Site AdministratorFirst-year coach Chris Bernard is excited about taking over at Western New England College, and he feels his troops are, as well. “We have a really competitive group who’ll play an up-tempo, physical style of play. We’re really bolstered by a big, strong sophomore class.” Some of the sophomores include last year’s leading scorer Mike … Read more
With the drop of the puck finally here, the ECAC Northeast Division III conference is comprised of teams that improve each year, not only on the ice, but off the ice, with more aggressive recruiting efforts. Pre-season polls have the league’s coaches choosing Curry College as the 2006-07 favorite, with UMass Dartmouth second. These are … Read more
R.J. Tolan is preparing for his rookie season behind the Wentworth bench. He seems pleased so far by what he’s seen. “Our depth up front will be our strength. We’ve got Matt Koehler returning, and he was our leading scorer last year, and we’re just going to find out how things go, as they go … Read more
The St. Anselm men’s hockey team is the favorite to win the Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Ice Hockey Championship according to the preseason coaches’ poll. The Hawks received 35 points, including five first-place votes, edging second pick Southern New Hampshire. The Penmen took 28 points and the remaining first-place bid. St. Michael’s took third in the … Read more
Three days after shutting out Vermont, the Boston College Eagles had the tables turned on them by Kyle Richter and the Harvard Crimson. The freshman goaltender made 36 saves in his second-ever collegiate start, earning his first shutout in the 4-0 victory. “The team made it easy for me,” said the 6-foot-1 Calgary native. Indeed, … Read more
Sooner or later Michigan State is going to stop scheduling Ferris State on Tuesday nights. Last season, the two teams played both of their games on Tuesday and the Bulldogs took three of four points from the Spartans. This time, FSU shed a two-goal deficit in 1:43 of the third period, earning a 2-2 tie … Read more
Coming off a split with Alaska-Anchorage, Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves says his team is in search of an identity.
This is about as much shakeup as I can recall seeing in a single USCHO women’s poll. This kind of thing happens regularly on the men’s side, so it’s a good thing to see. I’ll admit I’m a little surprised that the Gophers jumped four spots, as impressive as the UMD sweep was. Though it’s natural that … Read more
Maine kept a firm grip on the No. 1 spot in the nation in this week’s USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll, released Monday. Still unbeaten on the season after a win over Merrimack and a tie against Boston University, the Black Bears pulled in 36 of 40 first-place votes to easily head up the rankings … Read more
Middlebury College, which won’t see action until Nov. 17, is atop the first regular season USCHO.com Division III Men’s Hockey Poll, receiving 14 of 15 first-place votes. Following the three-time defending national champions is St. Norbert, which received the remaining first-place vote. Manhattanville moves from No. 5 in the preseason poll to No. 3 after … Read more
USA Hockey has named nine current collegians to its Select Team for the Four Nations Cup. The event, one of three major international events along with the Olympics and World Championships, will be held in Kitchener, Ont. from Nov. 7-11. There are seven current collegians on the roster for Canada, and five each for Sweden … Read more
With four of the top six teams losing, and some impressive results from teams No. 7 through No. 10 (though Princeton still has a game to play at Yale Sunday), it’s going to be the one of the toughest weekends ever to rank the top teams going into Four Nations Weekend (a break for most … Read more
Chad Rau and Addison DeBoer scored for Colorado College as the Tigers hung on for a 2-1 win over Michigan Tech in WCHA play Saturday night. The No. 15 Huskies received a goal from Malcolm Gwilliam and a solid performance between the pipes from sophomore goaltender Rob Nolan. The Huskies controlled the play in the … Read more
After coming back from behind on Friday night, some thought Northeastern would take a hold of this game and run with it. But three second-period goals by New Hampshire were the deciding factor as the Wildcats rallied past the Huskies in a 3-1 victory Saturday night. Northeastern struck first on a power-play goal from Mike … Read more
Rensselaer played an awful game Friday against Princeton, but got away with it by winning in overtime. The Engineers gave a better effort Saturday against Quinnipiac, a team that had scored 16 goals in its last two games. However, there wouldn’t be a victory over the Bobcats. RPI didn’t lose, though. The Engineers earned a … Read more
It’s taken the Clarkson Golden Knights just four games this season to do what required 18 contests last season: Win three games on the road. Boasting a 3-for-8 effort on the power play and a three-goal burst before the game was 12 minutes old, No. 13 Clarkson doubled up No. 11 Dartmouth Saturday night, 6-3, … Read more
One second remained in overtime when St. Cloud State defenseman Justin Fletcher submarined North Dakota forward Chris Porter, denying him a scoring chance on a breakaway. Referee Bill Mason’s arm went up. Fighting Sioux fans among the crowd of 11,600 in Ralph Engelstad Arena roared their demand for a penalty shot. On UND’s bench, coach … Read more
In bad need of a win in the CCHA, the Bowling Green Falcons came out Saturday night with desperation as they brought an end to a three-game win streak for the Lake Superior State Lakers and ended their own four-game losing streak, winning 4-2 at the BG Ice Arena. After losing their first three league … Read more
The Western Michigan Broncos earned their first shutout of the year Saturday night, shutting down the Wayne State Warriors, 4-0, at Lawson Arena. The Broncos improved their overall record to 3-4 on the young season against WSU, which fell to 1-6 overall and 1-1 in their conference. Freshman netminder Riley Gill got his second start … Read more
Michigan finally got the second period it had been seeking. After following good first-period efforts with lackluster second-period performances more than once this season, a four-goal outburst in the second frame enabled the Wolverines to skate to a 6-2 win over against in-state rival Michigan State Saturday night at Yost Arena. “I think our team … Read more