Air Force scored three second-period goals and then held off Wayne State for a 3-1 win in a CHA game Friday night at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit, Mich. Air Force improved to 10-19-1 overall and 7-12-0 in the CHA. Wayne State is now 6-21-6 overall and 3-11-5 in the league. Air Force … Read more
Plattsburgh took advantage of Geneseo’s inability to properly pick up attackers down low, allowing the Cardinals to take the first game in the SUNYAC championship series, 4-1. “Plattsburgh’s teams have always been good playing down low,” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. “We work on cycling all the time. We wanted to try to keep the … Read more
The Massachusetts hockey team (13-18-1, 10-14-1 Hockey East) has already locked up its postseason bid, and in terms of its own destiny, UMass can only finish in one of two positions in the final standings heading into next week’s conference quarterfinals. The Minutemen — who play Maine (23-10-1, 16-8-1 HEA) Friday and Saturday night in … Read more
No. 2 St. Lawrence began its quest for its first ECACHL postseason title with a 6-3 victory over Yale. Some may have already penciled the home side into the second round of the tournament. However, Yale had a lot to say about that in a back and forth game marred by sloppy play. Yale (11-14-5, … Read more
Jason Tejchma had gone 12 games without scoring a goal, but ended that drought with the game-winner at 14:56 of the third period to give Massachusetts-Lowell a 3-2 win over Vermont. Tejchma and linemate Jeremy Hall had collaborated on a late second-period power-play goal to give the River Hawks their first lead and did so … Read more
UNO’s Tomas Klempa had a goal and two assists to lead the Mavericks to a 4-2 victory over Bowling Green in the opening round of the CCHA Playoffs Friday night. Nebraska-Omaha (19-12-6, 13-10-6 CCHA) leads the best-of-three series, 1-0, and will face BGSU (13-22-2, 8-19-2) in game 2 on Saturday night. The Mavs went into … Read more
The No. 10 University of Denver Pioneers erased a third-period deficit for the third consecutive game to clinch the No. 2 seed in the WCHA Playoffs with a 3-3 tie against No. 5 Colorado College in their regular-season finale tonight in front of 6,124 fans at Magness Arena. DU (20-13-3, 17-8-3 WCHA), which began the … Read more
If there is one good thing about starting the Central Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs, it is that all prior records are wiped out and every team starts at 0-0-0 again. For the Ohio State men’s hockey team, having the slate of the 2005-2006 regular season wiped clean is the best news they have had in … Read more
Over their four regular season meetings, neither Minnesota nor Minnesota State ever held a lead of more than one goal. Three of the games went into overtime. Many expected more of the same in their best of three WCHA quarterfinal series. Instead, Minnesota (25-9-1) got its offense untracked in a 5-1 victory, scoring more goals … Read more
The chances were there for Union against Yale Friday night in Game 1 of the ECACHL tournament first-round series. The Dutchmen had 41 shots on goal. They had 11 power-play chances, and had 20 shots on those opportunities. The Dutchmen even had a five-minute power play. But the Bulldogs, thanks to goalie Alec Richards and … Read more
Who’s King Of The Hill? It’s that time of year when ballots start circulating so here’s a look at the major awards from this writer’s point of view. Player Of The Year Can there be any doubt that the landslide winner of this award is Chris Collins? The senior is tied for second in the … Read more
Junior Mike Sullivan scored both Clarkson University goals as the Golden Knights defeated Princeton University, 2-1, in Game 1 of the ECAC Hockey League first-round series at Cheel Arena Friday night. Clarkson (17-15-3) and the Tigers (10-17-3) will face off on Saturday night in Game 2 of the best-of-three game series. After a scoreless first … Read more
They say that one is the loneliest number. For Holy Cross on Friday night, it provided company. Thanks to a tight-checking, 1-0, road victory over Bentley, the Crusaders remained tied with Sacred Heart, an 8-3 winner over Connecticut on Friday, for the top spot in the Atlantic Hockey standings with one night left in the … Read more
Plattsburgh took advantage of Geneseo’s inability to properly pick up attackers down low, allowing the Cardinals to take the first game in the SUNYAC championship series, 4-1. “Plattsburgh’s teams have always been good playing down low,” Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. “We work on cycling all the time. We wanted to try to keep the … Read more
This road trip has had a little more to offer Alaska-Fairbanks than its typical 3,500 mile treks. In all the Nanooks will have dealt with two consecutive weekends of cutthroat hockey, nearly two weeks in a South Bend hotel, a majority of the team falling ill and even the supernatural. Hunkering down After splitting last … Read more
Rookie Angie Keseley scored the first three goals in a 4-1 game to register the Badgers’ fourth season hat trick and the first win in the WCHA best-of-three playoff series vs. North Dakota. Keseley put Wisconsin (30-4-1) up early in the game with a low shot to the right side just 2:07 into the game. … Read more
Niagara University’s Armando Scarlato couldn’t have picked a better time to pick up his first career goal, scoring 40 seconds into overtime to lift the Purple Eagles to a 3-2 win over Robert Morris University at the RMU Island Sports Center on Saturday night. The win pushes Niagara (18-14-1, 11-6-1 CHA) into a first-place tie … Read more
The game of hockey can be a game of momentum. Though 60 minutes long, a game can be decided in seconds. Much was the case in Duluth tonight as UMD quickly turned a 2-1 first intermission lead into a dominating 7-2 victory in the first game of its WCHA quarterfinal series against Bemidji State. With … Read more
Brent Walton’s school record-tying 11th career game-winner couldn’t have come at a better time for the Western Michigan Broncos. Walton redirected Ryan Mahrle’s shot from along the boards at 6:46 of overtime to lift Western Michigan to a 3-2 victory over Lake Superior State in the opening game of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association Tournament … Read more
Air Force scored three second-period goals and then held off Wayne State for a 3-1 win in a CHA game Friday night at the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit, Mich. Air Force improved to 10-19-1 overall and 7-12-0 in the CHA. Wayne State is now 6-21-6 overall and 3-11-5 in the league. Air Force … Read more