Site AdministratorIt may seem counterintuitive that Boston College jumped Minnesota-Duluth in the Pairwise Rankings for the No. 7 spot after BC lost to a Providence and UMD lost to Minnesota, given that Minnesota is a higher-ranked team than Providence. But UMD’s lead over BC was really an aberration — a result of an advantage in Records … Read more
In a game that featured several events that will be added to the Colgate hockey history book, the Raiders completed their ECACHL first-round series by winning Game 2 against Rensselaer, 4-1, Saturday at Starr Rink. Junior goaltender Mark Dekanich broke his own record for saves in a season with 25 stops, giving him 993 for … Read more
A Jamie Bates power-play goal 1:20 into overtime sent fifth-seeded Quinnipiac to a 5-4 overtime win over Union in Game 2 of the ECACHL opening round at the TD Banknorth Sports Center on Saturday night, giving the Bobcats a sweep of the playoff series. “It’s everyone’s dream to score the game winning goal in overtime,” … Read more
The last time it happened was in 2003-04, but on Saturday night, 16th-ranked Massachusetts (18-11-5, 15-9-3 HEA) made it happen again: the Minutemen will get home ice for the first round of the Hockey East tournament after a thrilling 5-3 win over No. 11 Maine (21-12-2, 14-12-1 HEA). Massachusetts battled back from a 2-1 deficit … Read more
Eighth-ranked North Dakota opened up an early lead and ran away from No. 2 St. Cloud State in a 7-2 win Saturday at the National Hockey Center that completed the regular season for both teams. UND (19-12-5, 13-10-5 WCHA) controlled the game’s tempo early in the first period, as Darcy Zajac scored the first of … Read more
A goal by Mike McMillan with 8:35 remaining proved to be the difference as American International defeated Canisius 2-1 Saturday night in the first round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The Griffs (9-23-3) got on the board first with 3:47 left in the first period when Jason Weeks notched … Read more
Ohio State came into its semifinal clash with Wisconsin encouraged by the teams’ close regular season matchups. Although the Buckeyes dropped all four contests, three were by a single goal. In Saturday’s tournament game, the Buckeyes (20-13-4, 13-11-4 WCHA) again competed well and had their chances, but they were unable to break through against the … Read more
Brandon Scero’s second career hat trick and two goals by Nick Fanto helped push the Mavericks past Bowling Green, 7-5, and a sweep of a best-of-three CCHA playoff series Saturday night at Qwest Center Omaha. The Mavericks move on to the second round of the CCHA playoffs at Michigan State Friday in another best-of-three series. … Read more
Concerns over competitive balance, funding, Title IX requirements for gender equity, and an apparent turf war in the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees are combining to put Massachusetts-Lowell’s membership in Hockey East — and perhaps the very future of its men’s hockey program — in question. According to an article in the Lowell Sun … Read more
Elation. That was what Fredonia coach Jeff Meredith was feeling when Kraig Kuzma’s empty-net goal with 37.4 seconds remaining locked up Fredonia’s first SUNYAC championship since 1995. The Blue Devils, led by tournament Most Valuable Player Kevin Amborski, went into the Stafford Ice Arena and skated away with a 6-4 victory over a Plattsburgh team … Read more
The Denver Pioneers may have been squeezing their sticks a little too tightly for most of three periods against Colorado College, but desperation play in the closing seconds Saturday night squeezed the life out of the Tigers and the sold-out crowd at the World Arena. The Pioneers scored two goals in the final 36 seconds … Read more
Niagara (18-12-6, 9-5-6 CHA) jumped out to a 2-0 lead and held on for a road tie at Alabama-Huntsville (10-19-3, 7-11-2 CHA), Saturday, in the regular-season finale. The tie gives the Purple Eagles 24 conference points and clinches the Peters Trophy in back-to-back seasons. Sophomore Vince Rocco gave Niagara a 1-0 lead with a rebound … Read more
Two late period goals were all the No. 5 seed Quinnipiac Bobcats would need in a 3-1 win over the No. 12 seed Union College Dutchmen Friday night in game one of the ECACHL first round playoff series. The play was even for both teams through out the game, but it was the Bobcats who … Read more
Mercyhurst freshman forward Meghan Agosta (Ruthven, Ontario) was a double winner at the 2007 College Hockey America Women’s Awards Banquet held this evening at The Dome at the RMU Island Sports Center. Agosta was selected as both the CHA Player of the Year and the CHA Rookie of the Year in voting of the league’s … Read more
Sophomore Sean Muncy fired in the winning goal 1:24 into overtime to lift Brown over Princeton 4-3 in Game 1 of the first round of the ECAC Hockey League playoffs. For the third time this season and the fifth in the last five meetings between the teams, Princeton and Brown played into overtime with this … Read more
Colgate got goals from three different players and finished 2-for-4 on the power play to earn a 3-1 win against Rensselaer in the first game of the ECAC Hockey League playoffs Friday. Colgate took a 1-0 lead on a lucky bounce 2:06 into the first period. On the power play, sophomore Nick St. Pierre took … Read more
And Then There Were Two Win or go home is the name of the game Saturday night when top-seeded Bethel takes on No. 2 seed St. Thomas in the MIAC playoff championship game. Despite being two of the hottest teams in college hockey, neither team has a shot at an at-large bid in the NCAA … Read more
Judging by its last two performances, Providence College wanted to be in the Hockey East playoffs pretty badly. The Friars followed up their destruction of New Hampshire last Saturday with a 7-2 pounding of Merrimack on Senior Night Friday at Schneider Arena, clinching the eighth and final league postseason berth. Greg Collins and Pierce Norton … Read more
Massachusetts-Lowell knew it had to win and then get some help from an unlikely source to have a chance to stay in the playoff hunt going into the final day of the season. The River Hawks upheld their part of the deal, upsetting No. 15 Vermont 2-1 at Gutterson Fieldhouse Friday. But, by virtue of … Read more
No. 16 UMass (17-11-5, 14-9-3 Hockey East) kept its home-ice hopes alive by virtue of Friday’s 3-1 win over No. 9 Maine (21-11-2, 14-11-1 HEA). David Leaderer brought the Minutemen back from a 1-0 deficit to tie the game before Cory Quirk notched the game winner in the second period and Scott Crowder iced the … Read more