Nebraska-Omaha Sweeps Ferris State

Entering the CCHA playoffs, the Nebraska-Omaha hockey team decided to wipe their long-standing 14-game winless streak from their memory banks and instead view the so-called ‘second season’ as a brand new one. Good idea. With one win from their best-of-three first round series with Ferris State already in the bag, the Mavericks relied on a … Read more

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Wisconsin Rallies Past Minnesota-Duluth

Little things made a big difference in Wisconsin’s 3-1 win over Minnesota-Duluth, none more so than on Jasmine Giles’ goal at 18:39 of the second period to put the Badgers (30-2-5, 21-2-5 WCHA) ahead 2-1, a lead they would not relinquish. Giles received the puck from Brooke Ammerman and got off a bad-angle shot that … Read more

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Ohio State Sweeps Bowling Green

After narrowly defeating the Bowling Green Falcons in game one of the best-of-three series in the opening round of the CCHA playoffs on Friday, the Ohio State Buckeyes fought their way to a 7-1 blowout win to sweep the Falcons in front of 956 fans in the OSU Ice Arena. Bowling Green’s season ends with … Read more

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St. Cloud Battles Minnesota State to Tie

After a penalty shot, four lead changes and four goals scored in less than two minutes during the third period, St. Cloud State and Minnesota State finally ran out of ice time Saturday in Mankato. Unfortunately, nothing was decided in the 65 minutes, as the WCHA foes concluded their regular season with a 4-4 tie … Read more

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Colgate Evens Series with Quinnipiac

Austin Smith’s hat trick helped propel the Colgate Raiders to a 5-4 overtime victory over the Quinnipiac University Bobcats in game two of the opening round series at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. Colgate scored the overtime game-winner 54 seconds into the first overtime when Smith recorded his third goal of the game. Ethan Cox … Read more

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Merrimack Tops Massachusetts in Extra Frame

The scoring did not start in this one until the first power-play opportunity in the last minute of the opening period. Mickey Rego was called for interference at 18:07 and Rob Ricci received two minutes in the box for cross checking a few seconds later. The University of Massachusetts scored in the last 10 seconds … Read more

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Nebraska-Omaha Blanks Ferris State, 3-0

The actual saying is “third time’s the charm,” not “fifteenth”. But after Nebraska-Omaha’s 3-0 win over Ferris State in Game 1 of their CCHA first round playoff series on Friday night at Qwest Center Omaha, the Mavericks will likely be happy to excuse the misunderstanding. What had started out as a typical opening-game-of-the-playoffs chess match … Read more

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Quinnipiac Escapes Game One, Tops Colgate in OT

Brandon Wong scored the overtime game winner with 9:31 left in his first game back from injury to lead the Quinnipiac to a 3-2 over Colgate in the first game of ECAC Hockey playoffs at the TD Banknorth Sports Center Friday night. The Bobcats Wong put home a loose puck in the crease past Raiders … Read more

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Destiny Calls

Entering this all-important weekend in Hockey East play, the Northeastern Huskies knew one thing: with a two game sweep of Boston College, they would capture the Hockey East regular season title for the first time ever. They come into the weekend with a one point lead on the Boston University Terriers. As the BU score … Read more

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Terriers Trounce Friars

The No. 1 Boston University Terriers proved once again Friday night why they are the top team in the nation, routing the Providence College Friars by a score of 8-2, and making Senior Night at Schneider Arena a night the Friars would like to soon forget. The Terriers (26-5-4 overall, 17-5-4 in Hockey East) dominated … Read more

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Rosters Set For Frozen Four Skills Challenge

The NCAA has announced the participants for the fourth annual Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 10 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two … Read more

Ohio State Tops Bowling Green in Game 1

The Ohio State Buckeyes, disappointed after missing out on a first round bye by a single point, responded with a 5-4 win over the Bowling Green Falcons in front of 817 in the OSU Ice Arena Friday night. The Buckeyes lead the Falcons 1-0 in the best of three CCHA playoff’s opening round. OSU Ice … Read more

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Minnesota State Thumps St. Cloud

In order to gain home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs, St. Cloud State needed a lot to go right. And for the Huskies, everything did go right outside of the National Hockey Center, including upsets by both Michigan Tech and Alaska-Anchorage. But inside, a failed game plan against MSU-Mankato Friday night … Read more

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RPI Shocks Dartmouth

The kids were more than all right for Rensselaer on Friday night. They were the difference in an ECAC quarterfinal upset. Freshman Christian Morissette and Jordan Watts scored their first career goals and fellow rookie Allen York made 31 saves as the 11th-seeded Engineers surprised sixth seeded Dartmouth in overtime, 3-2, to take the first … Read more

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Huskies Shock Gophers in OT, 6-5

Points are at a premium at this point in the WCHA season, and the No. 17 Minnesota Golden Gophers surrendered a costly pair in the race for the final home playoff slots Friday night in a 6-5 overtime loss to the Michigan Tech Huskies. The Huskies leaned heavily on freshman goaltender Josh Robinson and junior … Read more

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North Dakota Edges Wisconsin, Wins MacNaughton Cup

Even over the hum of the Zamboni machine, the North Dakota celebration could be heard from well down the hall. After five years of coming up just short in the end, No. 6 North Dakota scored its two goals on special teams and won another big game in the Kohl Center, this one by a … Read more

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Seventh ranked Vermont Fends Off No. 9 New Hampshire, 6-4

In a top 10 showdown of Hockey East leaders, No. 7 Vermont defeated ninth ranked New Hampshire, 6-4, Friday night before a raucous, sell-out crowd of 4,003 at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Eleven different Catamounts registered at least one point, led by junior Brian Roloff who scored his first career hat trick. Hobey Baker candidate Viktor Stalberg … Read more

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All In Perspective

Matt Ferreira appreciates everything a little more than most of us. That’s because the Massachusetts-Lowell freshman has come closer than most to losing it all. Melissa Parrelli reports.

This Week in the ECAC Northeast and Northeast 10

ECAC Northeast Top-seeded Nichols College skated past fifth-seeded Fitchburg State, 4-2, in the ECAC Northeast semifinals on Wednesday night and now the nation’s 13th ranked team will make its second straight appearance in the ECAC Northeast Championship game, hosting Wentworth Institute of Technology on Saturday at 1:45 p.m. Wentworth advanced with a 4-2 win over … Read more