Site AdministratorThe Cornell Big Red opened up their season’s longest home stand in style, knocking off the league-leading St. Lawrence Saints with a 5-2 victory. After evenhanded play in the first period, the defending ECACHL champions took over, scoring four goals in the second and third periods as they asserted themselves, once again, as the league’s … Read more
The goalie that was making his debut was solid, but the man between the pipes for the defending champions was better. All the talk coming into the series between No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 19 Denver was about UW freshman Shane Connelly making his debut, and he played admirably. But it was Denver junior Glenn … Read more
Two years ago, Dan Kronick was at a crossroads in his career. Entering his sophomore season, he suffered a major injury that cost him his season on top of the difficulty he found cracking a talented Minnesota-Duluth lineup. He chose to leave UMD, sit out a season, and join the St. Cloud State Huskies in … Read more
In a game pitting the No. 4 and No. 5 ranked teams, Minnesota-Duluth came out on top in the 31st meeting of the WCHA’s top rivalry-a 4-2 victory over Minnesota in front of 1500 at the DECC on Friday night. The Bulldogs (17-3-1, 15-3-1 WCHA) opened up an early lead 13:10 into the game, scoring … Read more
The Calm Before the Storm While hockey in the West has hardly been smooth sailing this season, one player has had a calming influence on his team this year, and throughout his career. Johnnie on the Spot For three years, Adam Hanna has been St. John’s saving grace. The senior netminder has posted a 46-9-3 … Read more
Surefire NHL Hall of Famer and former Minnesota-Duluth forward Brett Hull will have his No. 29 jersey retired by UMD in a ceremony Feb. 3 between the first and second periods of the Bulldogs’ WCHA contest against Wisconsin at the DECC. “Retiring Brett’s jersey is a fitting and lasting tribute for the tremendous impact he … Read more
Women’s college hockey’s top rivalry between Minnesota and UMD makes its first appearance on the broadcast schedule, come Saturday night.
Timely goaltending and strong special-teams play enabled Princeton and St. Lawrence — two teams at opposite ends of the ECACHL standings — to sweep their opponents last weekend. The wins elevated the Saints ahead of Colgate and Harvard and into first place in the ECACHL standings, while the Tigers moved from the bottom of the … Read more
Wisconsin goaltender Brian Elliott will be out for three to four weeks after being injured during the team’s practice Wednesday. Elliott, the nation’s winningest goaltender this season at 18-2-2, appeared to injure his left leg when a teammate slid into him during a drill. He was helped to the team’s training room and later left … Read more
Refuse to allow speed through the neutral zone. Keep the shots to the outside and limit quality chances. Play strong in net. Win the battle on special teams. These could have easily been the bullet points found on Ron Mason’s blackboard before the start of a Michigan-Michigan State game 20 years ago. Tuesday, Rick Comley’s … Read more
The Ferris State Bulldogs exorcised a bit of road frustration on Monday night, beating the Bowling Green Falcons, 6-5, at the BG Ice Arena. Ferris State, coming directly from a weekend series 10 hours away in Marquette, picked up a victory after a pair of frustrating losses just hours earlier. The Bulldogs used the power … Read more
With its sweep at Colorado College last weekend, Wisconsin left no doubt which team would be No. 1 in Monday’s USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. The Badgers were the unanimous choice of voters for the second straight week, getting all 40 first-place votes after moving their season record to 18-2-2. Boston College, which won … Read more
It took 16 league games, but Minnesota State’s first WCHA series sweep of the year came at the right time. The Mavericks (5-8-3 WCHA, 9-11-4 overall) defeated visiting Alaska-Anchorage 7-2 Saturday night in front of 3,249 at the Midwest Wireless Civic Center. The win propelled MSU into a tie for sixth place in the WCHA … Read more
Les Reaney had two goals and three assists to lead Niagara to a 7-2 win over Air Force in a College Hockey America game Saturday night (Jan. 14) at the Cadet Ice Arena. The teams split the two-game series as Niagara remained in a tie for first place with Bemidji State. Niagara improved to 11-10-1 … Read more
The Bowling Green Falcons (11-11-1, 7-9-1 CCHA) played a strong 60 minutes and lit the lamp five times en route to a 5-2 victory over the Western Michigan Broncos (5-14-3, 5-9-2). “We were able to limit Western’s speed and odd man rushes,” said Falcons head coach Scott Paluch. The first period ended scoreless as Bronco … Read more
Freshman Tom Fenton made 33 saves and allowed only a single second-period goal a night after allowing five goals in little more than a period of action to lead American International to a 2-1 win over Bentley College Saturday night in Atlantic Hockey action Saturday night at the Olympia Ice Center. With the win the … Read more
With a last name like Hitchcock, it was only a matter of time before the New Hampshire forward provided a sense of terror to opposing defenses. After Friday’s tie against the Maine, the No. 1 Wildcats (17-2-1, 8-1-1 Hockey East) got back to their winning ways. The Black Bears (10-5-5, 2-5-3) led 1-0 and 2-1, … Read more
Joe Fallon just might be bankrupting the local bagel shop, since the shop gives a free bagel and coffee to all ticket holders to Vermont shutout games. Fallon recorded his 11th-career shutout, and second of the weekend, blanking Northeastern, 3-0, with 18 saves Saturday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The whitewash breaks the UVM all-time record for … Read more
Jacob Micflikier couldn’t remember the last time he received a second chance within 10 seconds of missing the first. He won’t soon forget this one. The New Hampshire junior forward chipped home the ricochet of a Brett Hemingway centering pass for the game-winning goal with 14.9 seconds to play on Saturday as No. 11 New … Read more
Junior Matt Carle tallied two goals and an assist and sophomore goaltender Peter Mannino stopped 31 shots and added two assists as the No. 18 Denver Pioneers ended a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over St. Cloud State in WCHA action tonight in front of 6,038 fans at Magness Arena. Carle tallied his … Read more