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In the span of 24 hours at its own Ledyard National Bank Classic, Dartmouth hockey went from NoDak to no dice. No. 9 Boston University, buoyed by killing off a five-minute penalty, scored three times in the final 10:30 to pull away from the 20th-ranked Big Green yesterday, 3-0, in the Ledyard consolation game. Junior … Read more

Unlike the last time they met, there was no need for a shootout this time between Rensselaer and Union. With the way the Dutchmen outskated and outhustled the Engineers, the third-place game of Saturday’s Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup was never in doubt. Lane Caffaro, Matt Cook Josh Coyle and Jason Walters had a goal and … Read more

The No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, trailing 2-1 after two periods, capped off their third come-from-behind win in five games by notching three final-period goals, as they beat the struggling Northern Michigan Wildcats, 4-3, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne on Saturday afternoon. The win propels the Irish into a … Read more

Harvard held off a furious third period comeback by Michigan Tech and hung on for a 3-2 victory in the third-place game of the Great Lakes Invitational tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Saturday night. Freshman goaltender Kyle Richter turned away 41 of 43 Husky shots for the Crimson and junior Mike Taylor continued … Read more

St. Cloud State’s Nate Dey scored two goals in the second period to propel the No. 6 Huskies to the Sheraton/TD Banknorth Catamount Cup title, 4-2 over 13th-ranked Vermont, Saturday, at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Two of the better defensive clubs in the nation went toe-to-toe, playing an even first period before the Huskies (12-3-3) took control … Read more

You might think an early three-goal lead would bring a sense of calm to the Niagara bench in the first period of its 6-2 drubbing of crosstown rival Canisius. Not so. Seconds after Matt Caruana put back his own rebound, Niagara head coach Dave Burkholder could be seen launching a verbal barrage toward his team, … Read more

Nothing like a trip out East to see how the West can win. Behind a three-goal weekend from sophomore MVP Ryan Duncan, North Dakota put the brakes to a four-game losing streak and left with the Ledyard National Bank Classic championship last night, beating St. Lawrence 4-2 at Dartmouth’s Thompson Arena. With about half of … Read more

One year ago, Clarkson was 10-5-1 heading into the Catamount Cup holiday tournament. It was there where they got off on the wrong foot and after a tie and a loss, went just 8-11-1 the rest of the way. One year later, they entered the Badger Hockey Showdown 11-5-1, but they have more to celebrate … Read more

Overtime has not been kind to the Brown Bears the last year. Until their OT win over Yale just prior to the break, the Bears had gone 0-6-9 in OT contests. However, a quick strike at 1:22 of OT tonight by captain Sean Dersch gave the Bears their second OT win in their last three … Read more

Minnesota State and Princeton both entered Saturday’s contest at Hobey Baker Rink with three-game winning streaks in the first-ever meeting between the Mavericks and Tigers. It was Princeton (7-7-2 overall) that extended its victory string to four games, thanks to a four-point night from center Brett Wilson. The sophomore scored one goal and set up … Read more

Michigan Head Coach Red Berenson’s challenge to his team coming off the holiday break was to play better team defense. Heading into the holiday, the Wolverines had lost four of their last five games, allowing 30 goals on 150 shots over that span. Berenson’s Wolverines responded to his challenge Friday night at Joe Louis Arena … Read more

Lake Superior State goaltender Jeff Jakaitis may have lost his bid for his fourth shutout, but the senior certainly saved his best for last in the Badger Hockey Showdown here Friday evening. Jakaitis made four of his 37 saves in the final 25 seconds to close the door on Providence 2-1. “Jeff’s obviously the kind … Read more

The opening game of the Wells Fargo Denver Cup between the Brown Bears and Mass.-Lowell River Hawks was a closely contested affair. Even overtime wasn’t enough, and after the first five shooters in the shootout, the teams were still tied. River Hawks’ defenseman Jeremy Dehner ultimately got the game-winner on the sixth shot, sending the … Read more

Joe Fallon made 21 saves to extend his school record for shutouts to 15, and Corey Carlson chipped in two first-period power-play goals as No. 13 Vermont blanked Rensselaer, 3-0, Friday in the second semifinal of the Catamount Cup at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Vermont will face St. Cloud State – who defeated Union 4-2 earlier in … Read more

Talk about pulling a 180 over a span of 180 seconds. In just three minutes during the second period against No. 15 Clarkson Friday night, the Badgers went from tying the game 1-1 to falling behind 3-1. A three-goal second period and a hat trick from senior captain Nick Dodge lifted Clarkson to a 6-2 … Read more

Boston University’s third-best-in-the-nation couldn’t do much about how it went down in the opening round of the Ledyard National Bank Classic last night. Or maybe it could. St. Lawrence’s Mike McKenzie beat BU goaltender John [nl]Curry on a penalty shot 2:30 minutes into overtime, capping a late Saints comeback in an unlikely 4-3 victory at … Read more

Bryce Hollweg netted the game winner two minutes into the third period and Josh Kassel held off the RIT offense down the stretch with several big saves as the Army hockey team defeated RIT, 2-1, Friday night in front of a season-best crowd of 1,988 fans at West Point’s Tate Rink. The Black Knights (9-6-3, … Read more

The Ferris State Bulldogs haven’t won many games so far this season. And after Friday’s 1-1 tie with the Massachusetts Minutemen. FSU didn’t add a win to their resume. But it sure felt like it. After 65 minutes of punchless hockey in the offensive end for both teams, Ferris State (4-11-3 overall, 2-8-2 CCHA) capitalized … Read more

This is the season for giving. Perhaps that’s why No. 20 Dartmouth was in such a generous mood in dropping a 4-1 decision to North Dakota in the second half of the Ledyard National Bank Classic twinbill at Thompson Arena. The Big Green (5-5-2) didn’t out-and-out hand the ‘W’ to the Fighting Sioux (8-10-1), but … Read more