On an unusually warm Friday afternoon, Clarkson defeated Concordia 4-1 in a friendly exhibition match up. As the Golden Knights are preparing for their first season in the ECAC, this contest served as an excellent barometer to measure their progress thus far. Freshman Brooke Beazer, the highly touted MVP of the North American Hockey Academy … Read more
The days of UMass being one of the perennial favorites to finish in the Hockey East cellar are now a tiny speck in the rear view mirror. The program, resurrected in 1993 after a 14 year absence, has progressed well past its infancy. It now approaches its teenage years a long way from maturity but … Read more
Last season, Northeastern didn’t earn a victory until December, starting the year with an 11-game winless streak. This year the Huskies won their opener in style, stunning the preseason’s top-ranked team, Michigan, 4-2, in the first game of the Lefty McFadden Invitational. Keni Gibson made 31 saves between the pipes for the Huskies, while Jason … Read more
It wasn’t pretty, but Colgate will take it. As Colgate clung to a one-goal lead early in the third period, Marc Fulton’s power-play tally at the 8:34 mark was enough to get Colgate the win. With Ferris State reeling in its own zone, Fulton took a pass from the point to the side of the … Read more
Two quick goals were all it would take for St. Cloud State to defeat Ohio State Friday night. The Huskies managed to fend off a flurry of third-period shots to claim a 2-1 victory in the season opener for both teams. The Huskies (1-0-0, 1-0-0 WCHA) took a two-goal lead midway through the second period … Read more
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish spirit was echoing through the Joyce Center on Friday night. This was more than an hour before the second game of the college men’s hockey series between Minnesota Duluth and Notre Dame. About 12,000 packed the school’s basketball arena for a football pep rally leading to today’s home game with … Read more
A crowd of 2,823 fans turned out to watch the Fighting Sioux host their first ever game in the women’s WCHA. The home team’s effort did not disappoint, but Minnesota, showing too much experience and too much talent, pulled away to an 8-0 victory. Five Gophers scored goals, with newcomer Erica McKenzie and veterans Kelly … Read more
After losing their top three scorers to graduation last season, one question that the Miami RedHawks had coming into the season was whether the team would be able to replace that offensive firepower. So far, so good. Miami fans have fond memories of Derek Edwardson, Mike Kompon, and Greg Hogeboom, but the ‘Hawks still have … Read more
A prediction by this writer of fifth place and an even loftier prediction of third place by the league’s coaches? Didn’t Boston University almost miss last year’s playoffs entirely, spared the ignominy only by an overtime goal at the Whittemore Center in the regular season’s final game? Didn’t the Terriers then lose goaltender Sean Fields, … Read more
Stop the presses! Boston College is picked to finish first! Then again, don’t bother stopping the presses. BC being predicted to finished first is so … yesterday. After all, this is now the fifth time in the past seven years that the Eagles have been so honored. Last season and in the national championship year … Read more
Playing its season opener, North Dakota overcame a lively, ThunderStix-wielding crowd in one of college hockey’s most feared arenas, taking a stunning 4-3 overtime decision from Maine on a Drew Stafford penalty shot. Despite a Black Bear power play to open OT — the result of a UND penalty near the end of regulation — … Read more
Plans for Quinnipiac’s new athletic complex, which will house a new on-campus hockey facility, are well under way after Thursday’s announcement that Hudson United Bank has agreed to a $5 million sponsorship of the project. The building will be known as the Hudson United Bank Center. “Over the last 30 years, Hudson United Bank has … Read more
For Merrimack coach Chris Serino there are three certainties: death, taxes and a ninth-place position in the coaches’ preseason poll. For the last three years, and for five of the last six, the Warriors have had that dubious distinction. (In 2001-2002, the Warriors were picked to finish eighth.) “Am I disappointed at being picked ninth?” … Read more
It’s been quite a while since Maine last won a Hockey East regular season title — 1994-95 to be exact — but the Black Bears have done some serious knocking on the championship door nonetheless. In two of the last three years, they’ve advance to the title game only to fall agonizingly short. The reason … Read more
Freshman goaltender Joe Fallon made 15 saves for a shutout in his first collegiate start, and senior assistant captain Scott Mifsud tallied two goals and three assists as Vermont skated past Sacred Heart, 6-0, Friday. “He made some great saves — the thing I really liked about him tonight is he just looked composed. He … Read more