Site AdministratorWith both teams on two-game losing streaks, the Vermont Catamounts and No. 5 Merrimack Warriors each looked to get back on the winning track with two Hockey East points up for grabs Wednesday night. Despite surges of confidence from Vermont, Merrimack secured the 5-2 victory on their home ice to improve their record to 10-2-1 … Read more
The top three teams in last week’s poll combined to go 1-5, leading to another change at the top. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski discuss that and more in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Princeton rallied from a three-goal, third-period deficit, with Jack Berger scoring his second goal of the game late in regulation to force a 3-3 tie with No. 9 Union on Saturday. Berger cut the Tigers’ deficit to 3-2 midway through the third, then scored with an extra attacker at 18:46 to even things. Trevor Mingoia … Read more
It is not often a squad in the midst of an eight-game winning streak calls a team meeting, but that is precisely what Ohio State coach Mark Osiecki did Saturday morning. Osiecki was concerned the team was developing bad habits. Message delivered. The seventh-ranked Buckeyes notched their ninth consecutive victory knocking off No. 11 Lake … Read more
Looking for a better effort Saturday night, the No. 20 Michigan Tech Huskies got just that in the early going, scoring twice in the opening frame. The No. 4 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs pushed back with three points from winger J.T. Brown and a game-winning goal from captain Jack Connolly to earn the sweep at the MacInnes … Read more
Quinnipiac won its first conference game in over a month in dramatic fashion Saturday night as Yuri Bouharevich scored with 2.4 seconds left on the clock to give the Bobcats a 3-2 win over Rensselaer. Bouharevich breathed a sign of relief after the game. “That was long overdue to say the least,” Bouharevich said with … Read more
Four players each scored twice as No. 1 Rochester Institute of Technology crushed Chatham 14-1 on Saturday. Julie Hall, Kolbee McCrea, Kourtney Kunichika and Lindsay Grigg each posted a pair of goals for the Tigers (10-0, 8-0 ECAC West). Sydney Williams scored a power-play goal for the Cougars (0-6, 0-6).
Northeastern scored on its first three shots of the game and became the first visiting team to beat No. 2 Notre Dame in the Compton Family Ice Arena, delivering a 9-2 beating Friday night. Braden Pimm and Garrett Vermeersch each scored twice, and Ludwig Karlsson posted four assists for the Huskies (5-7-2), who have won … Read more
Freshman Ryan Massa and Dayn Belfour are challenging senior John Faulkner, and coach Dean Blais is letting the competition play out. Tyler Buckentine and Brian Halverson have This Week in the WCHA.
Is Merrimack’s schedule tough enough for the Warriors to be the No. 1 team in the nation? That and more in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback with Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski.
After winning just six games over his first three seasons, the goaltender has seven victories as a senior. Daver Karnosky reports.
St. Cloud State salvaged a point from its weekend series at Nebraska-Omaha on Sunday afternoon, drawing 2-2 with the Mavericks at CenturyLink Center. After beating the Huskies 4-3 on Saturday, No. 19 UNO (7-6-3, 6-3-3 WCHA) was held Sunday by a much-improved all-around performance from the visitors (6-7-3, 4-4-2). SCSU forward Travis Novak led the … Read more
In the midst of eight straight contests on the road, taking them geographically from Troy, N.Y., to Colorado Springs, Union paused this weekend in Ann Arbor’s Yost Arena to take in a college football game and deal 11th-ranked Michigan a resounding defeat, 6-3. Barely before the Wolverines could blink, they trailed 4-0, with three of … Read more
Scott Allen scored with 5:35 remaining to lift Alaska-Anchorage to its second WCHA victory of the season, a 5-4 victory over Minnesota State on Friday in front of an announced crowd of 2,437 at Verizon Wireless Center. The Seawolves (5-7-1, 2-7-0 WCHA) broke a 3-3 tie in the third period with a goal by Mickey … Read more
Eight of the nation’s top 11 point scorers play for WCHA schools. Tyler Buckentine and Brian Halverson have that and notes about a Denver coaching reunion, Minnesota’s Nick Bjugstad and more in This Week in the WCHA.
Alabama-Huntsville and No. 1-ranked Merrimack faced off in Lawler Arena each looking to earn a non-conference victory before returning home for the Thanksgiving holiday. The Warriors bested the Chargers, 6-0, to remain undefeated before returning to Hockey East conference play. Merrimack established firm control of the puck in the first period with every member of … Read more
With nearly a month gone in his third collegiate season, Nick D’Agostino finally notched his first three power-play goals in a pair of 4-0 victories over Princeton and Quinnipiac last weekend. Now that he’s got the knack, the nation’s top scoring blueliner just can’t get enough. D’Agostino, a seventh-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in … Read more
The Warriors are likely to be undefeated through two months. Jim Connelly and Todd D. Milewski look at the road ahead in Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
Forty-one years have elapsed since the last time Bemidji State defeated North Dakota, but on Sunday night, the Beavers erased that footnote. Dan Bakala (26 saves) and the Beavers (4-8-1, 2-6-1 WCHA) were able to get over the hump, clamping down to shut out the North Dakota Fighting Sioux (4-7-1, 2-6-0 WCHA), 1-0, in front … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell won the battle of the Massachusetts state schools on Saturday night, topping the Massachusetts, 4-0, in front of 4,924 at the Tsongas Center. With the victory, UML improves to 4-3-0 in Hockey East and 6-4-0 overall. The Minutemen fall to 4-5-3 overall and 2-5-3 in the conference. “We didn’t play as hard as we … Read more