Photo: AP/Elise Amendola
Alright, let’s get the superlatives out of the way. The ice rink at Fenway park is what the hype has made it out to be. It’s a stunning setting, combining strong histories of hockey and baseball in one of America’s iconic sporting venues. As a member of the media covering this event, it was fun today just to walk the grounds and look out at the grandstands, knowing that they will be filled to capacity on Friday. Read more…
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WRBB is the exclusive Northeastern radio carrier of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway, and will have supplemental coverage leading up to Friday’s game on WRBBSports.com. Look out for photos and Press Pass clips from practices, pre-game, and post-game. Of course, you should join us for Friday’s broadcast beginning at 3:45 p.m. Here is this week’s schedule of events at Fenway Park related to Friday’s doubleheader:
Wednesday, January 6
3:45 p.m. — Boston University Practice
5:00 p.m. — Boston University Press Conference
5:15 p.m. — Boston College Practice
6:30 p.m. — Boston College Press Conference
Thursday, January 7
3:45 p.m. — Northeastern Practice
5:00 p.m. — Northeastern Press Conference
5:15 p.m. – UNH Practice
6:30 p.m. — UNH Press Conference
Friday, January 8
3:00 p.m. — Gates open
3:45 p.m. — WRBB game broadcast begins
4:00 p.m. — Women’s game: NU vs. UNH
7:30 p.m. — Men’s game: BU vs. BC
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Monday, January 4
6:45 p.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. - Basketball: Huskies at VCU Rams
from the Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond, Va.
with Jason Lavine
TV: 
Thursday, January 7
6:50 p.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. - Basketball: Huskies vs. George Mason Patriots
from Matthews Arena
with Jason Lavine, Patrick McHugh, and Kelsey Revens
TV:
Friday, January 8
3:30 p.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
4:00 p.m. - Women’s Hockey: Huskies vs. UNH Wildcats
Sun Life Frozen Fenway at Fenway Park
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and Ben Horner
TV: 
Saturday, Jaunary 9
11:50 a.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
12:00 p.m. - Basketball: Huskies at Georgia State Panthers
from GSU Arena in Atlanta, Ga.
with Jason Lavine and Will Klaynman
TV:
7:15 p.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
7:30 p.m. - Hockey: Huskies vs. UMass-Lowell Riverhawks
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and Annie Hogan
TV:
Sunday, January 10
7:50 p.m. - Huskies Pre-Game
8:00 p.m. - Hockey: Hukies vs. UMass Minutemen
from Matthews Arena
with Keith Lavon, Peter Martin, and Annie Hogan
TV: 
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Northeastern women’s hockey shut out Yale 3-0 in its second-to-last game before resuming Hockey East Play. Leah Sulyma recorded her first shutout of the season, the team’s fifth. The Huskies improve to 11-4-2 on the season.
Huskies basketball won its fourth consecutive game, dismantling James Madison in front of a sparse winter break crowd. The Huskies next visit VCU on Monday, with live coverage on WRBB beginning at 7 p.m.
NU men’s hockey will face Lowell tomorrow in the deciding game of the Ledyard National Bank 
Classic after crushing Dartmouth 7-0. 14 players reached the scoresheet and Chris Rawlings returned to net by recording his second career shutout.
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Alright, after our short vacation due to the Holiday Road Trip, your favorite plagiarized thoroughly researched irregularly-recurring feature is back! Time to go spanning the world for news and stuff related (most of the time) to Northeastern sports. Here we go!
>>> First, Jeff Z. Klein looks at the nearly-century-old cathedral to hockey known as the Matthews Arena. [New York Times]
>>> With the NHL Winter Classic over, the focus shifts to the college game, and David Shoalts talks to NU women’s hockey players Lori Antflick and Danielle Kerr about next Friday’s game. [Toronto Globe and Mail]
>>> Ryan Dixon profiles Annie Hogan in anticipation of the Frozen Fenway. [The Hockey News]
>>> The folks at USCHO preview this weekend’s Dartmouth tournament. [USCHO]
>>> Returning to basketball, Tim Williams recaps the Huskies’ trip out west. [Examiner.com]
>>> Mike Litos is savoring the early-season success of the CAA and William & Mary (they’re “Pugtastic!”), as he gives his weekend previews. [CAA Hoops]
>>> Brian Mull, who writes a great blog about UNCW hoops, has a primer for the conference season. [Wilmington Star News]
Happy new year!
-Alex Faust
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With the Holiday Road Trip starting on Sunday, let’s get some news links out of the way:
>>> We start with Jeff Howe who recaps the major storylines from the first half of the Hockey East season. [INCH]
>>> The Globe’s sports blog says that the Hunte brothers will be transferring to separate CAA schools, UMass and Delaware. [Boston Globe]
>>> Darren J. Costa has a rundown of who’s transferring where from Northeastern’s football team. [Life Being Husky]
>>> Sam Perkins profiles basketball assistant coach Antonio Reynolds-Dean. [Far From The Show]
>>> Marvin Pave writes the obituary in the Globe for NU women’s hockey star Kathryn Waldo. [Boston Globe]
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>>> First, we quickly revisit last Thursday’s basketball game. [Providence Journal]
>>> Next, we very quickly move on from Saturday’s embarrassing hockey game. [USCHO]
>>> Michael Vega profiles Baptiste Bataille [Boston Globe]
>>> The Toronto Sun profiles Lori Antflick in advance of the Frozen Fenway. [Toronto Sun]
>>> Mike Litos runs down the weekend in CAA basketball. [CAA Hoops]
>>> Mr. Litos also posts a very interesting sharply-written letter from commissioner Tom Yeager to the management of the Richmond Coliseum. [CAA Hoops]
>>> The folks in Columbia, despite having a football program with as bleak a reputation a team can have, are confident that football is there to stay. Despite Northeastern and Hofstra pulling the plug. [The Columbia Spectator]
>>> At the University of Michigan, Andy Reid reminds folks complaining about Brian Kelley’s departure from Cincinatti that it could be a lot worse - at least the Bearcats still have a program. [The Michigan Daily]
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As last week’s football news continues to sink in, we transition from the media blitz back to the sports in season. Make no mistake, the end of Northeastern’s program will continue to be dissected (including on the Dog Pound Sports Sound next Friday), but for now, we begin to transition back to news of the teams currently in season.
>>> Bob Ryan reminds us in a very well-written column that the one man who was saddened the most by Sunday’s news is long time sports information director and athletics supporter, Jack Grinold [Boston Globe]
>>> David Pevear talks to impacted football players. [Lowell Sun]
>>> John Carchedi talks to Peter Roby in a report for NESN’s SportsDesk program. [NESN.com]
>>> Finally, NU alumnus Keith Gary writes that despite the disappointment, it was the right decision to make. [Lehigh Valley Express-Times]
We move on to other items making news:
>>> Recaps of Wednesday’s NU/BU basketball game: Globe | Herald | AP | Daily Free Press
>>> Ted Ryan says that Vermont needs to respond better to adversity in tonight’s game against Northeastern. [Burlington Free Press]
>>> NESN’s Ice Chips feature looks at the renovations to Matthews Arena as the old barn approaches its 100th birthday in April. [NESN.com]
>>> Women’s hockey has vaulted to No. 7 in the USCHO.com and USA Today polls - they won their game over Vemont on Wednesday to back up that rank. [NU Athletics]
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Hockey East announced today that both games of the Sun Life Frozen Fenway event in January will be televised on NESN. Northeastern will face UNH in the first half of a doubleheader from the outdoor rink on January 8th. With added television coverage, the game time has been moved up to 4:00 p.m. with a post-game show at the conclusion of the BU-BC game. You can read the full press release at the Hockey East website.
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