Site AdministratorThe biggest series last weekend fizzled out somewhat as both Cornell and Colgate held serve and protected their home ice from Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The four games had ramifications both on the run up to the ECACHL regular season title and on the PairWise Rankings. This weekend will feature another string of games with … Read more
There’s a familiar feel to the NESCAC standings, but there’s something different about this weekend’s matchup between frontrunner Middlebury and second-place Bowdoin. The Panthers enter the weekend unbeaten but far from untested with nearly half of their victories by two goals or less. Meanwhile, the Polar Bears will be without several regulars due to injury, … Read more
University of Minnesota women’s hockey player Natalie Darwitz, a key contributor to the Golden Gophers’ back-to-back NCAA Championships, will forgo her senior year of eligibility for the 2006-07 season. Darwitz, who is currently competing with the U.S. Olympic Team in preparation for the 2006 Winter Olympics, completed her junior season with the Golden Gophers in … Read more
Phil Buttafuoco has resigned his position as the Commissioner of the ECAC. His tenure at the ECAC started on July 1, 1998 as he came from the NCAA. His tenure at the ECAC saw the creation of the ECAC Men’s Division I lacrosse league in 1999. It also saw the Men’s and Women’s Division I … Read more
Ferris State capitalized on a two-man advantage early in the third period to break a 1-1 deadlock, and held on to win by a 2-1 score against Michigan State on Tuesday. Six minutes into the final frame, penalties on MSU’s Jim McKenzie and Corey Potter set the Bulldogs up with a golden opportunity to win … Read more
After a run of seven straight polls at the top, Wisconsin made way for a new No. 1 in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. Boston College claimed 27 of 40 first-place votes to top this week’s rankings after sweeping Vermont with a pair of shutouts last weekend. The Eagles have now won seven … Read more
Scoring a big goal in a big moment — it is what every player dreams of and it is why Guy Perron recruited Patricia Gagnon. The first year player netted her third goal in four games with 1:16 left in the third period as Maine (11-5-6, 3-5-4 Hockey East) skated to a 2-2 against the … Read more
St. Cloud got two goals from senior Ashley Stewart and held on to complete the sweep of North Dakota with a 3-2 win Sunday afternoon. Stewart got the decisive goal at 15:08 of the second on a rebound off freshman Megan McCarthy’s shot. “We had a good game, everyone just carried it on from yesterday … Read more
Despite being outshot 51-12, Colgate stunned No. 3 St. Lawrence 3-0 on Saturday behind Brook Wheeler’s shutout. All Raider goals were scored shorthanded, good for a team record. Colgate (9-9-4, 6-4-2 ECACHL) righted itself after going just 1-5-2 in its previous nine games. The defeat for St. Lawrence (18-3-2, 8-2-2) tightened up the league standings … Read more
Coming off back-to-back shutouts against No. 5 Minnesota, St. Cloud State looked like a different team entirely Saturday in a 9-3 win over North Dakota. St Cloud (9-13-1, 6-10-1 WCHA) was led offensively by the line of senior Kristy Oonincx and juniors Hailey Clarkson and Denelle Maguet, who accounted for four goals and seven assists … Read more
It was South St. Paul’s day at All Seasons Arena in Mankato. Former SSP high school teammates Maggie Fisher, Felicia Nelson and Amanda Stohr all scored in leading Minnesota State (10-11-3, 7-9-2 WCHA) to a 5-2 win over Bemidji State (6-18-2, 5-15-0). After trailing for most of the last two months, the Mavericks finally got … Read more
After one of the worst defeats at Alfond in recent history, Maine snagged a pivotal and decisive 5-2 victory on Saturday night against Providence. Anchored by the inspired play of netminder Ben Bishop, who recorded 22 saves, the No.12 Black Bears (15-9-0, 8-7-0) snapped a three-game losing streak and denied the No. 13 Friars (14-8-2, … Read more
Dan Kronick had a dream game against his old team on Friday night. With the help of wing mate Konrad Reeder, he was able to turn Saturday’s rematch into a near-total nightmare for Minnesota-Duluth. Kronick and Reeder connected for four goals in the first two periods, three of them by Kronick, leading St. Cloud State … Read more
Niagara and Alabama-Huntsville locked horns in a near carbon copy of their meeting Friday night. The major exception to this contest came from the play of Purple Eagle goalie Jeff Van Nynatten, who broke the Niagara all-time career record for saves (2639) and led his team to a 4-3 victory at Dwyer Arena. Niagara jumped … Read more
Union forward Olivier Bouchard can’t buy a goal at Brown’s Meehan Auditorium. For the second straight year at Meehan, Bouchard had a chance to score an important goal late in the game. Once again, he left the ice frustrated. Bouchard got robbed not by Brown goalie Adam D’Alba, but by defenseman Adam Tichauer with 44 … Read more
In a game that was decided largely by special teams play, the Cornell Big Red defeated the Clarkson Knights 4-2 at Lynah Rink on Sunday night. On a night that saw a total of twenty seven penalties, none of the six goals scored were in five-on-five action; four of the goals were generated off of … Read more
Bemidji State scored three third-period goals for a 5-3 win over Air Force in a College Hockey America game Saturday at the John Glas Fieldhouse. The Beavers swept the Falcons by coming from behind in both games. BSU improved to 13-8-3 overall and 8-3-1 for first place in the CHA. Air Force fell to 5-14-1 … Read more
The Bowling Green Falcons quickly erased the memory of a 6-1 drubbing at the hands of Michigan on Friday, beating the Wolverines on the back end of a home-and-home by a 5-2 margin in Bowling Green on Saturday night. The Falcons stung their Ann Arbor guests with three power-play goals, propelling the team to its … Read more
For the No. 3 Miami RedHawks (17-4-4, 14-3-2 CCHA), they needed the whole 60 minutes to come from behind and beat the Western Michigan Broncos (5-16-3, 5-11-2 CCHA) in a night filled with 30 penalties and four power-play goals. “We’re a team that preaches 60 minutes, and obviously tonight we took the whole 60 to … Read more
What did North Dakota accomplish by sweeping Minnesota State with a 4-2 win at Ralph Engelstad Arena? As it turns out, quite a bit. Thanks to Minnesota’s sweep of Colorado College, UND moved into sole possession of fourth place in the WCHA. Prior to the series, the Mavericks had crept to within three points of … Read more