Before Minnesota Duluth forged one of its best comebacks in recent memory Friday night, few statistics favored the Bulldogs against Minnesota State-Mankato at the DECC. UMD trailed by two goals after two periods while facing a team it had not beaten in seven games and had now won in Duluth since Oct. 23, 2004. What … Read more
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Wolverines Maul Broncos
A three goal burst by Michigan in the first half of the second period proved sufficient cushion for the top-ranked Wolverines in their 6-1 win over Western Michigan at Yost Ice Arena on Friday night. The Wolverines’ two Hobey Baker candidates, Kevin Porter and Chad Kolarik, continued to play dominating offense, each contributing a goal … Read more
Tigers Bury Seawolves
Colorado College returned home Friday after playing its last nine games on the road where it went 6-3-0, including a sweep of Wisconsin in Madison. Alaska-Anchorage was back in action in the WCHA after two weeks off following its three points at the Alaska Governor’s Cup (4-2, 2-2). Despite the rest, Anchorage was no match … Read more
Puck Bounces UND’s Way in 4-1 Win
One question is answered. With a 4-1 win over visiting Michigan Tech, North Dakota won’t be swept at home by the Huskies as the Fighting Sioux were last season. But one question remains: Can UND can play well enough Saturday to earn its first sweep of the season? If so, the Sioux could come out … Read more
Miami Doubles Up Nebraska-Omaha
Familiarity has the potential for breeding contempt within the Central Collegiate Hockey Association’s cluster scheduling system for the teams that have to play each other four times over the course of the season instead of the usual two, and few teams know that better right now than the Mavericks of Nebraska-Omaha. After the second ranked … Read more
St. Lawrence Outlasts Harvard
The Crimson came out strong. Just four minutes and 50 seconds into the first period, Harvard University had out shot St. Lawrence 8-0 and continued to dominate the period early, only allowing St. Lawrence take their first shot on net at 7:14 into the first. However at 15:37, as St Lawrence forward Brock McBride scored … Read more
Providence Bests UMass-Lowell in OT
Put the rest of Hockey East on notice. Jon Rheault is on his annual hot streak. Providence College’s explosive senior winger scored his second goal of the night just 46 seconds into overtime, a brilliant rush between two Massachusetts-Lowell defenders, to propel the Friars to a 4-3 win over the visiting River Hawks at Schneider … Read more
This Week in the MIAC
MIAC teams have a full slate of non-conference games against NCHA squads this week before returning to conference next week as each MIAC member faces difficult opponents. With all but two teams within three points of the MIAC leaders, next week’s games are extremely significant. However, we should not overlook this week’s tilts as just … Read more
This Week in the ECAC Northeast
While it may be human nature to always look at the top of the standings when scanning Web sites or even newspapers, this week we focus on the Golden Bears of Western New England College, a team still in search of its first victory of the season. Chris Bernard, now in his second year as … Read more
Elmira Survives Scare from Hamilton
The fourth-ranked Elmira College Soaring Eagles had all they could handle Wednesday night against Hamilton as they survived the Continentals’ upset bid, squeaking by with a 7-5 win. In a game that literally had everything: lots of scoring, physical play, key saves, high emotion and even a penalty shot, the Soaring Eagles and Continentals certainly … Read more
Tuesday Morning Quarterback: January 8
After so much inter-conference action during the holiday tournaments, Jim Connelly and Theresa Spisak have a lot to back-and-forth about this week. While neither the ECAC nor Hockey East set the college hockey world on fire at midseason, two WCHA squads had to settle for third-place in their own traditional holiday happenings. Has No. 1 Michigan been tested? What’s up with the U-18 program? It certainly is a brand new year.
Michigan Moves Up
The top 20 teams are still the top 20 teams, but there’s a lot of movement in this week’s poll. Miami’s road split with Bowling Green was enough for the RedHawks to fall from grace and to vault the Michigan Wolverines into the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Monday. Three … Read more
St. Norbert Solidifies its Spot as Nation’s Best
Perfection. It’s aspired for in politics and has been temporarily reached in professional football. In hockey, though, it’s altogether more difficult to achieve as grit, passion, and something as simple as a wayward bounce of the puck could mean defeat. And while there remains two undefeated — though not unblemished — schools left in Division … Read more
UNO Sweeps Western Michigan
It was certainly a tale of three different periods Sunday afternoon in Lawson Ice Arena, as the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (9-10-3 Overall, 6-7-3 CCHA completed the weekend sweep over the frustrated Western Michigan Broncos, 4-2. The Broncos came out strong, getting two first period goals by junior Patrick Galivan. However, the Mavericks took control in the … Read more
Quinnipiac Rallies Past Dartmouth
Led by Jean-Marc Beaudoin’s two goals, the Quinnipiac Bobcats earned a 5-3 win over the Dartmouth Big Green Sunday afternoon in ECAC Hockey action at the TD BankNorth Sports Center. Beaudoin helped lead the Bobcats [11-5-3, 4-3-3 ECAC] to victory with the game winning goal at 10:45 of the third period when Dan Travis sent … Read more
St. Lawrence Upsets New Hampshire
The St. Lawrence University Saints scored four goals in the third period to beat the No. 7 University of New Hampshire Wildcats 6-5 on Sunday afternoon. Thirteen different players from St. Lawrence recorded points in the win, including multiple point efforts from Brock McBride, Mike McKenzie, and Aaron Bogosian. The Saints entered the third period … Read more
US Finishes Fourth At World Junior Championships
The U.S. National Junior Team finished fourth in the 2008 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship after a 4-2 loss to Russia today in the bronze medal game of the event. “It was disappointing to finish the way we did after such a good start in this tournament,” said U.S. Head Coach John Hynes. … Read more
Princeton Tops Crimson
For most of the night it appeared that Harvard would escape with its fourth straight victory at Princeton in four years, but that all unraveled in the final eight minutes of play on Saturday evening. The host Tigers tied the game on a deflection by freshman Matt Arhontas, and then sophomore center Kevin Kaiser shot … Read more
Notre Dame Earns Split With Northern Michigan
After No. 6 Notre Dame lost to unranked Northern Michigan last night, the Irish, who have yet to be swept this season, came out determined to earn the split tonight. The first period was scoreless. Notre Dame put 13 shots on goal while the Wildcats had a mere three. The Wildcats blocked a lot of … Read more
Feisty Lakers Tie Michigan State, 3-3
After last night’s lopsided game, few would have predicted overtime for tonight’s contest between CCHA cellar dweller Lake Superior State and nationally-ranked Michigan State. However, the Lakers fought hard, figuratively and literally, to tie the Spartans on the road. In a game marred by penalties and skirmishes, the Lakers held their ground to prevent the … Read more