INCH hangs up the skates

It was announced yesterday that Inside College Hockey is no longer going to be posting on a regular basis. What are your thoughts on that? Good or bad?

October 21, 2012 This feels a bit like a sudden-death loss, but those of us close to the site have known it to be inevitable for some time now – it’s time for Inside College Hockey to hang up the skates.

Essentially, real life has caught up with us. Family, jobs, and other responsibilities haveencroached – not on our affinity for college hockey – but on our ability to consistently generate Power Rankings, First Shifts, conference notebooks, INCH Podcasts, Napkins, Hobey Trackers and all the other elements that we’ve consistently produced. It's not fairto our loyal readers, and all of those participants that make college hockey great, to give them anything less than our best efforts.

I am sad; I think that INCH had done a good job promoting college hockey from a humorous and at times “snarky” perspective. Who is going to rile up the various fan bases?

I don’t know what I am going to use to fill the void? I listen to the INCH podcasts on my walks with my dog Dakota and now I am going to have to look for another show to fill that void, there are not a lot of podcasts that touch on college hockey from a national level.

UND 5th in final INCH Power Rankings

1. Boston College 33-10-1 (19-7-1 Hockey East, 1st)
2. Ferris State 26-12-5 (16-7-5 CCHA, 1st)
3. Minnesota 28-14-1 (20-8-0 WCHA, 1st)
4. Union 26-8-7 (14-4-4 ECAC Hockey, 1st)
5. North Dakota 26-13-3 (16-11-1 WCHA, 4th)
6. Minnesota Duluth 25-10-6 (16-7-5 WCHA, 2nd)
7. Michigan 24-13-4 (15-9-4 CCHA, 2nd)
8. Denver 24-15-2 (15-11-2 WCHA, 4th)
9. Miami 24-15-2 (15-11-2 CCHA, 4th)
10. Western Michigan 21-14-6 (14-10-4 CCHA, 3rd)
11. Cornell 19-9-7 (12-4-6 ECAC Hockey, 2nd)
12. UMass Lowell 24-13-1 (17-9-1 Hockey East, t-2nd)
13. Air Force 21-11-7 (15-6-6 Atlantic Hockey, 1st)
14. Boston University 23-15-1 (17-9-1 Hockey East, t-2nd)
15. Maine 23-14-3 (15-10-2 Hockey East, 4th)
16. Harvard 13-10-11 (8-5-9 ECAC Hockey, 3rd)
17. Michigan State 19-16-4 (14-11-3 CCHA, 5th)
18. Colgate 19-17-3 (11-10-1 ECAC Hockey, 4th)
19. Merrimack 18-12-7 (13-9-5 Hockey East, 5th)
20. RIT 20-13-6 (14-7-6 Atlantic Hockey, t-3rd)

One more final time this season; as always I include the INCH Power Rankings, because I find them amusing.  In the final INCH Power Rankings, nothing really jumps out here as being really controversial.

On a side note, some fans like to bag on the guys from INCH and personally, I think INCH does a good job covering college hockey. I have had the pleasure of meeting Jess Myers the last couple of years at the Final Five and Jess is one of the funniest and also one of the nicest guys that I have ever met, he is a class act as well.

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INCH Power Rankings

1. Boston College — 29-10-1 

2. Union — 24-7-7

3. North Dakota — 25-12-3

4. Michigan — 24-12-4

5. Minnesota — 26-13-1

6. Minnesota Duluth — 24-9-6

7. Miami — 24-14-2

8. Denver — 25-13-4

9. Western Michigan — 21-13-6

10. Ferris State — 13-11-5

11. Maine — 23-13-3

12. Boston University — 23-14-1

13. Cornell — 18-8-7

14. Harvard — 13-10-11

15. UMass Lowell — 23-12-1

16. Air Force — 21-10-7

17. Michigan State — 19-15-4

18. Colgate — 19-17-3

19. Merrimack — 18-12-7

20. RIT — 20-13-6

Dropped out: St. Cloud State

Bubble-licious: Colorado College, St. Cloud State

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings because I find them amusing. This week’s amusement is again Union at number two; I honestly don’t get that one. It doesn’t chap my butt and I am not going to have an aneurism over it, but I don’t think a team that lost two games to Brown is worthy of being the second rated team in the nation. Alright, whatever, I predict by weekend’s end they will again be a one and done or a two and done. I don’t expect them to be in Tampa for the Frozen Four.

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INCH Power Rankings

1. Boston College
2. Union
3. Minnesota
4. Minnesota Duluth
5. Michigan
6. Miami
7. Boston University
8. North Dakota - By sweeping Bemidji State, North Dakota earned its 10th straight berth in the WCHA Final Five. Only Minnesota, which qualified for the Final Five 11 straight years from 1999 to 2009, has a longer streak. 22-12-3 LAST WEEK: W vs. Bemidji State, 4-1; W vs. Bemidji State, 4-3. THIS WEEK: at WCHA Final Five (St. Paul, Minn.)
9. Denver
10. Ferris State
11. Cornell
12. Maine
13. Western Michigan
14. UMass Lowell
15. Harvard
16. Colgate
17. Merrimack
18. Michigan State
19. Air Force
20. St. Cloud State

Dropped out: Colorado College, Notre Dame
Bubble-licious: Colorado College, Niagara

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings, because I find them highly amusing if at times down right silly. This week the boy’s from INCH didn’t disappoint me.

This week’s power ranking include this head scratchier, they have EZAC regular season champ UNION in second place of their power rankings. In what universe is Union a top ten team; they haven’t beaten anyone of national significance and UNION managed to lose twice to the last place team in the ECAC.

INCH Power Rankings

1. Boston College
2. Union
3. Minnesota
4. Minnesota Duluth
5. Ferris State
6. Michigan
7. Boston University
8. Miami
9. Denver
10. North Dakota — North Dakota was a season-worst three games under .500 after Bemidji State, this weekend’s WCHA first-round playoff opponent, shut them out Nov. 20 in Bemidji. Since that afternoon, NoDak has gone 16-5-2. 20-12-3 (16-11-2 WCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Minnesota State, 4-2; W vs. Minnesota State, 3-0. THIS WEEK: vs. Bemidji State (WCHA First-Round Series)
11. UMass Lowell
12. Cornell
13. Maine
14. Michigan State
15. Merrimack
16. Colorado College
17. Western Michigan
18. Harvard
19. Air Force
20. Notre Dame

Dropped out: Northern Michigan
Bubble-licious: Colgate, Quinnipiac

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings  because I find them amusing and this week they didn’t disappoint, this week the boys at INCH have Union number two in their power rankings. Yeah!!!

The question is will Union be able to make it out of the first round of the NCAA tourney this season or not. What do you think?

INCH Power Rankings

1. Boston College
2. Minnesota
3. Minnesota Duluth
4. Union
5. Ferris State
6. Boston University
7. Michigan
8. Miami
9. Denver
10. North Dakota
11. Cornell
12. UMass Lowell
13. Maine
14. Merrimack
15. Michigan State
16. Western Michigan
17. Colorado College
18. Harvard
19. Air Force
20. Northern Michigan
Dropped out: Colgate, Ohio State
Bubble-licious: Colgate, Notre Dame, Quinnipiac

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings because I find them amusing. The amusing point of this week’s power ranking is that Union is ranked 4th.

INCH Power Rankings

1. Ferris State
2. Union
3. Minnesota
4. Minnesota Duluth
5. Boston College
6. Michigan
7. Boston University
8. UMass Lowell
9. Denver
10. Cornell
11. North Dakota 4 With Aaron Dell sidelined due to injury, goaltender Brad Eidsness made his first back-to-back starts in nearly two years and stopped 42 of the 45 shots he faced in North Dakota’s win and tie against Michigan Tech. 17-11-3 (13-10-1 WCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Michigan Tech, 4-2; T vs. Michigan Tech, 1-1 ot. THIS WEEK: at Denver, at Denver
12. Maine
13. Miami
14. Colorado College
15. Michigan State
16. Merrimack
17. Colgate
18. Ohio State 19. Air Force
20. Western Michigan

Dropped out: Notre Dame
Bubble-licious: , Lake Superior State, Quinnipiac, RIT
As always I post the INCH Power Rankings because they add some weekly entertainment for college hockey fans to look at.

This week’s entertainment from INCH has UNION of the ECAC in second place in the INCH power rankings again. I am not sure why they have them ranked so high because they're sitting at 7th in the PairWise Rankings. Yeah, Okay!

INCH Power Rankings

1. Ferris State
2. Union
3. Minnesota Duluth
4. Boston University
5. Minnesota
6. UMass Lowell
7. Michigan
8. Boston College
9. Denver
10. Merrimack
11. Cornell
12. Maine
13. Colgate
14. Colorado College
15. North Dakota — It was a big weekend for junior forward Carter Rowney, who scored two goals and an assist in Friday’s 3-1 win at Minnesota Duluth and added a pair of goals in Saturday’s 5-4 loss to the Bulldogs. Rowney, who entered this season with four career goals, has scored 12 in 29 games this season. 16-11-2 (12-10-0 WCHA) LAST WEEK: W at Minnesota Duluth, 3-1; L at Minnesota Duluth, 5-4. THIS WEEK: vs. Michigan Tech, vs. Michigan Tech
16. Notre Dame
17. Miami
18. Michigan State
19. Air Force
20. Western Michigan
Dropped out: Harvard

Bubble-licious: Bemidji State, Harvard, Lake Superior State, Ohio State

As always I include the INCH Power rankings because most weeks I find them amusing. This week the boys at INCH didn’t disappoint, they have ECAC’s Union in second place. Yeah!!! What ever!

INCH Power Rankings

1. Minnesota Duluth
2. Minnesota
3. Merrimack
4. Union
5. Boston University
6. UMass Lowell
7. Notre Dame
8. Boston College
9. Denver
10. Cornell
11. Colorado College
12. Michigan
13. Ferris State
14. Maine
15. Ohio State
16. Miami
17. North Dakota
18. Western Michigan
19. Colgate
20. Nebraska-Omaha

Dropped out: Quinnipiac

Bubble-licious: Harvard, Lake Superior State, Quinnipiac, RIT

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings because I find them amusing. Here is the Pairwise Rankings as well.

INCH Power Rankings

1. Minnesota Duluth
2. Boston University
3. Minnesota
4. Merrimack
5. Cornell
6. Notre Dame
7. Union
8. Ohio State
9. Boston College
10. UMass Lowell
11. Colorado College
12. Denver
13. Michigan
14. Miami
15. Western Michigan
16. Ferris State
17. Maine
18. North Dakota - 2 With a 6-2 loss to Minnesota on Jan. 14 and Friday’s 3-1 loss at St. Cloud State, North Dakota dropped consecutive games for this first time since being swept by the Gophers in Minneapolis Nov. 4-5. 13-10-2 (9-9-0 WCHA) LAST WEEK: L at St. Cloud State, 3-1; W at St. Cloud State, 3-2. THIS WEEK: vs. Wisconsin, vs. Wisconsin
19. Nebraska-Omaha
20. Quinnipiac

As always I include the INCH Power Rankings because I find them entertaining and thought provoking.

INCH Power Rankings

gAs always I include the INCH Power Rankings, for a fifth week in a row the Fighting Sioux are on top of the rankings.

INCH Power Rankings
[March 23, 2011]
1. North Dakota — The Fighting Sioux have played 60 NCAA Tournament games in their program’s history. They’ve won 40 of them for a .667 winning percentage, tops among all schools, and only Minnesota (50), Michigan (47), and Boston College (41) have more total tournament victories. 30-8-3 LAST WEEK: W vs. Colorado College, 4-3; W vs. Denver, 3-2 2ot (WCHA Final Five). THIS WEEK: vs. Rensselaer (NCAA Midwest Regional)
2. Boston College
3. Miami
4. Yale
5. Michigan
6. Merrimack
7. Union
8. Denver
9. New Hampshire
10. Western Michigan
11. Colorado College
12. Minnesota Duluth
13. Notre Dame
14. Dartmouth
15. Nebraska-Omaha
16. Boston University
17. Air Force
18. RIT
19. Rensselaer
20. Wisconsin
Dropped out: None
Bubble-licious: None

INCH Power Rankings - Sioux remain number 1

For another Week UND is at the top of the INCH Power Rankings...
INCH Power Rankings
March 6th, 2011
1. North Dakota - Jason Gregoire extended his point streak to 12 games with four goals and two assists in the Fighting Sioux’s weekend sweep of Michigan Tech. The junior forward has 14 goals and nine assists in his last dozen matches. 26-8-3 (21-6-1 WCHA) LAST WEEK: W at Michigan Tech, 6-1; W at Michigan Tech, 11-2. THIS WEEK: vs. Michigan Tech (WCHA First-Round Series)...
2. Boston College
3. Union
4. Yale
5. Miami
6. Michigan
7. Merrimack
8. New Hampshire
9. Denver
10. Notre Dame
11. Minnesota Duluth
12. Nebraska-Omaha
13. Boston University
14. Western Michigan
15. Minnesota
16. Maine
17. Wisconsin
18. Colorado College
19. Dartmouth
20. RIT
Dropped out: Rensselaer
Bubble-licious: Air Force, Cornell, St. Cloud State