Wolverines No. 1 In USCHO.com/CSTV Poll For Third Straight Week

With near-unanimity, Michigan claimed the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll for the third straight week. The Wolverines, who beat Notre Dame twice over the weekend to solidify their hold on No. 1, claimed all but one of the 50 first-place votes in the balloting. Michigan was followed once again by second-ranked … Read more

Colgate Pounds St. Lawrence

Though they took the initial lead and kept the game close, it appeared as if the St. Lawrence Saints (9-11-3, 4-6-2 ECACHL) petered out down the stretch, falling to the Colgate Raiders (9-9-4, 2-4-3 ECACHL) 4-1 at Starr Rink of Saturday evening. The victory raised the Raiders’ record to .500 overall in the season, capping … Read more

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Bowling Green Edges WMU

For the third time this season, the Bowling Green Falcons registered an overtime victory over the Western Michigan Broncos, 2-1, in Lawson Ice Arena Saturday night. Led by a first period goal by their senior captain Derek Whitmore, 18 saves by their freshman netminder Nick Eno and the overtime game-winning wrister by Kevin Schmitt, the … Read more

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Alabama-Huntsville Earns Split With Yale

Alabama-Huntsville’s last win at the Von Braun Center came nearly ten-and-a-half months ago, against Niagara on March 2nd of 2007. After wearing a special black third jersey set sold off after Friday night’s loss, the homestanding Chargers netted three power-play goals in their road blues and defeated visiting Yale 3-2 in front of 2,705. As … Read more

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Sioux Sweep Mavericks

Just 24 hours removed from scoring two power-play goals in a 2-1 win over No. 20 Minnesota State, the North Dakota power play was the difference once again. The No. 6 Fighting Sioux (14-8-1 overall, 11-7-0 WCHA) scored a goal with the man advantage in each period and added a shorthanded tally en route to … Read more

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Union Sweeps RPI

About the only thing Union did wrong this weekend was break the Capital Skates Trophy. Of course, no one was owning up to it in the joyous Dutchmen locker room Saturday at Houston Field House. “That’s the rumor I heard,” Dutchmen forward Josh Coyle said. “I’m not verifying that. I don’t know what you’re talking … Read more

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Minnesota Edges Duluth

Home hasn’t looked so good to Minnesota-Duluth in four years. Entering Saturday’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association men’s game against Minnesota, the Bulldogs were 6-1-4 at the DECC, their best mark since going 15-5 in 2003-04. UMD isn’t back in town for more than a month, on Feb. 22-23 against No. 2 Colorado College, and was … Read more

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Maine Shuts Out Providence

Hockey East’s season of surprises continued Saturday night, thanks to a stellar performance by Maine goalie Ben Bishop. The 6-foot-7 junior made 41 saves to record his 50th career win in grand style, backstopping the Black Bears to a 4-0 upset of Providence College at Schneider Arena. Wes Clark notched a goal and an assist … Read more

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Vermont Upends Northeastern

Vermont got goals from five different players Saturday to beat Northeastern, 5-2, taking three league points from the No. 9 Huskies at Gutterson Fieldhouse for the weekend. For the second straight game, UVM outplayed NU in most every facet of the game, but unlike Friday, was able to come away with victory and begin to … Read more

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Michigan Crushes Notre Dame

At the start of the season, a multitude of questions surrounded the prospects for Michigan’s 2007-2008 hockey season, from goaltending concerns to the ability of a large group of 12 freshmen to handle the rigors of a full college hockey campaign. Few of the Wolverines’ faithful would have expected the squad to be carrying the … Read more

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Michigan Rallies Past Notre Dame

Michigan’s Louie Caporusso converted when it counted the most after missing several golden opportunities earlier in the game in the Wolverine’s come-from-behind 3-2 win over Notre Dame Friday night at a raucous Yost Ice Arena. The freshman forward’s third game-winning goal of the year, his fifth overall, with just 20.3 seconds remaining capped a see-saw … Read more

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This Week in the ECAC Northeast

Corsairs rolling along Sitting atop the ECAC NE in sole possession of first place is UMass Dartmouth, with a 6-0-0 record, and a 8-4-1 overall mark. Head coach John Rolli is pleased with his team’s effort so far, but after playing five of the last six on the road, he can’t wait to play a … Read more

Yale Tops Alabama-Huntsville

The homestanding Alabama-Huntsville Chargers are still looking for their first home-ice win of the season after losing 3-2 to visiting Yale University in front of 2,773 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala. Fans of the Chargers, who started slowly in 2006-07 but finished with an upset tournament win in the College Hockey America … Read more

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Friars Upset Minutemen

A seven-minute stretch of the second period was all it took for Providence to break free against No. 10 Massachusetts on Friday night. The Friars poured in three straight goals, courtesy of three different players, to hand the Minutemen their third straight defeat, a 3-2 setback at Schneider Arena that saw the hosts build a … Read more

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Colgate, Clarkson Skate To Tie

When asked about the frequency of low-scoring games in the ECACHL and what his prediction was regarding who would come away with the league title, Colgate coach Don Vaughan sounded this candid assessment: “It’s ‘gonna come down to who can win the tight ones.” In yet another low-scoring, mainly defensive game, neither No. 12 Clarkson … Read more

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Vermont Ties Northeastern

Northeastern scored twice in the third period Friday at Vermont’s Gutterson Fieldhouse to take a 2-1 lead, but Dean Strong’s power-play goal with just 2:32 left to play salvaged a 2-2 tie for the Catamounts. Vermont had an exceptional game against the ninth-ranked Huskies after being challenged by its coaches following a two-game sweep by … Read more

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Bowling Green Romps Over WMU

When Derek Whitmore scores, good thing usually happen for his Bowling Green Falcons. Tonight was no different, as the senior captain scored a hat trick, his second of the season and third overall, in leading his team to a 4-1 victory over the Western Michigan Broncos at the BGSU Ice Arena. The Rochester, New York … Read more

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Minnesota-Duluth Ties Minnesota

After 433 days, Minnesota-Duluth and Minnesota got together again Friday night at the DECC, and they went to overtime again, this time a 1-1 final in a Western Collegiate Hockey Association game played before the season’s first sold-out crowd of 5,364 spectators. No. 16 UMD rallied from a one-goal deficit in the third period to … Read more

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Union Tops RPI

The Zamboni broke down after the first period. The clock failed to stop two times in the final seconds of the game. There was plenty of feistiness, and lots of penalties. It was just another crazy game between the Union and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute hockey teams. “It was pretty wild,” Union coach Nate Leaman said. … Read more

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Bemidji State, WCHA Announce Scheduling Agreement

Bemidji State and the WCHA have reached a future scheduling agreement involving the Bemidji State men’s ice hockey program. Beginning with the 2010-11 season, and in conjunction with the opening of the Bemidji Regional Events Center, the WCHA will include in its annual composite schedule guaranteed home contests in men’s ice hockey at Bemidji State. … Read more