A few things

Check out what Dan Barreiro has to say about the Golden Gophers about six minutes into the broadcast.

Here is what Fiona Quick has to say about Nate Hagemo's return to hockey. Sounds like Hagemo has run into some injury problems.

Nate Hagemo had two goals and two assists in 10 games with the Amarillo Gorillas and was considered one of their top defensemen when he was checked awkwardly into the end boards by Mississippi’s Brad Bonello during a game on December 20th. Hagemo reportedly was on the ice for some time before being assisted to the locker room. Hagemo suffered neck and back injuries, including a herniated lumbar disc. He was cleared to play by Amarillo's doctors in mid-January and placed on waivers and immediately claimed by the Tulsa Oilers but failed their physical so the transaction was canceled and he has been sent back to Amarillo until he can be cleared to play. He has been attempting a comeback this season following trouble with substance abuse and multiple arrests. Hagemo was told he may not recover from a previous shoulder injury but this new injury does not involve the shoulder. He is contributing to every off-ice event for the Gorillas, visiting schools and hospitals and helping in the team offices, while working on his rehabilitation hoping to avoid surgery.

Who would thought this was possible? I got this from Fiona Quick's twitter. It kind of makes you wonder what the deal is? Why is it that Frazee isn't good enough to play with the Minnesota Gophers but is able to get it going with the Lowell Devils.

Jeff Frazee, is now tied for fifth in the AHL with 20 wins (20-9-4) 2.59 Goals Against Average and .923 Save Percentage

Former Fighting Sioux Star Zach Parise was named the first star of the week by the NHL.

Bruins Forward Michael Ryder has returned to practice after after having facial surgery. Ryder usually skates on a line with Blake Wheeler and David David

Ryder, clipped by Antoine Vermette's stick 10 days ago in Ottawa, said he initially feared he suffered eye damage. His eye turned out to be fine--despite a couple of days of blurred vision--but Vermette's stick broke both nose cartilage and the sinus bone.

Opinion: Hockey doesn't belong to Canada alone

As I write this article the Penguins just scored and are now up 2-0 in game 5. Please God let there is a game 6 back in Pittsburgh, I am not ready for the NHL season to end for the summer just yet. I am not sure I am ready for 100+ baseball games either. Go Pens, and beat the dirty Redwings.

Hockey is our game as well.

My father emailed me this Adam Proteau blog post from the Hockey News. I like what Proteau has to say, just for the record I don't think this article is anti-Canadian either. Seriously, have Canadians become that hypersensitive? The comments after in response to the article are even more comical. Everyone take a deep breath. Talk about shooting the messenger full of holes.

As an American who lives close to the Canadian border; I always laughed at the Canadians that said hockey is our game! Really! Funny thing is; hockey is also my favorite game. Lets face it, many American that I know love the game of hockey just as much as the Candians. I don't think that is an awful thing. Does it make Canadians any more passonate about the game of hockey? Also, I think there is enough hockey to go around for us all. I am passionate about the game of hockey as if it was my religion. In heaven there might not be any beer but I am convinced God is a hockey fan. Is there a first Lutheran church of the NHL?

Like millions of others in the know, I see the NHL playoffs for exactly what it is: the greatest sports tournament on the planet. But there’s one aspect of the Stanley Cup chase that grows more embarrassing with every year.

I refer to the “Bring the Cup back to Canada because it’s our game and nobody else's, especially the soft Europeans and frigid Russians and easily-pleased Swedes and largely-disinterested Americans” routine. That’s right – the same act that has the preposterous “No team with a European captain will ever win the Cup” corollary.

It is bloated, blinded, bleating hyper-nationalism – and frankly, it’s gotten sooooo old to me.

Honestly, I just don’t get it. The game is a global phenomenon, played by men and women from all walks of life. Why isn’t that sufficient progress for some Canadians? Which of Canada’s countless national insecurities dictates that allowing other nations into our oh-so exclusive club will somehow cheapen the experience?

Besides, don’t Canadians take great pleasure in pointing out the downside of the type of King-Kong-style, ain’t-we-great, chest thumping normally found in America? Isn’t it enough every other country on Earth would have to turn into hockey factories and pump out elite-level NHLers for decades before they could come close to matching Canada’s impact on the game?

Apparently not. Apparently, too many Canucks have been brainwashed into believing the big lies perpetrated every Saturday night, during every first intermission on Hockey Night In Canada.

Those poor souls have been convinced the game is a divider, not a uniter; that the “Them” in “Us vs. Them” are to be incessantly mocked, derided and sissified; that Canadians were, are, and will forever be, the straw that stirs the sport.

Pompous and delusional in the extreme, I know. Luckily, those falsehoods can be laid to rest once and for all simply by taking a brief look at the favorites to win the NHL’s individual player awards this season.
(Read the rest of the article)

Why is this obstruction holding?

Herald photo by John Stennes Can someone please tell me why this isn't a penalty? Checking the box score from last night's game I do not see John Schwarz's name for holding. This picture is a perfect example of what we have to witness every night in the WCHA. Now I can see why Duncan was getting upset with the officiating. In the NHL if you hand comes off of your stick you are whistled for a penatly.

Lou Nanne suggesting that verbals mean nothing.

Tonight (3-12-2008)on Dan Barreiro’s radio show (KFAN 1130) Lou Nanne was a guest on Barreiro's show and Nanne recieved a call from a Gophers fan that asked Lou if Don Lucia's job was safe at Minnesota? Lou told the fan that Lucia was safe and then went off on a tanget about how Lucia shouldn't have to honor verbal commitments:

LOU NANNE-- I don’t feel that the university should have to cater to other Universities in football and basketball and in every other sport they will try to steal your players up to the last minute. Look how many players we had taken from us (Minnesota) right up to the dead line. A couple years ago three football players went to Wisconsin on the say of signing that were supposed to come here because that an assistant coach left. Well we have this situation in Minnesota where these kids are making their commitments early in the 10th grade and after a while some of them have a change of heart and if I was Lucia I would go over and recruit them. There is nothing that stops him from doing it except you know that these coaches not just Don but all the coaches in college hockey they sort of say well ok he is committed there I am not going to step on their toes, this is your livelihood this your job.

Fast forward to tonight; Fighting Sioux coaches show on 1440 am. Naturally Tim Hennesey had heard the broad cast on KFAN and asked Dave Hakstol about Lou Nanne's inflammatory comments. As usual Hakstol basically brushed it off and said that the coaches don't want to take the gloves off and he likes the way their is a gentleman’s agreement going on right now in college hockey. Hakstol also said that the Sioux have had players change their mind and decide to go to UND after making a verbal agreement to another team but they did not actively recruit these kids and these players did it on their own.

Personally I am not shocked by Nanne's comments as he is a blatant Gopher homer but honestly someone needs to remind Lou Nanne that the Gophers hockey doesn't want to get into that game. It is silly to assume that the Gophers are just going to start stealing top recruits from other teams because I am pretty sure that UND could get a few of the Gophers players to change their mind as well as some of the other programs around the league.

You have to love Anonymous comments.

I found something that I have to make a comment on from over on Western College Hockey that I think needs to be addressed. It is nothing that Chris said himself but from an anonymous skippy. Got to love people that hide behind anonymous tags. I think to call Brad a blatant homer is a disservice. Seriously, all you have to do is look at the stats below to see what I am talking about. UND was the 2nd ranked team in the WCHA in goals and 1st nationally overall. Also the Fighting Sioux are ranked 6th nationally on the penatly kill. That sounds like a pretty good team defensively.

Anonymous said:
Brad, word of advice: take of the f*#kin Sioux glasses. Your teams are a jokes. Interesting that 4 out of the 6 defenseman slots are from the Sioux. At least run a credible blog.

Points per game by defenseman Nationally:

1 Jack Hillen Colorado College SR D 36 6-27-33 0.92
8 Chay Genoway North Dakota SO D 30 6-16-22 0.73
17 Robbie Bina North Dakota SR D 35 2-21-23 0.66
19 Jamie McBain (CAR) Wisconsin SO D 31 3-17-20 0.65

Defenseman Scoring Conference:
1 Jack Hillen Colorado College SR D 28 0.82 4-19-23
2 Chay Genoway North Dakota SO D 23 0.78 5-13-18
3 Robbie Bina North Dakota SR D 28 0.61 1-16-17
4 Jamie McBain Wisconsin SO D 25 0.64 2-14-16
Taylor Chorney North Dakota JR D 28 0.57 2-14-16
6 Joe Finley North Dakota JR D 28 0.50 4-10-14

The Rat discusses the CCHA SOS.

This is an interesting article and I wanted Sioux fans to check it out. There is also a Zach Parise is God reference. I do find myself agreeing with what Elliot says.

Finally, something else that I had a mind to say in my previous employment, but didn't. It involves a pro wrestling reference, which I didn't want to make at CSTV, but this is my blog and mine alone, and I'll make as many wrestling references as I Zach-damn well please.

(Yes, I will make the "Zach Parise is G-d" jokes here, if for no other reason than that there's so much else going on in the world that I doubt The Genuine Article has time to worry about college hockey).

Anyway, this has to do with the subject of strength of schedule. I don't think it's meaningless by any stretch of the imagination, but I don't think it means as much as it's being made out to by those who doubt Michigan, Miami, etc.

In the fall of 1996, with the cash cow known as the nWo having just been introduced, there was going to be a WarGames match between the nWo and a WCW team (WarGames: coolest gimmick match ever). Sting and Lex Luger proposed joining forces with Ric Flair and Arn Anderson, who had been their rivals before the whole nWo business started.

Anderson, who is one of the best promo men who ever worked in wrestling, gave a long response that included a memorable (to me, anyway...sadly, it's not on YouTube) comment in the direction of Luger, who at that point had a real bodybuilder physique (not to mention better hair). He pointed at Luger's muscles and said that they were "show muscles," and no good in WarGames, but if Luger could bring the drive, intensity, and hard work that it took to get those muscles, that would be useful.

This is how I feel about teams that play "soft schedules." The record is like those "show muscles" that Arn Anderson talked about: it may look more impressive than it actually is, but the tools a team uses to win those games and amass that record? The skills, strength, speed, etc? Those are worth something, and just because those attributes have been tested against a less-than-impressive schedule, that doesn't mean that they aren't there.

I've seen Michigan, Miami, Michigan State and Notre Dame. I've seen what they bring to the table. Knock their schedules all you want, because it doesn't mean a thing about what kinds of teams they are.

I will say, however, that Miami will be much better off in the future if they can get out of the Ohio Hockey Classic. With Ohio State in its current condition as a program, that tournament does nothing for the RedHawks, and they should have gotten out of that instead of getting out of the Lefty McFadden.

If Miami is going to always be a road team in a holiday tournament, they'd do much better moving around, and going to the Denver Cup, Dodge Holiday Classic, one of the Florida tournaments, etc. At the very least, Ohio State should try to alternate Miami and Bowling Green as the second Ohio team in the tournament, so that each could move around in alternate years. Dartmouth is doing something like that since Vermont started hosting the Catamount Cup every year, as they host the Ledyard Bank tournament every other year, and are heading elsewhere at the holidays when they don't host.

There, I've said my piece on that.

Elliot is right about Miami. If the Miami RedHawks want to get more respect as a legitimate NCAA division one hockey program their university needs to start stepping up and playing some better teams during their non-conference play, they also need to win more than a game in the NCAA tourney.

Looking at Miami’s non-conference schedule; beating likes of Canisius, OSU (tourney), SCSU (tourney), Vermont and RPI is not all that impressive of a feat. Sure, Miami beat the people that they had on their schedule, however, there needs to be some meat to their schedule. Why not try to schedule some teams like B.C., UNH, UND, C.C., Wisconsin, and Minnesota? Wins against big programs helps in the pair wise rankings. I have a hard time believing these schools wouldn’t have some kind of a scheduling agreement with your school.

I read where one Miami fan said UNH and UND wouldn’t play MU. I am not sure how this guy came to this conclusion?

Or maybe no one else wants to play them. The scheduling philosophy at Miami is to play any one, anytime, anywhere. Look at our basketball and football schedules relative to the rest of the MAC. Its not Miami's fault if NDAK, UNH or other high profile hockey teams don't want to play us. And the CCHA isn’t that bad of a conference, very comparable to the other college hockey conferences. Miami may loose quickly in the tourney, but Michigan and every other team has an equal chance of bowing out early. Maybe you are the one that needs to get off what ever box you are standing on. Feb 14 2008, 2:09 pm by Justin, OXFORD, OH

I am all for Miami coming to REA for a two game series next season, in fact I would urge the University of North Dakota athletic department to schedule them as soon as possible. Why not? Actually I could imagine the Sioux traveling to Oxford, Ohio to play the RedHawks in the Goggin ice center, God knows that it would be on TV since most of us in the WCHA know that CSTV stands for CCHA TV. He, he, he...

An interesting perspective on BSU's new arena.

This is an interesting perspective on the possible BSU arena and what the Ralph has meant to Grand Forks, ND. I was talking to some friends of mine from Bemidji and it would appear that there is a still some question(s) on whether the event center should be built in Bemidji, MN. There should be no questions in any one's mind. An event center of this magnitude would mean a great deal for the citizens of Bemidji, MN and their economy. It is time to move forward and build the events center, enough of the wavering by the weak kneed citizens and politicians. The increase in taxes on the citizens of Bemidji is minimal; a half-cent sales tax increase, this is a very small amount of money for the benefits the citizens of Bemidji will reap for having a center of this magnitude. Think of the revenue this will bring the city of Bemidji. Also the WCHA will not let you in if you are still playing it the John Glas Field House, you can bank on that.

Success of The Ralph could Bemidji events center
Brad Swenson Bemidji Pioneer

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The view is imposing. The Ralph Engelstad Arena is off by itself, surrounded by parking lots as one drives U.S. Highway 2 as it skirts north Grand Forks. And while there is plenty of parking, be ready to pay $10 for something kind of close and $5 for something remote.

The $100 million Ralph Engelstad Arena, completed in 2001, is home to the University of North Dakota hockey team, the Fighting Sioux. And the Sioux this weekend hosted Bemidji State University’s men’s hockey team in a Saturday-Sunday afternoon series. The Beavers came away empty-handed, losing 5-1 on Saturday but holding firm on Sunday, losing only 1-0 with less than 5 minutes left as left wing Andrew Kozek took a feed from a prone center T.J. Oshie at the slot and fired the puck past BSU goalie Orlando Alamano’s glove hand.

Watching the game, however, on a winter Sunday afternoon leaves no doubt what University of North Dakota hockey and especially The Ralph means to the greater Grand Forks area. Posted attendance for Sunday’s game was 11,043 – only 363 short of its posted capacity for ice hockey. And some there told us Sunday was an orderly crowd – it’s much different if fellow WCHA opponents Minnesota or Denver are playing the Sioux.

The Ralph Engelstad Arena might be called opulent – especially in its monstrous size and that it contains thousands of UND’s logo, the Sioux Indian head that is inlaid in marble in the floor, in the carpet every five feet on the Suite level, on each row of seats in the arena, and elsewhere. Currently the subject of NCAA rulings that the Fighting Sioux logo be removed as offensive to American Indians, it is clear that doing so at The Ralph would cost millions of dollars, let alone being something the arena’s benefactor, the late Ralph Engelstad, forbade from happening in his building.

Still, the success of the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks can be studied as a model for the Bemidji Regional Events Center now being sought in the Minnesota Legislature with bonding and a sales tax extension. Pegged at $50 million, Bemidji’s project is half that of The Ralph, but it would also be more inclusive to include a convention center and events center space. The Ralph is basically a hockey arena, but it also hosts concerts and like events, including the upcoming 2008 World Men’s Curling Championship.

Bemidji’s proposed center could learn much from The Ralph, albeit on a much smaller scale. BSU would be the anchor tenant in a Bemidji Regional Events Center. As such, the success of the hockey program should be highlighted as one walks in the facility. The Ralph is adorned with statuary and photos of Sioux greats of the past, giving a sense of history and pride before even first puck is dropped.

At the main entrance once past the ticket gate, the Sioux Shop is an open air market – gates surround it but no walls, windows or doors in the classic sense. More than an hour before Sunday’s start, the Sioux Shop was literally filled with people, many of them already sporting a Sioux hockey jersey in white or green ($79 apiece, thank you). The shop had a huge variety of themed sweatshirts, polo shirts, T-shirts, jackets, pullovers, etc., etc., etc. About two dozen different sorts of caps could be had, including one with pull-down earflaps with the Fighting Sioux logo.

A middle floor is encircled with 48 luxury suites, a floor that needs a special pass or ticket even to enter with posted hosts to check. Each room has a food area with table, serving area and refrigeration. A rail offers a spot to watch the game, or just beyond is a seating area for each luxury suite that extends below the suite and is part of the public arena seating. Plans for the Bemidji events center call for 25 luxury suites, and interest is high already as BSU officials say that 20 of them – at $30,000 each – are already pledged.

With BSU figuring on 3,000 or so seats, one wonders if the Beavers can draw a capacity crowd for all games. That depends on how the events center is marketed, some said Sunday.

“Some 3,000 to 4,000 season tickets are sold outside of Grand Forks,” says Virg Foss, retired Grand Forks Herald hockey writer, from his perch in The Ralph’s two-tier press box. “UND marketed its program throughout the area – from Devils Lake to Crookston to Winnipeg.”

It shows in the suites purchased at The Ralph, representing firms from Fargo to Devils Lake. And if those folks aren’t at the game, firms use their suites for other groups in their communities, from Boy Scouts to peewee hockey teams.

“All these people have a meal here, buy gas here and some stay the weekend here,” says Foss. The advent of The Ralph has been an asset to the Grand Forks economy, he notes.

And the same could happen in Bemidji and, more importantly, put BSU’s hockey program on a firm ground as it seeks WCHA membership at some point. Currently, WCHA teams have agreed to schedule BSU over the next several years as the Bemidji community works build a WCHA-capable arena.

“Dave Hakstol has been really supportive of scheduling BSU,” Foss said. “At 100 miles, BSU is the closest Division I hockey team so it makes sense each year.” While both games this year were played in Grand Forks, the series is usually split with a game in each city. “The BSU program has a lot of history, and it would be sad to lose that.”

The Ralph can’t be replicated in Bemidji – we can’t afford it and we don’t have a benefactor like Ralph Engelstad. But it does offer a unique perspective on how such a facility, if done well and marketed well, can make a major impact on the university’s profile, on broadening the community’s entertainment and convention visibility, on recharging the local economy and in improving the so-called “quality of place” that is viewed as key in attracting and retaining people who hold well-paid jobs in our developing knowledge-based economy.

A visit to Grand Forks should include a stop at The Ralph. See for yourself

The North Dakota fans erupted; the noise was deafening. The goal was all the Sioux needed to extend its unbeaten streak to 13 games, the longest in the nation. A few minutes later, the win was sealed and fireworks burst over each goal. The mostly North Dakota supportive crowd (judging by the hundreds of Fighting Sioux hockey jerseys on fans all about The Ralph) went home happy; those of us from Bemidji left unhappy but satisfied that the Beavers had played a courageous game against a potential national NCAA Division I champion.…

You have got to love Patrick Reusse

You have got to read this PATRICK REUSSE article Mavericks no longer are a WCHA pushover From yesterday's Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Lets Go Mav's had it linked on her blog and this article is your classic Patrick Reusse article. You can bet that the Gopher fans will take issue with it and probably flood his email box with nasty grams.

The Gophers are off this weekend, giving Lucia, his players and their smug followers extra time to contemplate how the college hockey program with the most money, the widest-ranging television exposure and its choice of elite recruits can find itself in seventh place and with six victories in 22 WCHA games (6-11-5).

Here is another interesting statement.

The WCHA schedule has taken a different turn in Mankato, where the Mavericks don't have a sparkling and fabulously equipped arena in which they play and practice, but rather a modest rink called All Seasons in which they practice before moving down the hill to play games in the 5,000-seat Alltel Center.

Want to know why goals are down in the WCHA?

I have read where a lot of people are concerned about the numbers of goals that are being scored in the WCHA this season. I think I might have a reason why. Look at the National statistics for goalies. That is impressive in my opinion.

Goals Against Average: Minutes GA GAA
1 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux North Dakota SR 1594:53 46 1.73
4 Michael-Lee Teslak Michigan Tech JR 783:16 24 1.84
5 Richard Bachman (DAL) Colorado College FR 1498:24 46 1.84
12 Mike Zacharias Minnesota State JR 1542:51 54 2.10
15 Alex Stalock (SJS) Minnesota Duluth SO 1576:03 56 2.13
16 Alex Kangas (ATL) Minnesota FR 1094:54 39 2.14
17 Peter Mannino Denver SR 1565:09 56 2.15
24 Shane Connelly Wisconsin JR 1614:35 62 2.30

Save Percentage: Saves GA Save%
1 Jean-Philippe Lamoureux North Dakota SR 652 46 .934
2 Michael-Lee Teslak Michigan Tech JR 319 24 .930
4 Richard Bachman (DAL) Colorado College FR 601 46 .929
12 Alex Kangas (ATL) Minnesota FR 468 39 .923
14 Alex Stalock (SJS) Minnesota Duluth SO 661 56 .922
16 Mike Zacharias Minnesota State JR 630 54 .921
17 Peter Mannino Denver SR 652 56 .921

This weeks picks: Misc Ramblings/Rants

Friday:
St. Cloud State at Alaska-Anchorage
Minnesota-State at Wisconsin
Denver at North Dakota
Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan Tech

Saturday:
St. Cloud State at Alaska-Anchorage
Minnesota-State at Wisconsin
Denver at North Dakota
Minnesota-Duluth at Michigan Tech

Some people think I have the ability to jinx or put a hex people's hockey teams. That theory was proven wrong this past weekend when the Mav's swept the hapless UAA Sea-wolves in Mankato just as I predicted. I am also back to level par and even Steven with Sioux7 as Donn dared push his luck and make a bet with me again. HA!

This week I will prove that in fact this theory wrong again as I have picked the UMD Bull Dogs and SCSU to sweep. Drum roll please.

The Commodore trade.

Here are a couple of interesting articles that I found about the Mike commodore trade. I am kind of torn because I really liked the Hurricanes and I enjoyed their exciting run through to the Stanley Cup finals Also as a Fighting Sioux fan I loved watching Commodore winning the Stanley Cup. Also, one of the major reasons that I liked the Hurricanes was the fact that former WCHA stars Mike Commodore, Brent Heican and Matt Cullen played for canes. I can't cheer for the Ottawa Senators, it is like selling your soul to the devil. I know it is a business and the Canes are floundering so I am sure it had to be done.

As we found the out the Carolina GM wasn't messing around.

As Eric McErlain reported last month, Carolina GM Jim Rutherford expressed regret in a radio interview that he had kept so many players from the Hurricanes' Cup team together, and threatened to shake the Canes out of their season-long "underachieving" by dealing away "popular players." Well, today Carolina has traded defenseman Mike Commodore -- arguably the fans' most cherished player, maybe even more than Eric Staal -- and forward Cory Stillman to Ottawa in exchange for defenseman Joe Corvo and forward Patrick Eaves.

The Cason Blog looks at the Mike Commodore trade

Thank you Mike Commodore. You really grew up as a Cane. The Flames showed you no love, but you found it in droves as a Hurricane. You are truly a bigger-than-life guy. The Ottawa clubhouse just got a lot more fun. I wish you were heading to the Russian Super Secluded Siberian League. I sense pain on the horizon for many a Cane forward.

The reason the Miller goal was waved off.

Kudos to the ND redfrog from Sioux Sports for posting this video. When this goal was first waved off I thought it was a brutal call (I was sober by the way not clouded by alcohol) but after reviewing this video I would say that video evidence proves that the refs made the right call. Far be it from me to want to compliment the refs.

Video replay shows that Kyle Radke definitely interfered with the MSU player in front of the net. I also wouldn't have been shocked if it had been ruled a good goal.

Two Ref System (EDIT)

This season the WCHA will be experimenting with the 2-and-2 officiating system during the 2007-08 season in about 60 games, in both the men's league and the women's league. (Thanks PCM for the correction) I personally think the two ref system is going to slow the flow of the game down and in essence your going to have a parade to the penalty box. Stay tuned as the season unfolds. I guess if the two ref system can work in the NHL, there is no reason this transition can't be successful in the WCHA/NCAA.

Speaking of horse bleep calls: here is the video of Oshie check from behind penalty while that should have been a penalty, it didn't warrent a 5 and a game in my opinion'.

Hockey East on the Decline?

I found this post in my email from the hockey list last night: I wonder if this has anyone concerned on the east coast? Actually I had to take a double take to make sure it wasn't a miss print.

Hockey East did NOT fare very well last night. In eight games, Hockey East went 1-7 with the lone victory coming from Merrimack (4-2 over Niagara). There were some very surprising results too, such as New Hampshire losing an exhibition to New Brunswick and BU falling to Robert Morris. -Deron

Friday, October 12, 2007
Non-Conference
Vermont 1 at Miami 2 (L)
Providence 1 at St. Lawrence 4 (L)
Niagara 2 at Merrimack 4 (W)
Maine 0 at Denver 2
Massachusetts 1 at Clarkson 2 ot (L)

IceBreakerBoston College 3 vs. Michigan 4 ot (L)

Nye Frontier Classic

Robert Morris 3 vs. Boston University 2 (L)

Exhibition

New Brunswick 4 at New Hampshire 3 (L)

I believe the most stunning loses are New Hampshire losing to a Canadian University and Hockey East power house Boston University losing to Robert Morris.