Site AdministratorTwelve different UNH players scored points Friday night as third ranked UNH defeated Providence, 6-4, at the Whittemore Center. Jacob MicFlikier got his fourth career hat trick and freshmen Bobby Butler scored the game winner in the victory. Providence College, which has scored an average of just 1.87 goals per game tallied four on the … Read more
Playoffs Nearly Set The MIAC playoffs are set — well, the five teams competing are set but not the seeds just yet. Red-hot Bethel (23 points) and St. Thomas (20 points) are sitting in the top two spots in the league. Idle Gustavus Adolphus is in third with 19 points but has no chance of … Read more
RIT, in its inaugural year of play in Atlantic Hockey and second overall as a Division I program, clinched the conference regular-season championship with a 3-0 win over Bentley on Friday night. RIT came into Friday’s game with a three-point lead over Sacred Heart and two games left for each team to play. As a … Read more
Ferris State scored five unanswered goals to defeat the top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish 5-2 Friday night at the Joyce Center. The win, coupled with Western Michigan’s victory over Lake Superior State, keeps Ferris State alive for a chance to gain home ice in the first round of the CCHA playoffs next weekend. Mark Bomersback … Read more
When the Northern Michigan Wildcats entered the Berry Events Center on Friday night, they were still entertaining hopes of hosting a first-round playoff game. When all was said and done, however, those hopes were dashed and NMU fell to the Miami RedHawks, 4-1. “They’re exceptional. This is one of the best teams in the country … Read more
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute coach Seth Appert said, with a straight face, that tonight’s game against Yale is all about the six seniors who will play their final regular-season home game at Houston Field House. But the game has more meaning than that for the Engineers. RPI kept its hopes for home ice in the first … Read more
In a hard fought, see-saw game, the seventh ranked Denver Pioneers edged the No. 8 North Dakota Fighting Sioux, 4-3 in overtime. Senior J.D. Corbin-playing his first game since breaking his leg during practice on October-got the game winner at 2:18 of the extra session when the puck deflected off his glove off a shot … Read more
On Friday night, the St. Lawrence Saints took a 4-1 decision over the Quinnipiac Bobcats to capture the ECAC regular season title Friday night at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. The Saints came marching into the contest with two early goals in the first period. Max Taylor scored the first goal at 51 seconds into … Read more
Backed by a pair of third period goals, the Michigan State Spartans secured a first-round bye in the playoffs tonight by virtue of a 5-3 victory over the Bowling Green Falcons at the BG Ice Arena. With the win, the Spartans (19-11-3 overall, 15-9-3 in the CCHA) ended their recent winless skid at four games … Read more
Off The Top Of My Head • Just as I suspected, the tight finish atop the WCHA didn’t pan out last weekend, and now Minnesota is a tie with St. Cloud State away from clinching the MacNaughton Cup. • That doesn’t mean the races are over. Five teams are still mathematically in contention for second … Read more
As the Wisconsin men’s hockey team enters the last two series of the regular season, there comes a time to look back and look at where the team has come from, how they found their identity and most importantly who took hold of the reins and led the team to its current position.
It was a good week for Plattsburgh. The Cardinals cemented their ranking as No. 1 in the country with a 5-4 overtime win, on the road, against No. 2 Middlebury. A Shay Bywater goal just 44 seconds into overtime not only gave the Cardinals the win, but also put them on track to host NCAAs … Read more
Having won three straight NESCAC titles and six of the past seven, the Middlebury Panthers have certainly earned their billing as the most feared men’s hockey team in the conference. But the Panthers, slowed by injuries, illnesses and an inexplicably stymied offense, have not shown the dominant form that has characterized recent years
Even with his 6-feet 4-inch, 222-pound frame, Erik Johnson attracts little attention with his quiet demeanor. Bu the 18-year-old lost any signs of hockey anonymity after the St. Louis Blues selected Johnson with the top pick in last summer’s NHL Entry Draft.
With the ECAC NE regular season behind us, and the quarterfinal playoff picture set in stone, it’s time to take a look at the match-ups: #1 UMass Dartmouth (22-2-1 overall/14-1-0 conf.) vs. #8 Salve Regina (10-13-1/8-7-0) Saturday, Feb. 24, 4:30 p.m., Hetland Ice Arena, New Bedford, Mass. For coach John Rolli and his upperclassmen at … Read more
With two wins over Alaska last weekend, Notre Dame maintained its hold on first place in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. The Fighting Irish received 25 of 40 first-place votes to stay atop the rankings for the third straight week. The top four teams in the poll were unchanged from last week, with Minnesota … Read more
Northeastern may have slipped from the heights it once enjoyed, but the Huskies are on the rebound with a new coaching staff led by Greg Cronin. Keith Lavon traces the Huskies’ fall and rise.
Much has changed since my last NCAA Selection discussion two weeks ago.The biggest development — there is now a gap between the top eight teams and everyone else. Minnesota, a top eight team for most of the season, is now in the same situation as Princeton, Ohio State, UConn — the Gophers have to win … Read more
The USA Hockey Foundation Monday announced 10 candidates for the 2007 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented annually to the most outstanding player in women’s college hockey. The 10 candidates represent eight different schools, as Harvard and Wisconsin each have two candidates. The WCHA and ECACHL are the most represented conferences with four selections each. Earlier … Read more
When Brown needed him, Dan Rosen was there. The freshman netminder has compiled impressive numbers in goal for the Bears, and there’s more to come, Roman J. Uschak reports.