Candace Horgan

HOUGHTON, Mich. — Looking for their first sweep of the season in their first full home weekend, the Michigan Tech Huskies used a big overtime goal from Alex Petan to defeat the visiting Michigan State Spartans, 3-2, Saturday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Petan’s goal was setup by hard work from Tanner Kero … Read more

PROVIDENCE — Mark Jankowski and Anthony Florentino paced the offense as No. 5/6 Providence skated to a 4-2 win over Merrimack. “It was just a good hockey game,” said Providence coach Nate Leaman. “It was extremely intense and extremely physical. The fact that we are down to 20 games makes these feel like playoff games. … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000JusPIKH6pKs” g_name=”20131108-Denver-ColoradoCollege” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y6ovbIf3Z3vyQY3t3nkQ1PFvGURlk1sV6Kw3HahDKhh1Ah9NwLQ–” ] COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Perhaps it was only fitting that after so many historic games between arch-rivals Denver and … Read more

Was it only two weeks ago that I had a three-game lead on Matthew? After last weekend, Matthew is now up a game on me. Luckily, it’s a long season. Last week, I went 6-4 (.600) to move to 25-16-5 (.597) on the year, while Matthew went 8-2 (.800) to move to 26-15-5 (.619) on … Read more

Arlan is pulling away from me big time, and it’s only November. I doubt I’ll catch him, but stranger things have happened. Last week, I went 15-4-3 (.750), to move to 62-22-8 (.717) on the year. Arlan went 17-2-3 (.840) to move to 67-17-8 (.771) on the year. Perhaps this week, I can make up … Read more

Sweeps The NCHC had three conference series this past weekend, with four teams playing their first conference games, and for a league that is supposed to be all about parity, the results were surprising, as all three series were sweeps, and two of those sweeps were by the road team. Western Michigan was the lone … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000HDWmxeSZPh8″ g_name=”20131102-Denver-Nebraska-Omaha” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y6ovWbMsaZXqdN._4Ea_L9W1hjmX_U1.ivfiVpFxsr0t8QQX14w–” ] DENVER — The Denver Pioneers might be forgiven for thinking they are stuck in some hockey version of the … Read more

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — There is nothing haunting about Ralph Engelstad Arena to the No. 9 St. Cloud State Huskies anymore. The Huskies’ suddenly-strong defense dominated a misfiring No. 5 North Dakota (2-3-1, 1-3 National Collegiate Hockey Conference) squad, and key second period goals created by senior Nic Dowd captured a 3-1 victory Saturday night … Read more

PROVIDENCE — Ross Mauermann factored in on all of the Friars offense with two goals and an assist as No. 3 Providence outlasted No.18 Boston University, 3-1. Jon Gillies allowed the first goal of the game, but made 28 saves in the winning effort. Terriers netminder Sean Maguire allowed two goals and turned aside 33 … Read more

BOSTON — A see-saw third period followed by a quick strike in overtime catapulted Boston College to a sweep of Northeastern to open Hockey East play, with freshman Adam Gilmour drilling the game-winner for the Eagles 1:36 into the extra period at Matthews Arena on Saturday. Though the Huskies had a third period lead, a … Read more

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Army’s home opener at Tate rink was anything but boring. Big hits, a lot of scoring, and some beautiful saves from both goaltenders, this was college hockey at its most entertaining. Bentley junior center Alex Grieve, from Calgary, Alb., notched three points in Bentley’s 5-2 win. At the 15:48 mark of … Read more

OXFORD, Ohio — The Miami RedHawks built an early lead and then held on against a feisty Canisius team for a 5-2 victory Saturday night, completing a weekend sweep. Juniors Austin Czarnik and Blake Coleman both posted three-point nights, with Czarnik scoring twice. The teams combined to score five power play goals. Czarnik said that … Read more

DURHAM, N.H – Massachusetts-Lowell picked up its fourth straight win with a 3-2 overtime victory over New Hampshire. Derek Arnold was the overtime hero for the River Hawks when he rifled a shot into the top left corner of the UNH net for his first goal of the season. Lowell controlled play through most of … Read more

HAMDEN, Conn. — The No. 9/10 Quinnipiac Bobcats came close to upsetting the No. 3/3 Cornell Big Red, but could not hold, on as the ECAC matchup ended in a 1-1 overtime tie at the High Point Solutions Arena. Emily Fulton tied the game for Cornell (5-0-1, 3-0-1 ECAC) with 7:57 left to play in … Read more

[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000Cl.oIDIAxl4″ g_name=”20131101-Denver-Nebraska-Omaha” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Y6ovRrZg7z7kQ5YWZTCmYzo0NV4omjnndu1dfrhMnpti.vbYFYQ–” ] DENVER — For the third time this year, the Denver Pioneers finished a third period tied 2-2 and went … Read more