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Union completed its journey back to the top of ECAC Hockey. The Dutchmen clinched their second straight Whitelaw Cup with a 3-1 win over Brown on Saturday, and the championship experience was evident the entire weekend as Union controlled play with puck possession and timely goals. [scg_html_ecac2013]Union is the first team since St. Lawrence in … Read more

Here are photos from Friday’s semifinal games at the Atlantic Hockey Championship, Canisius’ 5-3 win over Niagara and Mercyhurst’s 4-1 win over Connecticut: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000BSiuBWy9jdk” g_name=”20130322-AHA-FridayGallery” 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” … Read more

Here are photos from Friday’s semifinal games at the ECAC Hockey Championship in Atlantic City, Brown’s 4-0 win over Quinnipiac and Union’s 5-0 win over Yale: [photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G00004tFJAF3pkVg” g_name=”20130322-ECAC-FridayGallery” 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” … Read more

Minnesota State outshot Wisconsin 40-27 Thursday afternoon, had an edge in shot attempts to the tune of 77-40 and had nine power play chances — of which the Mavericks scored on two. Yet, thanks to an opportunistic and hungry first eight minutes, the Badgers cruised to a WCHA Final Five quarterfinal victory. [scg_html_wcha2013]Call it opportunistic … Read more

No. 8 St. Cloud State got goals from all four centers Saturday in beating Alaska-Anchorage 5-1 to sweep a WCHA first-round series. Drew LeBlanc, Nic Dowd, Cory Thorson and David Morley all scored for the Huskies (23-14-1), who scored four times in the third period. Ben Hanowski added an empty-net goal for St. Cloud State, … Read more

Bryan Rust broke a tie on a penalty shot for his second goal of the game, and No. 12 Notre Dame eliminated Bowling Green from the CCHA playoffs with a 4-3 victory on Saturday. The Fighting Irish swept the best-of-three CCHA quarterfinal series. Rust broke a 2-2 tie in the third period after Bowling Green’s … Read more

Bryan Rust scored 1:22 into overtime Friday, and No. 12 Notre Dame outlasted Bowling Green 1-0. Steven Summerhays made 22 saves for the Irish (22-12-3), who lead the best-of-three CCHA quarterfinal series 1-0. Bowling Green’s Andrew Hammond stopped the first 35 shots he saw but the Falcons (15-20-5) couldn’t get him a goal.

Goaltender Lauren Sullivan kept Elmira in its national semifinal game long enough for Sam Curk to win it. Curk scored 19:22 into overtime Friday, lifting No. 5 Elmira past No. 2 Gustavus Adolphus 4-3 and sending the Soaring Eagles into Saturday’s national championship game against Middlebury. Elmira (23-5-1) handed the Golden Gusties (27-1-1) their first … Read more

Middlebury accomplished something no other Division III women’s hockey team did this season: defeat No. 1 Plattsburgh. Using a fast start and a solid all-around effort from its defense, No. 6 Middlebury took down Plattsburgh 4-1 on Friday in the semifinals of the 2013 NCAA Division III women’s hockey championships. The Panthers (20-7-2) earned a … Read more

Matt Garbowsky had a goal and three assists, and seven Rochester Institute of Technology players scored in a series-clinching 7-1 victory over American International on Saturday. The Tigers swept the best-of-three Atlantic Hockey first-round playoff series. Chris Saracino, Dan Schuler, Nolan Descoteaux and Brad McGowan scored to build a 4-0 lead for RIT. Garbowsky, Ben … Read more

Nick D’Agostino scored twice and Greg Miller tallied three assists as Cornell completed a road sweep of its best-of-three ECAC Hockey first-round playoff series with a 4-2 victory over Princeton on Saturday. Will MacDonald got Princeton on the board first, tallying the only goal in the first period. But Cornell began the next two stanzas … Read more