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Winter break is over and hockey in the CCHA is again in full gear, as the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks and the Western Michigan Broncos met for the first of two games this weekend, a 6-3 Mavericks victory Saturday night. The Mavericks (8-10-3 Overall, 5-7-3 CCHA) enjoyed a 1-0 lead after the first 20 minutes … Read more

Behind a three-point effort from 2007 Hobey Baker winner Ryan Duncan, the North Dakota Fighting Sioux stopped the St. Cloud Huskies 6-2 Saturday night, getting a split in the key WCHA series. The Fighting Sioux scored three goals in the first period to wrap up the contest. Rylan Kaip scored 13 seconds into the first … Read more

The Minnesota Gophers looked to have the game in hand with a 4-0 lead headed into the third, but Wayne State struck for two straight goals on special teams. The first came when Mike Forgie scored on a power play at 5:21. The second, at 14:13 came when Jordan Inglis scored shorthanded. Inglis’ goal was … Read more

For whatever reason, Tigers’ junior Chad Rau can’t wait for a Wisconsin power play. Ironically, the Badgers right now seemingly can’t wait for the two minutes to expire. Couple Rau and the way the Badgers’ luck has been going on the man advantage for the last six weeks and it was ‘Groundhog Day’ once again … Read more

The Miami RedHawks picked up goals from five different players in a balanced scoring attack to knock off the Bowling Green Falcons (9-9-0; 6-6-0 CCHA), 5-2, at the BGSU Ice Arena on Saturday night. The RedHawks (19-3-0; 11-3-0 CCHA) were a different team on Saturday than the one that was upset by the Falcons just … Read more

The Quinnipiac Bobcats and Harvard Crimson battled to a 3-3 tie at the TD BankNorth Sports Center Friday evening. After taking the Catamount Cup last weekend and winners of five straight, the Bobcats looked to make a move up the ECAC Hockey standings with a win over Harvard, but both teams came away with just … Read more

Freshman winger Jacob Cepis scored a pair of first period goals, including the game winner at 16:03 of the period, as Bowling Green stunned No. 1 Miami, 4-2, at the BGSU Ice Arena on Friday night. The victory gave the Falcons their first win against a top-ranked opponent since November 6, 1993, when they upset … Read more

In hopes of starting 2008 with a conference win, Notre Dame traveled to the Berry Events Center to take on Northern Michigan. Coming into the series, the Wildcats hold the all-series lead (18-13-5) against the Irish with a home record of 8-4-2 and weren’t willing to lend to the Irish’s tally, besting them 2-1. The … Read more

It had been almost a month since Michigan State’s last win, but even though they had played only two games in that time, the Spartans certainly wanted to get back on track quickly after the last-place showing in the Great Lakes Invitational last weekend. It took the defending NCAA champions one period to serve notice … Read more

Taking a 27-day break between games, probably the longest in Minnesota Duluth history, didn’t seem to be a huge problem Friday night. The No. 16 Bulldogs scored the most goals of the season in defeating College Hockey America-leading Bemidji State 5-3 before 3,843 spectators in a nonconference game at the DECC. That broke a four-game … Read more

Through 48 minutes Friday night, Colorado College could not seem to solve Wisconsin’s defense or goaltender Shane Connelly. But for a two minute stretch in the third period, the fourth-ranked Tigers figured him out twice. Colorado College shook off its jet lag by scoring twice in the third period to start the second half of … Read more

Star of the Game. Not bad for your first collegiate hockey game. Yet that was the honor afforded senior goaltender Brent Solei after his 28 save performance. “We scored on the power-play, we got good goaltending and we won the third period,” remarked Minnesota coach Don Lucia on his team’s formula for winning the game. … Read more

Union junior defenseman Brendan Milnamow saw Connecticut forward Andrew Olson carry the puck toward the Huskies blue line. With the Dutchmen on the power play, all Olson had to do was shoot the puck out of the zone. But his attempt to skate it out was thwarted by Milnamow. He knocked the puck off of … Read more

You wouldn’t think that faceoffs would be such an overlooked aspect of the game of hockey, considering how quickly they can devastate the teams that lose them. Unfortunately for the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks on Sunday night, they had to learn that the hard way. A game that UNO looked to have a reasonable chance of winning … Read more

Massachusetts defeated Colorado College 5-4 in overtime Sunday evening to win the Lightning College Hockey Classic. Matt Burto scored the game winner 1:55 into overtime to propel the Minutemen to their first tournament championship in team history. UMass is now 5-1-1 against nationally ranked opponents this season, and have won their last three games against … Read more

It may have taken until the halfway point of the season, but the Minnesota State Mavericks fourth line has finally found its scoring stride. Jason Wiley scored a pair of goals and Andy Sackrison added two assists as the Mavericks defeated Yale, 4-1, in a non-conference game Sunday at the Alltel Center. “I thought we … Read more

Behind two goals from senior Dan Travis, Quinnipiac defeated Vermont, 4-1, winning the Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup Sunday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The Bobcats (10-5-2), who were missing four top players due to injury, including captain Jaime Bates and assistant captain Matt Sorteberg, ran their season-long winning streak to five games. The Catamounts’ (4-7-4) record as … Read more