Site AdministratorForward Matt Frattin, dismissed from the North Dakota team in August because of a violation of team rules, is back practicing with the Fighting Sioux, the school announced Tuesday. Frattin, a junior, has enrolled in spring semester classes at North Dakota and is eligible to play beginning with the Sioux’s game against Niagara at the … Read more
Boston College’s Chris Kreider scored three times, one-quarter of a United States offensive barrage in a 12-1 victory over Latvia on Tuesday at the World Junior Championship. The Americans moved to 3-0 in pool play and clinched a spot in the quarterfinals. They can earn a bye to the semifinals by beating host Canada in … Read more
Team USA practice Canada vs. Switzerland
The Details Who: No. 3 Colorado College (11-4-3), No. 4 Cornell (7-2-2), Maine (9-7-1), Princeton (4-8-1) When: Tuesday, Dec. 29 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 Where: Germain Arena, Estero, Fla. Tickets: Click here (new window) Tuesday’s schedule: Princeton vs. Maine, 4 p.m. Eastern; Colorado College vs. Cornell, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s schedule: Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. Eastern; … Read more
The Details Who: Bentley (6-7-3), Connecticut (2-12-2), No. 15 Massachusetts (10-5), No. 18 Union (8-3-5) When: Tuesday, Dec. 29 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 Where: Freitas Ice Forum, Storrs, Conn. Tickets: Click here (new window) Tuesday’s games: Massachusetts vs. Union, 4 p.m. Eastern; Connecticut vs. Bentley, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday’s games: Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. Eastern; semifinal … Read more
The Details Who: Michigan (9-9), No. 13 Michigan State (12-6-2), Michigan Tech (3-14), Rensselaer (9-9-1) When: Tuesday, Dec. 29 and Wednesday, Dec. 30 Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Tickets: Click here (new window) Tuesday’s schedule: Michigan Tech vs. Michigan State, 4 p.m. Eastern; Michigan vs. Rensselaer, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s schedule: Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. Eastern; … Read more
Denver’s Matt Donovan scored his second goal in as many games, and Boston College’s Chris Kreider added a goal in the United States’ 3-0 victory over Switzerland on Sunday in the World Junior Championship. Jack Campbell stopped 22 shots, 14 of them in the first period, for the Americans, who improved to 2-0. AJ Jenks … Read more
The line of collegians Derek Stepan, Jerry D’Amigo and Danny Kristo combined for three goals and a plus-12 rating as the United States rallied for a 7-3 victory over Slovakia Saturday in its opening game of the World Junior Championship. Despite outshooting Slovakia 46-20, the Americans had to rally from a 2-0 deficit in the … Read more
USA Hockey will take 11 college players to the 2010 World Junior Championships in Saskatchewan. The national team on Wednesday announced its 22-player roster for the annual Under-20 tournament, which starts Saturday and runs through Jan. 5. Wisconsin is the school most represented on the team. It has defensemen Jake Gardiner and John Ramage and … Read more
Fenway Park is renting the ice to various groups prior to the Jan. 1 Winter Classic between the Bruins and the Flyers and college hockey’s Frozen Fenway seven days later. While the first day of rentals on Dec. 20 was canceled due to issues with a snowstorm, Avon Old Farms and Taft School were able … Read more
Trailing 6-4 with just over three minutes remaining in the third period, Canisius scored two goals in a 40-second span to force overtime before senior forward Jason Weeks redirected the game-winner past sophomore goaltender Bryan Bessette in the final minute of the extra session to stun visiting Colgate, 7-6, at the Buffalo State Ice Arena … Read more
If hockey periods lasted only 19 minutes and 49 seconds, the Vermont Catamounts would have skated away with a relatively easy home victory against non-conference foe Dartmouth on Saturday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Instead, the Cats had to scratch and claw their way to a nail-biting 4-3 escape. UVM (8-6-2) jumped out to a 2-0 lead … Read more
Given that Nebraska-Omaha and Minnesota State were both hovering just above the .500 mark coming into Saturday’s meeting at Qwest Center Omaha, it seemed only right that their home-and-home series finale would come down to the wire. That’s exactly what happened, with a Rich Purslow goal 43 seconds into overtime lifting UNO to a 2-1 … Read more
In an exhibition game featuring Dean Blais against his former protégé Dave Hakstol, the Blais-coached U.S. Under-20 Team downed North Dakota, 4-2, at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Blais, currently in his first year as head coach at Nebraska-Omaha, will coach the U.S. National Junior Team during the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, Dec. … Read more
When Minnesota State’s Tyler Thompson was called for holding with the score tied and three seconds left in the third period, it seemed Nebraska-Omaha had just received a gift. UNO had used a power play to tie the game in the first period Friday at the Verizon Wireless Center, and this man advantage couldn’t have … Read more
Join us Friday, Dec. 18 at 4 p.m. Eastern for a live chat with USCHO ECAC Hockey correspondent Brian Sullivan. He’ll take questions about his commentary on the state of the game and ECAC Hockey in general. A note for users: Questions will not appear in the main window until they are added by the … Read more
The CCHA suspended Northern Michigan forward Ray Kaunisto for one game because of what it determined to be a blindside hit to the head and neck area. That hit, which did not go penalized in last Friday’s game at Lake Superior State, was reviewed by the league. Kaunisto, a senior, will sit out the Wildcats’ … Read more
Winless in their previous six contests, sufferers of both blowouts (outscored 33-17 since Nov. 1) and snow-outs (a Dec. 11 game at Niagara was postponed by a winter storm), Robert Morris straggled into the Buffalo State Ice Arena in Buffalo, N.Y. to face a dangerous Canisius team coming off a 9-3 thrashing of Bentley. The … Read more
Colorado College is back where it started — where it started last season, anyway. The Tigers moved up two spots to No. 3 in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll released Monday, matching their spot in the 2008 preseason poll. Since then, it has been an interesting ride for CC. CC head coach Scott Owens’ … Read more
By virtue of their three win week, the Oswego Lakers solidified their hold on the top spot in Division III hockey, earning 15 of a possible 20 first place votes. The rest of the top tallies were allocated differently, though the order of the elite five teams — Oswego, Plattsburgh, Norwich, Adrian, and St. Norbert … Read more