Sixth Ranked Wildcats Pounce on No. 9 Huskies

No. 9 Northeastern finally lost their first conference game, falling to sixth ranked New Hampshire, 4-2, after a feverish Wildcat rally on Friday night. Usually dogs chase cats, but tonight the Wildcats pounced on the Huskies in front of another sell-out crowd of 6,501 at the Whittemore Center. It was a scoreless, even-handed first period, … Read more

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Sioux Stops Badgers

The Wisconsin Badgers fell to the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 3-2, at the Ralph Englestad Arena in Grand Forks this Halloween Friday. Both the Badgers and the Sioux skated onto the ice with energy, hungry for a win. The Badgers have yet to win this season, while North Dakota comes home after their first win … Read more

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Irish Edge Wildcats

The Northern Michigan Wildcats and Notre Dame Fighting Irish came into Friday’s game enduring tough series the previous weekend, and both were trying to find something that would generate a win. Notre Dame found it in their power play and defense. “Tonight’s win feels really good,” Irish captain Erik Condra said of the 3-2 victory. … Read more

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Bowling Green Tops Nebraska-Omaha

Bowling Green’s line of Branden Svendsen, David Solway and Dan Sexton did it all for the Falcons in a 3-2 win over Nebraska-Omaha Friday night at the BGSU Ice Arena. They combined for all three of the Falcons’ goals and held the Mavericks off the board late in the third period as they were on … Read more

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Falite, Power Play Carry Lowell Past Quinnpiac

Led by two goals and an assist by junior forward Kory Falite, the Massachusetts-Lowell River Hawks (3-2-0, 1-0-0 HEA) cruised past the Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-2-0, 0-0-0 ECAC) 4-1 on Thursday night. The River Hawks again looked sharp on the power play, netting two more goals with the man-advantage as freshman T.J. Massie provided solid play … Read more

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Fresh Start: Hayes Leads Eagles Over Warriors

Second-ranked Boston College (4-1-0, 2-1-0 HE) claimed the first game of a home-and-home series with Hockey East foe Merrimack (2-3-1, 0-2-0 HE) 4-1 Thursday night. Freshman Jimmy Hayes jumpstarted the Eagles in the first period with his first two collegiate goals in front of a crowd of 3,908 at Kelley Rink. “It was unbelievable for … Read more

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Canisius, Merrimack Tie In Nonconference Matchup

The Canisius Golden Griffins and the Merrimack Warriors played to a 1-1 tie Sunday night at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. Both teams scored their lone goal on the power play. The two head coaches, Canisius’ Dave Smith and Merrimack’s Mark Dennehy, had differing opinions on the game. “I thought it was kind of ugly,” … Read more

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Colorado College, Clarkson Skate To Second Straight Draw

Sophomore Scott Freeman tallied on the power play as Clarkson rallied to tie top-ranked Colorado College for the second straight game over the weekend, skating to a 2-2 deadlock on Saturday before a sold-out crowd of 3,392 fans at Cheel Arena. On Friday the Golden Knights, ranked 19th in the nation, and Tigers battled to … Read more

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Union Takes Governor’s Cup

It has been 15 years since Union celebrated a tournament championship. The drought ended Saturday night. Mario Valery-Trabucco scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:09 left in the third period, and goalie Corey Milan made 26 saves to help the Dutchmen beat Colgate, 4-2, in the Governor’s Cup championship at the Times Union Center. Luke Cain … Read more

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Michigan State Blanks Northern Michigan

Senior goaltender and team captain Jeff Lerg has led this Michigan State team to many victories over his legendary career, none more notable than the 2007 NCAA championship run two seasons ago. But many of his current teammates weren’t around for that string of successes. If there was any doubt in their minds, however, about … Read more

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Point Taken: Mavericks Cruise Past Lakers

Starting the season with four non-conference games at home may not always teach you a whole lot about your hockey team. If Nebraska-Omaha head coach Mike Kemp learned anything about his Mavericks on Saturday night, though, it’s that he’s got plenty of weapons at his disposal. Indeed, all four lines got in on the scoring … Read more

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Pagliero, Niagara Shut Out Merrimack

In last season’s opening-day tilt between Merrimack and Niagara, the Warriors made life miserable for the visiting Purple Eagles with a tremendous defensive effort. But Saturday Niagara served up a cold dish of karmic hockey, stifling Merrimack with a team commitment to blocking shots, clearing the zone and winning key faceoff battles, as they eked … Read more

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Quick Change: Stoa, Gophers Surge Past Badgers

All things considered, Minnesota head coach Don Lucia was content with the tie on Friday night. Still, he was displeased with the Gophers’ poor start and knew his team couldn’t afford two straight nights of sloppy first-period hockey. His captain, junior Ryan Stoa, made sure his coach didn’t have to make the same speech two … Read more

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Union Beats RPI in Shootout

Union goalie Corey Milan has seen teammate Stephane Boileau make a fancy backhanded shot on a breakaway and score too often against him in practice. Friday night, Milan got to watch Boileau do it against an opposing goalie, and he is happy that now he isn’t the only one who can’t stop him. Boileau’s spin-a-rama, … Read more

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Huskies Blank Black Bears

The Northeastern Huskies (4-0-1, 3-0-0 HEA) have struggled against the University of Maine (1-2-0, 0-1-0 HEA), winning only two of their last ten games versus the Black Bears. That all changed Friday night, as Northeastern rolled to a 5-0 win. With his eight career shutout, Northeastern junior goalie Brad Thiessen took over the all time … Read more

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New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Skate to Tie

The No. 4 New Hampshire Wildcats remain unbeaten after scratching their way into overtime to get a point in a 1-1 tie against Massachusetts. It was a wild night at the Whittemore Center, where 6501 spectators were literally on their feet the whole time. UMass was too quick for UNH in the first ten minutes … Read more

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Colgate Tops Robert Morris

Colgate’s Brian Day had himself a day Friday against Robert Morris in the Governor’s Cup. Day had a natural hat trick in the first period, scoring his three goals three different ways, and he became the first player in the tournament’s three-year history to have a hat trick as he led the Raiders to a … Read more

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Lowell Tops Providence

The UMass Lowell River Hawks (2-2-0, 1-0-0 HE) played their home opener in front of 6,193 fans on Friday night, defeating the Providence College Friars (1-2-0, 0-2-0 HE), 4-1. Four different River Hawks recorded goals in the contest, while junior goaltender Carter Hutton made 26 saves to backup a defense that went six-for-six on the … Read more