Site AdministratorWith Western Michigan (17-17-1, 14-13-1 CCHA) leading Game 1 of a first-round CCHA tournament series with Alaska (10-19-6, 7-16-5 CCHA) late in regulation, the Nanooks stunned the Broncos with a 3-2 overtime win in front of 1,584 at Lawson Ice Arena Friday. Alaska erased the Broncos’ lead in a matter of one minute and five … Read more
No. 17 Colorado College continued their recent dominance of the sixth ranked Denver Pioneers, ending their winless drought at six games with a dominating 3-0 shutout on the road. With the win, the Tigers reclaimed the Gold Pan Trophy, awarded to the winner of the season series, for the first time since 2002-2003. More important, … Read more
Dartmouth College senior forward Gillian Apps (Unionville, Ont.) has been named the ECAC Hockey League’s Player of the Year, it was announced earlier this evening (March 2) at the league’s annual banquet. Apps and several other student-athletes were honored at the event, which marks the start of the women’s championship weekend. Joining Apps as a … Read more
The ninth ranked Boston College Eagles defeated No. 3 New Hampshire Friday Night, 4-1, spoiling Senior Night at the Whittemore Center. Boston College improved to 21-11-1, 17-8-1 in Hockey East while New Hampshire fell to 23-8-2, 18-6-2 in league play. Nathan Gerbe scored twice for BC and goaltender Cory Schneider had 31 saves on the … Read more
What started out looking like a track meet – and one heartily dominated by No. 8 North Dakota – developed quickly into a tedious defensive battle by the middle of the second period as second ranked St. Cloud State fought back from a two goal deficit at the first intermission to secure a tie with … Read more
Boston College pulled off the same awards hat trick that the University of New Hampshire netted last year, sweeping the three major individual awards acknowledging the season’s top player, rookie and coach. BC’s freshman sensation Kelli Stack had a torrid second half the season, ringing up 34 points to outdistance teammate and classmate Allie Thunstrom … Read more
The NCAA has announced the participants for the second annual Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge, which will be held April 6 at Scottrade Center in St. Louis. The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two … Read more
League champion Wisconsin placed two players on the Western Collegiate Hockey Association women’s all-conference team and swept individual honors, it was announced Thursday. The Badgers’ Sara Bauer, a senior from St. Catherine’s, Ont who won the Patty Kazmaier Award as the best women’s collegiate hockey player last season, was named the WCHA Player of the … Read more
Off The Top Of My Head Okay, so we know three things for sure: Alaska-Anchorage will finish last, Minnesota-Duluth will finish ninth, and those two will play Minnesota and St. Cloud in the first round of the WCHA playoffs next weekend (though we don’t know who will face who). Get ready for a wild weekend. … Read more
A few bumps and bruises are the order of the day in Burlington, where the Vermont Catamounts have parlayed aggressive defense into success on the ice. Tyler Birnbaum reports.
ECAC Northeast Championship #1 UMass Dartmouth vs. #3 Wentworth Saturday, March 3rd, 4:30 p.m., Hetland Memorial Arena, New Bedford, Mass. At the beginning of the season, Curry College and UMass Dartmouth were the two favorites to vie for the ECAC Northeast title this weekend, and for good reason. Both teams made it to the finals … Read more
It’s that time of year again when every conference in Division III has entered their second season, the conference playoffs. While many of you may be wondering what the latest NCAA tournament projections are, first we must take a look at what is on the agenda for this weekend. So let’s take a moment and … Read more
Final Four Gustavus Adolphus, the top team in the MIAC for the first half of the season, continued its second-half slide right out of the playoffs Tuesday with its 3-1 loss to St. Olaf. That leaves just four teams vying for the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Olies are the fourth seed, … Read more
On Wednesday, 10 finalists were announced for the 2006-07 Men’s Hockey Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, which honors character, community involvement, academics and sporting achievement. The finalists will compete in the all-new hockey division of the national award for NCAA senior student-athletes. An acronym for “Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School,” the award was … Read more
Northeastern (13-16-5, 9-13-5) has struggled with Boston University (18-7-9, 13-6-8) over the past two seasons. They were swept by the Terriers last year and already had lost to them twice this season. But times are changing on Huntington Avenue. The Huskies have already won almost five times as many games as they did last season, … Read more
Notre Dame narrowly held onto the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll released Monday, edging out St. Cloud State despite the Huskies’ statement weekend against Minnesota. The Fighting Irish, who split Friday and Saturday with Ferris State, earned 20 first-place votes to remain No. 1 for the fourth straight week. St. Cloud … Read more
Sixth-ranked Bemidji State’s shot at earning a No. 1 regional seed in the NCAA Tournament remained very much alive on Friday as the Beavers downed future WCHA rival Nebraska-Omaha 3-1 at Qwest Center Omaha. The host Mavericks (now 17-14-6) had plenty to play for as well, having come into this week’s USCHO.com poll at No. … Read more
Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Dave O’Brien today announced the eighteen semifinalists for the seventh annual Joe Concannon Award, given annually to New England’s best American-born Division II/III college hockey player. Three Concannon Award semifinalists from last season, all of them among the leading scorers for their respective teams, head the field of nominees. … Read more
Once upon a time, Chris Butler couldn’t even get the attention of junior hockey leagues. Just a few years later, he’s shining with Denver, Jim Stevens finds.
Now that we’re one week away from NCAA selections, I’ll go team-by-team across the top eight, and examine the best and worst each team can do in the Pairwise Rankings, which mimic the NCAA selection criteria. As mentioned last week, aside from NCAA autobids given to conference tournament winners, the top eight is set. I’ll … Read more