Site AdministratorJonathan Deptula, head men’s hockey coach at Wentworth, has announced his resignation effective June 16 to pursue other opportunities outside of coaching. Deptula completed his second full season behind the Leopards’ bench on Saturday, when Wentworth was defeated by Nichols 6-5 in overtime in the ECAC Northeast Quarterfinals. Deptula “I feel as though I am … Read more
Boston resident and Wisconsin alum Nicholas Jon Wood took in two of college hockey’s seminal events — the Beanpot and the Frozen Tundra Classic — in a weeklong trek covering thousands of miles. He’s here to tell the tale.
Minnesota maintained its stranglehold on the USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll Monday, earning 38 of 40 first-place votes to claim the No. 1 spot in the nation for the fourth straight week. With a week still to go in the WCHA regular season, the Gophers won the MacNaughton Cup with a road sweep of … Read more
A month and a half ago, Wisconsin was on top of the world. Now the Badgers find themselves trying to dig their way out of a hole.
After 33 games, the UConn women’s hockey season came down to the 34th and final regular season game of the year.
Despite a 36-24 shot disadvantage, No. 1 Plattsburgh (22-2-1) handed No. 3 Manhattanville (21-3-1) its first home ice defeat since Nov. 2003 by a 3-1 on Sunday. Plattsburgh ran its unbeaten streak to 16 games against D-III opponents (including 11 against Top 10 teams) and solidified its hold on the No. 1 ranking going into … Read more
In two hours, Maine’s playoff fate went out of its own hands and into Providence’s. Despite scoring the game’s last two goals, Maine (17-8-6, 9-8-4 Hockey East) was defeated 3-2 by Boston College (19-10-4, 16-4-1) Sunday afternoon in its regular season finale at the Alfond Arena. “There is enough pressure on those players without telling … Read more
With a last-minute extra attacker goal and a last-second overtime goal, Harvard took home ice away from Clarkson with a 3-2 victory at Cheel Arena. Clarkson (21-12-1, 12-8 ECACHL) now must to travel to Harvard (14-11-4, 10-6-4) for the ECACHL quarterfinals as the No. 5 seed. Clarkson would have been the No. 3 seed hosting … Read more
With 5:25 left in the third period and trailing seventh-ranked Cornell by a goal, Union clinched sixth place in the ECACHL standings. What happened after that didn’t matter. Even though the Dutchmen dropped a 2-1 decision to the Big Red on Saturday at Messa Rink, there was reason for them to celebrate. The teams that … Read more
Trevor Smith scored two goals and Jerry Pollastrone recorded two assists to lead 14th-ranked New Hampshire to Saturday night’s 4-1 Hockey East victory against No. 17 Providence at the Whittemore Center. UNH improved to 17-11-6 overall and moved ahead of Providence into fourth place in the Hockey East standings with 31 points (13-7-5 record). PC … Read more
It’s been a frustrating season for the Michigan Wolverines, and their last game was no different. After clinching a bye in the first round of the CCHA playoffs with a tie last night, and up 3-0 over Ferris State going into the third period at Yost Ice Arena, it seemed certain that Michigan would break … Read more
With a 4-0 win at Alaska-Anchorage Saturday, No. 1 Minnesota captured the WCHA regular-season title, winning the MacNaughton Cup for the first time since sharing it with North Dakota in 1996-97. The Golden Gophers (23-6-5, 18-5-3 WCHA) used an outstanding defensive effort and a hat trick by junior center Ryan Potulny to earn their first … Read more
This is not how it was supposed to end for the Yale class of 2006. Two seasons ago, as sophomores, forwards Joe Zappala, Christian Jensen and Jeff Hristovski ranked one, two and three on the Bulldogs points list. Tonight, on Senior Night, at Ingalls Rink, Hristovski was held scoreless, Zappala was handed a ten-minute misconduct … Read more
A deflection off a skate here, a non-goal there, and the Colgate Raiders stole two points from the RPI Engineers at Houston Field House on Saturday, edging them 2-1. After weathering a difficult second period when the Raiders were out-shot 19-2 but still managed to stay even on the scoreboard, Colgate’s conference-leading power play got … Read more
No. 2 St. Lawrence entered Saturday’s contest with Dartmouth looking for sole possession of first place at the end of the ECACHL regular season, while sending six seniors out on a high note. When all was said and done the Saints cruised to a convincing 5-1 victory and fulfilled what they set out to accomplish … Read more
Minnesota Duluth was seeking a few goals Saturday night in its final home game of the season. The Bulldogs, in the midst of a scoring drought, had averaged 1.8 goals a game while winning just once the past six weeks. However, No. 7 Colorado College stayed on a hot streak and denied UMD’s offense much … Read more
Two nights, two teams, two ties, and two coaches – the same sense of accomplishment. For the second consecutive night, fourth-ranked Boston University and No. 16 Vermont went toe-to-toe at Gutterson Fieldhouse only to come away with a 2-2 tie. Similar to Friday’s game, Vermont (18-10-6, 10-9-6 Hockey East) carried a one-goal cushion into the … Read more
It took three months, but the Dartmouth Big Green has gone from zero to heroes. Behind the shutout goaltending of sophomore Mike Devine and goals from Jarrett Sampson, Tanner Glass and Nick Johnson, the Big Green blanked No. 18 St. Lawrence last night, 3-0, to claim a share of the ECAC Hockey League regular-season championship. … Read more
The No. 3 Miami RedHawks (23-7-4, 20-6-2 CCHA) sent off the Goggin Ice Arena in style as they skated to a 5-4 victory over the Bowling Green State Falcons (13-21-2, 8-18-2 CCHA) in the last regular season game at Goggin. However, the game was filled with the intensity that both teams intended to bring as … Read more
Denver clinched home-ice advantage in the first round of the WCHA playoffs for the third consecutive season with a come-from-behind 7-3 win against North Dakota Saturday in front of 6,145 fans at Magness Arena. The Pioneers (19-13-2, 16-8-2 WCHA), who built a 2-0 lead against UND, fell behind 3-2 early in the third period before … Read more