Editor’s Note: For purposes of full disclosure, J-Dub is an alum of the University of North Dakota and is a fervent Fighting Sioux hockey fan. In fact, that’ s his real fat ass all Sioux-ed up. For Christ’s sake, the man has a Fighting Sioux shower curtain. We mention this only for purposes of stating… Read More The National Collegiate Hockey Conference – A Super League Is Born
As a fan of college hockey, I realize that I am a lover of a sport that has exactly nine other fans. Every year at this time, I try to expand that number into double-digits by allowing all of you college basketball fans a chance to double-dip on brackets. That’s right…the NCAA Men’s Hockey tournament… Read More Now That Your Hoops Bracket Is Busted, Try Some College Hockey Instead
If you recall, in an effort to give you, the blog-reading public, an insight into the best sports league you’ve never heard of, we here at Dubsism penned a primer comparing the members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) to characters from The Simpsons. The trouble came when the WCHA was the first big… Read More The Results Are In! Your New Representative WCHA Simpsons Characters Are…
Usually, one expects hockey players to be able to handle collisions. Or course, usually one also expects them not to collide with a light-rail vehicle, which by the way, aren’t really that light. But when you win a championship, sometimes the parties get out of hand, and next thing you know, a Jeep becomes just… Read More They Can Handle a Blue Line; Green Not So Much
The BC Eagles managed to drive yet another nail in my sporting coffin last night by knocking off the Wisconsin Badgers 5-0, thus denying the WCHA the title for the fifth year in a row. So, rather than fulment about how BC has driven me, a faithful Fighting Sioux fan, crazy in the past few… Read More Congratulations to the Boston College Eagles, 2010 NCAA Hockey Champions
Previously, here at Dubsism, we embarked in an attempt to educate the blog-reading public as to the joys of the best sports league that may be largely unknown to those of you living south of the Arctic Circle, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The idea was to liken the member schools of the league to something with… Read More Vote For The Simpsons Character to Represent the Two New Members of the WCHA
To really comprehend what happened to my bracket, it is key to understand the term “catastrophe.” From Merriam-Webster Online: Main Entry: ca·tas·tro·phe Pronunciation: \kə-ˈtas-trə-(ˌ)fē\ Function: noun Etymology: Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata- + strephein to turn Date: 1540 the final event of the dramatic action especially of a tragedy a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune… Read More The Road to the Frozen Four: Welcome to My Wreckage
If you are like the rest of America today, you woke up noticing those giant, smoldering piles of rubble everywhere. Once you realized those were merely the remains of everybody’s NCAA Basketball bracket, you pretty much went on with your day. If you bothered to do the crash-scene investigation, you might have noticed what killed… Read More Don’t Worry, There’s Always Another Bracket You Can Collapse
The first round of the mayhem known as the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a best-of-three series, but some teams didn’t get the memo, deciding instead to require a bit of extra hockey on Friday night. Both of the extended games went as expected, with St. Cloud State continuing its overtime woes, and Colorado College finding… Read More The Western Collegiate Hockey Association Tournament – The Final Five
It’s time once again for the Battle for the Broadmoor Trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the Western College Hockey Association (WCHA) tournament. Because college hockey is a decidedly regional sport, the WCHA may be the best sports league you’ve never heard of. To help foster an understanding of this league, consult this article comparing the league’s… Read More The 2010 Western Collegiate Hockey Association Tournament – The Definitive Preview
It is the beginning of October here in Minnesota, which can only mean the beginning of hockey season. Now, for some of you, that means the National Hockey League. But for a few of us lucky ones, it means the tooth-shattering bliss that is college hockey, specifically it’s best league, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association… Read More An Introduction to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association
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