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One team seems to be hitting its stride right at the cusp of the playoffs. The other team seems to be free falling. Minnesota State defeated No. 2 Wisconsin to earn a second-consecutive WCHA sweep at home. The game was played in front of a season-high attendance of 5,007 fans, the sixth-largest crowd ever at … Read more

Heather Jackson, the senior, two-time co-captain of the No. 6 Princeton Tigers, is the type of player that real hockey fans enjoy watching. She is a tireless, hard worker who does not put up flashy numbers but never misses a game. It was therefore fitting that she scored two huge third-period goals to salt away … Read more

An underdog playing on the road would like to score early. At a minimum, it is crucial not to allow an early goal against. The host Gophers (23-9-1, 18-8-1 WCHA) took the lead just 81 seconds into the game, went ahead 2-0 at 6:01, and cruised to a 4-0 victory over North Dakota (7-22-2, 3-20-2 … Read more

Pam Patterson found a way to help her team’s playoff chances by doubling her point total this season in one game. The forward garnered two goals, and Sonia Corriveau added two too, as Maine (17-6-6, 9-7-4 Hockey East) defeated No. 10 Boston College (18-10-4, 15-4-1) by a 4-1 count on Saturday afternoon in front of … Read more

Despite trailing by two goals after 20 minutes of play, Northern Michigan rallied to top Ohio State, 4-2, Saturday at the Berry Events Center. Ohio State allowed three second-period goals and an empty-net tally in the third as the Wildcats came back for the win. The Buckeyes, who were swept by the Wildcats on the … Read more

Fifth ranked Michigan State and Lake Superior State skated to a 2-2 tie before 6,241 at Joe Louis Arena on Saturday afternoon. As the saying goes, there are good ties and there are bad ties. For the Lakers, this was certainly a good tie. The point guaranteed the Lakers home ice in the first round … Read more

Niagara forward Randy Harris stormed down the left wing in the second period of a tension filled 0-0 game against Bemidji State. “Beat him,” came the call from the Purple Eagle bench. So Harris did – just like the night before – he turned on the jets and gained an angle on the Beaver defender. … Read more

Tyler Shelast opened the third period with a bang – a shot twenty seconds after the center-ice faceoff that beat netminder Bobby Goepfert. That tally evened the score at two and stood for the remainder of the game as freshman Michael-Lee Teslak made 40 saves, keying Michigan Tech to a draw with No. 19 St. … Read more

The Harvard Crimson scored an early goal and then settled into an aggressive defense that stifled the Clarkson offense for the first two periods, enroute to a 2-1 win on Senior Night. The Crimson (17-10-2, 13-8-1 ECACHL) received gritty defensive play and strong goaltending from its senior class and got some offensive punch from its … Read more

With a possible bye in the ECACHL playoffs and positioning in the Pairwise Rankings on the line, the Harvard Crimson (16-10-2, 12-8-2 ECACHL) defeated the St. Lawrence Saints, 3-2. “It was a hard fought game,” said Harvard coach Ted Donato. “But I don’t think it was our prettiest effort.” “I think our guys realized the … Read more

Union said good-bye to an ECACHL tournament first-round bye Friday. And the Dutchmen won’t be seeing last-place Brown next weekend, either. Colgate struck for two quick goals midway through the second period, and goalie Mark Dekanich stopped 29 shots to help the Raiders to a 2-0 victory over the Dutchmen at Messa Rink. Union (9-8-4 … Read more

Senior night arrived a game early for Niagara, as a quintet of seniors willed the Purple Eagles to victory over Bemidji State by a 6-5 margin in overtime. Led by Randy Harris’ spectacular hat trick performance, Niagara received key minutes – and points – from Jason [nl]Williamson, Justin Cross and Andrew Lackner, while goaltender Jeff … Read more

The Western Michigan Broncos fought back from a 5-2 deficit with just over eight minutes left to earn a tie with the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks in a wild one at Lawson Ice Arena “It was a gritty, gutsy effort. We are playing against a team that is vying for one of the top for spots in … Read more

RPI fans brought the thunder and the Engineer forwards provided the early flash in a 2-0 home shutout of Cornell on Friday. With RPI’s Houston Field House packed with 3,945 thunderstick-wielding fans, Kevin Croxton and Oren Eizenman netted first period goals just 1:37 apart and Mathias Lange made 34 saves to lead the Engineers to … Read more

More and more, the Colorado Avalanche’s decision to select a Vancouver-area 18-year-old named David Jones late in the 2003 NHL draft is looking like the stuff of larceny. Now a 21-year-old Dartmouth College sophomore, Jones buried his first career collegiate hat trick last night to power the Big Green to a 5-2 win over Clarkson … Read more

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish continued their strong second half play on Friday night at the Joyce Center with a big 4-1 win in the final weekend’s series opener against Alaska Fairbanks. On Friday night, the Irish got their offense from different sources as Michael Bartlett, Evan Rankin and Garrett Regan staked Notre Dame to … Read more

P.J. Fenton clobbered the puck into the Northeastern net, lowered himself to one knee and gave a nice, slow fist pump in celebration. But it wasn’t exactly a knockout punch – yet. The Huskies rallied to tie the score at two after Fenton gave UMass a 2-1 edge in the third period Friday night, but … Read more

With just under seven minutes to go in tonight’s Nutmeg State showdown, Quinnipiac winger David Marshall sliced through the Yale defense only to be robbed by Josh Gartner’s sprawling pad save. In a move emblematic of Yale’s night, Marshall promptly scooped up his own rebound and, unmolested, swept the puck into the vacant net for … Read more

Late in the second period of a tense, full-throttle game between two teams fighting for the Ivy League title, Princeton sophomore MaryKate Oakley took matters into her own hands. In a move that would make any team’s highlight reel, she broke free at center ice and came on strong toward Brown sophomore goalie O’Hara Shipe. … Read more