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Mike Atkinson’s hat trick helped propel the Quinnipiac University Bobcats to a 4-2 win over the Clarkson Golden Knights in the ECAC Hockey conference regular season opener for both teams. “We feel fortunate we took two points,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “I don’t think we played our best hockey tonight. Clarke played well … Read more

Third ranked North Dakota needed a return to form after a loss on the road at Alaska-Anchorage and a week off. Fortunately, the Sioux notched a power-play goal a period against the Michigan Tech Huskies at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena and skated away with the 4-2 win. “Every two points [in the WCHA] is … Read more

Heading into Halloween weekend with No. 2 Minnesota on the schedule, the struggling defending national champion Wisconsin women’s hockey team knew they had opportunity to make a statement. Consider it a statement made, as Wisconsin completed a sweep with a 5-2 victory Sunday. “I think this team has what it takes to make it to … Read more

The fans in Huntsville are getting restless, as the 2009-10 home season has started with four straight 2-1 defeats. “That’s four games in a row where we’ve had a chance to win all of them,” Chargers’ coach Danton Cole said, “but we haven’t figured out a way to get over the hump just yet. Our … Read more

When asked after the game about his third forward line, Merrimack College coach Mark Dennehy was unable to differentiate it from his highest-scoring lines. His reasoning: they play like a top line. Each member of the Jeff Velleca, Stephane Da Costa, and Brandon Brodhag line had a goal and an assist as the Warriors beat … Read more

The most frightening Halloween costume in Colorado Springs next fall may be the Golden Griffin. The Canisius College men’s ice hockey team defeated Air Force 3-1 on Saturday at the Buffalo State Ice Arena in Buffalo, N.Y., marking the third consecutive time that the Griffs (2-5-0, 1-2-0 AHA) have clipped their Atlantic Hockey rival. Cory … Read more

The Alabama-Huntsville Chargers lost their third-straight 2-1 game in their home opener, falling to College Hockey America rival Bemidji State in the conference opener for both teams. The Beavers were paced by Matt Read, who scored both Beavers’ goals, including the overtime game-winner. Bemidji assistant Bert Gilling said of Read’s play, “It was funny there, … Read more

Halloween night provided plenty of tricks and treats, but in the end neither Holy Cross nor AIC could skate away with the victory, as the teams played to a 4-4 tie in Atlantic Hockey Association action at the Hart Center. In a very entertaining game, both teams held leads in the third period, but each … Read more

Robert Morris forward Nathan Longpre had been working hard and generating chances the first five games of the season, but he hadn’t been rewarded for the effort, until tonight. Longpre set a Robert Morris record for goals in a game and led the way in an 8-5 victory over the No. 18 Quinnipiac Bobcats in … Read more

With another close, one goal win against the Northern Michigan Wildcats, the Miami RedHawks likely will keep their first place ranking. Last night’s game went 4-3 in the RedHawks favor; tonight’s was similar, but with tighter defense. The first period resembled a tennis match, but Northern Michigan won the first set. When Miami took an … Read more

Twenty-five penalties for 72 minutes, including two five-minute checking-from-behind majors. That pushed Saturday night’s non-conference college men’s hockey game to a lengthy two hours and 30 minutes. It was frightening on Halloween at the DECC. Yet four power-play goals allowed Minnesota-Duluth to complete a sweep of Clarkson University of Potsdam, N.Y., with a 4-2 victory … Read more

At the end of a weekend series filled with more tricks than treats, Nebraska-Omaha winger Rich Purslow came away the most deserving of any ‘scary-good’ superlatives. The No. 12 Mavericks faced most of the tricks played against them Friday night into Saturday morning, after the CCHA announced that Bowling Green’s controversial shootout win on Friday … Read more

Much like they did Friday night, the Wisconsin Badgers dominated the New Hampshire Wildcats in Saturday’s game, en route to a 6-1 victory at the Kohl Center. UW coach Mike Eaves talked Friday night about needing to score more goals than they had in previous Saturday games, and the Badgers did just that, posting three … Read more

After taking Friday night’s game on the chin, the St. Cloud State Huskies found success on their power play twice en route to a 3-1 win over the Michigan Tech Huskies, spoiling Michigan Tech’s chances for the sweep on Saturday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. “We were on our toes tonight,” said St. … Read more

Providence sophomore goaltender Alex Beaudry made a career-high 47 saves to backbone his team to a 2-1 victory at Massachusetts Saturday evening. The win gave the Friars a split for the home-and-home series, as the Minutemen posted a 5-3 come-from-behind victory in Providence the night before. The Providence defense shut down the high-scoring Massachusetts offense, … Read more

Princeton had to wait until the very end in its regular season-opening contest, but the wait was sure worth it. Tyler Beachell put in a power-play rebound at 1:16 of overtime to lift the No. 9 Tigers to a 1-0 victory over ECAC rival Brown University in a non-conference meeting before a weekday afternoon crowd … Read more

Whenever the Wisconsin women’s hockey team needs a big goal, Brooke Ammerman is the person they turn to score it. The Wisconsin sophomore forward scored her second straight game-changing goal, this time a back-breaker against Minnesota with just 2.3 seconds left in the second period to break a 2-2 tie and power Wisconsin past No. … Read more