Tigers Rally Past Mavericks

When Minnesota State’s opponents get their power play working against the Mavericks, the goals usually come in bunches. Colorado College scored four times on its power play, three times in the second period, en route to a 4-3 Western Collegiate Hockey Association victory over the Mavericks at the Alltel Center in front of a 4,797 … Read more

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Canisius Crushes Connecticut

The Canisius College Golden Griffins defeated the visiting University of Connecticut Huskies 6-0 Saturday afternoon at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The Griffins got goals from six different players and went two-for-nine on the power play while improving their record to 4-3-2 overall. “We talked about focus and passion and I thought that we brought … Read more

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Merrimack Battles Back to Even Score with BC

The Eagles came flying out of the gates on Friday. Twenty two seconds into the game, Brock Bradford swooped into the zone all alone to beat Merrimack netminder Joe Cannata early on the blocker side for an unassisted goal. On the power play, the Eagles were swinging their bats at the rebounds and Brian Gibbons … Read more

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Buckeyes Blank Colonials

The Robert Morris Colonials would love to do something they haven’t done all year: score the first goal of the game. For the second time in their last three games, the Colonials had appeared to score first goal only to have it waved off as they watched the momentum of both games slip away to … Read more

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Ferris State Ekes By Nebraska-Omaha

Sexy hockey it wasn’t on Friday night between Ferris State and Nebraska-Omaha, but Bob Daniels’ Bulldogs won’t mind too much — not after taking two points against a CCHA opponent on the road. While neither team often gave the 5,840 in attendance at Qwest Center Omaha a terribly entertaining game to watch, the visitors simply … Read more

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Mavericks Top Tigers

Tyler Thompson picked a pretty good time for his first career goal at Minnesota State. With the No. 11 Mavericks and third ranked Colorado College deadlocked at one Friday night at the Alltel Center, Thompson got the puck in the slot after it bounced off a few sticks and shot it past CC goaltender Richard … Read more

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Miami Spanks Michigan State on the Road, 5-1

Michigan State’s senior assistant captain, Tim Crowder, closed on the Miami net at the beginning of the third period. His team down 4-1, he slung a stinging shot at the net, hoping to change the momentum in the game. Easy snap-glove save for Miami’s freshman goaltender, Cody Reichard. That was pretty much the story of … Read more

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Dartmouth Knocks Off No. 19 St. Lawrence in Overtime

Through five games, the Dartmouth men’s hockey team is starting to show the two characteristics more identified with the likes of Taylor Swift or Zach Efron: young and good. With freshman Jody O’Neill stopping 42 shots and sophomore Adam Estoclet banging in the game-winning goal in overtime, the Big Green knocked off No. 19 St. … Read more

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Huskies Upset Pioneers

St. Cloud State finally played a complete conference game. The Huskies (6-4-0 overall, 1-3-0 WCHA) scored early, grabbed a 2-0 lead and held on as SCSU defeated Denver 4-2 Friday in front of 5,942 at the National Hockey Center. The win was the first conference victory this season for St. Cloud State. “We came out … Read more

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Badgers and Bulldogs Skate to 3-3 Tie

Minnesota Duluth remained unbeaten at home this season, while Wisconsin stretched its overall unbeaten streak to four. That’s what a 3-3 overtime tie did for each Friday night in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association men’s game before 4,534 fans at the DECC. Twenty-eight shots apiece; one power-play goal per team. Even. “You’ll take a point … Read more

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Quinnipiac Doubles Up Union

Sooner or later, Quinnipiac was going to score a goal in ECAC Hockey play. After getting shutout in their first three league games, all at home, the Bobcats’ offense came alive, and Union was the victim. Quinnipiac ended its long ECACH scoring drought Friday. Bryan Leitch had a hat trick and two assists, and Matt … Read more

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Broncos Buck Wolverines

Third period goals by Ian Slater and Kevin Connauton, both from innocent-looking shots from the point allowed Western Michigan to eke out a 2-1 upset win over eighth-ranked Michigan Friday night at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor. Michigan had entered the final period with a slim one goal margin on Carl Hagelin’s second period power-play … Read more

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Alaska Anchorage Stuns North Dakota, 3-2

Seawolves goalie Jon Olthuis was a little over two minutes away from a milestone that no Alaska Anchorage goalie had ever accomplished: a shutout of North Dakota. After dominating the Fighting Sioux for most of the game, Olthuis was happy to settle for a 3-2 victory in front of 11,772 fans at Ralph Engelstad Arena. … Read more

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Massachusetts Shocks Top Ranked BU

Teams don’t usually need any added motivation during conference matchups. When Boston University earned the top ranking in the latest poll, though, its game with No. 20 Massachusetts suddenly meant a little more to the Minutemen. UMass (5-2-1, 3-1 Hockey East) defeated the Terriers (6-2-0, 3-2 Hockey East) Friday night at the Mullins Center in … Read more

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Northeastern Trips Up Vermont

In a Friday night matchup of Hockey East adversaries, seventh ranked Northeastern scored three goals in the second period and held off No. 15 Vermont, 5-3, in front of a sold out Gutterson Fieldhouse. Huskies senior Ryan Ginand notched two power-play goals while teammates Tyler McNeely, Steve Silva and Alex Tuckerman added a goal and … Read more

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Big Red’s Big Win: Cornell Tops Colgate, 4-1

In the latest edition of a hotly-contested rivalry, the Cornell Big Red and the Colgate Raiders met at the Raiders’ Starr Rink on Thursday night for the first time since the ECAC playoffs in the spring, when Cornell defeated Colgate 4-1 in the tournament consolation game. The Big Red topped Colgate by the same margin … Read more

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Offense From Defense

Kevin Shattenkirk has gone from breaking his parents’ windows with pucks to breaking away as a dangerous blueliner for Boston University. Mike Scandura reports.

Kalemba, Princeton Hand Quinnipiac Third Straight Shutout Loss

Behind Zane Kalemba’s 37-save shutout, the Princeton Tigers (3-1-0, 2-1-0 ECAC Hockey) defeated the Quinnipiac Bobcats (2-3-1, 0-1-1 ECAC Hockey) by a score of 2-0 Tuesday evening. It was the third straight game in which the Bobcats had been shut out, previously having been blanked by Colgate and Cornell last weekend. The Bobcats’ current goal-less … Read more

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Three SHGs Propel Niagara Past Canisius

It’s a funny game the way the puck bounces at times; how a goaltender can keep a whole team afloat until the rest of his squad gets its game legs; and in a span of one minute and nineteen seconds, how a team proceeds to kill a five-on-three power play then scores three consecutive shorthanded … Read more

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