Site AdministratorA crowd of 1,623 at Messa Rink were in attendance for the second straight tie in as many days between No. 12 Western Michigan and No. 11 Union on Saturday night. Despite Jeremy Welsh’s hat trick, the Dutchmen settled for a hard-fought 3-3 tie on home ice. Chase Balisy’s goal at 8:04 of the third … Read more
The Maine Black Bears made sure they didn’t beat themselves again Saturday night. Down 3-2 after a trio of power-play goals, Maine (1-2-1, 1-1-0 Hockey East) clamped down and scored a late power-play goal of its own to salvage a 3-3 tie with the North Dakota (2-1-1) at Ralph Engelstad Arena. More than 11,000 fans … Read more
In a series that’s nearly 60 years old, Minnesota-Duluth and Minnesota couldn’t be much closer than they’ve been the last two seasons. The teams went 1-1-2 in four games in 2010-11 as the Bulldogs finished fourth in the WCHA and the Gophers fifth. Two league preseason polls for 2011-12 ranked UMD fifth and Minnesota sixth. … Read more
Standout performances from freshman forward Nate Milam and goaltender C.J. Motte lifted Ferris State to a 2-0 win over Rensselaer Saturday night to complete the weekend sweep over the Engineers. Milam’s first career goal 55 seconds into the contest put the Bulldogs on top for good, while Motte earned his first shutout in just his … Read more
After two consecutive home losses, Army headed into Lawler Arena looking for their first win of the season taking on the 13th-ranked Merrimack Warriors in a non-conference matchup Saturday night, but came up short as the Warriors took a 3-2 win. The first 10 minutes of the first period were relatively quiet with both teams … Read more
Jeremy Langlois picked up a hat trick with three consecutive goals through the final two periods Saturday afternoon to lead Quinnipiac over Canisius, 7-1. The Bobcats also tied the school record with four power-play goals. Eric Hartzell made eight saves in the win, while Dan Morrison stopped 30 in the loss. The nine shots on … Read more
We hope you’ll join us this Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. ET as we debut our week talk show, USCHO Live! Each week will feature a look at the top stories of the week and weekend, a look ahead at upcoming games and breaking news, and guests from college hockey’s coach, player and journalism … Read more
Redemption was the name of the game for North Dakota Friday night. The Fighting Sioux rode two late third period goals to defeat Maine, 3-1, in front of 11,399 at Ralph Engelstad Arena. To an extent, the Sioux redeemed themselves in taking one step towards avenging two frustrating losses at the hands of the Black … Read more
After a season of never losing more than one game in a row and winning six games in overtime, the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs had a reversal of fortune Friday night as their 2011-12 WCHA season opened at Amsoil Arena. No. 14-ranked Minnesota built an early two-goal lead, then rallied to beat No. 9 UMD, 5-4 in … Read more
With a controversial overtime goal, Michigan Tech drew first blood in the Huskies’ two-game series with visiting Wisconsin with a 2-1 victory. Jordan Baker netted the game winner 2:53 into the extra session while Badgers’ goaltender Landon Peterson was out of his crease looking to play the puck. Peterson had skated behind his net with … Read more
Multi-goal performances by Travis Ouellette and Kyle Bonis led the Ferris State Bulldogs to a 4-0 win in their home opener against the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers Friday night. Ferris State’s record remains spotless with a 3-0-0 record. After a scoreless first period, Ouelette got the scoring started late in the second period with a … Read more
A game between evenly matched teams ended in a 2-2 tie as 11th-ranked Union and 12th-ranked Western Michigan played to the stalemate Friday night. It took only a little over two minutes for Union to score their first goal of the game. Sam Coatta was responsible for the unassisted goal, the first of his Union … Read more
This is the first week of league play, with three WCHA series set for this weekend. No. 9 Minnesota-Duluth hosting No. 14 Minnesota is certainly one to watch but all of college hockey nation has an eye on a few marquee East-West matchups. No. 3 Denver heads to Boston to play top-ranked Boston College on … Read more
In the lone NCAA hockey matchup of the evening, Quinnipiac defeated Holy Cross 5-3 in the Bobcats’ regular season home opener Wednesday night. QU took a 2-0 lead early in the second period only to allow Holy Cross to score three unanswered goals to take the lead. Quinnipiac would tie the score with just over … Read more
The junior defenseman returned to school despite being told he was ready for the pros. Mike Scandura reports.
Colgate is 2-0 to open the season after winning just seven games all of last regular season. That’s among the topics in this week’s edition of Tuesday Morning Quarterback.
A step behind. That’s how Northeastern coach Jim Madigan described his team’s defensive performance against Maine on Sunday afternoon at Alfond Arena. Northeastern scrambled to slow down Maine’s offense early as the Black Bears executed accurate passes and peppered Northeastern junior goaltender Chris Rawlings with shots. The 16th-ranked Black Bears jumped out to a 3-0 … Read more
Chris Luongo believes the time is now for Alabama-Huntsville to get started in the right direction. “If there is a spot on our schedule that is key, it’s between now and mid-November because we have four series at home between now and then,” Luongo said. “The second half of the year is going to be … Read more
It’s easy to pick out strengths and flaws, looking at the leftovers of all the WCHA rosters from last season going into 2011-12. Colorado College and Denver both have the personnel up front to light up the scoreboard on a nightly basis. North Dakota, meanwhile, lost a ton of offensive production in the offseason. So … Read more
In the wake of the most tumultuous summer in college hockey history, even insular ECAC Hockey has a few changes to adjust to. Gone is George Roll, fired by Clarkson and now coaching at new Division III program Nazareth in Rochester, N.Y. Gone is Guy Gadowsky, who hopes to replicate his Princeton successes with Penn … Read more