Site AdministratorThe No. 11 Minnesota State Mavericks needed 3:58 of a five minute overtime session to earn a much-needed 3-2 victory at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Despite trailing after two periods of play, the Mavericks came out fired up in the third, notching two goals and carrying that momentum into the extra session. “I was … Read more
In their first meeting this season, Dartmouth and Colgate each fought hard, with the Big Green emerging victorious, 1-0. Dartmouth’s win, their fifth in a row, now gives them a 39-38-4 all-time advantage over Colgate, including a 6-3-1 mark in their last 10 match ups. The Raiders are now winless in their last four games. … Read more
Forget New Hampshire-Maine. Never mind Northeastern-Boston University. No. 13 New Hampshire and No. 6 Northeastern is the newest rivalry in Hockey East to take center stage. The Huskies and Wildcats battled hard for 60 minutes before Northeastern was finally able to pull away late in the third with a 3-2 in front of 4,788 fans … Read more
After sweeping the then fourth ranked Denver Pioneers a week ago at the National Hockey Center in St. Cloud, the SCSU Huskies were back to more of the same dominance Friday night. The Huskies used two goals — including the eventual game from sophomore forward Garrett Roe — in a 6-2 win over the visiting … Read more
Get Out The Brooms Fans of the MIAC were promised a league full of hard-fought games and parity: teams on the bottom improving against teams at the top. And they were promised a gobbled mess of league standings that would be an adventure to decipher every week. What a difference a week makes. The MIAC … Read more
A career in medicine may be in the offing for Jordan Pearce, but for now there’s an NCAA title to chase. Mike Scandura profiles the Notre Dame netminder.
Fast Start Fuels Colonels Off to the hottest start in the ECAC NE are the Curry College Colonels, with a 4-0 mark. All four wins have come against conference opponents. Coach Rob Davies is pleased with his teams’ fast start. “Obviously we happy at being 4-0,†coach Davies said, “especially with as many new guys … Read more
In this week’s column, Jim Connelly and Scott Brown mull over the continuing role of this year’s rule changes, last weekend’s topsy-turvy results by the numbers, and of course Air Force.
Clearly voters in both camps are not easily swayed. For the second consecutive poll, the same number of voters gave perpetual No. 1 St. Norbert and proverbial bridesmaid Plattsburgh the exact same number of points — 295 and 285, respectively — as they did a week ago. The first place vote allocation, 15 and five, … Read more
A weekend split by Boston University opened the door, and a three-point series for Minnesota was enough to vault the Golden Gophers to No. 1 in Monday’s USCHO.com/CBS College Sports Division I men’s poll. Minnesota tied and then beat Michigan Tech over the weekend to remain unbeaten — though with four ties — and claim … Read more
For the second time in as many days, the Canisius Golden Griffins defeated the Connecticut Huskies at Buffalo State Arena. After being dominated, 6-0, in the series opener on Saturday, the Huskies came out, took a 2-0 lead, and controlled the play for the first two periods of the game before the Griffins took over … Read more
Despite being outshot 25-22, the #15 Vermont Catamounts hung on to defeat the visiting Merrimack Warriors, 2-1, in a Hockey East Sunday matinee at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Sophomore defenseman Josh Burrows scored his first goal of the season for the Catamounts and junior Brian Roloff added a power play goal in support of junior goaltender Mike … Read more
Minnesota Duluth hoped the start of the longest home stand of the season would aid a climb in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association standings. While the Bulldogs got off to a decent start Friday with a tie against Wisconsin, things didn’t improve Saturday. Fourth-place Wisconsin scored less than three minutes into the game and went … Read more
Union was hoping to get off to a good start in ECAC Hockey play this season. Instead, the Dutchmen find themselves off to another slow beginning. The Dutchmen had no answers for solving 12th-ranked Princeton on Saturday. The Tigers got two power-play goals, and goalie Zane Kalemba stopped the first 26 shots he faced in … Read more
For the second consecutive night, the Bowling Green Falcons put together a solid defensive effort and were able to score just enough, as they again slipped by the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 2-1, at the BG Ice Arena on Saturday night. Junior Josh Boyd gave the Falcons a lead late in the second period and winger … Read more
It’s undeniable the MIAC is making strides. Top-to-bottom the conference is improving. This week Hamline will play Concordia. Several years ago, this would have been a matchup between basement dwellers with little significance no matter who emerged victorious. Now, it’s a series between the conference favorite and a young upstart that would love to define … Read more
Barring injuries and or slumps, it was always inevitable that Nebraska-Omaha senior forward Dan Charleston would get the 11 points he needed to reach 100 for his Maverick career. Obviously, it would be ideal for him to reach his century in the friendly confines of Qwest Center Omaha, and that’s what he did on Saturday … Read more
The Miami RedHawks really enjoy the mid-November nights in East Lansing. After all, they’re 4-0 over the last two seasons facing Michigan State on the road during this pre-Thanksgiving stretch. Although the desperate Spartans fought to the final buzzer tonight, Miami again dominated Michigan State from start to finish. Excellent goaltending, a smothering penalty-kill and … Read more
After Massachusetts and Mass.Lowell combined for 13 goals in wins over top 10 teams Friday night, the 4, 239 at the Mullins Center Saturday expected to see a few goals in the game between the sister universities. The goals didn’t come for either side like they did on Friday, or at all in UMass’ case. … Read more
North Dakota used solid goaltending and outstanding special teams play to gain a split with visiting Alaska Anchorage. Sioux freshman goalie Brad Eidsness made 23 saves in UND’s 3-1 win before a sellout crowd of 11,865 at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Sioux notched two power-play goals and a short-handed goal, getting contributions from two sophomores … Read more