Site AdministratorIn the final game played at the Northford Ice Pavilion, the Quinnipiac Bobcats came away with a 5-1 win, over the Brown Bears Friday evening. “It was a nice win,” said Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold. “Our last game here and we used the home ice advantage.” It was a special night, in it being … Read more
Alaska Anchorage added to North Dakota’s trials at home by erasing a two-goal deficit with a goal late in the third period to tie the Fighting Sioux 3-3 at Ralph Engelstad Arena. “All year long, our guys have been resilient, and tonight was no different,” said UAA coach Dave Shyiak . “I don’t think we … Read more
Michigan State’s Rick Comley joined college hockey’s “700 Club” with a win over Miami, becoming just the fifth head coach to reach that plateau. Sean Caruthers salutes Comley’s accomplishments.
Red Berenson walked into his post-game Yost Arena press conference Friday night, sat a puck on the table in front of him and leaned forward with a satisfied smile. His Michigan Wolverines had just rewarded him with a 5-2 victory over Northern Michigan, a win that gave Berenson his 600th career coaching victory. All 600 … Read more
The Hockey Humanitarian Foundation named the five finalists for the 2007 Hockey Humanitarian Award. This list of five was narrowed down from a list of 13 nominees that were released earlier in January. The Foundation will look at all of the candidates and then announce the winner of the Award on Friday, April 6, 2007, … Read more
Sophomore defenseman T.J. Fast, a native of Calgary, Alberta, has left the team and officially withdrawn from the University of Denver to pursue other opportunities, head coach George Gwozdecky announced. Fast tallied four assists in 19 games for the No. 7 Pioneers (15-7-2, 9-5-2 WCHA) this season. He finished his DU career with 11 points … Read more
Quotas in college sports have not been kind to the state of Wisconsin as of late. Last month, the Badgers’ football team failed to qualify for the Bowl Championship Series, despite an 11-1 record and No. 7 national ranking. The BCS cannot take more than two teams from any one conference, and Wisconsin was stuck … Read more
Off The Top Of My Head • If the first weekend of 2007 was any indication, the second half of the season looks to be just as wild as the first. • Michigan Tech’s goaltending carried it through the first half of the season, but at some point you have to start scoring. The Huskies … Read more
One of the hottest teams in the nation, St. Cloud State has rebuilt success behind team chemistry, the coaching of Bob Motzko and stellar netminding from Bobby Goepfert. How far can the Huskies go? Tom Reale reports.
Robert Morris University’s Sports Management department will be hosting the first Hanson Brothers Lookalike Contest at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center, Saturday, February 17, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. as RMU’s Division I men’s hockey team takes on Miami. Dave Hanson, one of the famous Hanson Brothers from the movie Slap Shot, and also … Read more
Michigan forwards David Rohlfs and Chad Kolarik notched two goals apiece and goaltender Billy Sauer recorded his second career shutout in the Wolverines’ 5-0 victory over Bowling Green Tuesday night at Yost Arena. Rohlfs’ pair of goals marked his first career multi-goal game and brought his season goal total to 12, while Kolarik’s deuce moved … Read more
The Princeton Tigers took a 4-2 decision over the Quinnipiac Bobcats in a Tuesday night matchup at the Northford Ice Pavilion. In the back end of a home-and-home series between the travel partners, the result was the first ECACHL loss for the Bobcats at the Northford Ice Pavilion. Quinnipiac (9-6-4, 6-3-3 ECACHL) took the front … Read more
The RIT Tigers (11-7-2) used a stifling defense and timely goals to defeat the Canisius Golden Griffins (5-15-1) by a 6-3 score. RIT outshot Canisius 38-15 in the game as the Golden Griffins remained winless on the road this season (0-9-1). Canisius jumped on the board early, scoring on its first shot on goal just … Read more
Massachusetts has done its part to shake up the Hockey East standings in the first half, but Joe Haggerty finds that more remains to be done.
Minnesota won two more games to stay atop the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll for the seventh straight time in Monday’s release. The Golden Gophers, who have been the unanimous pick for No. 1 for four straight polls now, swept Minnesota State over the weekend to run their unbeaten streak to 22 games. Minnesota has … Read more
Manhattanville regains sole possession of the top spot in this week’s USCHO.com Division III men’s hockey poll, getting 11 of 15 possible first-place votes. Dropping to No. 2 is Oswego, which was idle on the weekend. The Lakers received two first-place votes. Staying at Nos. 3 and 4 are NCHA rivals St. Norbert, receiving the … Read more
If ever there was a game ripe for Minnesota State to win against in-state rival Minnesota, it was Sunday’s. Yes, the Gophers were the top-ranked team in the nation, unbeaten in 21 straight games, and had not lost in 17 straight games against the Mavericks. But the Gophers were exhausted. The Gophers called up reinforcements, … Read more
The Robert Morris Colonials took a page from Notre Dame’s 2006-07 resume on Sunday afternoon at the Joyce Center, scoring three third-period goals while riding the standout goaltending of senior Joe Tuset to hand the second-ranked Irish a stunning 4-2 loss on home ice. The Colonials, who were outshot 36-15, made the most of their … Read more
Chris Murray’s power-play goal with 3:36 remaining in the third period lifted fourth-ranked New Hampshire over No. 15 Vermont 2-1 at Gutterson Fieldhouse, Saturday. The senior defenseman’s shot from above the right circle found its way through a maze of bodies in front of Vermont goaltender Joe Fallon to secure a sweep for the Wildcats … Read more
Princeton and No. 16 Quinnipiac battled though almost 45 minutes of scoreless hockey in an ECAC Hockey League tussle on Saturday night before junior right wing Jamie Bates tallied the game’s only two goals to lift the visiting Bobcats to a 2-0 decision before 1,817 on-lookers at Hobey Baker Rink. The game-winner came from a … Read more