Wolverines Complete Sweep

Conventional wisdom in competitive team sports states that “defense wins championships”. Michigan rearguards Jack Johnson and Matt Hunwick proved this weekend that “offense from defense” wins weekend CCHA two-game series. After Johnson’s Friday night hat trick lead the Wolverines to a 9-4 victory over Ferris State, he chipped in two more goals and two assists … Read more

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Cornell Tops Colgate

A third period goal and successful penalty kill to end the game earned the Cornell Big Red its first victory of 2007. After an early Colgate goal, Cornell battled back and peppered Colgate goalie Mark Dekanich until they were able to tie and score the go ahead goal. This is a great opportunity for us … Read more

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Deadlocked

Special teams played a crucial role for both Bowling Green and Alaska on Saturday night as the Falcons and Nanooks skated to a 2-2 tie at the BG Ice Arena. The two teams were whistled for a combined 28 penalties on the night, leaving skaters on both sides playing little five-on-five hockey. The Falcons penalty … Read more

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RPI Breaks Tie In Third To Down Brown

Rensselaer scored three goals in the second period, including two from junior Jonathan Ornelas and the Engineers went on to defeat Brown, 4-3, in an ECAC Hockey League contest at Meehan Auditorium. Ornelas finished with two goals and an assist in helping RPI win for the second straight night and third time in its last … Read more

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Fan Voting For Frozen Four Skills Challenge Under Way

The NCAA announced that voting for the players in the 2007 Pontiac Frozen Four Skills Challenge began Friday online at www.NCAASports.com and will run until February 12. Fans will be able to select six position players and two goalies for each gender of the East team and each gender of the West team. The original … Read more

Third-Ranked Irish Rally for A 2-2 Overtime Tie With Miami

For 53 minutes on Saturday night the Notre Dame Fighting Irish had trouble getting anything going against the Miami RedHawks at the sold-out Joyce Center. Miami led 2-0 on goals by Ryan Jones and Brian Kaufman and RedHawk goaltender Jeff Zatkoff was holding the Irish at bay nursing the two-goal lead as time continued to … Read more

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UNH Edges Providence 2-1

In a Saturday night hockey east showdown, The University of New Hampshire was able to defeat Providence College 2-1 at the Whittemore Center. Both teams were coming off of weekend splits, Providence with Maine, and UNH with UMass-Amherst. This was the first time the teams faced each other this season. The last time out UNH … Read more

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St. Lawrence Tops Dartmouth

Sophomore wing Brock McBride scored two goals and assisted on a third as St. Lawrence University downed Dartmouth College 4-1 in an ECAC Hockey League game Saturday night, completing a weekend home sweep and taking sole possession of first place in the league. The Saints, 14-10-2 overall and 10-3-1 in the ECACHL, improved to 5-1-2 … Read more

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Nolan Leads Michigan Tech over No. 14 Colorado College

The No. 14 Colorado College Tigers found out Friday just how hard it is to play against the Michigan Tech Huskies in the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. On Saturday night, it was painfully obvious for the Tigers, as they were downed 1-0 by sophomore goaltender Rob Nolan and the Huskies for the first time since … Read more

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Maine Ices Northeastern

Around the Maine locker room, junior defenseman Bret Tyler is known as “The Doze.” Last night, however, “The Doze” became superman. With his team falling fast in the Hockey East standings and desperately in need of a win, Tyler rescued his squad Saturday night with a sensational play that capped off Maine’s 2-1 overtime victory … Read more

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Union and Yale Go To Overtime — Again

For two teams that played two overtime games in last season’s ECACHL tournament, including an NCAA record-setting five-overtime contest, it was very ironic that the first meeting this year between Union and Yale would need an extra period to decide the outcome. This time, the outcome was different. After losing both playoff games at Messa … Read more

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Redemption for Wisconsin

After being embarrassed on their home ice the night before, sophomore Jack Skille said that tonight’s game was a must win and the Badgers weren’t going to get back to playing ‘Wisco’ hockey. With Skille leading the offensive charge, the Badgers didn’t roll over without a fight … literally. In a game that saw 108 … Read more

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Denver Gains Split

In a must-win situation, the fifth ranked Denver Pioneers responded from their lackluster Friday effort to defeat No. 4 St. Cloud State Huskies, 2-0. In earning his third shutout of the season, Pioneers’ netminder Peter Mannino extended his mastery of the Huskies, improving to 4-0 against them in his career. In the interviews after last … Read more

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No. 11 Vermont Unable to Solve Healey

In case you missed it last night, Vermont and Merrimack made sure you saw it again on Saturday. In a case of déjà vu, the two teams skated to a second 1-1 tie in two nights at Lawler Arena, though not everything was the same. “It was a different game tonight,” Warriors coach Mark Dennehy … Read more

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Broncos Pull Through with a Sweep in Overtime

With an overtime goal by senior Paul Szczechura, the Western Michigan Broncos (11-13-1 Overall) swept non-conference foe Alabama-Huntsville (7-15-1 Overall) Saturday night for a 6-5 victory Saturday night. “I just thought I’m taking the puck to the net,” Szczechura said. “We had the power play there, I had a lot of speed coming down the … Read more

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Mavericks Continue Hot-Streak by Embarrassing Badgers

Unlike the other eight teams in the WCHA, Minnesota State can’t get enough of playing the Badgers, no matter where they are in the standings. Nearly a year after dropping 13 goals on a red-hot Wisconsin team in a weekend sweep in Mankato, the Mavericks embarrassed the Badgers at their own game, playing physical and … Read more

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Alaska Bests Bowling Green

Senior captain Curtis Fraser scored two power play goals in the third period for University of Alaska on Friday night which proved to be the difference as the Nanooks (8-13-4; 6-10-3 CCHA) beat the Bowling Green Falcons, 5-2, at the BG Ice Arena. Fraser scored the game winners less than a minute apart in the … Read more

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Niagara Skates by Wayne State

Niagara extended its home unbeaten streak to 10-0-1 (16-8-3), dispatching Wayne St. by a 4-2 margin on a night where the Warriors might have garnered a different outcome except for the sensational play of Purple Eagle goalie Juliano Pagliero. For a second week in a row, Pagliero was the glue that held the Purple Eagles … Read more

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Northeastern Shocks No. 6 Maine

Dreadful. Treacherous. Frightening. These words once described Maine at home inside the hallowed ranks of Alfond Arena. Now, the Black Bears would be enough lucky if opponents even used those terms to describe the drive to Orono. Friday, in a performance that rendered any Alfond mystique absolutely useless, Northeastern (9-11-4, 6-9-4) crushed Maine (15-6-2, 8-7-1), … Read more

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Saints Eke By Crimson

Freshman wing Mike McKenzie tipped a cross-ice pass from defenseman Shawn Fensel just inside the goal post on a St. Lawrence power play with 55.9 seconds to play to lift the Saints to a 4-3 ECAC Hockey League victory over Harvard at Appleton Arena Friday night. McKenzie scored his eighth of the year to blunt … Read more

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