NCAA D-III Quarterfinal: Norwich vs. Manhattanville

Norwich Cadets (22-6-0 overall record, 15-4-0 in the ECAC East) With Sunday’s convincing 8-2 win over yet another six seed (Salem State) in the ECAC East looking to claim the title, the Cadets claimed the auto-bid to the NCAA tournament and now move on to prepare for an ECAC East meets ECAC West battle as … Read more

Notre Dame Evens Series

Led by two goals from freshman defenseman Ian Cole, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish scored a 6-3 victory over the Ferris State Bulldogs on Saturday night to tie their CCHA playoff series at one game apiece. It was Cole’s second of the night that put the Irish ahead for good late in the second period. … Read more

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Northeastern Beats Vermont In OT

Northeastern junior Dennis McCauley put away the rebound of a David Strathman shot 3:33 into overtime as the Huskies defeated No. 19 Vermont, 2-1, in Game 2 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals Saturday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. UVM defenseman Patrick Cullity took a penalty at 2:33 of the extra session when he interfered with an NU … Read more

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Miami Headed Back To Detroit

After sweeping Bowling Green out of the playoffs with their 4-2 victory Saturday night, the Miami RedHawks are headed to “The Joe” in Detroit, for the CCHA Championship. This will be Miami’s second trip to Joe Louis Arena in three years. Junior goaltender Jeff Zatkoff earned second-star honors, as he stopped 41 of the 43 … Read more

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Harvard Advances to Frozen Four

After almost an entire period of scoreless back-and-forth hockey, it appeared that Harvard and Dartmouth were in store for a postseason nail biter in their matchup Saturday afternoon during the quarterfinals round of the NCAA Tournament at the Bright Hockey Center. But with the final seconds of the first period ticking down, Crimson junior Jenny … Read more

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Niagara Breaks Tie To Advance

Niagara advanced to the CHA Finals with a 6-3 win over rival Robert Morris on Saturday in front of 1,165 fans at Dwyer Arena. The Purple Eagles scored four goals in the final period and Juliano Pagliero slammed the door shut to send Niagara into Sunday’s Championship game against top-seeded Bemidji State. “I thought that … Read more

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Colgate Forces Game Three

Clarkson’s unbeaten streak over ECAC Hockey foes came to an end on Saturday night as Colgate outdueled the Golden Knights in Game 2 of the league’s quarterfinal series, winning 4-3 before a crowd of 2,465 at Cheel Arena. The Raiders, who ended Clarkson’s home unbeaten streak at 23 games (18-0-5), will face-off against the conference … Read more

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Cornell Upsets Union

Josh Coyle can score goals. He can also be a pest. And he gets himself in unnecessary penalty situations. The Union senior forward took an ill-advised holding call with 7:20 left in the third period against Cornell with the scored tied at 2-2. It was costly. Brendon Nash high-slot drive beat goalie Justin Mrazek for … Read more

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Mavericks Win a Classic over Gophers

It was a win almost six years in the making. Coming into the weekend, it was billed as a battle of the goaltenders and it didn’t disappoint. Minnesota State’s Mike Zacharias and Minnesota’s Alex Kangas went save for save for almost 100 minutes before the Mavericks’ Trevor Breuss scored a shorthanded goal 17:36 into the … Read more

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Wolverines Wallop Mavericks

Michigan played a game worthy of their No. 1 ranking, routing Nebraska Omaha 10-1 in the opening contest of their CCHA second round playoff series Friday night at Yost Ice Arena. Returning after a four week break due to a serious hamstring injury, senior Chad Kolarik paced the Wolverines with his third hat trick of … Read more

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Ailing Sioux Hammer out 4-0 Win over Michigan Tech

Neither injuries nor illness nor Michigan Tech could slow down North Dakota as the Fighting Sioux extended their unbeaten streak to 18 games with a 4-0 win over the visiting Huskies at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three WCHA playoff series, UND coach Dave Hakstol was all business after the second-rank … Read more

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Vermont Blanks Northeastern

Vermont goaltender Joe Fallon made 20 saves to record his 20th career shutout, and sophomore Colin Vock scored the game’s only goal as the Catamounts took Game 1 of the Hockey East Quarterfinals, 1-0, over Northeastern Friday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The shutout is the third in six games for Fallon, who ranks second all-time in … Read more

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Bulldogs Nip Irish

The Ferris State Bulldogs continued their winning ways on Friday, beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 2-1, in the second round of the CCHA playoffs for their seventh win in their last nine games. Coming off a bye week, the Irish came out sluggish in the first period, surrendering both of Ferris State’s goals within … Read more

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Huskies Turn Tables on Badgers

It’s not unusual to see teams getting shut down defensively, being forced to make their way through clogged passing lanes and take fewer shots when No. 13 Wisconsin is playing. It’s just not usually the Badgers who are facing those difficulties. Ninth ranked St. Cloud State’s sophomore Jase Weslosky recorded 24 saves on as many … Read more

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Spartans Squash Wildcats

The Michigan State Spartans had a week off while the Northern Michigan Wildcats fought their way through three games against Ohio State to earn their place at Munn Ice Arena for round two of the CCHA Playoffs. Earlier this season, in October, the Spartans swept the Wildcats at home. The Wildcats young roster gained experience … Read more

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Princeton Shuts Down Yale In Game One

Sophomore Zane Kalemba made 30 saves as he and No. 16 Princeton blanked Yale 3-0 on Friday night at Hobey Baker Rink in first game of the best-of-three ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series. The shutout was Princeton’s first-ever postseason shutout. Princeton jumped on the Bulldogs early scoring twice in the game’s first five minutes to jump … Read more

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Clarkson Shuts Out Colgate In Game One

Friday’s Game 1 ECAC Hockey Quarterfinal series contest between Clarkson and Colgate lived up to its billing as a defensive match up as the regular-season champion Golden Knights, behind 19 saves from senior David Leggio, shut out the Raiders 1-0 before 2,213 fans at Cheel Arena. Equaling its longest unbeaten streak of the season at … Read more

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Miami Takes Game One Of Quarterfinal

After taking down Bowling Green in game one of its second round CCHA playoff match up, 4-1, Miami is one win away from making its eighth trip to the CCHA Championship, held at Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. With the win, Miami reached the 30-win plateau for the first time in school history. Earning … Read more

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