Candace Horgan

The Ohio State Buckeyes bounced back from a 5-3 defeat to the Miami RedHawks in Columbus Friday with a 3-2 overtime victory Saturday night in Oxford. Freshman forward Chad Niddery scored the game-winner for OSU, the first goal of his collegiate career. OSU goes into the break atop the CCHA standings with a 13-4-1 (10-3-1-1) … Read more

Boston University continued its trek around New England, coming from behind to defeat the University of Maine two nights after doing the same to the University of New Hampshire. After falling behind 1-0 in the second period, the Terriers responded with five unanswered goals to pick up their seventh win in eight games. The Black … Read more

A risky coaching maneuver made by No. 18 Massachusetts-Lowell late in the third period paid dividends. Just to the wrong team. River Hawks coach Norm Bazin pulled goaltender Doug Carr to gain a six-on-four advantage during Northeastern blueliner Josh Manson’s hooking penalty at 16:33. Unfortunately for Lowell, the presence of two extra men on the … Read more

On Saturday afternoon, the Quinnipiac Bobcats completed a weekend home-and-home sweep of the Princeton Tigers with a 3-0 win. The shutout is the second straight for Victoria Vigilanti, and moves her into sole position of first in the nation with six on the season. “I like to call these wins ‘D-wins,’ because really I can’t … Read more

Brad Navin could not have asked for an easier first career goal. Early in the first period, on Wisconsin’s first power play of the game, sophomore defensemen Frankie Simonelli sent a shot into traffic and the freshman forward simply had to tip it in at the 5:49 mark, putting the Badgers on top 1-0. “It … Read more

Rochester Institute of Technology defeated American International 3-1 on Friday night at Ritter Arena. RIT got the scoring started midway through the first period with Adam Mitchell hitting the back of the net on a power play. Mike Colavecchia sent a pass to Cameron Burt, who found Mitchell streaking past the slot for the goal. … Read more

The Niagara Purple Eagles found the back of the net twice in the final eight minutes of the third period, earning a hard-fought point in the Atlantic Hockey standings with a 2-2 tie with the Robert Morris Colonials at the Island Sports Center Friday night. It was the kind of night where both rhythm and … Read more

Dean Blais had a few line adjustments to make heading into this weekend’s series with his former team. Friday night, the Nebraska-Omaha coach tried putting Ryan Walters and Matt White together on a line for just the third time this season. That trial sure paid off for Blais and the Mavericks. White’s beautiful down-ice pass … Read more

The No. 18 Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks upset the No. 3 Boston College Eagles on Friday night in front of nearly 6,000 fans, by a final score of 3-2. With the victory, Lowell improves to 10-4-0 overall and 7-3-0 in Hockey East, while the Eagles fall to 12-6-0 overall and 9-4-0 within the conference. “Our goal … Read more

There simply was no quit in Michigan State Friday night in Ann Arbor’s Yost Arena against rival Michigan. Trailing 4-1 entering the final period, the Spartans clawed their way back into the game with two power-play goals early in the period, and then threw everything they could muster at Michigan goaltender Shawn Hunwick. Hunwick saved … Read more

Sometimes, hockey is simply a game of capitalizing when given a bounce. That is exactly what the Miami RedHawks did Friday evening, as they took advantage of some odd bounces to defeat the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes, 5-3. The RedHawks were able to quickly put their sweep by Northern Michigan last weekend behind them, … Read more

Junior forward Matt Kirzinger paced the Ferris State Bulldogs with three points in a 4-1 win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Kirzinger had two assists in a addition to a short-handed goal in the second period. Notre Dame had the first good scoring chance of the game at the 11-minute mark of the first … Read more

On Friday night, Quinnipiac scored six goals to defeat the Sacred Heart Pioneers 6-1. Quinnipiac’s Jeremy Langlois led the way offensively with two goals, while defenseman Loren Barron had a goal and two assists. “Lately, we’ve been having a tough time scoring goals,” Barron admitted. “So anytime you get a few in a game, it … Read more

Well, aside from getting splits on the wrong days, I did pretty well last week, going 13-3-2 (.777), to move to 89-29-11 (.732) on the year. Arlan went 12-4-2 (.722) to move to 86-32-11 (.709). We’re closing in on the end of the first half of the season, so let’s see how we can do … Read more

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The Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks held on for a 3-2 win against New Hampshire on Friday night in front of a record-breaking crowd of 6,826 at the Tsongas Center. With the win, Lowell improves to 5-3-0 in Hockey East and 8-4-0 overall. The Wildcats fall to 4-5-1 in Hockey East and 6-7-2 overall. “We want to … Read more

At the end, it was a tale of two breakaways. Denver didn’t score on its chance, while Colorado College did. In front of an enthusiastic, sold-out, black-wearing crowd of 7,674 at World Arena, the No. 8 Colorado College Tigers edged the No. 10 Denver Pioneers, 4-3, on Alex Krushelnyski’s penalty-shot goal at 3:46 of overtime. … Read more