Cup In Sight For Gophers
As the season nears its end, teams talk about wanting to control their own destiny. Minnesota now has just that power in the WCHA.
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Starting Over: Despite Loss To Russia, U.S. Men Reach Olympic Quarters
The U.S. men’s Olympic team qualified Tuesday for medal-round play despite losing its third straight game, this one a 5-4 decision to Russia in the Americans’ final preliminary-round game. With the score tied at 4 midway through the third period, the game-winner for Russia came off the stick of Alexei Kovalev at 11:52 from the … Read more
Minnesota Stays On Top In USCHO.com/CSTV Poll
A weekend sweep of Denver firmed up Minnesota’s hold on the top spot in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. The Gophers earned 37 of 40 first-place votes to stay at No. 1 for the third straight week. Minnesota was followed by Wisconsin, which took three of four points from Michigan Tech to move … Read more
Canada Wins Women’s Gold; U.S. Wins Bronze
Dartmouth seniors Gillian Apps and Cherie Piper continued their rapid scoring pace and two-time Patty Kazmaier winner Jennifer Botterill (Harvard ’03) assisted on two other goals in Canada’s 4-1 win Gold Medal Game win over Sweden. Piper and Apps finished tied for the tournament lead with seven goals scored. The effort capped the most dominant … Read more
U.S. Men Fall To Sweden, But Quarterfinal Berth Likely
A lack of offense doomed the U.S. men for the second straight game at the Winter Olympics, as Sweden edged the Americans 2-1 Sunday to drop the U.S. to 1-2-1 in preliminary-round play at the Torino Esposizioni. After playing 40 minutes to a 1-1 draw, Sweden scored the game winner at 4:22 of the third … Read more
No Worries
“No, I am not worried about that.” That was the response of Guy Perron when he was asked whether or not he wanted to be updated on the score of the Connecticut-New Hampshire game. More than 24 hours ago, this was a team that looked to be going to the playoffs. One win on Saturday. … Read more
Maine Beats BU in Final Seconds
For some, missing the playoffs is not an option and Patricia Gagnon showed why. The freshman forward scored the game-winning goal with five seconds left as Maine (16-7-6, 8-7-4 Hockey East) posted a 2-1 win over Boston University (12-16-4, 6-12-2) on Sunday afternoon in Hockey East play. Maine’s win accompanied with Connecticut’s 6-0 loss at … Read more
Ohio State Physically Dominates UND
Ohio State came out with a more intense and physical game Sunday and got another brilliant performance from junior goaltender Erika Vanderveer to shut out North Dakota 2-0 and complete a weekend sweep. “I thought our energy was better, we made a couple of adjustments and just played a lot better,” said OSU coach Jackie … Read more
Power Play Pivital in Air Force Shutout
Peter Foster posted his first shutout of the season, and the Falcons scored five power-play goals in a 5-0 win over first-place Alabama-Huntsville in a CHA game Saturday at the Cadet Ice Arena. The Falcons swept the two-game series and jumped into a tie for fourth place in the CHA. Air Force has now won … Read more
Union Clinches Home Ice with OT Win
Despite wasting a 3-1 lead, taking too many penalties and losing its top goaltender for 10 minutes, Union found a way to clinch another ECACHL tournament home-ice berth on Saturday. Defenseman Sean Streich scored with 47 seconds left in overtime, giving the Dutchmen a wild 5-4 victory over Princeton at Hobey Baker Rink. The victory … Read more
UNO Extends Unbeaten Streak to Nine with Tie
Phil Angell connected on a slap shot from the right point with 2:02 left in regulation to lift No. 13 Nebraska-Omaha to a 4-4 tie with No. 8 Michigan in front of a season-high 8,152 fans at the Civic Auditorium Saturday night. UNO (18-11-5, 12-9-5 CCHA) holds the nation’s longest unbeaten streak of nine games … Read more
Bobcats Skate to Draw With Engineers
The Quinnipiac University Bobcats (16-15-1, 7-12-1 ECACHL) battled to a 4-4 tie with the Rensselaer Engineers (13-14-6, 7-7-6 ECACHL) with three third-period goals Saturday night at Ingalls Rink. Coming off of a 3-1 win over Union Friday night, the Bobcats hoped to continue the momentum on Senior Night heading into the finals weeks of the … Read more
Goalies Are Strong in Tie for Irish, Falcons
After a high scoring affair last night which saw Notre Dame and Bowling Green combine for 11 goals in the game, defense and goaltending came to the forefront of Saturday’s contest as the Falcons and Irish skated to a 1-1 tie. The Irish picked up another important point in the race for first round home-ice … Read more
BU’s Wilcox Stops 38 To Earn Revenge
It was not the one shot that she let in that was impressive, but it was the other 38 she stopped. Despite giving up a first period goal, Allyse Wilcox provided a stellar performance as Boston University (12-15-4, 6-11-2 Hockey East) clawed back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Maine (15-7-6, 7-7-4) in Hockey East … Read more
U.S. Men Drop 2-1 Decision To Slovakia At Olympics
The United States watched its route to the Olympic quarterfinals get that much more difficult Saturday, as Slovakia edged the U.S. 2-1 in preliminary-group play at the Torino Esposizioni. Peter Bondra scored what proved to be the game-winning goal 1:48 into the third period when he took Miroslav Satan’s feed from the end boards out … Read more
Bentley Sweeps Canisius with Help of Goalie Jean
Four second-period goals propelled Bentley College to a 4-3 win and a weekend sweep of Canisius Saturday night in Atlantic Hockey action at Buffalo State. Junior goaltender Ray Jean made 30 saves and allowed just three goals on 59 shots over the weekend to earn the back-to-back wins. With the win Bentley captured the season … Read more
Lenes Plays the Hero in Thrilling Vermont Victory
Vermont was just a mere 12 seconds from suffering a damaging weekend and a series sweep at the hands of seventh-place Massachusetts Saturday. That was until freshman Peter Lenes came to the rescue. Lenes scored the game-tying and winning goals in a span of 1:20 to lift the Catamounts to a thrilling 3-2 win over … Read more
Saints Blank Yale
Senior captain Adam Hogg snapped a scoreless tie just 1:16 into the third period and added an empty-net goal with 12 seconds to go, and sophomore goaltender Justin Pesony made 20 saves for his second career shutout as St. Lawrence University turned back Yale in an ECACHL game at Appleton Arena Saturday. The Saints, 18-12-2 … Read more
Bowman’s Goal Beats North Dakota
North Dakota played like the team that upset Minnesota-Duluth last weekend 2-0 in outshooting Ohio State 38-27. But with 42 seconds left in overtime, Ohio State got the game-winner to gain a 4-3 road victory. A faceoff with less than 1:00 left in overtime was won by OSU’s senior and leading scorer Jana Harrigan to … Read more
United in Silence
Around 9:30 in the morning a phone call is made to more than ten or so rooms. “Good Morning! This is your wake-up call.” That is what everyone hears. For the average person a wake-up call is a way to start their day. For the Maine Black Bears, the wake-up call for them came a … Read more