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In Blais, Echoes of Brooks

In his first season at Nebraska-Omaha, Dean Blais has the Mavericks at 16-12-6 and challenging for a CCHA playoffs first-round bye.
Melissa Wade
In his first season at Nebraska-Omaha, Dean Blais has the Mavericks at 16-12-6 and challenging for a CCHA playoffs first-round bye.

From what USCHO national columnist Dave Starman has seen this season, Nebraska-Omaha coach Dean Blais is working some of the same magic with the Mavericks that he did with the United States World Junior team. What does that intense coaching style remind him of? A guy named Herb.



Back in It

Boston University's Joe Pereira was plus-5 in a pair of victories over Maine last weekend.
Melissa Wade
Boston University's Joe Pereira was plus-5 in a pair of victories over Maine last weekend.

Boston University isn't quite there yet when it comes to the PairWise Rankings, but the Terriers' second-half surge has put them back in the USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll. The defending national champions, 9-3 since the break, show up this week at No. 20 after spending the last three months out of the rankings.



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USCHO.com Polls: Current No. 1s — 2/8

Men's D-I: Miami • Women's D-I: Mercyhurst
Men's D-III: Oswego • Women's D-III: Plattsburgh

Question of the Week

In a new USCHO column, Dave Starman argues that college hockey would be better off staging nationally interesting indoor matches (e.g., Ohio State-Michigan in Pittsburgh's new arena) rather than more local outdoor matchups between archivals. Do you agree?
Yes, college hockey would gain more exposure by playing in NHL rinks in non-traditional college hockey markets, such as Chicago, Philadelphia, and even Montreal or Toronto.
Yes, but I see no reason why you couldn't experiment with national matchups in new indoor venues while still staging more regional outdoor matchups, as those have gone over well.
No, not really. BU-Cornell in Madison Square Garden has worked, but generally I much prefer a focus on more outdoor games.
No, not at all: Playing a US college hockey game in Canada is just a bad idea, and why force a team's fans to travel to places like Pittsburgh or Philadelphia?
I don't know / No opinion
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