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Napkin:
College Education
Wisconsin defenseman Cody Goloubef wasn't able to
help the Badgers over the last two weeks as he was on assignment
with Canada's national team at the World Juniors. He was the lone
collegian on a roster otherwise entirely comprised of Canadian Hockey
League (major junior) players.
As the team bonded and got to know one another, we
figured that there were some obvious questions for Goloubef about
the nuances of college hockey, and present them this week. | Found
on a Cocktail Napkin
INCH Power Rankings
The last of 10 holiday tournaments wrapped up over the weekend and
the top three teams in the latest Inside College Hockey Power Rankings
earned trophies despite missing some of the best players in the
nation. Could it really be that these teams will get even better
when these guys are back in the lineup this week? | INCH
Power Rankings
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MIDSEASON REVIEWS
Before league play picks back
up in earnest, we take a look back at the first half of the
season in each conference. | Atlantic
Hockey | CCHA
| CHA |
ECAC Hockey
| Hockey East
| WCHA
WORLD JUNIORS: Gold Medal Game
Wisconsin defenseman Cody Goloubef
helped Canada win its fifth straight gold medal at the IIHF
World Under-20 Championships in a 5-1 win over Sweden. Canada
was undefeated in the tournament, which was held in Ottawa.
The United States roster featured
14 collegians and the US wrapped up tournament play by beating
the Czech Republic 3-2 in overtime to finish in fifth place.
| Team
USA Stats
WCHA
Notebook
Minnesota head coach Don Lucia will miss this weekend's Gopher
games at North Dakota as tests to determine recent health concerns
continue on Friday. | WCHA
Notebook
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MUST
READS
TRAVEL
COULD SHAKE UP NCAAs
NCAA Tournament placement criteria
could undergo significant changes in the next few months. | Full
Story
PRESEASON POWER RANKINGS: THE GREAT 58
• The INCH Power Rankings
debuted for the 2008-09 season with a look at all 58 teams across
all six conferences, and identified players pivotal to each team's
success this season. | INCH
Power Rankings
RANKING
THE NEWCOMERS
INCH takes its annual look
at the best incoming freshmen. | Classes
| Forwards
| Defensemen
| Goalies
CONFERENCE PREVIEWS
• Don't wait until a
shocking upset bid in the NCAA Tournament to familiarize yourself
with Atlantic Hockey. | Atlantic
Hockey Preview
• Shootouts? Yeah, the CCHA has 'em. But there's much more
going on in the league besides the addition of hockey's version
of the lay-up line. | CCHA
Preview
• Perhaps more than any other college hockey conference, College
Hockey America is ruled by uncertainty. | College
Hockey America Preview
• ECAC Hockey is like improv comedy. There are no scripts
and you don't know what's going to happen next. | ECAC
Hockey Preview
• Hockey East celebrates its 25th season in 2008-09 by boasting
the defending national champion and what may be the country's premier
collection of marquee talent. | Hockey
East Preview
• If the 2008-09 WCHA season is half as entertaining as last
season, the conference's fans are in for a heckuva ride. | WCHA
Preview
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