Just a day before the start of the 2010-11 season brings a look at the Western Collegiate Hockey Association from Inside College Hockey here.
INCH has projected Minnesota Duluth to place second in the WCHA, behind North Dakota, and has this on the Bulldogs:
BREAKTHROUGH TEAM
It's been almost seven years, which means the footage of Minnesota Duluth's 2004 trip to the Frozen Four may be getting a little grainy. Yes, they had a memorable playoff run in 2009, but it's been mostly a matter of not quite meeting expectations in recent years; the Bulldogs looking like a solid NCAA playoff team on Feb. 1, then falling just short in the next six weeks. With a long-awaited new arena set to open on Dec. 30 and tons of offense back from last year's squad, the Bulldogs have set the bar high this time around. A schedule that has them playing most of their tougher home games in the second half of the season has got to be to their liking.
Lake Superior State, UMD's opening opponent Friday in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., has a press release on the start of the season here.
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The Lakers also feature junior defenseman Kyle Haines here.
Northern Michigan, UMD's Saturday opponent in Marquette, Mich., has three games in five days, including two games against Michigan Tech. A story from the Marquette Mining Journal is here.
Also, the Boston University student newspaper has a feature on Chris Connolly, a co-captain and junior forward from Duluth, oh and brother of UMD All-American center Jack Connolly here.
