The rivalry between Hobart and Elmira has heated up during the past two seasons as they battled each other for the playoffs. This season seems to be shaping up in a similar fashion, so anticipation was high entering tonight’s contest at the Geneva Recreation Center. Elmira carried play in the first period, but only managed … Read more
Playing one of Hockey East’s beasts for the second straight night, the power play and special teams once again proved to be the deciding factor in New Hampshire’s favor, as the No. 12 Wildcats defeated No. 4 Maine, 4-2, at the Whittemore center in front of a raucous crowd. UNH recorded two power-play goals as … Read more
Bill Thomas scored with 28 seconds left in overtime to complete Nebraska-Omaha’s sweep of No. 6 Michigan State on Saturday evening. The Mavericks found a burst of energy when both teams seemed to be winding down to settle for a tie. Scott Parse battled on the forecheck near the end boards and found a streaking … Read more
St. Cloud State got back in the win column with a 7-0 win at Michigan Tech on Saturday. The win improves SCSU’s record to 3-6-1, 2-5-1 WCHA while Michigan Tech falls to 2-9-1, 1-4-1 WCHA. “Last night we fell a little short (in a 3-2 OT loss at MTU), and tonight we wanted to send … Read more
For Minnesota State, Saturday’s 5-1 win over Wayne State wasn’t the most complete game of the season. But one fortunate call from an official and three second period goals later, the Mavericks were well on their way to a nonconference weekend sweep. Finishing a stretch of five games in eight days, one could hardly tell … Read more
In the wake of recent allegations, Mike Volonnino is shocked, shocked to learn that college students drink.
St. Lawrence’s No. 1 ranking derives largely from a wealth of experience on the defensive end, while No. 8 Dartmouth has a wealth of youth in the same area. Which side was which was clear in the Saints’ 3-0 win on Saturday. St. Lawrence (8-0, 1-0 ECACHL) held a 38-14 shot advantage through the first … Read more
The sound you just heard was that of a very good hockey team getting run over by a train. Fresh from a hard-fought, one-goal defeat of Ivy League archrival Harvard on Friday night, No. 3 Cornell came to Dartmouth’s Thompson Arena on Saturday night and couldn’t untie itself from the tracks. The Big Green, finally … Read more
Robert Morris mounted a third period comeback en route to a 5-5 tie with Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday night at the RMU Island Sports Center. The Colonials, who scored three times in 67 seconds and four times in the third period, were led by sophomore Jake Sparks, who had a goal and an … Read more
For Brown’s Sean Hurley, the first cut was indeed the deepest. The sophomore from Rutland, Vt., scored his first goal of the season in the second period to lift the Bears to a 3-1 win over No. 16 St. Lawrence on Saturday in front of 1,273 fans at the Bears’ Meehan Auditorium. “It’s huge,” Brown … Read more
Minnesota-Duluth and North Dakota got together for a day of sports Saturday. The opener was NCAA Division II football in Grand Forks, N.D., won by North Dakota. The second round was to decide the North Central Conference volleyball title at Romano Gym, won by UMD. The day’s tiebreaker was a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game … Read more
Paul Dufault turned in a three-point effort with a pair of goals and an assist, and the Harvard power play finished 4-for-6, as the Crimson posted a 6-4 win over No. 17 Colgate Saturday night at Bright Hockey Center. Harvard took a 6-1 lead at 7:14 of the third period, but the Raiders answered back … Read more
Last season, Brown visited Minnesota and was beaten by a first line featuring some of the country’s top scorers. With all of those players gone, things figured to be much closer this year. Instead, Erica McKenzie netted four goals, Bobbi Ross had a five-point game, and Gigi Marvin assisted three times to provide the Gophers … Read more
Senior captain Randie Jelinski had a goal and two assists, while sophomore goaltender Kendall Newell made 29 saves to lead St. Cloud State to a 5-1 victory over North Dakota Saturday afternoon at the National Hockey Center. “When your special teams are playing well, they give you an opportunity to win,” said St. Cloud State … Read more
The Western Michgian Broncos came out flying in the first period taking a three-goal lead only to lose to the Bulldogs of Ferris State, 5 – 3. “I was really pleased about (our start),” said Broncos Head Coach Jim Culhane. “We talked about it this morning and before the game, the importance of the first … Read more
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Okay, maybe it wasn’t quite that dramatic, but Saturday night it was a tale of two teams going in different directions at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit, MI. The CHA defending champion Bemidji State Beavers rolled to a 3-1 win over the … Read more
Last season, Harvard won its first four meetings ever against ECACHL newcomer Clarkson by a combined 17-1 margin. But last season is last season. Thanks in part to a three-goal outburst in the first period, the Golden Knights (8-2-1. 3-0 ECACHL) topped No. 5 Harvard by a 4-3 margin. The Crimson (3-1, 2-1) mounted a … Read more
Denver was battered. Minnesota State was improving. And all signs pointed to a bad outcome for the Pioneers, as MSU skated to a 4-0 victory over No. 7 DU Saturday. The Mavericks (2-6-2 overall, 2-4-2 WCHA) got a goal and an assist each from David Backes, Austin Sutter, and Jon Kalinski, and freshman goalie Dan … Read more
No. 2 Michigan gutted out a difficult 4-3 overtime win at Northern Michigan on Saturday. Brandon Naurato snuck a wrist shot past the goalie 2:21 into the overtime to clinch the sweep for the Wolverines. Billy Sauer gave up three goals, and made 28 saves, including several timely stops, in the victory. Despite being a … Read more
Faced with killing off a five-on-three power play, up 2-0, for the first 1:40 of the third period, Wisconsin wasn’t nervous about the Tigers’ chance to turn the game around. In fact, the Badgers were even excited about the opportunity to seize that energy by killing off that disadvantage. The attitude – different than perhaps … Read more