Candace Horgan

The Ferris State Bulldogs finished their regular season with a 3-1 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes Friday, helped by a pair of goals in the final two minutes of regulation. Ferris State needed help to get the first round bye. The Bulldogs got their assistance thanks to a strange bedfellow. With Michigan’s 3-2 win … Read more

Four of the past six meetings between Union and Quinnipiac have been decided by one goal, with three of those games going to overtime. So, a barnburner was expected tonight at Messa Rink. The Dutchmen took a 2-0 lead in the second period, but the Bobcats fought their way back to tie the top team … Read more

After the way his team played the final 30 minutes, Sebastian Laplante will take one point. Laplante’s Northeastern Huskies (11-12-8) jumped to a 2-0 lead early in the second, but No. 9 New Hampshire (18-7-6) took over from there, netting a goal in the second and third to capture a 2-2 tie in front of … Read more

The Providence College Friars desperately needed points entering Friday’s tilt with the Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks. Providence’s Hockey East playoff chances hinged on it. That is why, as the season winds down, they are happy to walk away from every game with anything. The Friars picked up a crucial point with a 3-3 tie in a … Read more

Last week was a tough one for me, particularly in the ECAC, where I incorrectly picked three results. I finished 12-5-4 (.666) last week, which isn’t too terrible. That brings my season record to 162-54-24 (.725). The WCHA and ECAC kick off their first round playoff series this week, and Mercyhurst closes its season. Let’s … Read more

Playing like a desperate team in danger of losing its grasp on a possible NCAA at-large bid, the North Dakota Fighting Sioux used three power-play goals to come from behind for a 5-3 win and a split of their weekend series with the Minnesota Gophers. “PairWise, we had dropped to ninth, Dartmouth had moved ahead … Read more

Kieran Millan has been a great goaltender for the Boston University Terriers. In his freshman season of 2009, Millan set numerous school and Hockey East records as part of the backbone of the Terriers national championship run. That is why it comes a surprise that Millan had not recorded a shutout since that season. That … Read more

Michigan senior captain Carl Hagelin rescued the proceedings on his senior night, not once, but twice. Hagelin supplied his heroics with both a game-tying goal at 19:40 of the third period and then the game-winner with only 2.9 seconds left in overtime, single-handedly willing his Michigan Wolverines to a dramatic 5-4 win over Western Michigan … Read more

In front of a standing-room only sellout crowd at the Island Sports Center, the Robert Morris Colonials used three first period goals in a span of less than four minutes to help defeat the visiting Rochester Institute of Technology. The win put the Colonials back in second place in the Atlantic Hockey Association standings, and … Read more

With its lead for home-ice quickly shrinking, one might have prepared Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves to step up to the podium talking about the weekend as a lost opportunity, where countless opportunities to grasp momentum slipped through their fingers. Adjectives from fun to dead tired were thrown around when trying to describe No.12 Wisconsin and … Read more

Coaches exclaim often that hockey is a 60-minute game. The Lake Superior State Lakers learned the hard way that a 67-second effort is not enough to win, as the Ohio State Buckeyes rallied to defeat the Lakers ,5-2, on Saturday evening. The Lakers had a 2-0 lead before most fans had a chance to take … Read more

Looking for redemption after two losses against the Warriors, the University of Massachusetts Minutemen entered Lawler Rink looking to grab a victory against No. 6 Merrimack. The Minutemen made it close down to the final horn, but came up just short in a 2-1 loss. Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy commented on the win, “We did … Read more

Chris Rawlings led the Northeastern University Huskies with 36 saves in their 2-1 victory over the top-ranked Boston College Eagles Saturday night in front of a sold-out Matthews Arena. The win gives NU three-of-four weekend points they were looking for and clinches a playoff spot in the tight Hockey East standings, as they move from … Read more

On Saturday night, the Brown Bears and the Quinnipiac Bobcats skated to a wild 2-2 tie. Brown’s Mike Clemente made 39 saves in the effort, while QU’s Eric Hartzell saved 29, including a penalty shot in overtime. Brown still remains three points back of the final home playoff spot behind both Clarkson and Quinnipiac. “The … Read more

While it was a night meant to honor Bowling Green’s four seniors, Northern Michigan’s Phil Fox was the best senior on the ice. Leading his team to a 3-2 victory, Fox, the Northern Michigan captain, had a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the second period. The two-goal night pushed Fox’s goal total into … Read more

It had to end at some point, though college hockey fans could be forgiven for thinking it might not happen this season. Buoyed by two short-handed goals, the Michigan Tech Huskies stunned the No. 4 Denver Pioneers, 3-2, at Magness Arena, breaking a 26-game winless streak. After the game, the players swarmed goalie Kevin Genoe … Read more

Well, I had a pretty awesome week with my picks last weekend, going 16-2-3 (.833). That brings me on the season to 150-49-20 (.731). We’ve got two weeks left in the season before the playoffs start, and the Pairwise has changed little in the last month. However, there could be some interesting position-jockeying in the … Read more

To cap off a thrilling weekend in Orono, Maine, the University of Maine beat the University of Vermont, 4-2. The Black Bears were led by junior forward Gustav Nyquist, who finished with two goals, including the opener six seconds in, the fastest goal in Maine history. The Black Bears improve to 12-10-6 and 9-8-4 in … Read more