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There really wasn’t much separating the Michigan State Spartans and Northern Michigan Wildcats on the ice tonight. Sure, one team may have outshot the other, and one team may have won more face-offs. In fact, one team actually ‘won’ the game in a shootout,, but this game was as close as they come, all through … Read more

10,534 miles. It’s a long way for a hockey team to travel just to start the season 0-5-0, but despite another setback on Friday night, the Mercyhurst Lakers appear to be nearing the light at the end of the tunnel. Truth be told, they may already have reached it, were it not for one Alex … Read more

Although bitter border-battle rivals, the No.7 Minnesota Gophers and the Wisconsin Badgers could agree on one issue Friday night: both teams still are not used to the new officiating patterns. With the new four-official rotation in college hockey and referees calling games much closer and pickier than before, the WCHA conference game between the Badgers … Read more

Louie Caporusso sandwiched two goals between two Aaron Palushaj scores to push fifth-ranked Michigan past stubborn Niagara, 4-2, Thursday night at Yost Ice Arena. Caporusso grabbed a loose puck in the slot on a deflected pass and slid the puck home for the eventual game-winner 5:21 into the final period. Two of the four Michigan … Read more

There was a stretch in the second period Tuesday night when Rensselaer looked like the better team at the Houston Field House. That stretch lasted a brief two minutes — the other 58 belonged to Massachusetts. The Minutemen skated to a 6-0 win over the Engineers behind a 24-save effort from junior goaltender Dan Meyers … Read more

Sixth-ranked New Hampshire and fifth-ranked Boston University were both undefeated going into Sunday’s game, but the Wildcats skated out on top — for the fourth consecutive time, as UNH swept all three games versus BU last season. The 2-1 win over the Terriers put UNH at 3-0-0 overall, 1-0-0 in Hockey East. The ‘Cats clawed … Read more

Matthews Arena has not sold out since 2005, ironically when Northeastern played Boston College to a 1-1 tie. This time with a once-again packed barn the Huskies took down the No. 1 Eagles 4-3 in front of 5,407 fans thanks to two shorthanded strikes and good goaltending by Brad Thiessen. “This place is a special … Read more

It was a matter of time before special-teams play showed up for North Dakota. Heading into Saturday night’s game at the Alltel Center, the Fighting Sioux were 1 for 22 on the power play, and had three shorthanded goals scored against them Friday night by Minnesota State. Saturday, however, UND scored three power-play goals within … Read more

In blowing a 4-0 lead to Union on Friday night, Quinnipiac’s 12 freshmen learned the hard way a valuable lesson about college hockey: No lead is safe. Trust me, they got that message loud and clear. It wasn’t end-to-end action like Friday night’s first game, but QU again jumped to an early 4-0 lead and … Read more

Saturday night’s game at the Berry Events Center featured the Michigan team that was expected the night before. After they fell 2-0 to Northern Michigan Friday, the Wolverines knew they had to come back with better plays up their sleeves. Not only were their plays better, so were their puckhandling, passing and shots. “It’s early … Read more

After being made to wait four years for its first Mutual of Omaha Stampede title, the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks came into Saturday night’s championship game having won the trophy three of the last four seasons and hoping to put their names on the trophy once again. They left it late this time, but the result still … Read more

A night after Lake Superior sprang three quick third-period goals in a 7-3 victory, Ohio State was bolstered by three third-period goals in a come-from-behind 4-2 victory in Value City Arena Saturday night. The victory gives Ohio State its first win of the season going into a tough nonconference series at Denver next weekend. Lake … Read more

The speed and aggressiveness had been there most of the weekend for the Ferris State Bulldogs, but they hadn’t converted as many chances as they needed to — until Saturday. That game picked up right where Friday night’s contest had left off, with the Colonials dictating the pace and style of contest, burying their chances … Read more

If you like crazy, unpredictable, momentum-changing hockey, you would’ve loved the finish to Saturday’s nonconference game between Minnesota Duluth and Western Michigan. A game that appeared to favor each team a number of times in a dazzling third period was ultimately was won by UMD 6-5 in overtime on a MacGregor Sharp goal. A crowd … Read more

In round two of the weekend series at Gutterson Fieldhouse, the 17th ranked University of Vermont overcame a two goal deficit in terrific fashion to tie No. 7 Miami 3-3. Senior assistant captain Peter Lenes scored on a five-on-three advantage at 5:25 of the third period to even the score. Despite the deadlock, redshirt sophomore … Read more

The way that regular season tournaments in college hockey generally work is that the host plays the perceived worst team in the field, and the other two teams play for the right to go up against the host side in the final. Apparently, American International were late getting that memo this week, but not late … Read more