The Old Dog gives an end-of-season report card for the coaching staff.
With the regular season now in the record books, it’s time once again (we can say that this year) for the annual Old Dog Awards. While this hasn’t been the most exciting or rewarding season for Husky Nation, there are still a number of individual accomplishments that are worth noting. And so, here are my...
One more series, one more week is all that remains for the Huskies in the 2018-2019 regular season. The Huskies have already matched their points total (43) from Joe Shawhan’s first year and have one last chance to improve on last year’s total. And who better to do battle with than Northern Michigan and the...
The Old Dog pontificates on the 1957 Lions and how they relate to Winter Carnival hockey.
With the Huskies idle for the only weekend in the second half of the season, it’s a good time to look at the other Division I conferences and see what’s going on. There are a lot of interesting stories developing, so let’s dig through the standings and figure out who’s hot and who’s not. And...
There were plenty of thought-provoking things that happened last week in college sports in general and for Husky Nation in particular. Here’s a look at several of these fascinating stories. Item: The meek largely (for at least one night) inherited the WCHA on Saturday. There were plenty of unexpected results in the WCHA this week as...
It was a bad weekend in Bemidji. In fact, it’s not out of the question to call it a very bad weekend in the frozen expanse of northern Minnesota. Three weeks ago, the Old Dog said the Huskies faced an extremely bumpy road, and, I’m sorry to say, it’s been as unkind as I thought...
Without question, Huskies fans came away from this past weekend in Mankato with a deep sense of disappointment as Tech dropped a pair to Minnesota State in a big series. It was the kind of experience that cried out for an in-depth analysis by the Old Dog. But I found that Coach Joe Shawhan did...
In my last column for 2018, The Old Dog will split the space that THG grants me into two short subjects. In the first half, we’ll look back at last weekend’s series with Alabama-Huntsville. Then we’ll look at my list of gifts Santa can bring to the Huskies.
Old Dog: Top Ten Moments for 2018-19