The best College Hockey coverage is at CollegeHockeyNews.com http://www.collegehockeynews.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:30:19 +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/2010/03/18_cchafinal.php Miami was the anointed team this year, running away with the regular-season crown early. But there are so many factors at play this weekend, including just how hungry the other three teams here are, still scratching and clawing for NCAA bids, among other things. No. 3 Ferris State vs. No. 2 Northern Michigan Ferris State earned a first-round bye and took on Nebraska-Omaha in round two. They defeated ... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/03/11_earlya-rival.php Both Michigan and Michigan State -- two storied rivals -- have both faced crossroads in recent years. One has gotten through the gauntlet, while for the other, it's still to be determined. It's not only fitting, then, that these teams face each other this weekend in a best-of-3 quarterfinal series -- as opposed to where this matchup would usually take place, Joe Louis Arena -- but it's ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/03/05_cchaplayoff.php While Miami, Michigan State, Ferris State and Northern Michigan enjoy byes this week, eight teams will be fighting it out in the first round of the CCHA playoffs. This weekend’s winners get to play another Best-of-3 series next week, and the final four teams will head to Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena March 19-20. No. 9 Notre Dame at No. 8 Ohio State Notre Dame lost just six games all last ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/02/06_eavesruminates.php It may become more commonplace, but it's still something special. Tonight, for the second time in four years, [[Wisconsin]] will play an outdoor game. It's also the second one in college hockey this year, following the Boston College and Boston University game at Fenway Park on Jan. 8. Last time, Wisconsin played Ohio State at famed Lambeau Field, football home of the Green Bay Packers. This ... Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/01/28_michigan-michigan.php Michigan and Michigan State were the first, and now, they will do it again. The two age-old rivals have finalized a deal to play an outdoor game, this time at Michigan Stadium, 3 p.m. on Dec. 11 of next season. The first such game, at MSU's Spartan Stadium on Oct. 6, 2001, drew 74,554, still a record hockey attendance. Since then, outdoor games have taken off as a concept, with the NHL now regularly ... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/01/26_lombardis.php Dean Lombardi's backpedaling from his recent comments about former Michigan Wolverine Jack Johnson, Michigan hockey, and legendary coach [[Red Berenson]], only answered things we already figured out. Lombardi, the general manager of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, Johnson's current team, said that in trashing Berenson for his ability to develop players, he was only trying to defend Johnson, and that ... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/01/26_thedilemma.php The statement Jack Campbell released might have been honest, but one portion of it wasn’t exactly a message the NCAA wanted to hear. Campbell, who made a verbal commitment to be an incoming Michigan recruit next season, released a statement last December explaining why he chose not to come to Ann Arbor, Mich., next year and instead go to the Ontario Hockey League. And his message made the NCAA ... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2010/01/22_kingsgm.php Former [[Michigan]] defenseman Jack Johnson, a member of the U.S. Olympic team and former U.S. National Program player, who now plays for the Los Angeles Kings, harshly criticized his own team's general manager after taking offense to comments made about the Michigan program and Johnson. Also See: Commentary In a move reminiscent of New York Islanders GM Garth Snow's criticisms of Minnesota coach ... Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0100