Stephanie Vedral
Articles by Stephanie Vedral
Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly earns the Hobey Baker
Standout candidate and University of Minnesota-Duluth captain Jack Connelly took home the Hobey Baker Award as the nation’s top college hockey player after finishing the season with a total of 60 points. In the 2011-2012 season, [...]
Round of 32 Preview: Cincinnati vs. Florida State
The Teams: No. 3 Florida State (25-9, 12-4 ACC) No. 6 Cincinnati (25-10, 12-6 Big East) The Game: Sunday, March 18 Nashville, Tennessee The Matchup: Florida State: Player to watch: Senior forward Bernard James. This man [...]
Hockey conference tournament preview: first round matchups
For teams on the bubble, conference tournaments can serve as the last chance, Cinderella’s proverbial pumpkin chariot, to punch their tickets to the NCAA tournament. In NCAA hockey some of the greatest conference match-ups are set [...]
Pairwise Comparison: good or bad idea?
NCAA Division I hockey uses a system called the “Pairwise” comparison to determine who makes the playoff tournament. Teams with a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) of .500 or more are dubbed a “team under consideration” (TUC) [...]
College hockey’s bubble teams
With only 16 teams getting a nod into the NCAA hockey tournament, there are multiple teams on the bubble, fighting it out with a quarter of the season remaining. Let’s take a look at who will [...]
Hobey Baker update: is Jack Connolly on his way to the award?
With about 75 percent of the regular season complete, the race for college hockey’s Heisman is tightening up. Some statistical leaders will be getting nods for the Hobey Baker award, but their team’s performances both late [...]
Brandon Tice helps Syracuse sneak by West Virginia, 63-61
It wasn’t easy for the Melo-less Orange. Fourth-ranked Syracuse defeated West Virginia 63-61 Saturday night at the Carrier Dome. The Orange held on despite a questionable goaltending no-call on what would have been the game-tying shot [...]
Notre Dame destroys Georgetown 80-60
The Notre Dame women’s basketball team continued its Big East dominance Tuesday night, topping Georgetown 80-60 to go 4-0 in the conference and 16-1 overall. Skyler Diggins scored 22 points while Natalie Novosel added 21, and [...]
UConn bounces back against West Virginia
After losing back-to-back Big East conference games to Seton Hall and Rutgers, UConn fought back against a 10-point deficit to beat West Virginia 64-57 Monday night. The Huskies got a huge spark from coach Jim Calhoun, [...]
Still a mismatch: Kansas Jayhawks crush rival Kansas State again
The University of Kansas continued to dominate the series with in-state rival Kansas State. On Wednesday at Allen Field House, the Jayhawks used their supporting cast to cruise to a 67-49 victory to kick off Big [...]
