The semifinals of this year’s CCHA Mason Cup Playoffs feature a stark contrast in games in terms of anticipated drama.
Mar 14
It’s time for some March madness in the CCHA, and prognostication of this league, this year in particular, often is an exercise in futility.
Mar 7
Bemidji State last won the MacNaughton Cup in 2017, in a defunct men’s league (WCHA) against a defunct team (Alabama-Huntsville) in a game played south of the Mason Dixon Line.
Mar 5
Trophy season in the CCHA arrives this weekend, and the MacInnes Cup will be awarded in Houghton, Michigan, to the winner of the Michigan Tech-Minnesota State series.
Feb 8
Road teams ruled this weekend in the CCHA, picking up 13 of a possible 18 points in the intra-league clashes.
Feb 6
This week in the CCHA will include a showdown series in St. Paul, Minnesota, a Yooper rivalry resuming in the Soo and Minnesota State finally returning to Mankato.
Jan 11
The sad song of CCHA nonconference frustration played on for St. Thomas, Lake State, Bemidji State and Ferris State over the holidays, but old reliable Michigan Tech stunned Michigan State to claim the historic Great Lakes Invitational.
Jan 3
Much of the college hockey world has slipped into holiday mode – taking care of exams and nursing bruised bodies for a couple of weeks – but a handful of schools are getting in a final weekend of action.
Dec 14, 2023
As the 2023-2024 CCHA hockey season nears its halfway point, many players are starting to find their strides, and they’re bringing their teams along for the ride.
Nov 29, 2023
This week in CCHA RinkRap, we catch up with the nation's leading scorer, touch on the reemergence of Australian standout Tyrone Bronte from Michigan Tech and check in with Bowling Green as it moves past a recent hazing scandal.
Nov 21, 2023
For the first time this season, all eight CCHA teams will be competing within the conference this weekend – four series that will establish the league’s balance of power.
Nov 9, 2023
It’s here, hockey’s version of March Madness, earlier and richer than its more ballyhooed sibling college hoops.
Mar 3, 2023
Ordinarily, there would be four story capsules leading up to CCHA action this weekend, especially with Northern Michigan’s late-season sprint for home ice against Bowling Green, but this weekend belongs to the Michigan Tech-Minnesota State series.
Feb 23, 2023
This week on CCHA RinkRap: A scoring faucet is cranked wide open in Marquette, a Mankato-themed sequel in Bemidji and a gripping horse race for CCHA Rookie of the Year award.
Feb 20, 2023
Week 20 of the CCHA has all the makings of golf’s “Moving Day,” the Saturday of the majors when the power brokers jockey for position. Whether they admit it or not, both Ferris State and Bemidji will be watching the out-of-town scoreboard as they jostle for that all-important fourth place perch to guarantee home ice in the CCHA tournament.
Feb 17, 2023