Vesey, 2.0
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY Harvard’s first line left wing is a learner. Just ask his old man. “He went to Harvard for a reason,” said Jimmy Vesey about his son that carries the same name. “He...
View ArticleMotor City Showdown
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY It’s Yule week in downtown Detroit, that nebulous week between Christmas and New Year’s, when it’s still OK to hear Bing Crosby outdoors crooning romantically about...
View ArticleNCAA at the Half Pole
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY Before getting swept away by rapidly developing hockey events of 2015, a quick review of the 2014 portion of the season. Leading off is the return of Harvard to the...
View ArticleOne Night in New Haven
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY The last day of January, 2015. Jet-lagged from the left coast, I considered an evening of lounging on the couch until I checked the sports calendar, and there it...
View ArticleKyle Hayton Debriefed – HTW Interview
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY According to veteran coach Rand Pecknold of Quinnipiac, there is a freshman in college hockey with numbers so gaudy, he should be considered a serious candidate for...
View ArticleHockey Madness Grips Nutmeg State
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY Hockey Madness Grips Nutmeg State To the suits that have trademarked the term “March Madness” and usurped it to the fellows who take clothes off instead of putting...
View ArticleMcNally Breathes New Life Into Crimson
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY McNally Breathes New Life Into Crimson Harvard’s hockey team was suffocating, their mercurial season that had shown so much promise was being snuffed out by Yale....
View ArticleIngmar Bergman Visits South Bend
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY Ingmar Bergman visits the NCAA’s, a World Turned Upside Down. Entirely through happenstance, I found myself in Harvard hockey’s post-season path for the fourth...
View ArticleEichel’s Exit from College Hockey
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY Saturday night at exactly 9:41 EDT, the Boston University Terriers were engaged in a hockey phenomenon that had never occurred before in the historic hub of hockey:...
View ArticleThe Great Debate: Eichel vs Kariya
Tim Rappleye – @teeraps NCAA HOCKEY The Great Debate: Eichel vs Kariya For college hockey lovers over the age of 35, it is the ultimate tavern debate: who had the greatest freshman season of all time,...
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