Site AdministratorThe top-ranked and top-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the Alaska Nanooks 7-1 on Friday in the first game of their second-round CCHA playoff series. Erik Condra had four assists to lead the Irish, who dominated the game from the very beginning. Notre Dame scored five goals in the first period, all of which were … Read more
Minnesota State couldn’t get its comeback magic working as North Dakota’s 5-2 victory enabled the Fighting Sioux to remain unbeaten in five games (4-0-1) against the Mavericks this season. “We’ve come back three or four times this year from three goals,” said MSU forward Mick Berge. “We did it to these guys earlier in the … Read more
Riding Kevin Regan’s history-making performance and a dominant power play, New Hampshire saddled visiting Providence with a doubly-sickening feeling of déjà vu on Friday night. The top-seeded Wildcats completed a Hockey East quarterfinal sweep of the eighth-seeded Friars for the second straight season with their 6-0 win in Game 2 at the Whittemore Center, and … Read more
Rookies Casey Parenteau and Mike McKenzie combined for five goals as St. Lawrence opened its best-of-three ECACHL quarterfinal series against Colgate with a 6-1 win in Game 1 at Appleton Arena on Friday night. The victory was the 400th career win for Saint head coach Joe Marsh, who becomes just the third Division I coach … Read more
For the second consecutive year, the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs are proving to be hazardous to the playoff aspirations of the No. 2 overall seed in the WCHA playoffs. Senior Josh Johnson made 27 saves, and sophomore forward MacGregor Sharp created two goals for the Bulldogs as Minnesota-Duluth took advantage of their opportunities and dropped a punchless … Read more
The Lake Superior State Lakers shocked the heavily-favored No. 9 Miami RedHawks 2-1 Friday night in the first contest of their best-of-three-game series. Steady goaltending from senior Jeff Jakaitis allowed Lake Superior State to hang around for most of the game before the Lakers took the lead with two third-period goals. Jakaitis, ranked second nationally … Read more
In a hard-fought, defensive game, the Wisconsin Badgers defeated the Denver Pioneers 3-2 to go up 1-0 in their WCHA playoff series Friday. “It wasn’t new territory for us,” said Badgers’ coach Mike Eaves. “You’d hope we’d be intelligent enough to take the lessons from our series and apply them.” The game started with tight … Read more
Quinnipiac’s Dan LeFort picked a nice time for his second goal of the season, as he found back netting two minutes into overtime to beat Cornell 1-0 in Game 1 of their ECACHL quarterfinal series. LeFort, a defenseman turned forward, jumped off the bench and immediately forced a turnover in the corner of the Cornell … Read more
The trip was long and many thought Minnesota Duluth didn’t stand much of a chance against No. 2 seed Mercyhurst, but somebody forgot to tell UMD coach Shannon Miller and her team that their task was almost impossible. The Bulldogs showed tremendous resolve and confidence in front of a pressure-packed full house on the campus … Read more
Junior goaltender David Leggio made 27 saves to backstop number-two seed Clarkson to a 3-0 victory over seventh-seeded Harvard in the first game of their ECACHL quarterfinal series Friday night before 2,383 fans at Cheel Arena. The Golden Knights (22-8-5), ranked fourth in the nation, and the Crimson (14-16-2) will face off again on Saturday. … Read more
Seniors Olivier Bouchard and Sean Streich aren’t the only Union hockey players who have completed their college careers. Sophomore forward T.J. Fox, the Dutchmen’s leading scorer, will forgo his last two years of college eligibility and sign a contract with the San Jose Sharks, several sources confirmed Wednesday. An official announcement should come sometime next … Read more
Off the Top of My Head • It’s time for the March Madness to really begin, starting with the Final Five. Here’s a complete rundown of this weekend’s matchups. A Complete Rundown No. 10 Alaska-Anchorage at No. 1 Minnesota How they got here: The top-ranked team for much of the season, the Gophers jumped out … Read more
Cinderella is alive and well. With a 2-1 triple overtime victory over three-time defending National Champion Middlebury, the Amherst Lord Jeffs earned themselves the glass slipper for this year’s NCAA playoffs. When Anna MacLean put the puck past Panther goalie Lani Wright, the 101 minute, 54 second marathon came to end. However, the real story … Read more
Ted Russell has been named the new head coach of the Lebanon Valley men’s ice hockey team. Russell replaces interim head coach Howard Hutton, who has led the Flying Dutchmen since former head coach Al MacCormack resigned last December, and becomes the third head coach in the team’s history. RUSSELL The appointment of a new … Read more
Niagara senior forward Sean Bentivoglio received the 2006-07 College Hockey America Player of the Year award at the CHA Banquet held Thursday evening in Des Moines, Iowa. Bentivoglio, a native of Thorold, Ont., played in all 36 regular-season contests for Niagara, currently ranks in the top 10 nationally in both assists per game (0.83) and … Read more
The Hockey East playoffs appear to be the cure for what ailed New Hampshire during the regular season’s final three weekends. The Wildcats went just 1-4-1 in that stretch, stumbling to three straight losses entering the postseason and backing into the league’s regular-season title, but they reverted back to their dominant early-season form with a … Read more
Michigan senior forward T.J. Hensick and Nebraska-Omaha senior forward Scott Parse were both named to their third CCHA First-Team All-Conference squads, making them the seventh and eighth players in conference history to earn such recognition. Hensick also became the third CCHA player and first forward to earn either First- or Second-Team honors in each of … Read more
Minnesota State’s Travis Morin might have flown under the national radar for most of his college career, but Dan Myers finds the senior forward vastly appreciated in Mankato.
Dartmouth junior David Jones was named Ivy League Player of the Year among postseason honors announced Wednesday. Jones, the first player since Ross Brownridge in 1980 to be a unanimous selection, was also chosen first-team All-Ivy. He becomes just the third player in Dartmouth history to be named the Ivy League Player of the Year. … Read more
Middlebury advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the 13th straight year with a 9-0 win over Fredonia. The Panthers will host Mass.-Dartmouth on Saturday, March 10th at 7:00 p.m., with the winner advancing to the final four. Fredonia ends its season at 15-10-4, while Middlebury moves to 32-5-2 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. Middlebury wasted … Read more