Arlan MarttilaBobcats maintain lead ECAC leader and No. 4 Quinnipiac held its five-point advantage atop the conference by earning a pair of wins on home ice. Freshman Melissa Samoskevich scored the game’s only goal 2:09 into the first period as the Bobcats held off Yale, 1-0. She elevated the rebound of Nicole Kosta’s shot over the … Read more
Hannah Davidson scored the winning goal at 14:21 of the third period to push Minnesota State past visiting Lindenwood 3-2 on Sunday.
A new year arrives and brings with it more college hockey. Half of the Ivy League gets started on 2016’s first day in two of the four conference games over the weekend, all in the ECAC. The start of the work week brings a couple of Hockey East contests. The CHA and WCHA teams that … Read more
A new year arrives and brings with it more college hockey. Half of the Ivy League gets started on 2016’s first day in two of the four conference games over the weekend, all in the ECAC. The start of the work week brings a couple of Hockey East contests. The CHA and WCHA teams that … Read more
Do you know those family photos that people like to include in their Christmas cards? Or at least people once did; now the photo is pretty much the whole Christmas card, with the “Merry Christmas” and everyone’s name already printed, so all the sender has to do is stuff it in an envelope and add … Read more
This weekend, I watched women’s professional hockey in Minnesota for the first time, viewing Saturday’s game on television and attending my first women’s pro game on Sunday. The games were billed as being the first professional women’s games played in Minnesota, as the Boston Pride of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) visited the independent … Read more
Giant killers For the second time this season, No. 9 North Dakota ruined the perfect record of a top-ranked team, in this case, No. 1 Wisconsin. Goaltender Shelby Amsley-Benzie shut the Badgers out for the series, making 26 saves on Friday when the Fighting Hawks won, 3-0, and thwarting another 41 shots as the teams … Read more
Giant killers For the second time this season, No. 9 North Dakota ruined the perfect record of a top-ranked team, in this case, No. 1 Wisconsin. Goaltender Shelby Amsley-Benzie shut the Badgers out for the series, making 26 saves on Friday when the Fighting Hawks won, 3-0, and thwarting another 41 shots as the teams … Read more
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A light schedule takes us into the break, but still offers a little of everything. Skarupa and Crowley both at 199 and counting Boston College senior forward Haley Skarupa has 199 career points on 94 goals and 105 assists. She will try to reach the 200 career point milestone, while Katie Crowley looks for her … Read more
A light schedule takes us into the break, but still offers a little of everything. Skarupa and Crowley both at 199 and counting Boston College senior forward Haley Skarupa has 199 career points on 94 goals and 105 assists. She will try to reach the 200 career point milestone, while Katie Crowley looks for her … Read more
Those meeting junior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens during her early days at Wisconsin likely came away with a misleading first impression. People like forward Rachel Jones, now a senior for the top-ranked Badgers and Desbiens’ roommate. “She was very shy, didn’t really communicate with people at first,” Jones said. That’s hardly the way people in her … Read more
League leaders solidified The teams that came into the week with the best winning percentages in their leagues are still on top, and the leads were either maintained or increased. No. 1 Wisconsin takes control of the WCHA Annie Pankowski scored the winning goals both days, and Ann-Renée Desbiens was stellar in net as the … Read more
League leaders solidified The teams that came into the week with the best winning percentages in their leagues are still on top, and the leads were either maintained or increased. No. 1 Wisconsin takes control of the WCHA Annie Pankowski scored the winning goals both days, and Ann-Renée Desbiens was stellar in net as the … Read more
Sophomore Annie Pankowski scored twice and Ann-Renée Desbiens saved 23 of 24 shots as top-ranked Wisconsin won, 3-1, and swept Minnesota for the first time in six years. “It was a good challenge for our squad today, coming off a nice victory last night, and how we would respond and how Minnesota would respond,” coach … Read more
Individual sports like tennis often have ladders where participants challenge others of similar ability but a slightly higher ranking, and then the challenger moves up the ladder with a win. The schedule this weekend offers something similar in several leagues for the last full slate of games in 2015. The purest example occurs in the … Read more
Individual sports like tennis often have ladders where participants challenge others of similar ability but a slightly higher ranking, and then the challenger moves up the ladder with a win. The schedule this weekend offers something similar in several leagues for the last full slate of games in 2015. The purest example occurs in the … Read more
Mother used to always say, “It’s better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” The hockey equivalent would be that it’s better to get to the championship and lose than never to play for a championship at all. If that’s true, then Harvard would know better than anyone. To be … Read more
Bobcats skate to Nutmeg Classic Championship No. 5 Quinnipiac defeated host Yale, 3-0, in the title game of the Nutmeg Classic. Taylor Cianfarano’s 15th goal of the season at 16:48 of the second period broke a scoreless tie. She assisted on third-period goals by Nicole Connery and Melissa Samoskevich, the latter into an empty net, … Read more
Bobcats skate to Nutmeg Classic Championship No. 5 Quinnipiac defeated host Yale, 3-0, in the title game of the Nutmeg Classic. Taylor Cianfarano’s 15th goal of the season at 16:48 of the second period broke a scoreless tie. She assisted on third-period goals by Nicole Connery and Melissa Samoskevich, the latter into an empty net, … Read more