Iona used four third-period goals to salvage a split in its home-and-home series with Holy Cross as the Gaels outgunned the Crusaders 7-4 on Saturday night. Iona coach Frank Bretti shook up his line combinations in an attempt to prevent a repeat of Friday night’s lackluster 5-2 loss in Holy Cross. His changes paid off … Read more
Cortland took advantage of two second period Ice Knight penalties on the way to a 5-2 win at Geneseo, in the first meeting of the SUNYAC’s two rookie head coaches. Trailing 2-1 after one, Cortland tied the game on Jeff Olsen’s power-play goal at 11:49 of the second. Geneseo goalie Scott Blackman made an initial … Read more
Dartmouth may have come out on the winning end of Saturday night’s 3-2 game at Harvard, but both head coaches agreed the losing Crimson outplayed the victorious Big Green. Of Dartmouth’s three goals, two of them came on deflections in crowds in front of the net. As in yesterday’s game against Brown, Dartmouth found itself … Read more
The Buffalo State Bengals, perennial doormats in the SUNYAC since joining the league, find themselves with a 3-1 conference record (5-3 overall) and in a tie for second place after defeating the Potsdam State Bears, 4-3, at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. Buffalo State took advantage of solid goaltending, opportunistic scoring, and Potsdam’s defensive meltdowns … Read more
Minnesota made its case to return to the nation’s number-one ranking, overcoming a stellar performance by Mankato netminder Jon Volp to gain a 4-2 victory Saturday night. Blueliner Keith Ballard netted the winner for the Gophers, who scored four straight goals after being down 2-0 early.
In the course of a long collegiate hockey season, there are good ties and bad ties. Notre Dame’s 3-3 tie with the Ferris State Bulldogs on Saturday night will probably go into the bad tie column. The Irish led in the game 3-1 before allowing Ferris State to battle back and tie the game at … Read more
Bemidji State broke a streak of eight consecutive losses t Minnesota, skating to a 2-2 draw with the current WCHA leader and earning its first-ever point in the series between the programs. Bemidji State was outshot 14-2 in the first period but was able to come out of the period with the game in a … Read more
Wisconsin’s northwestern border stops just short of Duluth, Minn., but over the last five years, the Wisconsin Badger hockey team has figuratively owned this Lake Superior port city. That dominance continued Saturday night, when the Badgers won their tenth straight road game against Minnesota-Duluth, 4-1. The win puts Wisconsin (5-3 overall, 3-1 WCHA) into a … Read more
Dean Weasler fought off injuries while watching Scott Meyer turn in a record-breaking career. But he’s paid his dues, and made the time well spent, and is off to a perfect 5-0 start for St. Cloud State.
For the second consecutive night, Connecticut scored a pair of third-period goals to hold off Quinnipiac. On Saturday, the Huskies netted two tallies in the final stanza to create some breathing room for themselves in a 4-1 win over the Braves at the Northford Ice Pavilion. Quinnipiac opened the scoring at the 18:52 mark of … Read more
Junior center Blair Clarance scored two goals and set up a third as St. Lawrence broke a three-game losing skid with a 5-1 win over Princeton in an ECAC game Saturday night. The Saints, who had lost three in a row by a single goal, two of them in overtime, improve to 2-5 overall and … Read more
Some things are just inevitable. One had to know that St. Cloud State wouldn’t go undefeated this year and that Colorado College, the coaches’ pick to win the league title, would at some point get its first WCHA win. Both came true on Saturday night at the National Hockey Center as Colorado College finally got … Read more
Scoring four goals in one game constitutes an offensive highlight for many college hockey teams. Cornell’s four-goal performance on Saturday night, however, registers as its smallest tally of goals yet this season. Nevertheless, a win is a win, and Big Red head coach Mike Schafer doesn’t quibble about margin of victory when his team takes … Read more
Sophomore Tristan Lush and freshman Chris Blight each had a goal as Clarkson edged out Yale, 2-1, in a gritty defensive effort by both teams Saturday evening at Cheel Arena. “I think it really was an excellent hockey game,” said Yale head coach Tim Taylor afterwards. “It was very hard for anyone to get odd-man … Read more
Western Michigan freshman forward Pat Dwyer scored the game-winning goal early in the third period and freshman goaltender Mike Mantua earned his first career shutout with 18 saves to help the Broncos split the weekend with No. 6 Nebraska-Omaha, 2-0. UNO continued its cold streak with the man-advantage, finishing 0-for-10 on the power play for … Read more
When Cam McCormick is in the nets, the UNH fish-tossers are in for a smelly evening. Since the early 80’s, the Theta Chi fraternity has thrown a fish onto the ice at New Hampshire home games upon the Wildcats scoring their first goal. Only four times in the history of the Whittemore Center have the … Read more
Providence College’s Jon DiSalvatore had a major objective entering this season — to become more of an impact player. He also had a desire coming into Saturday night’s game at Northeastern to quiet the Matthews Arena faithful — better known as the “Dog House.” Mission completed. On a career night, DiSalvatore scored four goals, including … Read more
Despite generating multiple chances after pulling goalie Brandon Snee, the Union Dutchmen failed to score, enabling the Colgate Raiders to hang onto a 2-1 conference victory on Saturday. Randy Dagenais had the puck on his backhand and an open net with a chance to tie the game with only three seconds remaining. His shot sailed … Read more
Bemidji State outshot the Findlay Oilers 42-18, but Findlay won the battle where it counted — on the scoreboard — in a 3-1 College Hockey America victory Saturday at the Clauss Ice Arena. One night removed from dominating Findlay in a 9-4 win, BSU fell behind 3-0 and scored its only goal of the game … Read more
Mercyhurst remained unbeaten in the MAAC with a 5-2 win over Army Saturday night for a sweep of their two-game weekend set. The Lakers scored twice in the first period’s last minute to take a lead they would never relinquish. Freshman forward Rich Hansen scored his third goal of the year from sophomore linemates Adam … Read more