Category: The Collegian
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Four Nations Cup is no cause for NCAA team holidays
For the second time in the past decade, the Minnesota women’s hockey team will play on amidst the Four Nations Cup. Why that is not the case every year boggles the mind. The nation’s runaway standard-bearer may not hurt itself through its common, strategic early-November bye week. But the Gophers are the type of team…
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Absence of Cooper Marody, UVM captains illuminates hope for integrity
Nonpartisan observers should root for as close an arm-wrestling match as possible at the Gutterson Fieldhouse this Friday. Maybe an indicative, textbook tie for good measure. That way, someone or other will silently watch from afar, wondering whether his input could have tipped the scale. That could be sophomore striker Cooper Marody of the visiting…
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Alaska Goal Rush should continue beyond 2016, Nanooks or not
This weekend’s Brice Alaska Goal Rush, the ninth annual Fairbanks-hosted showcase, will be inevitably overshadowed by somber outlooks for the state’s NCAA athletic programs. Economic woes have inflicted overwhelming budget deficits throughout Alaska. In an effort to trim $50 million from the deficit, the state’s university system detailed that one option could be to eliminate one…
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No cause for ‘concern’ as NCAA, minor pro hockey share more arenas
The rate of NCAA and minor pro hockey teams playing out of the same venue has doubled as of this season. The existing examples have yielded plenty of positives. So what would be one more in Worcester, Mass.? Notre Dame, a relative outcast in a sea of New England schools, will be leaving Hockey East in…
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Michigan a must for NCAA women’s hockey, and vice versa
Tom Anastos knows as well as anybody that there is only so much one person can do to grow hockey in his home state. His five years and counting as Michigan State’s head coach and preceding tenure as CCHA commissioner have equipped him will all of the necessary knowhow. Accordingly, when pressed as to his…
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The Collegian: Rise in early pro signings good or bad for NCAA hockey?
College Hockey Inc. has logged every professional signing after each NCAA season since 2010-11. The fact that the advocacy group is not recoiling from the recent spike in student-athletes leaving school early backs the trend better than anything. Of the six on record, the 2016 offseason has routed the rest in terms of non-seniors accepting…