Candace Horgan

Michigan and Notre Dame were both in the last place they wanted to be Saturday afternoon, the third place game of the CCHA playoff championships at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. The two top seeds in the tourney had suffered embarrassingly lopsided defeats in the Friday semifinals to land themselves in the preliminary game on … Read more

OK, I promised to write another picks if I got one of my semifinals picks wrong, so here we go. Before we get into the nitty gritty though, I just want to say I think it’s pretty cool that I got the scores of BOTH games in the semifinals right in my last picks column. … Read more

Well, last week wasn’t my best effort picks-wise, as I went 2-2 (.500). I honestly didn’t think Boston University could get by Mercyhurst, and while I believed Boston College could beat Minnesota, everything I saw of both teams this year made me think Minnesota had the edge. Over in the USCHO forums, user Maine-iac started … Read more

Michigan Tech did all it could to make North Dakota a victim of the upset bug, but the Fighting Sioux prevailed with a gritty 3-1 victory and will move on to the WCHA Final Five tournament in St. Paul as the No. 1 seed. Taylor Dickin, a freshman forward from Winnipeg, Manitoba who joined UND … Read more

Something became lost in translation for the Nebraska-Omaha hockey team this season when trying to stop Bemidji State’s transition offense. That gap in the chain still remains, and it’s why UNO is now firmly on the NCAA tournament bubble. The No. 12 Mavericks needed a win over the Beavers on Saturday to try and stay … Read more

Trailing 1-0 after the first period, Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson turned to his top forwards, junior Hilary Knight, sophomore Brianna Decker, and senior Meghan Duggan to turnaround the Badgers fate. Reunited on the Wisconsin’s first line, the Badgers three leading scorers sparked a turnaround, scoring a pair of goals to advance Wisconsin to the Frozen … Read more

Minnesota Duluth capped off the longest home game in school history 73 seconds into a third overtime Saturday night as goal-scoring leader Mike Connolly put in his own rebound for a 3-2 victory to sweep St. Cloud State in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association best-of-three first-round playoff series before 5,076 fans at Amsoil Arena. The … Read more

Lee Moffie’s two goals paced Michigan to a 4-1 win over Bowling Green Saturday night at Yost Arena, clinching their quarterfinal round series with the Falcons and sending the Wolverines on to the CCHA championship semifinals. Michigan will take on the lowest remaining seed in the tournament semifinals Friday at Joe Louis Arena.in Detroit. The … Read more

Less than four seconds separated the Canisius Golden Griffins from being on the wrong end of a series sweep, but late heroics assured that the Griffins’ season would continue for at least one more game. Freshman Kyle Gibbons scored with 3.5 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime and then again in the extra period … Read more

In front of a crowd of 2,218, the Union Dutchmen hoped to clinch their second consecutive berth to the ECAC semifinals. Things definitely looked that way early, as Union jumped out to a 2-0 lead heading into the third period. Unfortunately for Union and its fans, Colgate was not ready to end their season. Colgate … Read more

For the first time in three years, the University of New Hampshire is headed to Boston for playoff hockey. With a 4-3 see-saw win over Vermont, the second-seeded Wildcats swept the best of three Hockey East quarterfinals, advancing to the semis held at the TD Garden next Friday. The series sweep came after the Wildcats, … Read more

The game was the first NCAA tournament game hosted by the Boston University women’s hockey team in their six-year history. A win would take them to their first appearance in the Frozen Four. They faced a familiar foe; last season, the Mercyhurst Lakers were the ones who knocked them out of the NCAA quarterfinal. Not … Read more

We’ve turned to some of our D-III columnists to give their picks for the winner. Larry O’Connor – MIAC, MCHA, and NCHA columnist Hamline’s stunning 3-2 overtime win over Wisconsin-Superior Wednesday set the stage for an enthralling quarterfinal weekend for the remaining D-III West teams. The quarterfinal field is stacked with excellent teams, each one … Read more

In the conference championships, I did a pretty amazing job picking the winners of each game, missing only Northeastern’s upset of Boston University. I correctly picked the winners of each tournament though, as well as Syracuse upsetting Niagara, going 11-1 (.916). That brings my season picks to 189-57-24 (.744). Next up are some tough picks … Read more