Category: The Collegian

This past Saturday, Cornell faced Union in a tightly-contested final game before the ECAC playoffs began. As the game progressed, questionable calls and after-the-whistle contact led to some tense emotions. But while a rivalry between these two schools seemed to be blossoming in that eventual 3-3 tie, there was something missing with Harvard’s absence from Lynah…

When Boston College and Boston University squared off in the nightcap and premier matchup to kick off 65th annual Beanpot two Mondays ago with their triennial first-round pairing, here’s a sampling of the choice cuts running through my head as I plopped on my couch and fired up the laptop for some late-night viewing: It’s…

Six Minnesota Gophers seniors are one week removed from becoming the only class to have played in every North Star College Cup. They entered the previous weekend knowing they would hold sole possession of that distinction going forward. Meanwhile, four time-honored Boston-area programs are trying not to look past their one-off weekend engagements ahead of Monday’s…

This week, ESPN ran an interesting first-person story by Matt Imhof, a Philadelphia Phillies pitching prospect who sustained a gruesome eye injury that cost him his professional baseball career. Refusing to “be defined by my worst day,” Imhof is currently serving as an undergraduate assistant pitching coach while he finishes his degree. In the sports world, your playing…

Scott Sandelin, his pupils and his rooters have every right to savor his entry into the 300-win club last Saturday as much as they see fit. They are excused from the inevitable discussion of the downer the Minnesota-Duluth men’s coach’s accomplishment evokes. That being said, we are barely two years removed from the same institution’s…

There is no other way to couch this matter. The college hockey community elicited its best attributes under the worst circumstances on many occasions in 2016. From officials to builders to unsung office personnel, men who covered multiple bases and made the most out of their passion for the sport left us too soon. When…

Mavis Staples ought to take over the PA system upon the final pre-holiday buzzer at every NCAA hockey venue. Staples’ “Christmas Vacation” title track serves more purposes than salvaging a little entertainment value for a slightly overrated movie. Its use at campus ice houses would help to remind us that the college hockey schedule stands…

Perhaps the Big Ten hockey conference needed the same four-year refinement period as the sport’s rawest professional prospects. After a brief honeymoon, followed by two seasons wrought with derision and distrust, the better part of its present and future membership is coalescing with competitive maturity. All but one Big Ten team has a winning record…