By Ryan Stieg Valentine’s Day has come and gone, which means there are three weeks left in the regular season and soon, some teams will be broken-hearted. I entered last night’s somewhat of a holiday with some mixed feelings. My birthday was yesterday, and I felt loved and appreciated. However, I didn’t receive the early …
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By Ryan Stieg Valentine’s Day is next week, a time when people all over the country hope that someone special will give them love and/or a nice present. My birthday is also next week, the day before V-Day, so I’m also hoping for a nice gift from the people closest to me. Well, the CCHA …
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By Ryan Stieg It’s February, which is still very early in 2024, but we’ve now entered the home stretch for the college hockey regular season. Over the next five weeks, home ice spots for the playoffs will be earned, regular season titles will be clinched and if they stay the course, some teams might …
By Ryan Stieg Two weeks ago, I went winless for the second time this season, a performance as ice cold as the temperatures were outside. Last weekend, the weather got a little better and so did my prediction-making skills as I went 3 for 5 in the CCHA series. I was right that St. Thomas …
By Ryan Stieg The new year is only a few weeks old, and I’ve already got some mud on my face. It took me quite a while during the first half of the CCHA season to earn a winless week, but it only took me three weeks to achieve that feat in the second half. …
When a new year arrives, sometimes things can change quickly for college hockey teams. However, in the case of the CCHA, it continues to remain unpredictable. I wanted to start off 2024 on a good note with my weekly predictions and I did reasonably well, but far from perfect. The only series I won …
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Happy New Year everyone! With this new year, we all get a fresh start and based on what happened last weekend, the CCHA is probably thrilled about that as it had a horrible holiday week. As far as I go, I did decent with my predictions. It’s hard to pick mid-season tournaments correctly, but …
Monday was Christmas, a day where kids all over the world wonder if they’ll wake up with presents under their tree, a lump of coal in their stockings, or something even worse depending on the country you’re from. Unfortunately for me, I got my coal one week early. Two weeks ago, I gloated about …
By Ryan Stieg Well, it finally happened. After trying for more than two months, I achieved the elusive perfect week and I’m feeling great about that. Not only did I pick every week correctly, but I also picked the right team winning on each night. That is an even rarer feat that I think I’ve …
By Ryan Stieg Last week was the start of a new month, but unfortunately, things continued to stay the same when it came to my CCHA predictions. Over the past two weeks, I’ve come painfully close to achieving the elusive perfect week with my picks and going into last weekend, I was confident that I’d …