I want to try something new this offseason.
Beginning today, a single Division 1 men's hockey team will be spotlighted each weekday in the leadup to the 2019-20 season. To a point. Each of the 60 teams will have its moment in the sun with a preview of no more than 600 words.
Why 600 words? Any more and I might as well write a book. 600 words (or less) is enough to paint a picture of where a team has been and where a team would like to go.
The order has been decided by both the 2018-19 Pairwise rankings and NCAA Tournament results. For non-NCAA Tournament teams, previews will start in order beginning with the 60th ranked team (Alaska Anchorage) and working upwards towards 1st. Once all non-NCAA Tournament teams have been previewed, the 16 NCAA Tournament teams will start grouped by NCAA Tournament elimination round. Each round begins with the lowest-ranked team, by Pairwise, eliminated and works upwards towards the highest-ranked team. Then it's on to the next round, eventually ending with the defending national champion (Minnesota Duluth).
Links to each "60 Days. 60 Teams. 600 Words (or Less)" can be found below, along with the schedule. Bookmark this page.
Schedule:
Monday, July 8: Alaska Anchorage
Tuesday, July 9: St. Lawrence
Wednesday, July 10: Alabama Huntsville
Thursday, July 11: Ferris State
Friday, July 12: Holy Cross
Monday, July 15: Merrimack
Tuesday, July 16: Canisius
Wednesday, July 17: Mercyhurst
Thursday, July 18: Army
Friday, July 19: RPI
Monday, July 22: Colgate
Tuesday, July 23: Robert Morris
Wednesday, July 24: Alaska
Thursday, July 25: Omaha
Friday, July 26: Connecticut
Monday, July 29: Niagara
Tuesday, July 30: Princeton
Wednesday, July 31: Air Force
Thursday, August 1: Michigan Tech
Friday, August 2: Sacred Heart
Monday, August 5: Bentley
Tuesday, August 6: Vermont
Wednesday, August 7: Miami
Thursday, August 8: Dartmouth
Friday, August 9: RIT
Monday, August 12: Bemidji State
Tuesday, August 13: Boston College
Wednesday, August 14: New Hampshire
Thursday, August 15: Michigan State
Friday, August 16: Yale
Monday, August 19: Maine
Tuesday, August 20: Michigan
Wednesday, August 21: Wisconsin
Thursday, August 22: Brown
Friday, August 23: Boston University
Monday, August 26: Northern Michigan
Tuesday, August 27: Colorado College
Wednesday, August 28: Lake Superior State
Thursday, August 29: UMass Lowell
Friday, August 30: North Dakota
Monday, September 2: Minnesota (Labor Day)
Tuesday, September 3: Union
Wednesday, September 4: Western Michigan
Thursday, September 5: Penn State
Friday, September 6: Bowling Green
Monday, September 9: Harvard
Tuesday, September 10: Arizona State
Wednesday, September 11: Ohio State
Thursday, September 12: Northeastern
Friday, September 13: Clarkson
Monday, September 16: Minnesota State
Tuesday, September 17: St. Cloud State
Wednesday, September 18: American International
Thursday, September 19: Notre Dame
Friday, September 20: Cornell
Monday, September 23: Quinnipiac
Tuesday, September 24: Providence
Wednesday, September 25: Denver
Thursday, September 26: Massachusetts
Friday, September 27: Minnesota Duluth
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Monday, July 8, 2019
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Top 10 2017-18 Features Nate Wrote (or) Welcome Back!
Welcome back!
With summer unofficially coming to an end after the Minnesota State Fair closing up shop for another year, September marks a new year of hockey.
It's time to prepare for the 2018-19 college hockey season. School has begun around the country. Ice sheets are ready to go. Same with captain's practices. Countdowns until opening night remains somewhere in the 20s to 40s.
Starbucks brought back its Pumpkin Spice Latte, perhaps the biggest sign fall peeks around the corner.
Prior to any preseason coverage, however, and on the one-year anniversary of The Athletic Minnesota launching, I wanted to showcase some of my favorite features from the site in the year since launching. Give them one last bit of love before turning my attention towards the future.
With summer unofficially coming to an end after the Minnesota State Fair closing up shop for another year, September marks a new year of hockey.
It's time to prepare for the 2018-19 college hockey season. School has begun around the country. Ice sheets are ready to go. Same with captain's practices. Countdowns until opening night remains somewhere in the 20s to 40s.
Starbucks brought back its Pumpkin Spice Latte, perhaps the biggest sign fall peeks around the corner.
Prior to any preseason coverage, however, and on the one-year anniversary of The Athletic Minnesota launching, I wanted to showcase some of my favorite features from the site in the year since launching. Give them one last bit of love before turning my attention towards the future.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Top 10 2016-17 Articles Nate Wrote (or) Welcome Back!
Hello and welcome back!
With the season starting up in a month, The Gopher Hockey Blog is back running full steam. I decided to take off July and August to spend time working on other projects, do some travel and plan next season. It's the first break from writing about hockey I've taken in several years, but I'm glad I did even if it was difficult at times. Honestly, forcing myself to get away felt weird.
Before turning the page to 2017-18, however, and kicking off some new things, I wanted to showcase one last time some of the great features from last year.
With the season starting up in a month, The Gopher Hockey Blog is back running full steam. I decided to take off July and August to spend time working on other projects, do some travel and plan next season. It's the first break from writing about hockey I've taken in several years, but I'm glad I did even if it was difficult at times. Honestly, forcing myself to get away felt weird.
Before turning the page to 2017-18, however, and kicking off some new things, I wanted to showcase one last time some of the great features from last year.
Friday, January 13, 2017
Introduckling
It's hard to know where I'm writing week to week.
Even if you follow me on Twitter (@gopherstate) or follow me in real life, missing articles can be easy. I've covered University of Minnesota men's and women's hockey for a half dozen different publications this season.
This season is only halfway over.
From week to week I can be on SB Nation College Hockey, a podcast over at 1500 ESPN and Podcast One, doing game coverage for the Minneapolis Star Tribune or writing a feature for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. (That's a real thing which has happened. As of today I've covered more games this season than anyone for both Twin Cities papers.) There are also times when I have more to write than fits any of the websites or newspapers.
So I wanted a place for all my University of Minnesota coverage to be together in one place, to make it easier on you to find the coverage between links to stories and original content.
That's the point of the blog. Thanks for reading.
Even if you follow me on Twitter (@gopherstate) or follow me in real life, missing articles can be easy. I've covered University of Minnesota men's and women's hockey for a half dozen different publications this season.
This season is only halfway over.
From week to week I can be on SB Nation College Hockey, a podcast over at 1500 ESPN and Podcast One, doing game coverage for the Minneapolis Star Tribune or writing a feature for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. (That's a real thing which has happened. As of today I've covered more games this season than anyone for both Twin Cities papers.) There are also times when I have more to write than fits any of the websites or newspapers.
So I wanted a place for all my University of Minnesota coverage to be together in one place, to make it easier on you to find the coverage between links to stories and original content.
That's the point of the blog. Thanks for reading.
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