The Ciskie Blog

CHICAGO -- We already discussed some of the basic similarities that we'll see in the first national semifinal Friday night, when UMD ba...

I bring two ties on every road trip. I know, I should probably bring more, but two games, two ties. UMD brought two ties home on the bus f...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- For UMD, this game is a chance to win a season series. As junior Dominic Toninato said this week, "every game count...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- What was a golden opportunity to put Friday's game away turned into a nightmarish power play for UMD. A failed fiv...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Off and running from South Bend, where No. 5 UMD opens a key non-conference series against Notre Dame. Sorry for short...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Let there be no doubt, UMD fans. The players and coaches heard you loud and clear Saturday night. "It was fricken...

No single stat probably shows the shifting of tides in the Minnesota-UMD men's hockey rivalry than this: Before Scott Sandelin arrived...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Off and running with the Ice Breaker championship game between Minnesota and RPI. As is custom in tournaments, the third...

Yes, I had to go there. This will be a quick blog. I have errands this morning and a hockey practice to run this afternoon. But Friday was...

I ran into Notre Dame's video and other things guru, Nick Siergiej, a former UMD staffer, on my way into the rink. After sharing our com...

I'm not a fan of hyperbole, but look at UMD's non-conference schedule: vs Michigan Tech vs Notre Dame at Ohio State at Minnesot...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- For the second straight weekend to start the season, it's UMD trying to pull off a sweep in Game 2 of a series. Di...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Sometimes, you have to win ugly. For starters, it beats the hell out of losing pretty, or losing any other way. It also ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Thursday nigh hockey? It's weird. I keep thinking it's Friday. Either way, hockey is near. Thursday was ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Last weekend wasn't bad. It's tough to get a real gauge of what we saw from UMD last week against Ohio State, ...

If you're new to the blog, this is a column that will appear virtually every Saturday during the college hockey season. We'll cover ...

The lid lifts on the (real) college hockey season on this gorgeous Friday in Duluth. Can't we put the kids on rollerblades, open the r...

It still hasn't been six months. Even once it's been six months (Sunday), it will still be a special moment not easily forgotten. ...

The officiating may have made Red Berenson crabby after the game -- though it also could have been the reality of another tough Frozen Four...

ST. PAUL -- Bad wireless here in the press box, so I will just get the lines up for now. If time and wireless permit, I will throw a few not...