The Ciskie Blog

Three months to the date of a bizarre power outage that postponed the season opener between these two teams, the Bulldogs are finally set to...

Imagine this: Your teenage child returns home from school one day, and informs you s/he failed a test. You get mad and start asking question...

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- By now, you know that UMD's scheduled game against Bemidji State Friday was postponed. That makes what was supposed to...

Greetings from where I lay my head: Home. Usually, we talk about games in a weekly update that publishes Friday night or Saturday morning,...

When Bemidji State sat in college hockey limbo after its old conference -- College Hockey America -- disbanded, the WCHA stepped up and help...

Those in attendance Sunday night saw a UMD team that steadily improved as the game wore on, and ended up wearing down an overmatched Lakehea...

ST. PAUL -- You guys probably know me well enough by now. I'm not much of a sugarcoater. (Yes, I know that's not a word. The squ...

ST. PAUL -- The second annual North Star College Cup features a first-time participant. Bemidji State wasn't here last year, just like...

For UMD, it's time to put last weekend's disappointment in the rear-view mirror. One point against Western Michigan? Sucks, but it...

We'll go league-by-league through the western half of our realigned college hockey nation, starting with the league UMD (and many others...

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- A suddenly banged-up UMD team is here for another crack at snapping a losing streak that has reached six. As already chr...

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- Sometimes, this column is used to brag. Sometimes, it's therapy. Lately, it's more about therapy, unfortunately....

BEMIDJI, Minn. -- It's been quite a while (since October of 2010) between visits to Sanford Center, and it was quite easy to forget how ...

There's no question that UMD's men's hockey team is lacking consistency. Has been all season. It also appears to be lacking conf...

Let's try this again. Lines. UMD Seidel - Cameranesi - Basaraba Farley - Crandall (Justin) - Herbert Danberg - Hendrickson - Flah...

At various points this season, two of UMD's main lines have been productive. Tony Cameranesi and Mike Seidel have done plenty of damage ...

The final home series of 2012 kicks off here tonight, as UMD takes on Bemidji State. The Bulldogs have played well as of late, outside of th...

There are four games left in the 2012 calendar year for UMD. Those four games could tell the tale of the Bulldogs' chances in the second...

It's time to crunch a few numbers from this year's media poll. The full poll results are here . My votes are here . We had 25 ...

Here is the release sent to WCHA media and the league office regarding this year's preseason media poll, conducted through 94X -- the ho...