Site AdministratorClarkson freshman goaltender Matt Smith will leave the school after completing final exams this week. Smith has decided to play hockey in the Quebec Major Junior League. A native of Mississauga, Ontario, the 6-0, 204-pound goaltender saw limited action with the Golden Knights this season. Smith played in one game, an exhibition contest against the … Read more
Frank Cole, the NCAA’s National Coordinator of Officals, along with Col. James Knowlton, the chair of the NCAA Ice Hockey Rules Committee and Ty Halpin, the NCAA’s liasion to the Ice Hockey Rules Committee recently sent a memorandum to the Conference Commissioners and Hockey Coaches in regards to the Officiating Directive. Below is the text … Read more
Two more wins meant another week at No. 1 for Minnesota. The Golden Gophers swept Michigan Tech over the weekend to extend their nation-best unbeaten streak to 18 games and their reign atop the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll to four weeks, once more by a unanimous decision. Monday’s poll also featured a familiar name … Read more
North Dakota women’s hockey coach Shantel Rivard has been removed from that position and her contract will not be renewed when it expires on June 30. North Dakota athletic director Tom Buning made the announcement today. Buning said that Rivard will be reassigned to other duties within the North Dakota athletic department and North Dakota … Read more
Idle Manhattanville repeats as No. 1 in the Dec. 11 USCHO.com Division III men’s poll, with the Valiants receiving 11 of 15 first-place votes. Staying at No. 2 with three first-place tallies is 11-0-3 Oswego, while again at No. 3 is St. Norbert with one first-place vote. Wisconsin-Superior and Wisconsin-River Falls swap positions for fourth … Read more
Sean Bentivoglio’s success at Niagara has more than a few expecting bigger things down the line for the Purple Eagles’ captain, Vince McConeghy says.
A pair of third-period goals just 30 seconds apart made all the difference as No. 5 Notre Dame (14-3-1; 9-2-1 CCHA) downed seventh-ranked Michigan (12-7-0; 8-5-0 CCHA) 4-3 at the Joyce Center Sunday afternoon, completing a two-game sweep of the Wolverines. The win — coming at the halfway point of the season — was the … Read more
Ohio State defenseman Jason DeSantis scored the game-tying goal on a six-on-five in the final minute of regulation, sending No. 4 Miami (14-5-1, 10-3-1 CCHA) to a 2-2 tie in Saturday’s game against in-state rival Ohio State (5-9-4, 5-6-3 CCHA). The Buckeyes pulled the goalie with a minute remaining and it worked wonders, as they … Read more
The puck just seemed to bounce the way of No. 3 Maine on Saturday night, as the Black Bears put up seven goals on a Northeastern team that could not seem to find its feet. Josh Soares got a hat trick with two of the goals coming shorthanded, and goaltender Ben Bishop came two minutes … Read more
After defeating nationally-ranked Michigan State, Clarkson and Alaska, and taking Boston College, Michigan and North Dakota to overtime, the U.S. Under-18 Team was not underestimated by Vermont. Instead, the No. 14 Catamounts prepared for a tough game. Vermont controlled the contest from start to finish, steamrolling Team USA, 7-1 in exhibition action Saturday. “I thought … Read more
The curtain fell on Act I of Niagara’s season with a 4-2 decision over Wayne State, leaving an appreciative audience at Dwyer Arena pondering the Purple Eagles’ surging record (10-6-3,6-1-3 CHA) and positioning them as the team to beat in the second half of conference play. For Wayne State, the holiday break could not have … Read more
In an almost-identical performance to their first period Friday night, the No. 1 Minnesota Golden Gophers (15-1-3 overall, 9-0-3 WCHA) jumped all over the Michigan Tech Huskies (6-8-2 overall, 3-7-2 WCHA), netting three first-period goals and skating away with a 5-1 win on Saturday night at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Gophers controlled the … Read more
SCSU head coach Bob Motzko described it as “one of the best games of his career.” Dan Kronick scored the go-ahead goal just 18 seconds into the third period and then added an empty-netter late to seal No. 8 St. Cloud State’s eighth consecutive victory as the Huskies defeated a very game Colgate squad, 3-1 … Read more
Bemidji State’s Blaine Jarvis scored his second goal of the contest at the 2:56 mark of overtime, helping the Beavers complete an improbable rally from a 4-1 first-intermission deficit and stun Minnesota Duluth, 6-5, Saturday. BSU scored the game’s final four goals, including three goals in an 8:16 span of the second period to cap … Read more
Looking to end their three game winless skid, the No. 13 Denver Pioneers turned in a strong defensive effort and rode a hat trick from junior Ryan Dingle to a 5-1 victory over the Minnesota State Mavericks. The Pioneers improved to 10-6-2 on the year (6-4-2 in the WCHA), while the Mavericks fell to 3-11-3 … Read more
For the second straight night, Wisconsin scored three goals in a period, completing a sweep of North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena and moving into a sixth-place WCHA tie with the Fighting Sioux. In the third period, the Sioux held a 2-1 lead and were on the power play when they were called for too … Read more
Bryan Leitch scored the game winner with just under three minutes remaining to lift the Quinnipiac Bobcats to a 4-2 victory over the Union Dutchmen at the Northford Ice Pavilion. Leitch notched the game winner when he received a Ben Nelson pass through the crease and banged home the puck for the win on the … Read more
When NMU senior Pat Bateman left the ice after drawing a game misconduct early in the third period, the Wildcat momentum went with him. The re-energized Spartans took advantage, netting two goals in the final 10 minutes of regulation to complete a comeback, and the series sweep, against Northern Michigan, 3-2. The Spartans (9-7-1 overall, … Read more
Freshman goaltender Brian Foster tallied his second career shutout with 29 saves to help No. 2 New Hampshire to a 2-0 non-conference victory against St. Lawrence on Friday night in front of a sellout Whittemore Center crowd of 6,501. With the win, the Wildcats head into the holiday break with a 12-game unbeaten streak at … Read more
The Rensselaer Engineers scored three goals in the third period to earn a 4-4 tie with the Quinnipiac Bobcats Friday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion. In a game which was all about special teams and extra-man opportunities, an extra-attacker goal, a shorthander, and a power-play marker in the span of 5:05 of the third … Read more