Goon’s World

NCAA Round Up: Half way looking at the pre-season top 20

This was my pre-season top twenty and their current record. It would appear that Notre Dame, Minnesota, Boston University, Vermont are not as good as I originally thought they would be. Also, we can infer that college hockey is going...

 

NCAA Round Up: The most wonderful time of the year.

NCAA Round Up: The most wonderful time of the year.

In my opinion this is the most exciting time of the year, with the Christmas holiday season right around the corner, that means many of our favorite college hockey teams are playing non-conference games or in holiday tourneys. On December 29th...

 

NCAA Round Up: Half way point

Most College hockey teams have played about half of their games (somewhere between 15-17 games), so I think we can say that we are approximately half way through the college hockey season. So, as a result, I have posted the top sixteen...

 

NCAA Round Up: Your Bemidji State Beavers.

With my favorite team out of town in Duluth last night, I applied for a press pass and made the trek down highway to take in a game at the John S. Glas Field House in Bemidji, Minnesota.  The game featured the CHA leading BSU Beavers 12-2-1...

 

NCAA Round Up: BSU is for real

Yesterday afternoon I saw one of the better played college hockey games of the seasons. The first game featured the upstart Bemidji State University Beavers of the CHA against the media darling Miami University RedHawks of the CCHA. Coming...

 

NCAA Round: After further review the refs suck.

There has been a recurring theme this season in the WCHA and to a lesser extent the other leagues in college hockey, shoddy and inconsistent officiating. What is a penalty one period isn’t a penalty the next. While the NHL has figured out...

 

NCAA Round Up: Questionable hits and the review process.

Last night during the SCSU and UND game I witnessed one of the dirtiest checking from behind incidents since the Geoff Paukovich hit on Robbie Bina which occurred at the 2005 WCHA Final Five.  WCHA official Don Adam incorrectly awarded...

 

NCAA Round Up: Stuff your schedule with cupcakes.

I touched on this subject a bit last week on my blog but it does stimulate an interesting debate. I referenced an article by the Wisconsin Badgers hockey beat writer Andy Baggot; apparently in the future the Wisconsin Badgers are going to load...