Unlike Friday’s matchup that featured playoff-like fluid hockey, Saturday night’s game between Connecticut and Iona featured chippy play at every turn. It was the perfect stage for Anders Johnson to play hero as his goal at 11:41 of the third period powered the Huskies past the Gaels 3-2 as UConn completed the weekend sweep. Johnson … Read more
Mercyhurst got a pair of goals from freshman forward Sara McDonald and one each from junior Tracy Logan and freshman Lindsay Dellow to turn back Findlay 4-0 Saturday night at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The win improved Mercyhurst’s record to 22-7-1 and dropped Findlay to 7-19-2. McDonald scored her 14th at 11:45 of the first, … Read more
Mercyhurst trailed 1-0 early before scoring five straight goals to defeat American International 5-1 Saturday evening in a MAAC. Mike Carter and Adam Rivers each netted two goals. The Lakers remain unbeaten in conference play at 17-0-3 and 18-7-3 overall, while AIC drops its ninth straight and falls to 6-16-0 overall and 5-15-0 in the … Read more
Joe Johnson and Brad Keogh had a goal and assist each, leading Augsburg to its seventh straight win, 5-4 over Bethel in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game Saturday night at the Augsburg Ice Arena. Augsburg took a 3-0 first-period led and held a 5-2 advantage after two periods, then held on as Bethel scored … Read more
Colorado College linemates Mark Cullen and Scott Polaski each scored a goal and added three assists to lead CC to a resounding 6-0 win over Wisconsin, Saturday night at the Colorado Springs World Arena. With the win, the Tigers’ record improved to 19-8-3 (12-7-3 WCHA), while the Badgers fell to 12-14-4 (10-9-3 WCHA). “This was … Read more
Bemidji State rallied from a 2-0 deficit, scoring single goals in the second and third periods to pick up a 2-2 tie with the Air Force Falcons Saturday at John Glas Fieldhouse. Nonetheless, the tie dropped BSU out of first place in the College Hockey America standings, one point behind Wayne State. The teams played … Read more
Four straight goals were plenty for Michigan to earn a weekend sweep of Nebraska-Omaha at home, putting the Wolverines’ Yost woes behind them and giving them a share of the CCHA lead.
Alaska-Fairbanks topped Ohio State, 6-1, Saturday night at the Carlson Center, giving the Nanooks a two-game sweep of the Buckeyes. With the loss, the Buckeyes, who are winless in their last seven games (0-5-2), fall to 14-12-4 and 9-9-4 in the CCHA. UAF improves to 19-10-2, 14-10-2 in league play. The Buckeyes ended the first … Read more
The crispness with which Union played during the first four months of the season has disappeared. And so has the offense. Saturday night, Ray DiLauro scored the game’s only goal, and Kevin Ackley made 30 saves to give St. Lawrence a 1-0 ECAC victory over the struggling Dutchmen at Achilles Rink. Everything that could go … Read more
The Minnesota State-Mankato Mavericks turned in a dominant third period and forced overtime on Ryann Geldner’s seventh goal of the season as the Bemidji State Beavers skated to their eighth tie of the season, 2-2. The Mavericks scored first, as Kearstin Solberg scored even-strength at 17:02 of the first period. Mankato took the 1-0 lead … Read more
It’s a good thing for Brown that sophomore center Shane Mudryk came out to play tonight. He factored in all three of the Bears’ goals in a narrow 3-2 home victory over Vermont. “We set out this weekend for four points and that’s what we got,” said Mudryk, referring to the win and last night’s … Read more
Behind a sparkling five-point performance from Ryan Cordeiro and his linemates, the Merrimack Warriors beat the visiting Black Bears of Maine for the first time since November 14, 1997. It was also Merrimack’s first win in seven tries. The 5-2 win moves Merrimack a point higher in its quest to capture the final spot in … Read more
After Friday night’s 5-2 loss to Wayne State, Niagara senior captain Scott Crawford said that he was “sick and tired of having to go through this every time we play them.” “This” continued Saturday as the Purple Eagles fell 3-1 to the visitors from Detroit in front of 1,006 at Dwyer Arena. Coinciding with Bemidji … Read more
UMass-Lowell mounted a furious comeback in the third period to tie UMass-Amherst 3-3 Saturday night at the Tsongas Arena. For the second straight night, Lowell scored a late goal to salvage a tie. Friday night, it was Ed McGrane’s goal that tied the game at Providence. Tonight, it was Andres Strome’s turn for the heroics. … Read more
Providence defeated Quinnipiac, 7-0, on Saturday at Schneider Arena in an ECAC Eastern League contest. The Friars scored the only goal they would need in the first period as junior Jenn Butsch tallied an unassisted shorthanded goal at 2:41 of the first period. Sophomore Darlene Stephenson scored at 10:14 of the opening period to give … Read more
Quinnipiac scored two goals in the opening 9:10 of the game, but Holy Cross scored once in each of the final two frames to force a 2-2 tie with QU on Saturday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion. The contest marked the third straight game that Quinnipiac went to an extra period, a school record, … Read more
With under five minutes remaining in the third period, the Princeton Tigers were holding on to a 3-2 lead against the Colgate Raiders. For the second time in as many games, however, Colgate was able to come from behind in the final frame to stave off defeat. Raider forward Dmitry Yashin took the puck behind … Read more
Cornell moved tantalizingly close to the ECAC’s regular-season title Saturday, taking a 3-2 decision on a final rush by Doug Murray and Sam Paolini to beat Yale 3-2. The Big Red now hold a seven-point lead on second-place Harvard.
Second-ranked St. Cloud State stayed in the WCHA title chase with a hard-fought 3-2 triumph over Michigan Tech before a Winter Carnival crowd of 3,455 at MacInnes Arena on Saturday evening. With the victory, St. Cloud claimed the MacInnes Cup, given annually to the winner to the two-game, total-goals Winter Carnival series. SCSU is 24-5-2 … Read more
Hobart dominated play against Neumann for the first two periods of the ECAC West contest, scoring seven goals. The Statesmen then coasted in the third period on the way to a 7-1 victory. The first period was spent almost entirely in the Neumann end of the rink. There was some play at center ice, and … Read more