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“There’s one way to play hockey, and that’s the way you should play it,” Alabama-Huntsville coach Danton Cole said of his team, which came into South Bend and knocked off CCHA power Notre Dame 3-2 in front of a stunned, sellout crowd at the Joyce Athletic Center. “We haven’t talked about [the CCHA’s snub of … Read more

For one team, it was a nice outcome on the road. For the other, it was sour ending to a potentially very sweet start to the season. Colgate scored twice in the final 3:46 of the third period to earn a 4-4 season-opening tie with Niagara on Friday night. Afterwards, Niagara coach Dave Burkholder was … Read more

Blaise MacDonald and his UMass-Lowell hockey team had never visited Omaha prior to this weekend’s Icebreaker Tournament, but the coach is already beginning to enjoy the change of scenery. MacDonald’s troops hadn’t won a season-opener since beating Niagara in overtime to start the 2004-05 campaign, but a goal and two assists from senior winger Kory … Read more

A packed Steve Cady Arena watched the St. Cloud State Huskies and the Miami Ohio University RedHawks open their regular seasons on Friday night. The fourth ranked RedHawks got 22 saves from their sophomore goalie Cody Reichard, and were able to fend off the No. 13 Huskies in overtime, 3-2, on a goal by Carter … Read more

Banner raisings can sometimes become inauspicious events, but North Dakota raised its WCHA-leading 14th league championship banner while turning back a challenge from Merrimack. In the nonconference season opener for both teams, the Fighting Sioux got two goals from their fourth line to down the visiting Warriors from Hockey East, 5-2. The line centered by … Read more

As the No. 17 Ohio State Buckeyes entered the new season, they had tons of optimism coming off an NCAA tournament spot last season and returning 20 players. They got a tough reality check from the Quinnipiac Bobcats, who won 4-2 on opening night thanks to a high flying third period. To make matters worse, … Read more

Massachusetts junior forward James Marcou tied a career high with four assists while sophomore defenseman Matt Irwin tallied a career-best two goals as the Minutemen overcame a 1-0 first period deficit with four power-play goals to defeat Rensselaer 5-2 in a penalty-filled season-opener for both teams Thursday. The two squads combined for 24 penalties in … Read more

It may have been an exhibition game between two schools from different countries, but Western Ontario’s 3-2 victory at Ohio State on Sunday had the feel of a chippy conference regular season game. There were a couple instances in the game where players had words and exchanged shoves. The Mustangs won the game 3:28 into … Read more

The changing of the seasons epitomizes what is happening with the Niagara University hockey team. Niagara graduated six seniors from last season’s squad and have only two returning seniors, left wing Chris Moran and right wing Igor Mironov. Niagara will be suiting up 10 freshmen and seven sophomores, with only three juniors in its final … Read more

Seven different New Hampshire players scored en route to an 8-1 victory over the Acadia University Axemen in an exhibition game at the Whittemore Center. Acadia hope to duplicate the exploits of New Brunswick and St. Francis Xavier, who upended UNH in consecutive exhibitions in 2006 and 2007, respectively. That hope died quickly, as UNH … Read more

Missing three of its top six scorers from last season isn’t an insurmountable loss for the Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey team of 2009-10. Justin Fontaine, Mike Connolly and Jack Connolly, the three returnees, hope to make up the deficit. They combined for four goals and three assists Saturday night in opening the season with a … Read more