The Wichita Thunder saw their six-game winning streak snapped Sunday night, but their postseason path is encouraging two-thirds of the way through the season as they find ways to win in every fashion.

The 2021 NHL Trade Deadline has officially passed and trades have finished trickling in.

Minnesota native Bill Robertson took over the helm of the revamped WCHA in 2014. In two months he will be charting new waters as college hockey’s league of distinction for seven decades will cease to exist. FloHockey’s Tim Rappleye got a chance to debrief the man known as Billy Rob following the Frozen Four, a gratifying finale to a most challenging season. 

NCAA hockey media protocol is an emotional meat grinder. Three of the four teams in Pittsburgh will face, and ultimately surrender, to their season’s mortality, a step or two from snatching that coveted brass ring. 

Typically, going from facing NHL players to the ECHL isn’t cause for celebration.

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