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The host Michigan Tech Huskies needed a stronger first period after struggling on Friday night against the No. 17 North Dakota Fighting Sioux. Despite that start, the Sioux came away with the win, 5-0, at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. “The difference (tonight) was the second period,” said Sioux head coach Dave Hakstol. “The late … Read more

Home improvement has allowed Minnesota Duluth to be in contention in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association this season while putting the Bulldogs in the top 20 of the PairWise Rankings. After going 6-6-5 at home in 2007-08, UMD has lost only once at the DECC. Sparked by the goaltending of freshman Brady Hjelle of International … Read more

Wherever Minnesota State’s urgency went Friday night at the Alltel Center, it found it just in time for Saturday’s WCHA game against Alaska-Anchorage. Zach Harrison scored twice and the Mavericks scored three second-period goals to salvage a series split with the Seawolves in a 7-1 victory in front of 4,965 fans. “A little passion and … Read more

The No. 8 Vermont Catamounts (13-5-3, 8-4-2 HEA) had struggled against the No. 3 Northeastern Huskies (15-5-2, 11-3-1 HEA) so far this season, dropping the first two affairs between the teams, but on Saturday night, they battled back to earn two big points against the Hockey East leading Huskies. Viktor Stalberg paced the Catamounts with … Read more

One night earlier, none too pleased with his team’s lack of effort, Colorado College coach Scott Owens was about as blatant as he could be, commenting that the Tigers weren’t getting the needed production from their secondary lines to make a sound impact. His message tonight was simple in the locker room pre-game; he wanted … Read more

A second period goal from the stick of defenseman Chad Langlais proved to be the only offense Michigan needed, as the Wolverines (16-8-0; 10-6-0-0 CCHA) escaped with a win against Bowling Green (8-13-3; 5-10-1-0 CCHA) by a 1-0 score at the BG Ice Arena on Saturday night. The sophomore’s goal came at 10:15 of the … Read more

With two periods in the books, the No. 7 Minnesota Golden Gophers looked to have an easy road out of St. Cloud against the Huskies with a 6-2 lead. However, after SCSU rattled off two quick goals within the first nine and a half minutes of the third, the tides had turned, as a four … Read more

In the Battle for the Riverstone Cup VIII, No. 13 New Hampshire (11-6-4) skated away with a 6-4 victory over No. 18 Dartmouth (10-6-0). The Granite State rivals put on an action-packed show for 8,001 hockey fans Saturday night at the Verizon Wireless Arena, where the Wildcats extended their unbeaten streak to seven games (6-0-1). … Read more

For 40 minutes, the Massachusetts Minutemen and the Mass.-Lowell River Hawks were in a back-and-forth battle in front of 4,801 fans at Tsongas Arena. Entering the third period tied at two, back-to-back goals by the Minutemen to open the third stanza proved to be the knockout punch, as they defeated the River Hawks 4-3. “Obviously, … Read more

The first penalty came 42 seconds into the game and the rest of the contest was tainted with infractions. Merrimack had a tough time executing on their power plays, while second ranked BU had little trouble capitalizing in a 4-1 win. The first goal of the game was scored by the Terriers Jason Lawrence. BU … Read more

A win was the hardest thing for Providence to come by in the season’s first three months. Four games into the second half of the season the Friars are suddenly the hottest team in Hockey East. After earning their first league win in 10 tries last Friday night against UMass Lowell and knocking off No. … Read more

Getting off to fast start is the best case scenario for a hockey coach. So when Minnesota forward Mike Hoeffel scored on a breakaway just 1:04 into the opening period, coach Don Lucia was pleased. Of course, that he was there at all was inspirational enough to his team, after missing the last four games … Read more

The beaming smile on Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves told the entire story. Holding a one goal lead in a pivotal conference matchup, Wisconsin’s third line, with time ticking down in the second period, delivered a dagger to Colorado College by converting on second chances, a trait that carried the Badgers to a key win … Read more

Senior netminder and Michigan native Jimmy Spratt’s 29-save performance and timely scoring sparked Bowling Green to a 3-0 upset win over sixth-ranked Michigan Friday night at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor. Bowling Green entered the contest at the bottom of the CCHA standings and had lost six straight conference games, four to league-leading Notre Dame … Read more

Quinnipiac and Niagara battled in a seesaw contest that saw the Bobcats surrender a comfortable 4-2 midway through the third period yet still endure to earn a 6-4 victory at Dwyer Arena. After controlling the middle of the ice for most of the game, Quinnipiac came unglued in the third period while the Purple Eagles … Read more

With fewer than 11 minutes remaining in the third period of Friday’s matchup at the Alltel Center, Josh Lunden had a chance to break the tie and put Alaska-Anchorage up one over Minnesota State on a 2-on-1 advantage. Lunden one-timed a pass from the right circle but broke his stick as the puck harmlessly dribbled … Read more

The No. 17 North Dakota Fighting Sioux were looking for revenge at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena for a loss in the GLI Consolation Game in late December, and it showed as the Sioux jumped all over the Michigan Tech Huskies early on. The Huskies would fight back, though, and the teams skated away with … Read more