The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:24:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/images/design/chn2006-text-180px.gif http://www.collegehockeynews.com College Hockey News http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/03/20_denver.php Things just never seemed right for No. 1 Denver in its 4-3 loss to North Dakota on Friday in the second semifinal game at the WCHA Final Five: Passes weren't crisp, pucks seemed to roll of sticks and shots seemed to sail high and wide. Credit North Dakota for some of that. But according to Pioneers Rhett Rakhshani and Tyler Ruegsegger, most of that blame falls on DU's shoulders. "I ... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/03/18_wchafinal.php With Bemidji State and Nebraska-Omaha joining the fray next season, this season's version of the WCHA Final Five will be the final tournament of its kind. Beginning next season, the Final Five will no longer consist of the final five teams -- rather the final five games ... at least in theory. That won't be decided for sure until after this season. The league couldn't have picked a more ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/03/18_gwozdecky.php The five nationally-ranked teams that make up the field for this week’s WCHA Final Five championship all had at least two players named to an all-league team, while MacNaughton Cup champs Denver led with four individual award winners. Denver junior goaltender Marc Cheverie was named the WCHA Player of the Year, Michigan Tech senior defenseman Eli Vlaisavljevich is the WCHA Outstanding Student-Athlete ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/03/18_wisconsin.php Three goaltenders are on the list of 10 finalists for this year's Hobey Baker Award, it was announced today. Also see: Hobey Handicapping The goalies include WCHA Player of the Year Marc Cheverie from Denver, ECAC Goaltender of the Year Ben Scrivens, and Miami sophomore Cody Reichard, who helped take the Red Hawks to the Frozen Four last season. Joining that group is another Denver Pioneer ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/02/28_rakhshani.php The last time Denver won the MacNaughton Cup, the Pioneers won the national championship a little over a month later. After DU's 4-3 overtime victory over Minnesota State on Saturday night in Mankato, Denver clinched the MacNaughton Cup for the first time since 2005. And with its 10th consecutive victory in hand, the top-ranked Pioneers look primed and ready to win another national title. "In ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/02/16_handicapping.php In the 1990s, college hockey had gained a lot of stature in the big picture, but was still a ways off from the first-round NHL draft-pick hotbed that the 2000s became. Three Hobey winners from the '90s became big-time NHL players -- Paul Kariya ('93, Maine), Brendan Morrison ('97, Michigan) and Chris Drury ('98, Boston University). In the 2000s, there will be at least five, led by ... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/01/22_rakhshani.php In his final year at [[Denver]], captain Rhett Rakhshani -- a high-skill, high-character player -- is hoping to end his college career with a NCAA title. A native of California, Rakhshani did not come from a traditional hockey hotbed -- albeit, it's one that is growing, and he is emblematic of that, following in the footsteps of former Pioneer Gabe Gauthier. Outside their home in Huntington Beach ... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100