Keeping Score: Chaney kept things interesting
Published: 2/5/2021 7:56:36 PM
Modified: 2/5/2021 7:56:31 PM
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John Chaney’s death last week rekindled memories of the night he threatened to put UMass coach John Calipari six feet under.
It happened 27 years ago next Saturday, after UMass beat Temple 56-55 on a short jumper by Mike Williams with three seconds left. It was Calipari’s fourth win in five games against Temple, after Chaney’s teams had beaten Calipari’s Minutemen nine straight.
It wasn’t some run-of-the-mill A-10 game in the middle of winter. No indeed, it was played before a packed house in the spanking new Mullins Center and it moved the Minutemen (19-4) up to 10th in the AP poll and dropped the Owls (17-4) to 13th.
Minnesota State Returns Home to Face Bowling Green
The #4/6 Minnesota State Mavericks (9-2-1 overall, 6-0-0 WCHA) return home to play the #8/8 Bowling Green Falcons (16-4-0 overall, 5-1-0 WCHA) this weekend. Puck drop is scheduled for Friday at 8:07 EST and Saturday at 7:07 EST. This upcoming series against Bowling Green is important, as Minnesota State and Bowling Green are fighting for first and second among the WCHA standings.
Minnesota State and Bowling Green sit atop the WCHA standings. The race for first is tight, and at this point in the season, every win matters. With so much on the line, it is expected that there will be a playoff atmosphere accompanying these games.
Amid starts and stops, Minnesota State Mankato keeps plugging along COVID-19 issues throughout the WCHA have forced the Mavericks men s team to adjust on the fly. Still, coach Mike Hastings has his team hitting its stride in time for this weekend s top-10 matchup against Bowling Green.
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Hopefully, the men s hockey schedule-makers in the WCHA and at Minnesota State Mankato invested heavily in pencils and erasers this season because writing any dates and matchups down in ink has been met almost immediately by a reschedule that command from COVID-19.
Of the Mavericks 11 series from Nov. 20 through January on the revised WCHA schedule that was announced in late October, only one – the Jan. 15-16 trip to Lake Superior State – was played on the exact dates listed. Coach Mike Hastings and his Mavericks have endured postponements, cancellations and adjustments, all the w
3 Mavericks included on Hobey Baker shortlist
Three Mavericks make the cut for Hobey Baker ballot By KEYC Staff | February 2, 2021 at 7:54 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 7:54 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) â The No. 6 Minnesota State Mavericks menâs hockey team is 9-2-1 overall on the season, and a trio of players has made the shortlist for the Hobey Baker ballot.
Junior goaltender Dryden McKay and sophomore forwards Cade Borchardt and Nathan Smith are three of 50 players across the nation showing up on this yearâs ballot.
Fans can vote for the Hobey Baker finalists through March 7 by visiting www.HobeyBaker.com/vote.