Since no one else has posted THN college previews, I thought I
would.
WCHA Preview
Go-pher the gold
Excellent work ethic, goaltending puts Minnesota at head of
class
1. Minnesota Golden Gophers
2. Colorado College Tigers
3. Northern Michigan Wildcats
4. St, Cloud State Huskies
5. Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
6. Wisconsin Badgers
7. Denver Pioneers
8. Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
9. Michigan Tech Huskies
10. North Dakota Fighting Sioux
Fabulous Frosh
Anders Bork, C, 19, Denver
E.J. Bradley, C, 19, Wisconsin
Mike Crowley, D, 19, Minnesota
Cal Elfring, D, 18, Colorado College
Jason Godbout, D, 18, Minnesota
Pivotal Players
Alaska-Anchorage: Lee Schill, G, 23
Colorado College: Jay McNeill, C, 22
Denver: Angelo Ricci, C, 22
Michigan Tech: Pat Mikesch, C, 21
Minnesota: Brian Bonin, C, 20
Minnesota-Duluth: Rusty Fitzgerald, C, 22
North Dakota: Landon Wilson, C, 19
Northern Michigan: Greg Hadden, C, 23
St. Cloud State: Kelly Hultgren, D, 23
Wisconsin: Brian Rafalski, D, 21
Hockey East Preview
Revenge of the Terriers
Boston University eager to atone for blowout in national
championship
1. Boston University Terriers
2. Northeastern Huskies
3. Maine Black Bears
4. Providence Friars
5. New Hampshire Wildcats
6. UMass-Lowell River Hawks (THN used Chiefs) 7. Boston
College Eagles
8. Merrimack Warriors
9. UMass-Amherst Minutemen
Fabulous Frosh
Jeff Kealty, D, 18, BU
Chris Drury, C, 18, BU
Eric Nickulas, C, 19, UNH
Tom O'Conner. D, 18, UMass-Amherst
Shawn Wansborough, LW, 18, Maine
Pivotal Players
Boston College: Greg Taylor, G, 20
Boston University: Jacques Joubert, C, 23 Maine: Chris Imes,
D, 22
Merrimack: Martin Legault, G, 20
New Hampshire: Trent Cavicchi, G, 20
Northeastern: J.F. Aube, LW, 21
Providence: Chad Quenneville, C, 22
UMass-Amherst: Jaynen Rissling, D, 22
UMass-Lowell: Greg Bullock, C-LW, 21
ECAC Preview
Heat of the Knights
Red-hot Clarkson juggernaut will feast on unproven goalies 1.
Clarkson Golden Knights
2. Vermont Catamounts
3. Harvard Crimson
4. RPI Engineers
5. Union Skating Dutchmen
6. Colgate Red Raiders
7. Brown Bera
8. Princeton Tigers
9. Cornell Big Red
10. St. Lawrence Saints
11. Yale Bulldogs
12. Dartmouth Big Green
Fabulous Frosh
Doug Battaglia, LW, 18 RPI
Chris Clark, RW, 18, Clarkson
Brian Masotta, G, 19, RPI
Chris Patrick, D, 18, Princeton
Jason Reid, D, 18, Vermont
Pivotal Players
Brown: Mike Traggio, D, 22
Clarkson: Brian Mueller, D, 22
Colgate: Mike Harder, RW, 21
Cornell: Vinnie Auger, C, 19
Dartmouth: Bill Kelleher, C, 21
Harvard: Steve Martins, C, 21
Princeton: Ian Sharp, C, 21
RPI: Bryan Richardson, C, 20
St. Lawrence: Burke Murphy, LW, 21
Union: Mike Gallant, G, 22
Vermont: Martin St-Louis, C, 19
Yale: John Emmons: LW, 20
CCHA Preview
Fine State of affairs
Michigan State, Michigan, Lake State favorites for league crown
1. Michigan State Spartans
2. Lake Superior State Lakers
3. Michigan Wolverines
4. Western Michigan Broncos
5. Bowling Green Falcons
6. Miami Redskins
7. Illinois-Chicago Flames
8. Ferris State Bulldogs
9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
10. Ohio State Buckeyes
--- Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks
Fabulous Frosh
Steve Duke, D, 19, Western Michigan
Robb Gorden, C, 18, Michigan
Richard Keyes, C, 19, Michigan State
Marty Turco, G, 19, Michigan
Mike Watt, LW, 18, Michigan State
Pivotal Players
Bowling Green: Brian Hoizinger, C, 22
Ferris State: Tim Christian, RW, 23
Illinois-Chicago: Chris MacDonald, C, 23
Lake State: Sean Tallaire, RW, 21
Miami: Kevyn Adams, C, 20
Michigan: Mike Knuble, RW, 22
Michigan State: Steve Guolla, LW, 21
Notre Dame: Jamie Ling, C, 21
Ohio State: Tom Askey, G, 20
Western Michigan: Chris Brooks, C, 22
Alaska-Fairbanks: Warren Carter, RW, 23
The following are errors I noticed in the articles:
Error: Boston University has qualified for the NCAA tournament
the past three years.
Correction: the past five years.
Error: UMass-Lowell Chiefs.
Correction: UMass-Lowell River Hawks.
Error: Powers most recently was head coach at Colgate.
Correction: Powers most most recently head coach at RPI.
Sean Pickett - Go BU Terriers, 1994 Hockey East
Champions!
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