Dan RubinHoly Cross and Mercyhurst played 130 minutes of hockey this weekend. It included six periods and two five-minute overtime periods across two games. By the time it ended, they split the weekend, the product of back-to-back ties after 1-1 and 4-4 results. It was a good weekend of hockey giving both teams plenty of positives. … Read more
College hockey’s first weekend is usually something of a parade lap. Nonconference matchups dot the first days of the season, with fans and followers getting reacquainted with familiar colors. Chants and songs shake off summer dust, and the first semblance of winter’s cold blows in across the sport’s landscape. For teams like American International and … Read more
On July 14, alumni from both Boston College and Boston University took to the ice for the third annual Comm Ave Charity Classic, a summer exhibition raising money for both Compassionate Care ALS and the Travis Roy Foundation. Led by a pair of first-period goals, the BU alumni won 8-6, earning proverbial bragging rights on a night where over an event raised more than $64,000 for those two charities at historic Walter Brown Arena.
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UMass Lowell won the Hockey East championship on Saturday night by defeating Boston College at TD Garden. It won’t have to go far to contend for the Frozen Four.
There was once a time when Atlantic Hockey was essentially Air Force’s playground. They entered the league and promptly proved the separation between themselves and the rest of the conference, winning five banners in their first six seasons. Then the rest of the league seemingly caught up to the Falcons, and the reputation of the … Read more
There was once a time when Atlantic Hockey was essentially Air Force’s playground. They entered the league and promptly proved the separation between themselves and the rest of the conference, winning five banners in their first six seasons. Then the rest of the league seemingly caught up to the Falcons, and the reputation of the … Read more
While there rarely sits a shortage of playoff storylines heading into a championship weekend, it feels like the 2017 Atlantic Hockey championship is a certified soap opera. With three games remaining to whittle four teams down to the final roster hoisting a trophy, there’s a certain panache that is felt as opposed to defined. The … Read more
We all knew it was going to happen. After five games last year, including an epic three-game series, and four games this year, including a couple of epic one-goal games, there was virtually no way that the Bentley-Sacred Heart series wasn’t destined for three games. There also was no way, after the teams split the … Read more
We all knew it was going to happen. After five games last year, including an epic three-game series, and four games this year, including a couple of epic one-goal games, there was virtually no way that the Bentley-Sacred Heart series wasn’t destined for three games. There also was no way, after the teams split the … Read more
As the senior captain of the Bentley Falcons, Max French had done most everything for his team. The third-leading scorer in the program’s short Division I history, his accomplishments already stood tall for a long and distinguished legacy few players would be able to touch. On Saturday, he added another chapter. French scored a hat … Read more
As the senior captain of the Bentley Falcons, Max French had done most everything for his team. The third-leading scorer in the program’s short Division I history, his accomplishments already stood tall for a long and distinguished legacy few players would be able to touch. On Saturday, he added another chapter. French scored a hat … Read more
Every coach wants his team to be playing its best hockey at the end of the season. The ability to enter the postseason with momentum can never be underscored, and in a league like Atlantic Hockey, recent history has proven Cinderella can come out of the first round and dance the glass slipper right to … Read more
When the hockey history books look back on Holy Cross’ 5-4 overtime victory over Bentley, it likely won’t matter if the game was ugly or pretty or not. A back-and-forth affair, it won’t stand out for a hat trick on one side or a gritty, never-say-die attitude on the other. It will, instead, stand out … Read more
When the hockey history books look back on Holy Cross’ 5-4 overtime victory over Bentley, it likely won’t matter if the game was ugly or pretty or not. A back-and-forth affair, it won’t stand out for a hat trick on one side or a gritty, never-say-die attitude on the other. It will, instead, stand out … Read more
With two weekends left in the Atlantic Hockey regular season, the expectation, as it is every year, was for carnage and chaos to reign supreme in the standings. Sports often taught me that expecting a certain thing to happen usually results in the complete opposite happening. So without actually saying it, there was a part … Read more
With two weekends left in the Atlantic Hockey regular season, the expectation, as it is every year, was for carnage and chaos to reign supreme in the standings. Sports often taught me that expecting a certain thing to happen usually results in the complete opposite happening. So without actually saying it, there was a part … Read more
All it took was one night to throw the Atlantic Hockey playoff picture on its head – again. Going into Friday, the playoff matchups looked a little something like this: First Round Matchups: 11) Niagara at 6) Mercyhurst 10) AIC at 7) RIT 9) Sacred Heart at 8) Bentley Quarterfinals Byes: TBD at 1) Canisius … Read more
All it took was one night to throw the Atlantic Hockey playoff picture on its head – again. Going into Friday, the playoff matchups looked a little something like this: First Round Matchups: 11) Niagara at 6) Mercyhurst 10) AIC at 7) RIT 9) Sacred Heart at 8) Bentley Quarterfinals Byes: TBD at 1) Canisius … Read more
In what’s turning into an annual rite of passage, Atlantic Hockey enters its final two weekends with nearly every playoff position fully up for grabs. Ten of the 11 slots in the playoff race are separated from someone else by one point, and, for yet another season, parity is turning the proverbial “mad dash to … Read more