This isn’t typically a big month on the college hockey calendar - but college hockey in Alabama has always been more the exception than the rule. It could be a critical month for the UAH Chargers.

Kevin Paul Dupont’s Sunday notebook catches up with a former Terrier in a new role and - once again - raises the possibility of an outdoor college game at Fenway Park.

The 2009 Frozen Four is in the books, but ESPN’s David Fleming (a Miami alum) provides a marvelous postscript on what will go down as one of the greatest events in college sports history.

Two of the nation’s foremost news-gathering organizations have stories on Tuesday that look at the underdogs in Thursday’s games:

• The Associated Press profiles the Vermont program and its recovery from the hazing scandal that cost it half a season - and probably set the program back further than that - to reach the Frozen Four again (while leading the fight against hazing).
• The New York Times has a definitive look at everybody’s underdog, Bemidji State, and even takes us to Bemidji for a first-hand look at the excitement the Frozen Four trip has generated.

Tuesday’s Fargo Forum reports that Minnesota State University Moorhead is considering adding a hockey program, this according to the school’s president.

The Bemidji State/George Mason basketball comparisons have already run rampant, but it’s just beginning. The George Mason band, you see, will be in attendance at the Frozen Four and supporting the Beavers. From the sounds of it, they’ll fit right in with college hockey fans.

As his team prepares to travel to Washington, D.C., Kevin Sneddon gets a definitive profile in the Burlington Free Press.

One of the best things about the NCAA Tournament is the chance to get new perspectives on our game, such as:

• The Wall Street Journal (of all places) weighing in on what may be the biggest upset in sports history
• John Buccigross offering his thoughts on his Northeast Regional experience and much more
• The D.C. Sports Bog (you may want to bookmark this for the next couple weeks) checking in with Tom Poti on BU’s trip to D.C. and the one-person welcoming committee awaiting Bemidji State’s arrival

Bemidji State is the one and only school that has applied for membership in the WCHA - and while that may seem like at least they aren’t up against anyone else, it actually could hurt the Beavers’ chances.