Site AdministratorKelly Zajac and Andrew Buote scored two goals apiece to lead No. 17 Union College to a 7-3 victory tonight at Princeton University. ] Union (11-4-5, 5-0-3 ECAC) won its third straight game, while Princeton (6-9-2, 3-7-1 ECAC) saw its four-game unbeaten streak end. The host Tigers continued their season-long wounded ways and dressed only … Read more
The Robert Morris Colonials have managed a couple of huge upsets in their brief history. However until tonight, none of them had taken place anywhere near their home ice, and none of them were as shocking as the one that occurred at the annual College Hockey Showcase in Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena this evening. The Colonials … Read more
Maybe this was a breakout game that Nick Pitsikoulis desperately needed and finally got. The St. Lawrence junior scored twice and added an assist as the Saints easily defeated Niagara, 7-2, on Friday before 1,020 patrons in Dwyer Arena on an arctic-like evening on the Niagara Peninsula. St. Lawrence improved to 10-7-2 overall. The Saints, … Read more
North Dakota jumped out to an early lead against Minnesota State and never looked back, as the Fighting Sioux downed the visiting Mavericks, 4-1, at Ralph Engelstad Arena. “We had a lot of guys that did a good job and played hard, and played well through 60 minutes,” said UND coach Dave Hakstol. Behind a … Read more
The last time the Ohio State Buckeyes took the ice at their home venue of Value City Arena, they were completely embarrassed by in-state rival No.1 Miami in a 6-0 loss. Four weeks later, Ohio State was able to take some revenge out on visiting Bowling Green in a 7-2 win Friday evening. Ohio State … Read more
It was going to be historic; that much was guaranteed. Who knew it would be one for the ages too? New Hampshire and Northeastern saw to that by hooking up in the women’s half of the Frozen Fenway double-header, won in rousing fashion by UNH, 5-3 in what is believed to be the first-ever women’s … Read more
In a game featuring two teams on multiple-game losing streaks, the Air Force Falcons were able to snap their three-game slide and stay in a tie for the Atlantic Conference lead, beating the Connecticut Huskies, 2-1, in a nationally televised game at Cadet Ice Arena. After a sluggish first ten minutes to start the game, … Read more
Former Brown player Kevin Lovitt is joining College Hockey Inc. as its senior director of business affairs. Lovitt, who played for the Bears from 1977 to 1981, was the director of corporate sponsorship for the National Hockey League Players Association, working alongside CHI executive director Paul Kelly. “I am confident that he is the right … Read more
Jan. 5 proved to be quite a homecoming for the United States Olympic women’s team. Of the American roster headed to Vancouver in February, seven players have ties to University of Wisconsin (including current Badgers’ forwards Hilary Knight and Meghan Duggan). Tuesday night at the Kohl Center the ex-Badgers played a starring role in the … Read more
The script had to seem way too familiar for the United States. For the second straight meeting at the 2010 World Junior Championship, Canada erased the Americans’ two-goal, third-period lead to force overtime. Last time, Canada won in a shootout to earn the top spot in the preliminary pool. Tuesday, there was a rewrite. Defenseman … Read more
Not unanimity. But awfully close. That’s the position — top ranked, with 19 of 20 first place votes — the Oswego Lakers find themselves after the first USCHO.com Division III poll of 2010. It is their fourth consecutive week atop the rankings. The second and third ranked teams in the country — Oswego’s SUNYAC rival … Read more
A tie in the championship game of the Badger Hockey Showdown was enough to move both Wisconsin and Yale up three spots in this week’s USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll. Related link: USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll: Jan. 4, 2010 The Badgers are up to fourth, their highest ranking since Oct. 23, 2006, the first … Read more
Dan Bartlett’s four-point night, including his first career hat trick and the game-winning goal in overtime, propelled Princeton to a 4-3 win over No. 8 Quinnipiac tonight before a crowd of 1,221 at Hobey Baker Rink. “It was a good win against a good team,” said Bartlett after tallying the deciding goal at 2:45 of … Read more
Coming off a close 4-3 victory on Saturday against Alabama-Huntsville, the Vermont Catamounts won the championship game of the Catamount Cup in much more decisive fashion, toppling No. 12 Minnesota-Duluth 5-2 at Gutterson Fieldhouse. This is the second year in a row that the Catamounts have won the tournament, and the third time in the … Read more
In the championship of the 21st Badger Hockey Showdown, senior Blake Geoffrion made sure the host went out a winner for the 11th and final time. Despite being quiet throughout the weekend, Geoffrion made the most noise at the last possible moment, registering a shootout goal in the third round to allow the No. 7 … Read more
The Alabama- Huntsville Chargers crushed the Mercyhurst Lakers, 4-1, Sunday afternoon in the consolation game of the Catamount Cup at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Though Mercyhurst took a 1-0 lead in the second period, it was all Chargers from there, as four different players recorded goals. Junior Vince Bruni, senior Kevin Morrison, senior Brandon Roshko, and senior … Read more
A big tournament for Rensselaer’s Jerry D’Amigo keeps getting bigger. D’Amigo scored twice, John Carlson broke a 2-2 tie in the third period and St. Cloud State’s Mike Lee made 27 saves in the United States’ 5-2 semifinal victory over Sweden on Sunday at the World Junior Championship. D’Amigo has five goals in the tournament, … Read more
Fourth-ranked Cornell University scored three unanswered goals in the third period to break a 2-2 tie and win a key non-conference road game against the No. 16 University of New Hampshire Wildcats, 5-2, at the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, N.H. on Sunday afternoon. Sean Collins, Riley Nash and Joe Scali each scored a goal … Read more
The expression and subsequent reaction from Wisconsin defenseman Craig Johnson told the whole story. With his team suffering a layoff hangover and down a pair, Johnson, a reserve defenseman elevated for the weekend to UW’s top line, made a simple scoring chance turn into the boost the Badgers sorely needed, and he knew it. “I … Read more
Rensselaer’s Jerry D’Amigo scored twice, and four other collegians added goals as the United States earned a spot in the World Junior Championship semifinals with a 6-2 victory over Finland on Saturday. Notre Dame’s Kyle Palmieri, Denver’s Matt Donovan, Boston College’s Chris Kreider and North Dakota’s Danny Kristo also scored for the U.S., which will … Read more