the Frozen Four, expects RIT to pose a similar threat, but he's picking the Pioneers because of goaltender Marc Cheverie. The junior starred in DU's 2-1 overtime win at Air Force last month.

"(RIT's) goalie, Jared DeMichiel, was our first-team all-conference goalie. But I don't know how much he was tested in our league, and they never won a nonconference game (0-6)," Serratore said. "If Denver takes them lightly, which I know they won't, RIT is more than capable of knocking them off. But if everything else is equal,
I'd take Cheverie over DeMichiel."

[Read the whole article]

I stand by my argument that the AHA is a brutal league that some of the bottom teams would lose to the power house teams of Division III. This year the AHA went an impressive 8-41-4 against the big four conferences. Thanks for playing. The funny thing that caught my attention this week on the INCH Podcast, was one of the participants (I think it was Gladdy) said that 'since there is only going to be 5 leagues in the NCAA next season the NCAA should give the regular season league champion of each league an auto bid.' This inclusion would give the horrible to mediocre AHA an auto bid as well, their logic was because the AHA was now going to be a 12 team league, they now deserved two bids for the NCAA tourney. I am going to say not.

I am sorry but that league does not deserve two bids because they put 12 teams in the AHA, if an AHA team wants to make the tourney they should have to earn their way to an at large bid based on their Pairwise Rankings and by beating teams from the big four leagues like NU did back in the early days of the CHA.

Anton Volchenkov pounds Daniel Carcillo

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy, I have to say that was a nice hit Volchenkov. I think when you skate up and down the ice taking liberties with the opposition players eventually someone is going to catch you and burry you in the boards with a nice legal stiff check. This video just made my whole day. Daniel Carcillo is one of the biggest hacks in the NHL and nice to see him on the receiving end once in a while. [Stick tap to Puck Daddy]

Wednesday Linkorama

Tough break (no pun intended) for Denver University as they found out that their 4th leading scorer might be done for the season.

Bad news out of the DU locker room today. Junior wing Anthony Maiani, who blocked a shot with his right index finger last week against North Dakota, will have surgery Tuesday to rebuild the ligaments and bones in the finger. If he doesn’t have surgery soon, he risks losing the bone and future use of the finger. [Denver Post]

DU is also having a power outage from their top players the past four games. DU's top line also has 45% of their points this season.

DU’s postseason stats sheet explains its 2-2 playoff record, including the two unenthusiastic wins over WCHA last-place Michigan Tech. Rhett Rakhshani, who leads the team with 50 points, has just two points (one goal) in four playoff games. He has a minus-1 rating. Linemate and fellow senior Tyler Ruegsegger has just one point, an assist, and is even. The final member of that line, sophomore Joe Colborne, has two points (one goal) in the four playoff games, and is minus-1. [Denver Post]

Patrice Bergeron is concerned about his fellow teammate Marc Savard.

Meanwhile, Bergeron's Bruins teammate Marc Savard is slowly recovering from a Grade 2 concussion he suffered March 7 in Pittsburgh, the result of a blindside hit by the Penguins' Matt Cooke. The Bruins have come to the realization that they will be without their top playmaker for the remainder of the season, which is a crushing blow to a team fighting for a postseason berth.

Savard remains at home, and the only moving around he's been doing is going to the hospital for examinations; according to coach Claude Julien, Savard has made little progress.

"He's still far behind," Julien said. "When we say 'better,' it's marginal; it's not a big, big step right now. But it's nice to know at least it's going in the right direction, and for him, that's important. Right now we can't even be considering him as a guy coming back soon."

Even if there was a possibility Savard could return this season, the Bruins aren't about to sacrifice his well-being. This isn't the first time he has suffered a concussion. [ESPN.COM]

Here is Husker Mike's take on the fire storm left by Patrick Reusse's rumor that miraculously appeared during the Final Five.

KSTP's Patrick Reusse (1500 AM in Minneapolis) raised a bit of a stir this weekend by tweeting about rumors that Minnesota was thinking about firing Don Lucia and hiring UNO head coach Dean Blais. For what it's worth, it would be hard to blame Blais for returning to his alma mater, but it wouldn't be good for UNO after only one season. While it's still a rumor at this point (Lucia still has a job), the rumor mill was running quite strong in Minneapolis this weekend at the WCHA Final Five. Trev Alberts was asked about the situation, and felt flattered that that UNO's hockey coach was the subject of these rumors. Until Lucia is actually fired, it's just speculation, but it's pretty clear that it's more than just "internet idiots" talking about it. (Yes, I'm looking at you SpamMania. Before you start labeling people as "idiots", at least get your source straight. The idiot might turn out to be the guy in the mirror...)

Cornell Senior Goalie Ben Scrivens is on Hot Streak at the Right Time [Slap Shot Blog]

UND Fighting Sioux goalie Brad Eidsness was on yesterday with Dan Hammer on AM 740 out of Fargo, ND. [Click to listen to the podcast]

Reading for the Yale series

Here was a story I found on UND Fighting Sioux's next opponent the Yale Bulldogs. Seems there was some monkey business with the pairing for the NCAA Hockey tourney.

Instead of a flight to the midwest, the Bulldogs will stay close to home. Worcester — hometown of Yale coach Keith Allain — is a two-hour bus ride from Ingalls Rink and gives Yale’s strong New Haven fan base the opportunity to make the short trip. Last March, Yale’s game against Vermont in the East Regional was a sellout at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport.

The caveat is the Bulldogs are now in a regional with two of the hottest teams in the nation, and facing the fifth overall seed instead of the eighth.

The NCAA hockey selection committee, which rarely strays from its seeding formula, was expected to match the Fighting Sioux with No. 12 overall Michigan in the opening round. In a move likely made to boost attendance both in Worcester and Fort Wayne, Yale and Michigan were swapped.

North Dakota (25-12-3), a seven-time national champion, won three straight to capture the WCHA title over the weekend. Boston College (25-10-3) has reached the Frozen Four eight times in the last 12 years with two national titles and is unbeaten in its last nine games.

Yale has lost all three games against North Dakota, losing at Ingalls Rink in 2002 and a two-game series in Grand Forks, N.D., in 2003.

“They’re one of the big faces of college hockey,” Yale captain Ryan Donald said. “That’s tough to match. Just watching the ESPN (selection show), I don’t think they even mentioned anything about our team. That’s fine with us. Hopefully, we can use that to our advantage and maybe they’ll take us lightly, too. At the same time, this is one of the top 16 teams in the country. Everybody is good, and everybody deserves to be there.”

North Dakota was 13-11-5 on Feb. 12 before catching fire. It has won 12 of the last 13 games, including victories over Minnesota-Duluth, Denver and St. Cloud State on successive days to capture the WCHA tournament title.

“To be honest, it really doesn’t matter where we are,” Allain said. “Logistically, Worcester is a little easier. It will be fun playing a team with the tradition and history of North Dakota. And it’s home for me. We’re just thrilled to have the opportunity to compete for a national championship [Read the rest of the story here]

Wirtz wanted Ovechkin out for season

I saw the game in question, the hit on Campbell was a bad hit, there could have been a more meaningful, meatier and longer suspension for Alex Ovechkin but NHL fans should know by now that NHL stars like Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby don’t get 5-10 games suspensions or longer because there are separate and different rules for superstars than there are for the tough guys and goons in the NHL. The NHL isn’t going to take their money makers and suspend them for long periods of time because they put asses in the seats. That is the brutal reality. If Derek Boogaard or Milan Lucic had did what Ovechkin did to Brian Campbell the NHL would have had the book thrown at them.

I believe that there should be the same rules for Sidney Crosby, Milan Lucic and Colton Orr. Do the crime you do the time.

Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz believes Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin knew what he was doing when he injured Blackhawks defenseman Brian Campbell on March 14, and Wirtz believes Ovechkin should have been suspended for the rest of the season.

Ovechkin was suspended two games for the hit, which resulted in a fractured clavicle and rib. Campbell is expected to miss seven to eight weeks.

During a taping of an upcoming Crain's Business of Sports video, Wirtz said the suspension should last as long as the injured player is sidelined.

"If any one of our great players put Ovechkin out for the season, he should be out for the season, too," Wirtz told Crain's. "Make it commensurate. [ESPN.COM]

Board of Governors approves hit to head rule

I think it's the first shot in the right direction. It would make the bush league hit post above by Matt Cooke on Savard illegal. Of course this rule does nothing to help Marc Savard right now.

TORONTO (AP) - The NHL is one step closer to a new rule on blindside hits to the head.

The league's board of governors has unanimously approved the proposed penalty that would ban hits to the head against on an unsuspecting player.

According to a statement released by the NHL, the timing and details of implementation are being worked on by the league's hockey operations department and the players' Association. General managers first proposed the rule earlier this month.

Florida Panthers forward David Booth missed 45 games this season after getting hit by Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards - a play that was legal at the time, but will no longer be tolerated under the new system.

An unpunished blindside hit by Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke against Boston's Marc Savard on March 7 also increased pressure to enact a new rule. Savard sustained a concussion that will likely sideline him for at least the rest of the regular season.

The GM meetings began the day after Savard was hit.

The new rule also needs approval from the 10-man competition committee, which is comprised of five players, four general managers and Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider

One of the longest fights in NHL history.

According to Hockeyfights.com this is one of the longest fights in NHL history; Cam Janssen versus Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond. It made me tired just watching it.

Cam Janssen and Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond were tireless Saturday night, trading punches back and forth in one of the longest fights in NHL history. It went back and forth, one punch at a time for two and a half minutes.

N.D. Supreme Court hearing on Sioux nickname is today

Here is the latest on the Fighting Sioux nickname. Let's just hope the State Board of Higher Education does not pull the rug out from under the nickname supporters down on Standing Rock that have worked hard to get the 1000 signatures on the petition.

A state Supreme Court hearing that’s been holding up a decision to end the use of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname is scheduled for today.

The court will decide whether the district court in Devils Lake decided correctly when it ruled against nickname supporters from the Spirit Lake Dakotah Nation. The plaintiffs had filed suit to block what they consider an illegal early retirement of the nickname by the State Board of Higher Education.

The board had indicated it favored early retirement last fall, but the lawsuit and the temporary restraining order it triggered forced the board to pause. After the judge ruled in favor of the board, the board still took no action because the plaintiffs had appealed to the Supreme Court.

Thrown into this mix is the potential for the nickname to go on the ballot at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Nickname supporters there turned in a petition with 1,004 signatures, a significant number considering about 1,900 voted in the last tribal election.

The main reason board members favored retiring the nickname was they weren’t seeing any movement toward such a ballot measure at Standing Rock.

UND needs the blessings of both the state’s Sioux tribes to keep the nickname, as stipulated in the settlement between the state and the NCAA, which considers American Indian nicknames offensive
[Grand Forks Herald]

More Cindy Crosby antics

I am so sick and tired of Sidney Crosby's antics, I mean really. Crosby is a great hockey player and one of the best in the game but watch the video, Crosby cross checked Henrik Zetterberg about four times. In my opinion Crosby deserved a good beat down for that and good for Jimmy Howard for stepping up.
[Stick Salute]

Everyone is picking on the poor Gophers

I would have to admit that I have enjoyed or probably reveled in the Gophers' troubles. In fact I have enjoyed watching the implosion. They have no one to blame but themselves. The coach they should have forced out was John Hill and not Mike Guentzel I don't think it's a mystery why the Gophers have stumbled. Also, contrary to public belief the WCHA Final Five made it without the Golden Gophers in attendence this past weekend, people still showed up to the games without you.

KICKING THE GOPHERS

It almost seems some people revel in the Gophers' troubles. And they have had plenty the past three seasons.

On Friday, several people in the press box at the Xcel told me that sophomore defenseman Aaron Ness had signed with the New York Islanders. That would have been another body blow.

Checked my sources, finally reached his dad who insisted Ness is coming back. This is at least the second Ness rumor I have had to follow. Shortly after sophomore defenseman Sam Lofquist left, there were reports Jordan Schroeder would be turning pro and Ness would transfer to North Dakota.

Not sure if it's because the U has had so much success, or maybe people dislike Don Lucia, but there seem to be those hoping it all blows up.

As for Ness, young men change their minds. I believe his dad. I have no reason not to. But if Ness left in the offseason, it would not be a huge surprise as long as Garth Snow remains the New York Islanders general manager.

He ripped Lucia on the development of his players two seasons ago when Kyle Okposo signed with the Isles at the holiday break.
[Goal Gophers]

How did I do part two - pre season rewind.

Here was the pre-season poll that I did for the now defunct Illegal Curve. The teams that are lined out are the ones that didn’t make the NCAA tourney. I was put "On the Radar" for not putting UMass Lowell higher and that I picked Vermont 7th. Ha! How did that work for them? While I did expect more from UVM at least they made the NCAA tourney. Unfortunately; it was probably at the expense of Ferris State and UMD.


1.) Denver University – 27-9-4
2.) Miami University – 27-7-7
3.) Notre Dame – 13-17-8
4.) University of North Dakota – 25-12-5
5.) Boston University – 18-17-3
6.) University of Michigan – 25-17-1
7.) Vermont University – 17-14-7
8.) University of Minnesota – 18-19-2
9.) University of Wisconsin – 25-10-4
10.) University of Mass Lowell –
11.) University of Minnesota Duluth – 22-17-3
12.) Boston College – 25-10-3
13.) Yale University – 20-9-3
14.) Princeton University – 12-16-3
15.) University of New Hampshire – 17-13-7
16.) Northeastern University – 16-16-2
17.) Saint Cloud State University – 23-13-5
18.) Northern Michigan University – 20-12-8
19.) Cornell University – 21-8-4
20.) U.S. Air Force Academy – 16-15-6

Poll Monday (UND fourth in both)

Talk about meaningless the end of the season polls. The only poll that matters now is the winner of the NCAA championship.

Final USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
[March 22, 2010]
1 Miami (28) 27- 7-7 924 2
2 Denver ( 6) 27- 9-4 865 1
3 Boston College ( 8) 25-10-3 854 4
4 North Dakota ( 4) 25-12-5 827 5
5 Wisconsin ( 2) 25-10-4 816 3
6 Cornell 21- 8-4 713 7
7 St. Cloud State 23-13-5 688 6
8 Yale 20- 9-3 556 9
9 Northern Michigan 20-12-8 520 12
10 Bemidji State 23- 9-4 517 10
11 Michigan 25-17-1 497 17
12 New Hampshire 17-13-7 363 13
13 Ferris State 21-13-6 355 8 (NIT)
14 Minnesota-Duluth 22-17-1 294 11 (NIT)
15 Vermont 17-14-7 263 14
16 Union 21-12-6 251 15 (NIT)
17 Alaska 18-11-9 244 18
18 Maine 19-17-3 176 19 (NIT)
19 Michigan State 19-13-6 156 16 (NIT)
20 RIT 26-11-1 117 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Colorado College 31(NIT), Boston University 24(NIT), Mass.-Lowell 7(NIT), Nebraska-Omaha 6(NIT), Alabama-Huntsville 5, Minnesota 5(NIT), St. Lawrence 5(NIT), Brown 1 (NIT)


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USA TODAY/USA Hockey men's poll
[March 22, 2010]
1 Miami (Ohio) (23) 27-7-7 486 2
2 Boston College (7) 25-10-3 457 4
3 Denver (3) 27-9-4 453 1
4 North Dakota (1) 25-12-5 436 5
5 Wisconsin 15-10-4 415 3
6 Cornell 21-8-4 338 7
7 St. Cloud State 23-13-5 312 6
8 Yale 20-9-3 239 9
9 Bemidji State 23-9-4 206 10
10 Northern Michigan 20-12-8 202 12
11 Michigan 25-17-1 179 NR
12 New Hampshire 17-13-7 111 13
13 Alaska (Fairbanks) 18-11-9 65 NR
14 Vermont 17-14-7 57 14
15 Ferris State 21-13-6 52 8 (NIT)
Others receiving votes: University of Minnesota Duluth, 25 (NIT); Union College, 23(NIT); Rochester Institute of Technology, 15; Michigan State University, 5 (NIT); University of Maine, 4 (NIT) .

Brad Malone Says Hi To Ryan Lasch

Nice check.



And by request here's a replay of a slick move by Evan Trupp. Too bad he didn't score.



Sorry this video isn't working yet. I hate youtube. Back when I was a kid we didn't have internet services that were inexplicably unreliable.

It does work on my youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWhistlerOFND?feature=mhw4