This week in RinkRap: an Upper Peninsula prizefight goes extra rounds, the Beavers balance on a slippery bubble, and Bowling Green gets creative in their travel plans.
Mar 9, 2020
The puck is set to drop on the WCHA playoffs this weekend, where regular-season champion Minnesota State has earned the No. 1 seed for the third consecutive year, but individual X-factors should make for an exciting opening round with a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line.
Mar 5, 2020
There is nothing sweeter than postseason hockey, and if you're a fan of the WCHA then you're in even more luck. This conference boasts not one but two top-10 teams in the No. 3 Minnesota State Mavericks and surging Bemidji State Beavers.
Mar 4, 2020
March Madness is a term that has been copyrighted, branded, and flogged mercilessly by the NCAA for its hoop demigods, but hockey has its own version: one that starts earlier, finishes later, and has more four-year seniors desperately playing for the right to continue wearing their team colors.
