Manhattanville Ends Plattsburgh’s Record Streak

Manhattanville put an end to the longest active unbeaten streak in college hockey Saturday with a 4-3 win over Plattsburgh. Amanda Nonis led the way for the Valiants with a hat trick against the defending D-III women’s champion. The Cardinals had not lost in an NCAA women’s record 35 consecutive game — the last loss … Read more

Alabama-Huntsville Wins Consolation

Junior Matt Sweazey’s goal at 11:07 of the third period broke a tie game and Alabama-Huntsville went on to defeat American International, 5-3 in the third-place game of the RPI Hockey Holiday Tournament. The Chargers improve to 2-7-1 overall while the Yellow Jackets fall to 2-6-2. Knotted at 3-3, Sweazey cut across the front of … Read more

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Alaska Rallies To Tie Mavericks

A comeback of extraordinary proportions by the Alaska Nanooks nearly ended in two points on Saturday night, as UA overcame a three-goal deficit halfway through the second period to tie Nebraska-Omaha 4-4 in front of 5,861 fans at Qwest Center Omaha. Two goals in the first period and another pair in the second gave the … Read more

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80-foot Game Winner Keys Bulldogs Road Split

Call it tit for tat. Call it poetic justice. Call it payback. Call it a lucky bounce. Whatever it was, sophomore forward Drew Akins’ 80-foot goal was the game-winner, giving Minnesota-Duluth a 4-2 win over North Dakota before 11,674 fans at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Bulldogs, who were 0-9-1 at UND going into the game, … Read more

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Tigers Tame Pioneers

In a battle between the two top teams in the WCHA standings, the fourth ranked Colorado College Tigers mauled their in-state rival, the No. 3 Denver Pioneers, 5-1 in Colorado Springs. Most would have expected a close contest, but on this night CC was the better team. Chad Rau scored his first career hat trick, … Read more

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Minnesota Ties Michigan State, 3-3

While the NHL has a shootout to decide these tie games now, there was no such opportunity for either Michigan State or Minnesota tonight in the opener of the College Hockey Showcase. And that’s too bad because the way both goalies played, that shootout might have given college hockey fans an endless thrill ride. Golden … Read more

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Wolverines Fend Off Badgers

An offensive burst by Wisconsin in the game’s final three minutes wasn’t quite enough to negate Michigan’s special team’s dominance in the first 57 minutes of the contest Friday night at Yost Arena. The second-ranked Wolverines held on for a nail-biting 3-2 win over the No. 12 Badgers in the opening night of the College … Read more

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RPI Advances in Shootout

Rensselaer tied the game late in regulation and Mathias Lange stopped four of five shots in the shootout and the No. 16 Engineers advanced to the finals of the 57th Annual Rensselaer Holiday Hockey Tournament, defeating AIC, 2-1, in a shootout. RPI freshman Tyler Helfrich scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Engineers … Read more

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Mavericks Eke Past Nanooks

A three goal second period helped Nebraska-Omaha climb out of a steep early hole before sophomore defenseman Eddie Del Grosso sealed the deal late in a come-from-behind 4-3 win over Alaska at Qwest Center Omaha on Friday night. Del Grosso’s second and third goals of the season boosted the Mavericks’ record to 5-5-0 (4-5-0 CCHA), … Read more

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Wayne State Edges St. Lawrence

CANTON, NY—Freshman Jordan Inglis snapped a shot just under the crossbar with 7:05 gone in the third period and sophomore goaltender Brett Bothwell made it stand up as the game winner as Wayne State turned back St. Lawrence University 3-2 in an NCAA Division I hockey game at SLU’s Appleton Arena Friday night. Wayne State … Read more

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Notre Dame Move On To Championship Game Of R.P.I. Tournament With 4-1 Win Over Alabama-Huntsville

Notre Dame got single goals from Ian Cole, Ryan Thang, Ben Ryan and Kevin Deeth and freshman goaltender Brad Phillips made 13 saves to lead the Irish to a 4-1 win over Alabama-Huntsville at the Houston Field House. The contest was the opening game of the 57th Rensselaer Hockey Tournament. The win was the first … Read more

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Sioux Blow Out Bulldogs With Big Third Period

In a game that featured a goal by a player sitting on the bench, North Dakota survived a Minnesota-Duluth rally and used a four goal third period to skate away with an 8-3 conference win over the visiting Bulldogs. In the first period, UND didn’t look like the team coming off a bye week, netting … Read more

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Princeton’s Stankievech Awarded Rhodes Scholarship

Princeton senior Landis Stankievech has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. Stankievech, a senior on the men’s hockey team from Trochu, Alb., is a mechanical and aerospace engineering major at Princeton, wants to study philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford, after which he hopes to work on environmental issues. “As an engineer I know how to … Read more

Quinnipiac’s Top Line Takes Out Princeton

Senior forward and team captain Jamie Bates tallied a goal and three assists, and combined with linemates Bryan Leitch and Ben Nelson for four goals and seven assists altogether, as visiting Quinnipiac topped Princeton, 5-2, for the second time this season and the first time in league play before a pre-Thanksgiving crowd of 1,207 at … Read more

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Pearce, Lawson Key Irish Win Over Falcons

The ninth-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish notched their ninth CCHA win of the season on Tuesday, holding off a late rally from the upstart Bowling Green Falcons in a 2-1 victory. On a night when strong defense and goaltending reigned supreme, it was only fitting that the game was decided with a goal from a … Read more

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Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Nov. 20

Miami makes a statement and Michigan stays in stride with the College Hockey Showcase looming, while Niagara gets number 22, but Boston College and Maine have fallen on tough times as new names move up the Hockey East ladder. Jim Connelly and Scott Brown return with their weekly gabfest.

Strong Effort: Vermont Topples No. 10 UMass

Dean Strong scored the game-winning goal for Vermont at 19:35 of the third period, as the Catamounts pulled out a 4-2 victory over No. 10 Massachusetts Tuesday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. With the game knotted at two in the final minute, Peter Lenes held the puck behind the Minutemen net. He found Strong in the slot … Read more

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Miami Reasserts Itself Atop USCHO.com/CSTV Poll

One week after narrowly holding onto the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, Miami was the runaway choice of voters impressed by the RedHawks’ road sweep of then-No. 3 Michigan State Thursday and Friday. Miami received 48 of 50 first-place votes to retain the No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight week, … Read more

UW-River Falls Nation’s New Top Team

Buoyed by a win over St. Scholastica and a tie with new No. 14 UW-Superior, University of Wisconsin-River Falls (5-0-2) is the new number one team in Division III hockey. The latest D-III poll conducted by USCHO shows remarkable parity, with the top six teams — from River Falls to Manhattanville — receiving at least … Read more

This Week in the ECAC Northeast

Nichols Off to Fast Start Last season, Lou Izzi and the Nichols College Bisons got off to a 5-0-1 start, which was the best in the school’s history. This year, Izzi has his squad off to a 4-0-1 start, but one big difference is that this year’s team has nine freshmen. “We have a pretty … Read more