Site AdministratorMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams did not fair well against schools from Wisconsin last weekend by compiling a record of 2-9-3. This does not give much hope or optimism for MIAC schools looking to make a run in the postseason. Granted it is very early in the hockey season, but with that big of a … Read more
The USCHO Game of the Week has finalized its 2007-08 broadcast schedule for the inaugural season of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. The league features numerous college standouts and has launched with seven franchises, including four in the greater Toronto Area, one in Ottawa, and two in Montreal. All broadcasts will feature free live video … Read more
Brett Motherwell, the highest-scoring defenseman in Hockey East last season as a sophomore and one of the integral pieces of this season’s Boston College hockey club, opted to leave the team and sign a contract with the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL Thursday afternoon. Motherwell, an undrafted free agent, and Brian O’Hanley were in the … Read more
Their season debut still four days away, Middlebury nonetheless increased its hold on the nation’s top spot, adding three first place votes to last week’s total of 10 in this week’s edition of the USCHO.com Division III men’s hockey poll. Manhattanville, now 4-0-1, is just nine points back but lost a first place vote to … Read more
Three CCHA teams atop the national polls, some surprising early Hockey East results, fisticuffs and suspensions. Jim Connelly and Scott Brown again take on the latest news from the world of college hockey.
Despite its first loss of the season, Miami hung onto the No. 1 spot in the latest USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Monday. The RedHawks lost Friday to Notre Dame before recovering Saturday for a split with the Fighting Irish, while No. 2 Michigan won a pair against Alaska, leaving the teams with identical … Read more
Despite a power play opportunity for each team in overtime, neither Bemidji State nor Alabama-Huntsville could score a fourth goal to pick up a win in front of 1,487 at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville. “Obviously, you want a sweep, and when you get a power play in overtime, you think you’d be able … Read more
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference seems to be separated into three tiers of teams. In the first tier is Bethel and St. Thomas, the second consists of Augsburg, St. Olaf, Gustavus Adolphus, and St. John’s, and the third includes St. Mary’s, Concordia-Moorhead, and Hamline. Now, this breakdown of the MIAC might seem obvious since it … Read more
No. 17 St. Cloud State Huskies used a pair of opening frame goals to skate away with a huge sweep over a banged up No. 13 Michigan Tech Huskies squad in impressive fashion, 4-1, at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena Saturday Night. “This was a big weekend for us,” said St. Cloud coach Bob Motzko. … Read more
Union coach Nate Leaman expected to have a top-notch offensive team this season, and he believes he still will. Maybe that’s why he wasn’t that disappointed with his team’s effort Saturday against Harvard, even though, for the second straight night, the Dutchmen were shut out. Harvard goalie Kyle Richter stymied the Dutchmen, making 27 saves … Read more
Last night, the Alaska Nanooks kept pace with the Michigan Wolverines for almost the entire game. They held Michigan to just one goal through 54 minutes and even kept the Wolverines’ high-octane power play off the scoreboard. Saturday was much different. The second-highest scoring offense in the CCHA scored early, just five minutes into the … Read more
With just two-tenths of a second remaining in the third period, Shawn Fensel scored the game-tying goal for the St. Lawrence Saints to earn a 2-2 decision against the Quinnipiac Bobcats Saturday evening. Corralling a loose puck in front of the net, Fensel banged it past Quinnipiac’s Bud Fisher. It was Fensel’s first goal of … Read more
Richard Bachman proved once again to be very tough in net for Colorado College. The freshman goaltender stopped 34 Minnesota-Duluth shots for his first career shutout and the first CC home sweep of the Bulldogs since the 2000-2001 season. To top it off, CC coach Scott Owens earned his 200th career victory with the win. … Read more
Even though Northeastern jumped out to a 2-0 lead, Boston University battled back to tie the game with less than five minutes remaining, earning a hard-fought point. It was a physical back-and-forth battle at Matthews Arena in front a loud audience of 4,251. There was one thing coaches Jack Parker and Greg Cronin could agree … Read more
Talking to reporters after his team’s troubling 4-0 loss to No.10 Wisconsin the night before, senior captain Rylan Kaip was frustrated trying to find an answer to why his team couldn’t find the back of the net as of late, and that No.3 North Dakota needed to try and get some ‘ugly goals.’ After the … Read more
The east end balcony at Hobart Baker Memorial Rink prominently displays the sign “Make Hobey Proud.” The late, great Hobey Baker may not have been too happy on the day his namesake arena celebrated the dedication of its newly refurbished orange-and-black lobby, complete with photographs from throughout Princeton University’s rich ice hockey history. Not because … Read more
The script was roughly the same, although one of the central figures was a bit different, and some new characters took the scoring stage for the first time. Defending NCAA champion Michigan State completed a home sweep of Mercyhurst on Saturday night, winning 6-2 in a game that resembled Friday’s first-ever matchup between the schools. … Read more
Last season, the Northern Michigan Wildcats and Western Michigan Broncos split their series in mid-November. After a hard-fought victory Friday night, Western had the series lead and was going after a sweep, but the Wildcats defense had other things in mind. Northern Michigan controlled the puck the moment it hit the ice. Nick Sirota scored … Read more
The Western Michigan Broncos came to Marquette in hopes of keeping the Northern Michigan Wildcats in last place of the CCHA. Both teams began tonight’s game with zero CCHA wins for the 2007-08 season and both were hoping to add one to the charts. Northern’s Gregor Hanson took a slashing penalty less than two minutes … Read more
Click here for part one. This week we’ll continue with the previews of the ECAC NE, when coaches feel good about their squad’s chances and can’t wait for that first puck to be dropped. Curry College Curry College coach Rob Davies has seen the league improve greatly over the last three to four years, and … Read more