Candace Horgan

Once again, a graphic illustration of how outrageously bizarre Atlantic Hockey — and the teams in it — are transpired on Saturday evening. Just 24 hours after getting humbled badly in its own rink, Mercyhurst played an opportunistic hockey game and earned a huge, paramount, 3-2 victory over Niagara in freezing Dwyer Arena. “It is … Read more

The Michigan Wolverines combined terrific special teams play with the shutout goaltending of Shawn Hunwick to knock off Miami for the second straight game, 3-0, Saturday night at Yost Arena. The Wolverines’ first two goals, Lee Moffie’s fourth and fifth of the season, were a direct result of special teams play, one short-handed and one … Read more

Massachusetts-Lowell swept of the University of Vermont on Saturday night with a 6-4 win in front of a home crowd of 5,125 at the Tsongas Center. The win improves Lowell’s record to 18-7-0 overall, and 13-6-0 in Hockey East, good for second place in the league. The Catamounts fall to 5-21-1 and 2-17-1 within the … Read more

The Michigan State Spartans have fully inserted themselves into the CCHA logjam by finishing a sweep of the No. 10 Ohio State Buckeyes with a 3-2 victory Saturday evening. Michigan State is one of eight teams in the CCHA within six points of first place with six games to play. First year Michigan State coach … Read more

After needing extra time to beat the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers Friday night, the Maine Black Bears got out in front early Saturday night and never looked back. With five goals coming from five different players, the Black Bears took down the Chargers, 5-0. “We spent a lot of energy Friday night, and it wasn’t our legs … Read more

On Saturday night, the Quinnipiac Bobcats defeated the Dartmouth Big Green, 2-1. Quinnipiac’s Dan Clarke made his first start since December 9, making 32 saves, including a stop on a penalty shot from Mark Goggin. Dartmouth’s Jody O’Neill kept the game close, as he stopped 38 shots. “Clarke has looked real good in practice,” Quinnipiac … Read more

It might possibly have been the emptiest Magness Arena has ever been when arch-rivals Denver and Colorado College faced off tonight, due to a severe snowstorm that pounded the Denver metro area. The Tigers left Colorado Springs early and ended up cooling their heels for over three hours before warmups when their bus made it … Read more

We had kind of a rough week last weekend, but Arlan gained ground by successfully picking Boston University to beat Harvard. I went 10-6 (.625) to move to 143-52-20 (.711) on the year, while Arlan went 11-5 (.687) to move to 141-54-20 (.702) .Can I hold him off? After discussing some of the final spots … Read more

Mario Lamoureux didn’t bother wrapping Stephane Pattyn’s 21st birthday present Friday night, but Pattyn probably didn’t mind. Lamoureux’s cross-crease pass scooted past a diving Joel Rumpel (20 saves) right to the freshman forward, who tapped in the gift for his first career goal, which also stood as the game-winner for North Dakota (14-10-2, 10-9 Western … Read more

The top-ranked team in Division I outran Michigan Tech for 20 minutes and took a four-goal lead Friday night at Amsoil Arena, but it was hardly enough. Minnesota Duluth stopped its pursuit and had to hold on for a 4-4 overtime tie in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association men’s game before an announced crowd of … Read more

RIT defeated Mercyhurst 5-1 on Friday night at the Ritter Arena. The Tigers improve to 15-8-2 on the season and 12-4-2 in Atlantic Hockey play, while the Lakers fall to 14-10-3 and 11-4-3 in AHA play. The win vaults RIT into first place in the conference, one point ahead of Mercyhurst. RIT got the scoring … Read more

On Friday night, Quinnipiac defeated Syracuse 3-0 behind Chelsea Laden’s first career shutout. Sophomore Erica Uden Johansson provided the offense for the Bobcats with a goal and two assists. “The impressive thing is that a couple of weeks ago [Uden Johansson] really made a commitment to improve her forechecking game, and tonight I thought she … Read more

A late goal by Ryan Gieseler allowed the No. 6 Adrian Bulldogs to squeak out a tie Friday night against the No. 14 Milwaukee School of Engineering Raiders in a battle of the MCHA’s elite. The Raiders led three times throughout the course of the game, but ultimately left with a 3-3 tie and stayed … Read more

Messa Rink is beginning to be a bit of a nightmare for the Clarkson Golden Knights. In the past two seasons, Clarkson has lost by a combined score of 19-3.Tonight the Golden Knights found themselves on the losing side again, falling 5-2 to the Union Dutchmen. The loss snapped Clarkson’s five-game unbeaten streak in ECAC … Read more

Goals from opposite ends of the age spectrum propelled the No. 10 Ferris State Bulldogs past the No. 16 Michigan State Spartans. A close contest was decided by goals from senior captain Chad Billins and freshman upstart T.J. Schlueter. Coaches from both teams were in agreement about the pace and intensity of the night’s game. … Read more

Aside from a few puzzling results, Arlan and I both did pretty well last weekend, each going 14-3-3 (.775). The puzzlers were Boston University crushing Boston College, and Robert Morris beating Mercyhurst (See this week’s Wednesday Women column). On the season, I am 133-46-20 (.718), while Arlan is right behind at 130-49-20 (.703). Some interesting … Read more