Site AdministratorOn Tuesday night the U.S. suffered a scare, initiated by WCHA representatives on Team Finland, before some familiar faces from recent Frozen Fours lifted the Americans to a 7-3 win. Goals by Angela Ruggiero (Harvard ’04) bookended goals by Krissy Wendell (Minnesota ’05) and Natalie Darwitz (Minnesota ’05) in breaking a 3-3 third period tie. … Read more
In the wake of the Cold War and the Frozen Tundra Classic, a tantalizing possibility presents itself for college hockey. Ohio Stadium, anyone?
Michigan is 12-2-1 this season when it scores the first goal of the game — but it’s a different matter when the opposition gets out of the gate.
There’s no question that last weekend was a special one for Wisconsin. Now the challenge for the Badgers will be to try and carry the energy from the victory at Green Bay back into WCHA play.
It was a very happy Valentine’s Day for the No. 2 Miami RedHawks (21-5-4, 18-4-2 CCHA) as they skated to a 6-3 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes (14-15-4, 10-12-2 CCHA) and captured the CCHA regular-season crown. “It was a big win for our team tonight,” said RedHawk head coach Enrico Blasi. “We executed when … Read more
When the puck drops at the TD Banknorth Garden tonight for the championship game in the 54th Beanpot tournament, it will be a rather familiar scene. For the 17th time in the illustrious history of the college hockey tournament between four Boston schools, the two Commonwealth Avenue rivals, Boston College and Boston University, will settle … Read more
The Harvard Crimson was facing a drought in late January; the team was having trouble finding the back of the net, was holding the puck too long on power plays, and was more generally just not getting enough shots on net. “I think we went a stretch where we were having trouble scoring for six … Read more
Gridiron Club of Greater Boston president George Crotty announced today that fifteen NCAA Division One players are semi-finalists for the 54th Walter Brown Award, presented annually to the best American-born college hockey player in New England. The candidates include 12 players from Hockey East, two from the ECAC Hockey League, and one from Atlantic Hockey. … Read more
A three-point weekend was plenty for Minnesota, which retained the No. 1 spot in the nation in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. Voters preferred the Gophers with 24 of 40 first-place votes after Minnesota won and tied at Michigan Tech last weekend. Again in second place was Miami, which earned 11 first-place votes … Read more
The NCAA announced Monday that Boston College senior forward Chris Collins, currently the nation’s leading scorer, is the first student-athlete selected to the inaugural Frozen Four Skills Challenge roster. Collins, who has scored 24 goals and 47 points this season, will be one of 16 members of the East Team. If the Eagles reach the … Read more
In what might be a sign of things to come for Dartmouth next season, Big Green players stood out in Sunday’s second day of women’s Olympic hockey action. Senior Cherie Piper had a hat trick in Canada’s 12-0 win over Russia and now is tied for the tournament lead in scoring. Future freshman Sarah Parsons … Read more
The outcome was somewhat different but Cheryl White’s scoring was not. The senior scored two goals Maine defeated Vermont 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Alfond Arena in Hockey East play. Maine (15-6-6, 7-6-4 Hockey East) won Saturday’s game by a wider 7-0 margin, but White was consistent with her second two-goal game in a … Read more
One night removed from his worst outing in a St. Cloud State uniform, Bobby Goepfert was given the start and erased the previous night’s memories for the SCSU faithful, stopping 40 of 41 shots, including all 19 he faced in the final period, leading No. 15 St. Cloud State to a 2-1 victory over No. … Read more
Freshman Rob Ricci scored his sixth goal of the season and classmate Patrick Watson made 40 saves as Merrimack College earned a 1-1 tie with No. 16 New Hampshire in Hockey East action Friday night at Lawler Arena. Jamie Fritsch scored for the Wildcats, who finished the season series against the Warriors 1-1-1 and leave … Read more
Rensselaer got goals from four different players and freshman Mathias Lange stopped 21 of 23 shots to backstop the Engineers to a 4-2 win over Brown before a sold out Big Red Freakout! crowd of 5,317 at the Houston Field House. With the win, RPI improves to 13-14-4 overall and 7-7-4 in the ECAC Hockey … Read more
Two power-play goals were enough for Canisius to defeat first-place Holy Cross 3-1 Saturday evening at the Hart Center. Canisius (9-18-1, 7-14-1 Atlantic Hockey) has now won four of its last five games and handed Holy Cross (20-7-1, 16-5-1) its first loss in nine games. The Griffs defeated the Crusaders for the first time in … Read more
Not even a snowstorm could cool off red-hot No. 6 Princeton, who completed an impressive sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth by dispatching the Big Green 7-2 at Baker Rink. The Tigers’ season sweep of Dartmouth was their first since the 1994-1995 season. Coupled with Clarkson’s lost to Colgate, Princeton (15-6-4, 11-3-2 ECACHL) moved into sole … Read more
Minnesota State coach Jeff Vizenor didn’t have much to say after the Mavericks’ game on Saturday. Thanks to St. Cloud State’s 6-1 whitewashing, he didn’t have to. Coupled with Bemidji State’s win over Ohio State, Vizenor and the slumping Mavs (11-16-3, 8-14-2) fell into a tie for sixth place with the Beavers, while the Huskies … Read more
It wasn’t pretty or perfect, but Brandon Kaleniecki’s second goal in Michigan’s 4-2 win over Lake Superior State was unforgettable. Midway through the first the Lakers almost managed to clear the zone, but Andrew Ebbett kept the puck from crossing the blue line, blindly throwing it back toward the net. Kaleniecki received the pass, but … Read more
A near sell out crowd at Dwyer Arena witnessed a cavalcade of highs and lows of an entire hockey season all packed into three distinctly different periods. By the time it was over, Niagara had secured a 6-2 victory over Air Force, repositioning the Purple Eagles toward second place in the CHA, while the Falcons … Read more