USCHO.com Teams With Humanitarian Award

The Hockey Humanitarian Award, presented by Mellon Financial Corporation, has announced that U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO.com) will serve as the official media and marketing partner of the annual award presented to college hockey’s finest citizen. USCHO.com, now in its 12th year of operation, is widely recognized as the leading source of news and information … Read more

St. Lawrence Tops Princeton

The roles were somewhat reversed Friday night at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink, as perennial ECACHL powerhouse St. Lawrence came in unranked against host Princeton University, ranked No. 18 in the nation. Just like last year though, it was the unranked team that came out ahead. Senior winger Charlie Giffin scored a shorthanded goal with just … Read more

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Michigan State Wins Big 6-2

When two schools have never faced each other before in a sport, you never know what you are going to get come game time. Unfortunately for the struggling Mercyhurst Lakers, this first-time meeting happened to be against the defending national champions on their own ice, and they weren’t going to get their second win of … Read more

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UNH, Mass.-Lowell Skate To Tie

The University of New Hampshire Wildcats and Mass.-Lowell River Hawks skated to a 2-2 tie at the Whittemore Center on Friday Night. Mass.-Lowell goalie Carton Hutton had 39 saves on the night in the draw. The No. 6 Wildcats scored first just 3:34 into the period. With traffic in front of the River Hawks net, … Read more

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Northeastern Keeps Vermont Winless

Sometimes the best goals come in the strangest ways. For Randy Guzior, the game-winner at 13:26 of the third period wasn’t how he diagramed it, but it was no less sweet. After racing up the left wing and taking his defenseman wide, the sophomore cut to the net and tried to get off a backhander. … Read more

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Gophers Outlast Mavericks

Entering Friday’s Western Collegiate Hockey Association match-up between Minnesota and Minnesota State, the usually explosive offense and power-play of the Gophers came in stumbling. In an 0-for-30 slump with the man-advantage, the Gophers (5-4-0, 1-4-0 WCHA) used two power-play goals in their first two chances and held off a third period Mavericks’ charge en route … Read more

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Dartmouth Cruises Past Union

Union’s first period against Dartmouth was bad enough, as they allowed three goals, two of them on the power play. However, the third period was far worse because of a gruesome injury to Dutchmen freshman forward Luke Cain. Cain was carried off the ice with 13:33 left in the third after his right ankle was … Read more

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The Luck of The Irish

The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame upset the Miami RedHawks 2-1 tonight, ending the RedHawks’ winning streak at eight games, the first of the season for the RedHawks. The CCHA match-up between the two teams was the most anticipated home game of the season for Miami. This series marks the first time Notre Dame traveled … Read more

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Providance Slams Maine

There would be many who would have scoffed at the notion that Providence College, winners of just one of seven previous starts, could be competitive with No. 11 Maine. However, Friday night, the Friars didn’t merely compete with the Black Bears; they all but dismantled them, torching Maine for three third period goals on its … Read more

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Bemidji Knocks Off Alabama-Huntsville

Bemidji State’s Matt Climie and Alabama-Huntsville’s Blake MacNicol both stopped three dozen opponents’ shots, but the visiting Beavers put two past MacNicol to pull into a three-way tie atop the College Hockey America standings with a 2-0 win at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville. “We’re obviously not satisfied with the outcome. We want to … Read more

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St. Cloud Upsets Michigan Tech

The way the No. 13 Michigan Tech Huskies have been playing through the early stages of the season, it appeared as though the only thing that could derail their ascension to elite status in the WCHA would be the loss of junior goaltender Michael-Lee Teslak to an injury. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what 2,890 Michigan Tech … Read more

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Wisconsin Shuts Down North Dakota

With No.3 North Dakota bringing its top scoring defense in the WCHA (1.29 goals per game) into Madison to take on the league’s top scoring offense ( 4.67 goals per game), something had to give in game one of this traditionally physical series. Wisconsin goalie Shane Connelly showed the rest of the conference that the … Read more

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Almost Perfect Cornell Downs Yale

Almost perfect. Cornell’s execution in a 2-1 road victory against league rival Yale was exactly that. The Big Red crashed, banged, and held the Bulldogs scoreless for 59:55, but Yale’s Sean Backman, playing in his first game of the season, potted a goal with just five seconds left to play to erase goaltender Ben Scrivens’ … Read more

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Bobcats Slay Knights

The Quinnipiac University Bobcats (3-3-1, 1-1-1 ECAC) upset the Clarkson Golden Knights (6-3-0, 3-1-0 ECAC) 3-2 at the TD Banknorth Sports Center Friday night. This was the first meeting between the two clubs since Clarkson defeated Quinnipiac in the ECAC Hockey championship game last year. The Bobcats took a 3-2 lead when Bryan Leitch knocked … Read more

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Colorado College Tops Minnesota-Duluth

Coming into tonight’s contest, Colorado College, Minnesota-Duluth and Denver were in a three way tie for second place in the WCHA. At the end of the night, CC moved past Duluth and Denver into a tie with Michigan Tech for first place in the conference. Andreas Vlassopoulos and his CC linemates were too much for … Read more

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Michigan Shuts Out Alaska

Alaska coach Doc DelCastillo was pleased with 54 minutes of his team’s game at Michigan’s Yost Arena Friday night. The Nanooks allowed just one goal against, leaving them just a shot away from tying the second-ranked team in the nation. At the end of the night however, three quick Wolverines’ goals left the Nanooks to … Read more

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Breaking New Ground

One season removed from a strong start but a disappointing finish, the Connecticut women are back with a vengeance and ready to go deep into the Hockey East and national tournaments. Terese Karmel reports.

HEA Commissioner Bertagna’s Contract Extended

The Hockey East Association has extended the contract of Commissioner Joe Bertagna through the 2010-2011 season, it was announced Tuesday by Dana Skinner, Director of Athletics at Massachusetts-Lowell. Bertagna, 56, came to Hockey East in 1997 after 15 years with the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). He is the longest-serving commissioner in Hockey East’s 24-year … Read more

Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Nov. 6

Several big series in the WCHA led to at least one surprising conclusion, while Clarkson and Princeton march along in the ECAC in the early going and Miami continues its run. Scott Brown and Jim Connelly take on the week in college hockey.