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The Boston University Terriers with the third seed in the Hockey East playoffs and in doing so eliminated the Northeastern University Huskies from playoff contention after defeating the Huskies 4-3 in a battle at Matthews Arena in front of a crowd of 3,165 Saturday night. Kevin Gilroy had the winning goal for the Terriers while … Read more

The No.16 Vermont Catamounts came into the game looking to either win or at least salvage a tie to keep their playoff hopes alive. They did just that, tying the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 1-1, in front of 6,121 fans at the Tsongas Center. It was a crazy night of scoreboard watching to figure out what … Read more

The University of Massachusetts men’s hockey team got the win they needed Saturday night to earn a spot in the Hockey East Tournament, which starts next weekend. The Minutemen (18-16-0, 13-14-0 Hockey East) beat Maine, 4-3, at Alfond Arena and swept the weekend set and season series with the Black Bears. Maine (16-15-3, 13-12-2) had … Read more

The night after North Dakota forward Mario Lamoureux watched his sisters Jocelyne and Monique honored for their silver medal performance in women’s hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics, he stole the spotlight back. Lamoureux’s unassisted goal at 7:12 of the third period completed the Fighting Sioux comeback from a two-goal deficit, giving UND a 3-2 … Read more

Once again, Harvard saved its best for last, and now the Crimson are moving on to the second round of the ECAC Tournament. One night after scoring four times in the third period to overcome a two-goal deficit, Harvard tallied three third-period scores to top Princeton, 3-0, and sweep their best-of-three first round series at … Read more

The homestanding Rensselaer Engineers came out strong and defeated the Brown Bears, 4-1, going away to even their best-of-three first round ECAC playoff series at one game apiece Saturday night. While Brown kept its lineup exactly the same from the night before, RPI coach Seth Appert affected several changes throughout his four forward lines. Josh … Read more

Next weekend is the final College Hockey America Tournament. One could scoff that there are only four teams in the league, but as the old adage goes, anybody can beat anybody in a single game. In the latest chapter of this final CHA story, Egor Mironov scored twice and Chris Noonan made 28 saves as … Read more

The No. 10 seed Dartmouth Big Green stayed alive in the ECAC Hockey playoffs, with a 6-3 triumph over the No. 7 Quinnipiac University Bobcats in Game 2 of the opening round. Dartmouth (10-18-3) scored early to gain momentum off of a Quinnipiac turnover and rode the wave throughout the game. Goaltender Dan Clarke played … Read more

Louie Caporusso and Carl Hagelin supplied the offense and Shawn Hunwick was flawless in goal. That’s all Michigan needed to best Lake Superior, 6-0, Saturday night at Yost Arena, sweeping the Lakers in two games and advancing to the second round of the CCHA playoffs. Pending the outcome of the Alaska-Western Michigan series this weekend, … Read more

Craig Smith scored his second goal of the game with under five minutes to play, lifting No. 3 Wisconsin to a 3-2 victory Friday over rival Minnesota at the Target Center. “If its close this year, its kinda gone against us,” Minnesota coach Don Lucia said. It was an strange game in a unusual venue. … Read more

North Dakota overcame a sluggish first period to roll past Michigan Tech 5-1 on the way to its sixth straight victory before a sellout crowd of 11,743 at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Fighting Sioux center and assistant captain Darcy Zajac — one of three seniors on UND’s roster — notched two goals and an assist. His … Read more

Playoff hockey, in all its gritty, hard-fought glory, has finally returned to the Houston Field House after a four year hiatus. It happened to come on the day that Rensselaer held its final classes before spring break, but that did not stop a chock-full student section from showing up to prove the signs which have … Read more

Sometimes it really is better late than never. Ninth seeded Harvard battled back from a two goal deficit after 40 minutes with four third period goals to top eighth seeded Princeton, 4-2, in the opener of a best-of-three ECAC Tournament first-round series at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink. “We got a couple of bounces, and we … Read more

The first round of the CCHA Playoffs has begun and the Ohio State Buckeyes gained a 1-0 in the first round of the best-of-three series as they defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3-1 in front of a crowd of 734 in the OSU Ice Arena Friday evening. Ohio State entered Friday’s game as the … Read more

For the second straight season, the seventh seeded Holy Cross Crusaders knocked off the tenth-seeded AIC Yellow Jackets at the Hart Center in the first round of the Atlantic Hockey tournament by a final of 4-2. It marked the first victory for the Crusaders this season against the Yellow Jackets and ran Holy Cross’ unbeaten … Read more

The seventh ranked Quinnipiac University Bobcats defeated the No. 10 Dartmouth Big Green, 3-2 score, in the opening game of the ECAC postseason. Jean-Marc Beaudoin registered a point on each of the Bobcats goals. The first period was evenly matched as both teams exchanged blows, with Quinnipiac hitting the bar twice and Dartmouth getting quality … Read more

A special teams famine saw Bowling Green put one foot in the grave for this season on Friday, with the Falcons losing 6-1 to 20th-ranked Nebraska-Omaha at Qwest Center Omaha in the first game of the teams’ best-of-three first-round CCHA playoff series. The 11th-seeded visitors did put an early scare into their hosts when Tomas … Read more

Methodically and workman-like, Michigan won every period against Lake Superior, taking the opening game of their best-of-three CCHA first round playoffs, 5-2, at Yost Ice Arena Friday night. Both teams played the game shorthanded, especially Lake Superior. The Lakers took the ice without players who had contributed 37 of their 91 goals in the regular … Read more

The Niagara Purple Eagles refuse to end up in last place in College Hockey America, without at least putting up a fight. The Eagles used a solid road game recipe including timely saves, relentless back checking, and opportunistic goal scoring en route to a 3-1 victory over the Robert Morris Colonials at the Island Sports … Read more