Aug 31, 2020
When Tom Palkowski was asked to help the University of St. Thomas women's hockey team as an assistant coach, he turned it down. But persistence paid off for Kevin Gorg, who was the program's first varsity head coach.
Palkowski agreed to be an assistant coach in 1998. He spent nine seasons as an assistant coach and is...
Aug 24, 2020
East Grand Forks was named one of four finalists in the Kraft Hockeyville USA competition on Aug. 17.
The other finalists are the El Paso (Texas) Event Center, the Wichita (Kan.) Ice Center and the Wildcat Centre Arena in River Falls, Wis. The winner will get $150,000. The runner-up gets $30,000. The other two finalists...
Aug 17, 2020
Darby Hendrickson is about as embedded as a person can be to hockey in the state of Minnesota.
As a senior at Richfield High School, he was named Mr. Hockey. He played two seasons at the University of Minnesota, scored the first goal for the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center and now is an assistant coach for the...
Aug 10, 2020
The news that the University of St. Thomas was moving up to the NCAA Division I level in all sports in 2021 came on July 15. The CCCHA, which will have its first season in 2021-22, announced on July 29 that the Tommies will be the eighth team in its league.
So it has been a life changing month for people at...
Aug 4, 2020
Steve Metcalf was named the new commissioner for Hockey East in February. To say that a lot a lot has changed since that announcement is like saying a hurricane creates some rain.
In March, Hockey East announced it would not be going forth with its conference playoffs. But on July 29, the conference announced its...