Site AdministratorThe Northern Michigan Wildcats got help from a familiar face on Friday night as they upended the Lake Superior State Lakers in a defensive struggle, 1-0. Midway through the second period and with the Wildcats on a 5-on-3, forward Nick Sirota fired a shot from point that LSSU netminder Jeff Jakaitis failed to corral. A … Read more
Get past the first three teams in the ECAC Hockey League standings, and the crystal ball is either broken or in need of some serious Windex. Dartmouth and Rensselaer didn’t do much to clarify the playoff situation last night, but the Big Green did do a couple of things that have been lacking of late. … Read more
In a chippy, penalty-filled game, the fifth-ranked Denver Pioneers rode their power play to a 5-2 victory over the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, earning win number 20 of the season. “I think we were very prepared today,” said Pioneers’ freshman Tyler Ruegsegger, who continued his stellar play of late, getting a goal and two assists … Read more
No. 1 New Hampshire was defeated by Maine in front of 10,104 fans at the sold-out Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday night in Hockey East action. With 5:35 remaining and the score tied at 2, the Black Bears took their first lead of the night on a power-play goal from Matt Duffy, which was the … Read more
Two third period goals by David Marshall proved to be the difference in a big 6-4 Quinnipiac Bobcat home victory, over their I-91 rival, the Yale Bulldogs, at the TD Banknorth Sportscenter on Friday night. “It’s no questions that it’s a rivalry,” Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold said. “The kids get fired up to play.” … Read more
Minnesota State Mavericks head coach Troy Jutting was talking all week about how critical it would be for his team to control the game with their up-tempo style of play against the more conservative, defensive style of Michigan Tech. And for the first 14 minutes of Friday’s 2-2 tie in front of 3,811 at Midwest … Read more
Fifteen NCAA Division I players have been named as semifinalists for the 55th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England, Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president Dave O’Brien announced Thursday. The candidates include nine players from Hockey East, four from the ECAC Hockey League, and two from … Read more
Behind a pair of power-play goals from senior center David Nimmo, the Alabama-Huntsville hockey squad battled to a 5-5 draw with College Hockey America foe Bemidji State on Friday night at the Von Braun Center. Snapping a nine-game losing skid in Friday night contests, the Chargers got on the board first at 4:25 of the … Read more
Coming into Friday’s contest at Gutterson Fieldhouse, Providence had only surrendered nine goals in five games and boasted the nation’s fifth leading penalty kill. The Friars came up against No. 14 Vermont, which had surrendered only six goals in the same period and boasting the nation’s leading penalty kill. The Catamounts scored all of their … Read more
The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, created in 2001 to honor college basketball seniors, will expand to include Division I men’s hockey beginning in 2007. The award program will also feature three other new sports for the current academic school year: baseball, softball, and lacrosse. In addition to the core requirement that the candidate be a … Read more
Earlier this week it was announced that starting next season, the ECAC East will realign into two six-team divisions. In addition to the realignment, the playoffs will be expanded to eight teams. The current format has six teams making the postseason. The two divisions will be referred to as the North and the South. The … Read more
The North Dakota Fighting Sioux, who have been winning praise for their recent performance on the ice, have come under some less-welcome scrutiny for off-ice behavior. Three North Dakota players were involved in a matter at a Grand Forks, N.D., bar Sunday night in which two citations were issued, while a third charge was possible, … Read more
Off the Top of My Head • There is a stunning resemblance between last year’s Wisconsin team and this year’s Minnesota squad as we head into what I’m dubbing WCHA men’s hockey “Bracket-Buster Weekend.” Same Story, Different Team? The Minnesota Gophers are starting to look a lot like the Wisconsin Badgers of the 2005-06 season. … Read more
Races Tightening For the first time in over two months, Gustavus Adolphus lost a hockey game. The Gusties’ last loss came on Nov. 26 to Wisconsin-Stout in the Milwaukee School of Engineering Thanksgiving Tournament. Gustavus dropped a pair of games to Bethel last weekend and is now just four points ahead of the Royals for … Read more
Not many teams can truly boast two number-one goaltenders, but the Denver Pioneers do. Candace Horgan profiles Glenn Fisher and Peter Mannino, DU’s netminding duo par excellence.
The Quinnipiac Bobcats and the Harvard Crimson battled to a 2-2 tie Tuesday night in ECACHL action in front of a sellout crowd at the TD Banknorth Sports Center. “We were pretty fortunate to get a point tonight,” said Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold. Harvard dominated play throughout the game with a 41-18 edge in … Read more
The ECAC Women’s East hockey league will realign into two six-team divisions for the 2007-08 season. This realignment was the result of two new league members being approved and the departure of another team to the ECAC Women’s West Hockey League. Starting with the 2007-08 season the ECAC Women’s East League will have two six-team … Read more
He’s a team-first guy who’s not concerned about the spotlight or his stats. He’s also second in the nation in goals, and the focus of the Northern Michigan offense. Kyle Whitney profiles NMU’s Mike Santorelli.
For the first time in over two months, a new number-one team in the nation was declared in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll. New Hampshire rose to the top of the pile in Monday’s release, garnering 36 of 40 first-place votes after beating Providence in its lone game of the weekend. Coming in at … Read more
Saturday night at Mariucci Arena, North Dakota took an early lead, watched Minnesota rally for three straight goals, and then turned on the afterburners for five unanswered goals in a 7-3 win that completed a stunning weekend sweep of the No. 1 Golden Gophers. Down 3-2 after the Gophers’ outburst, UND’s run started with 18:47 … Read more