Making up for last night’s crushing defeat, the Northeastern Huskies bounced back to defeat the Maine Black Bears, 5-2, in a in front of 4,323 at Matthews Arena, splitting the weekend series 1-1. With their leading scorer Wade McLeod out on injury, 11 Huskies played a part in the victory over the Black Bears, bringing … Read more
When a team is only able to score three goals on a weekend two-game series, typically they would be happy with one victory. However, Air Force, who knocked off Holy Cross 1-0 on Friday night, skated to a 2-2 with the Crusaders tonight and took three out of a possible four points on the road. … Read more
It took the WCHA’s best power play six tries to score its first goal Friday night, but it didn’t take near that long for Colorado College to get its man-advantage clicking Saturday against Minnesota State. The No. 10 Tigers — who have converted on 31.7 percent of their power-play chances this season — added two … Read more
Former Mass.-Lowell River Hawks forward Ryan Golden was killed in the early hours Saturday morning when his car rolled over on the highway in his hometown of Reading, Mass. Golden, who played at Lowell from 1993 through 1997, was a member of the last two River Hawks teams to appear in the NCAA tournament in … Read more
St. Cloud State snapped No. 2 North Dakota’s 17-game home unbeaten streak behind an excellent 46-save effort by junior goalie Dan Dunn. “He was outstanding tonight, there’s no question,” SCSU coach Bob Motzko said of Dunn’s performance. In their 3-2 victory before 11,782 fans at Ralph Engelstad Arena, the Huskies turned the tables on the … Read more
Minnesota Duluth’s margin of winning or losing has been extremely narrow through the first third of the season. Entering Saturday’s home game with Michigan Tech, eight of UMD’s 11 games had been decided by two goals or less. The cumulative goal differential favored the Bulldogs only slightly, 34-32 (in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play, opponents … Read more
Scott Zurevinski’s two goals helped give the No. 20 Quinnipiac University Bobcats a 4-2 victory over the Dartmouth Big Green in ECAC Hockey action Saturday evening. The Bobcats (8-1-0, 4-0-0 ECAC Hockey) opened up the scoring with an early breakaway goal by Jean Marc Beaudoin just fifty-three seconds into the contest. Standing behind the Bobcats … Read more
Coming into tonight’s game at St. Thomas, Augsburg had been shut out for their past three games. None were blowouts, and the Auggies had chances, but just couldn’t seem to put the puck in the net. The streak started with a 3-0 loss against UW-Eau Claire, followed up by a well played game that saw … Read more
No. 15 Vermont hasn’t won a game at Boston College’s Kelley rink since 1994, and Saturday was no different, as the Eagles slaughtered the Catamounts 7-1 in a Hockey East showdown. BC, now 4-2-1, 3-2-1 HEA, produced four Eagles with multiple points. Sophomore Jimmy Hayes tallied four assists, and classmates Tommy Cross (one goal, two … Read more
So close. No. 19 Princeton is now unbeaten in its last three games after skating to a 3-3 tie with Harvard this afternoon at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink, although the Tigers were within a minute of their third straight win. The first deadlock between the two Ivy League rivals since March 2001 came after the … Read more
A perfect game is one thing, but a perfect game against an archrival is nearly indescribable. After he stopped all 31 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season, a 2-0 win over Michigan, Spartans’ goaltender Drew Palmisano said that the weekend “was definitely up there” among the best of his career. “For … Read more
After suffering a 6-3 loss up at Merrimack on Friday night, No. 17 Boston University got even in two senses of the word in the second game of the home-and-home series. After failing to score an even-strength goal over a span of 215:31, dating back to the October 31 game versus Lowell, the Terriers raced … Read more
Two home games, two shutout wins, two burgeoning freshmen. After suffering a 2-1 defeat to Army (2-7-2, 1-4-1 AHA) in West Point on Friday night, American International College (2-6-1, 2-4-1 AHA) returned to the friendly confines of the Olympia Ice Center on Saturday, where they secured a 2-0 victory against the Black Knights. Goaltender Ben … Read more
The answers were simple, yet effective. They were quick, yet they were painful. It happened late in the first period and early in the third period, but the effects of senior tri-captain Ben Street and freshman Craig Smith’s response goals had a deafening effect for the Wisconsin Badgers Saturday night. During the two occasions when … Read more
Like two evenly matched pugilists, the University of Connecticut and Canisius College men’s hockey teams jockeyed and jabbed for just over 40 minutes on Saturday at the Buffalo State Ice Arena in Buffalo, NY. Then, with two points on the line, the haymakers started flying. The combatants combined for six goals — three to tie … Read more
A night after playing well, yet coming up on the short end of a 4-3 overtime decision, New Hampshire regrouped and put forth another solid effort to post a 4-2 victory over Massachusetts on Saturday evening. Wildcats’ senior Bobby Butler had two goals, including what proved to be the game-winner at 13:47 of the second … Read more
Boston University ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-4 victory over Merrimack on Saturday, and USCHO photographer Melissa Wade compiled a photo gallery:
The Robert Morris Colonials used a combination of two Nathan Longpre goals, some timely shot blocking and persistence, and two great individual efforts by forwards Trevor Lewis and Stefan Salituro to extend the Niagara winless streak to ten games. “That was a good college hockey game tonight, with both teams going back and forth with … Read more
As Lake Superior State learned on Saturday night, there’s no more satisfying way to end a long losing streak than to do it against a team that gave you a headache only hours before. The Lakers held a six-game winless streak coming into their weekend series finale against No. 11 Nebraska-Omaha. LSSU now leaves that … Read more
The Ohio State Buckeyes pulled off their first sweep of the 2009-10 campaign with their 4-2 victory over the Western Michigan Broncos Saturday night in Value City Arena. Friday night’s game was also 4-2 in favor of the Buckeyes. Ohio State’s Saturday goaltender Cal Heeter went to 4-1-1 for the season, allowing two goals on … Read more