Site AdministratorHunter Racine scored the game winning goal midway through the second period, and goalie Colton Point took care of the rest to help Colgate to a 3-1 win over Rensselaer Friday night in Game 1 of the first round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs. Point finished with 26 saves for the sixth-seeded Raiders, while Racine’s … Read more
Princeton boasts some of ECAC Hockey’s most prolific scorers, but it was Derek Topatigh’s first goal of the season that ignited an offensive explosion and propelled the seventh-seeded Tigers to an 8-2 win over tenth-seeded Brown in Game 1 of the opening round of the league playoffs Friday. The sophomore defenseman’s goal broke a 2-2 tie … Read more
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac and Yale’s home rinks are separated by a mere twelve miles, but the rivals have played postseason games in far off locales such as Atlantic City and Pittsburgh before ever having a playoff game in either school’s home rink. That changed in 2014, when Quinnipiac hosted Yale in the league … Read more
The Vermont Catamounts lived to fight another day with a 4-3 overtime win over UMass in game-two of their opening round series in the Hockey East Tournament on Friday night in Amherst. The Catamounts jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to goals by Rob Darrar at 11:04 of the first and Derek Lodermeier at … Read more
A pair of goals by Cédric Lacroix, including the game-winner at 16:29 of the third period lifted the Maine Black Bears to a 4-1 game-one victory in their best-of-three Hockey East opening-round series against rival UNH on Friday night. Liam Blackburn gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead with a power play goal at 16:01 of … Read more
LOWELL, Mass – Two teams in similar spots fighting for their playoff lives met on Friday night at Tsongas Center as the No. 7 seed Lowell Riverhawks hosted the No. 10 Merrimack Warriors in game one (best-of-three) of their opening round Hockey East Tournament series. Three high tempo periods were not enough to decide the … Read more
Mason Jobst tallied a three-point night in helping Ohio State step on the gas late as the second-seeded Buckeyes exploded for four third period goals against Michigan State for a 6-2 game one win in a Big Ten quarterfinal series at Value City Arena. Tanner Laczynski and Matthew Weis netted power play goals for the … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Trailing 3-1 only a shade past eight minutes into a Big Ten quarterfinal series opener, Michigan coach Mel Pearson said his team should’ve been charged admission with the way it played early on Friday night. The third-seeded Wolverines eventually banded together and cashed in their postseason admission ticket, scoring five goals … Read more
UNIVERSITY PARK, Penn. — Denis Smirnov broke a 2-2 tie with his 15th goal of the year at 18:42 of the second period and Andrew Sturtz scored the game winner just 56 seconds later to lift fourth-seeded Penn State to a 5-3 win over fifth-seeded Minnesota. Cole Hults and Nate Sucese answered a first period … Read more
Yellow Jacket foward Hugo Reinhardt’s two goals, one of which proved to be the game winning tally, were all the offense American International would need as they took the early lead in their series with the visiting Niagara Purple Eagles on Friday night by way of a 4-1 victory. Brennan Kapchek added a goal and an assist … Read more
Abbott Girduckis scored just :23 into overtime to give the RIT Tigers the early series lead in a wild, 5-4 victory over the Sacred Heart Pioneers The Tigers jumped out to an early three goal lead in the first frame, sparked by Adam Brubacher’s two goal opening fame which sandwiched a tally from Gabe Valenzuela. … Read more
The Robert Morris Colonials picked a perfect time to end a six game winless streak on Friday night in game one of their best of three series with the Bentley Falcons. Paced by two goals from forward Alex Tonge and 37 saves from goaltender Francis Marotte, the Colonials exorcised some late season demons and took early command of … Read more