Candace Horgan

After seeing the country’s best defenseman put up three points in a Friday night victory, Alaska-Anchorage coach Dave Shyiak quipped that big players, like Wisconsin junior defenseman Justin Schultz, make big plays in big situations. It was evident that in such an even contest, like the one the two schools were in Saturday, it was … Read more

After suffering a 6-1 drubbing Friday evening at Boston University, it was anticipated that Providence College would come out flying when it hosted the Terriers Saturday evening. It was the Terriers, however, who overpowered a seemingly confused Friars team. Boston University took advantage of Providence’s 16 penalties on the evening and scored six power-play goals … Read more

The highest-scoring team in Division I was back on its game Saturday night, and top-ranked Minnesota Duluth needed every bit of its offense take get past independent Alabama-Huntsville. The Bulldogs had a fight-to-the finish for a second straight game and prevailed 4-3 before an announced sellout crowd of 6,757 at Amsoil Arena. Freshman winger Caleb … Read more

The No. 20 Miami RedHawks (14-10-2, 10-8-2-1) used an explosive three-goal third period to complete a weekend sweep at home of No. 8 Western Michigan (12-9-5, 9-6-3-3) by a 4-0 score. Senior goaltender Connor Knapp picked up the win with his 10th career shutout. Miami’s coach Enrico Blasi felt that the score was not quite … Read more

In a season where one conference point could make a huge difference, it is no surprise that Ferris State Bulldogs coach Bob Daniels saw their 3-3 tie against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday evening as a win. “This could be the one year for the first time a shootout could dictate who is league … Read more

Whenever the Michigan Tech Huskies and Northern Michigan Wildcats tangle, you can throw out the team records, because typically, they don’t mean much. The hosting Huskies were riding a two-game winning streak while the Wildcats had just one win in their last four. Saturday night however, the Wildcats got a pair of goals from captain … Read more

The University of Maine picked up a much-needed sweep of Hockey East rivals Boston College, defeating the Eagles, 7-4, Saturday afternoon. In front of a sold-out Alfond Arena crowd, forward Matt Mangene finished with his first-career hat trick while forward Joey Diamond added two goals and forward Connor Leen scored his first collegiate goal. BC … Read more

Well, after a real off week, Arlan and I were back in form last weekend. While I correctly called an Ohio State-Bemidji split, I got the days wrong again. However, I did get the days right on the Minnesota-Duluth vs. Minnesota series, so yay me. Last week, I went 12-4-2 (.722) to improve to 119-43-17 … Read more

For most of tonight’s contest between the Robert Morris Colonials and the Holy Cross Crusaders, fans might have seriously wondered if the teams had switched jerseys. In a complete turnaround of performances relative to Friday night’s Colonials win, the Crusaders completely outworked the Colonials en route to a 1-0 victory. The Crusaders, with help from … Read more

Minnesota Duluth’s 17-game unbeaten streak finally came to an end Saturday, with the top-ranked Bulldogs losing 3-1 to Nebraska-Omaha at CenturyLink Center. UMD (15-4-3, 11-3-2 WCHA) controlled nearly all of the game, outshooting the Mavericks (11-9-4, 8-5-3) 44-15 on the night. However, a Herculean effort from UNO goaltender Ryan Massa and timely goals for the … Read more

The No. 5 Minnesota Golden Gophers might have stumbled down the national rankings since their 6-0 start to the season, but on this Saturday night, the energy and opportunism that fueled that hot start returned. The Golden Gophers ended a three-game losing streak in a big way by toppling No. 17 North Dakota, 6-2, in … Read more

All season long, Niagara has shuffled three goaltenders as starters, a tumultuous situation indeed, especially for the goalies, but also the players and coaching staff. It took awhile, but maybe — just maybe — the Purple Eagles have one starting goaltender. Conventional wisdom says that in most cases a club needs to have one. Maybe … Read more

Despite grabbing a three-goal lead less than 10 minutes into the game, the Michigan Tech Huskies needed a full 60-minute effort to stave off the visiting Alaska Anchorage Seawolves and earn their first sweep of 2012 with a 6-4 victory Saturday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Huskies’ assistant captain Jordan Baker led all … Read more

After edging the Bemidji State Beavers, 3-2, in a game they spent most of trailing, coach George Gwozdecky admitted he was proud of the resiliciency shown by his banged-up No. 16 Denver Pioneers. “Tonight’s game was as great a team win as we’ve had in quite a while, for sure all year long,” said Gwozdecky. … Read more

After a full-team effort in a 6-2 victory over the Maine Black Bears Friday evening, the No. 7 Merrimack Warriors again hosted the Black Bears looking to get into second place in Hockey East. Maine emerged from the locker room with much more energy than the night before, but Merrimack resisted just enough to force … Read more

The No. 5 Minnesota Golden Gophers might have stumbled down the national rankings since their 6-0 start to the season, but on this Saturday night, the energy and opportunism that fueled that hot start returned. The Golden Gophers ended a three-game losing streak in a big way by toppling No. 17 North Dakota, 6-2, in … Read more

Little things make all the difference in hockey games. Tonight’s matchup between Alaska and No. 13 Ferris State came down to penalties and face-offs. Both teams capitalized on opportunities off of face-offs and on the power play. However, it was Ferris State that won the game’s even-strength battle by scoring two goals to take the … Read more

Scoring in just about every manner possible, New Hampshire senior assistant captain Stevie Moses did the heavy lifting, netting four goals as the Wildcats beat Dartmouth, 4-1, in the 11th Battle of the Riverstone at Verizon Wireless Arena. Moses converted two power-play goals, one short-handed and, for good measure, an even-strength tally, as UNH (8-11-2) … Read more