Site AdministratorNiagara (22-10-4) won the 2007-2008 CHA Tournament with a 3-2 victory over Bemidji State on Sunday, clinching a berth into the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The Purple Eagles scored two goals in the final four minutes of the second period and junior netminder Juliano Pagliero stopped all nine Beaver shots in the final period, including two … Read more
Colgate sophomore David McIntyre scored 7:36 into the second extra session of the deciding third game of the ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series before 1,571 fans at Cheel Arena ending the contest after 87:36 of play and sending the eighth-seeded Raiders into the conference championship tournament this coming weekend in Albany with a 3-2 win. McIntyre … Read more
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish earned a hard fought, gritty 2-1 victory over the Ferris State Bulldogs in the third and decisive game of their second-round CCHA series. After a loss on Friday night left them on the brink of elimination, the Irish were faced with a daunting task — winning back to back games, … Read more
In a classic series that will be remembered for years to come, is it any shocker that a weekend defined by overtime battles would be decided in a game that went two extra frames? For the second time this weekend, the two teams battled for almost 100 minutes without deciding a winner. Finally, a goal … Read more
The “Road to the Joe” is paved in Green and Gold. Tonight, the Northern Michigan Wildcats came back from losing game one of the CCHA quarterfinals on Friday to take the series with a 3-2 overtime win over defending NCAA Champions, Michigan State. “We correlated tonight’s game to a game seven,” Wildcat coach Walt Kyle … Read more
Elmira Soaring Eagles (19-3-5 overall, 10-2-3 in ECAC West) After starting the season undefeated in its first 19 games, some might say that the Elmira Soaring Eagles backed into the NCAA tournament. Elmira went a rather mediocre 2-3-3 over the last month as the ECAC West beat up each other down the stretch. However, the … Read more
Some players have the ability to be in the right place at the right time. For sophomore Ryan Lasch, it seems to happen a lot. The WCHA scoring champion registered his 49th and 50th point of the season, including the game winner in overtime, to see the St. Cloud State Huskies beat the Wisconsin Badgers … Read more
Another bad Union penalty led to another Cornell tiebreaking power-play goal. With that, it was another disappointing end to a Dutchmen hockey season. Evan Barlow scored with the Big Red on a two-man advantage midway through the third period Saturday, lifting Cornell to a 3-2 victory over Union and sweeping their ECAC Hockey tournament quarterfinal … Read more
Same teams. Same start.Very different finish. Michigan jumped to an early 2-0 first period lead in the second game of their CCHA quarterfinal series with Nebraska Omaha, but unlike the previous night’s game, the Wolverines didn’t cruise to an easy victory. The Mavericks staged a stirring comeback over the final two periods, but couldn’t solve … Read more
Bemidji State is just 60 minutes from its third College Hockey America Tournament title and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. With a 4-1 victory over the No. 4 seed Wayne State Saturday afternoon, the top-seeded Beavers advance to the 2008 CHA Championship game for the fourth time in five years. Tyler Scofield led … Read more
It’ll be Wisconsin vs. Harvard and UNH vs. UMD in Duluth on Thursday. Harvard will play at 5 p.m. CT followed by UMD at 8 p.m. It was a familiar result for the Badgers, who won in overtime in the quarterfinals en route to each of their NCAA titles in the last two years. The … Read more
Night two of the Michigan State-Northern Michigan quarterfinals automatically started in the Spartans’ favor. With home ice, a recent National Championship and last night’s 5-1 win, who wouldn’t be intimidated? However, intimidation can only inhibit teams when they allow it, and the Wildcats were ready to stand their ground and did so with a 2-1 … Read more
Perhaps in the game’s final minutes, someone should have queued up Lenny Kravitz singing “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over” on Ralph Engelstad Arena’s PA system. As the clock wound down, nearly all the 11,638 fans were on their feet cheering North Dakota to what they assumed would be a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the … Read more
UMD advances to the Frozen Four with a 5-4 win over Mercyhurst. More heartbreak for the Lakers, who led 3-2 early in the third. Mercyhurst had lost its previous three NCAA quarterfinals in triple, double, and single overtime. It was another tough ending for the six Mercyhurst seniors. UMD extends its homestand which also included … Read more
No big surprises in No. 1 Harvard’s 5-1 NCAA women’s quarterfinal win over Dartmouth. Harvard proves once again why it was the best in the ECAC this season. The attendance of 1497 was solid, but I was hoping for a little better. It was up from Harvard’s 2005 NCAA quarterfinal, the triple overtime win over … Read more
“Two years ago we went to two overtimes, last year we went to four, and I’m sure you all didn’t want us to go to six this year,†Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson said. This time, the Badgers (28-8-3) needed just 89 seconds of bonus hockey to eliminate Minnesota (27-7-4) and advance to a Frozen Four … Read more
Everybody in the building knew it was going to be close, but could it really be the same exact game? Just 24 hours after going nearly 100 minutes without scoring a goal, No. 15 Minnesota and No. 10 Minnesota State went to overtime again, this time tangled in a 1-1 tie. Just like Friday night, … Read more
Had you been anywhere in the vicinity of the Whittemore Center at about 3 p.m. on Saturday, you might have been able to hear a big, long sigh of relief emanating from 1,607 fans of the University of New Hampshire. Sighs mixed with cheers, as UNH senior Sadie Wright-Ward deposited the game-winning goal with 2:40 … Read more
Plattsburgh Cardinals (23-4-0 overall, 14-2-0 in SUNYAC) The most successful SUNY hockey team is back in the NCAA playoffs. The Plattsburgh Cardinals, after winning their 18th SUNYAC championship, return to the national playoffs for the 18th time (making it to the final four nine of those times), and their first since 2004. In that year, … Read more
Yale rebounded from a two-goal deficit with four consecutive goals of its own en route to a 4-3 victory over No. 16 Princeton in game two of an ECAC quarterfinal playoff series tonight before 1,556 at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink. It was the seventh-seeded Bulldogs’ first win in five meetings with the second-seeded Tigers this … Read more