Site AdministratorComing into tonight’s game, Nick Sucharski, Jared Nightingale and Corey Potter combined for just seven career goals, but the trio supplied all of the offense for the Spartans in a 3-1 victory over Wayne State on Friday. All three goals were scored from the center point with a pair coming from defensemen, something that coach … Read more
Dartmouth got three goals in the third period and sophomore Mike Devine stopped 33 of 34 shots to down Rensselaer, 4-1. Dartmouth improves to 7-8-0 overall and 6-5-0 in the league. RPI falls to 8-9-3 and 2-2-3. The Big Green jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 19 seconds into the contest when sophomore forward … Read more
Middlebury came from behind to defeat visiting NESCAC foe Bowdoin by a score of 4-2 and improve to 9-0. Bowdoin went up 2-1 at 7:31 of the first period when Kristen Cameron skated down the right board, came out from behind the net and lifted a backhand over Middlebury goalie Kate Kogut’s left shoulder. No. … Read more
When Minnesota State and Ohio State last met in late October, the Mavericks took three of four points on the road from their perennial postseason nemesis, but the Buckeyes evened the score with a 3-0 win Friday at All Seasons Arena to open the new calendar year. Both teams were playing their first game in … Read more
The Battle of Route 7 opened a new chapter Friday afternoon at Houston Field House as Rensselaer came back from a two-goal deficit with five unanswered goals, defeating Union 5-2 in the first Division I game between the two long-time rivals. Rensselaer (10-1-2) was led by freshmen Jamie-Lyn Stewart and Nicole McDonald, who each had … Read more
David Marshall and the Quinnipiac University Bobcats (10-10-0, 4-8-0 ECACHL) played host to the Brown Bears (2-10-2, 2-6-0 ECACHL) Friday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion and took a 3-2 overtime decision in front a record 1,200 spectators. This was both teams first conference game after the holiday break and proved to be a shootout. … Read more
New Hampshire senior Andrew Leach scored the game-winning goal at 1:36 of the third period as the 15th-ranked Wildcats defeated fourth-ranked Vermont 2-1 in front of a crowd of 6,163 at the Whittemore Center. It was the fourth time in five defeats this season the Catamounts have lost by the score of 2-1. Vermont falls … Read more
Past Minnesota teams, even those who have gone on to win national titles, have exhibited some rust in their first game of the new year. The 2005-2006 edition looked recharged rather than rusty in a 7-2 win over Bemidji State coming out of the break. “I’m a big fan of a long break, because I … Read more
Eleven months ago, Harvard came into Messa Rink, scored three goals on four shots in just over five minutes and rolled to an 8-1 victory over Union. The Dutchmen claimed that they had forgotten about that game. But it had to be in the back of their minds, because the effort they gave against the … Read more
The game had it all. One huge brawl, a shutout, four returning players from the World Junior Championships and 79 penalty minutes combined for No. 7 Michigan’s 4-0 blanking of Alaska Fairbanks at Yost Ice Arena. Absolute chaos erupted with 50 seconds left in the game. A scrum broke out in front of goaltender Billy … Read more
A clash of 2005 conference champions between Mercyhurst and Providence leads off the 2006 broadcast schedule, Sunday at 1 p.m.
Ten of the league’s 12 teams were in action over the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year’s, and while Quinnipiac and St. Lawrence may have been resting comfortably over their break, the holidays weren’t so kind to many other members of the league. Every team will be in action this weekend, most beginning the second … Read more
Finland broke a 2-2 tie with less than seven minutes to play and went on to a 4-2 victory over the United States in the bronze-medal game of the 2006 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. A total of 15,107 watched at GM Place. “Give Finland credit,” said a disappointed U.S. Head Coach Walt … Read more
In a game played before 18,630 at GM Place, Russia scored a 5-1 victory over the United States in semifinal action Tuesday at the 2006 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship. The loss means that the U.S., which made its fourth straight semifinal appearance, will play for the bronze medal against Finland Thursday at … Read more
Union hockey’s leading scorer won’t be playing again this season. Sophomore forward Josh Coyle has been ruled academically ineligible by the school. Coyle, who leads the team with 18 points, on nine goals and nine assists, didn’t make the trip with the Dutchmen to the Dodge Hockey Classic in Minneapolis. “We feel we have guys … Read more
For forty minutes, Nebraska-Omaha had a nonconference road win wrapped up. But Minnesota State (7-11-4 overall) scored five goals in the third period-three goals in a span of 2:14-to beat UNO 5-2. The nonconference series sweep gave MSU the Spirit of the Maverick trophy for the fourth straight year. The traveling trophy goes to the … Read more
The Bowling Green Falcons (8-11-1) continued their hot play of late, upsetting the No. 12 Colgate Raiders (10-4-4) by a score of 4-0 at the BG Ice Arena on Tuesday night. The Falcons, coming off a championship at the Toyota UConn Holiday Classic last weekend, are riding a four-game winning streak, their longest of the … Read more
Bowdoin senior netminder Cat MacEachern was rock solid, making 24 saves and bested an equally stellar, 21 save effort by No. 7 Wisconsin-Stevens Point goalie Amy Statz in a close checking 1-0 defensive struggle. No. 9 Bowdoin (4-3) carried play in the early going, keeping play in the Pointer zone most of the first 5 … Read more
Cory Schneider made 30 saves in leading the United States to a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals of the 2006 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship Monday before 14,890 at GM Place. “We beat an excellent hockey team,” said U.S. head coach Walt Kyle. “Cory was outstanding tonight and we … Read more
With the score knotted at one in a fast, physical game at Baker Rink, Providence captain Karen Thatcher caught a breakout pass from junior Kristin Gigliotti. Carrying the puck along the boards, she eluded the Princeton defense with her gaze firmly fixed on junior linemate Sonny Watrous. With the precision of a Swiss watch, Thatcher … Read more