Site AdministratorBright Hockey Center has not been kind to No. 3 New Hampshire over the past seven years. No. 9 Harvard is 5-0 against the Wildcats and owns a 25-8 goal differential during that time. Yet UNH, just two weeks removed from a statement victory over then-No. 1 Wisconsin, will enter the Cambridge facility favored to … Read more
In baseball, a scoreless game is typically the result of a pitcher’s duel. Such was the case at All Seasons Arena as Minnesota’s Kim Hanlon and Minnesota State’s Brit Kehler flashed some leather in a classic defensive battle. In the end, Kehler won the battle but it was Hanlon who won the war as the … Read more
Three losses in its last four games had really put Colorado College in a corner as it hosted a hot Minnesota-Duluth club. The trapped Tigers lashed out at the Bulldogs, however, and made a clean break from mediocre play with a 7-2 dominating victory on Friday night. “We had been real slow, and we were … Read more
The defensive corps for the Union continues to shrink. Freshman Rory Farrell became the latest defenseman to leave the Dutchmen. He informed coach Nate Leaman of his decision to depart following last Saturday’s game against Rochester Institute of Technology. Farrell also withdrew from school and joined the Sioux City Musketeers of the U.S. Hockey League. … Read more
The CHA may lack resources and prestige, but it is not a league lacking in great college goaltending. Niagara’s Jeff Van Nynatten and Robert Morris’ Christian Boucher locked in a goaltender’s duel, trading big saves during short handed situations and one-on-one confrontations, as the Purple Eagles emerged victorious over the Colonials by a narrow 1-0 … Read more
It had to come to an end. No. 6 Michigan snapped a four-game winless streak with a 4-2 victory over Nebraska at Omaha at Yost Ice Arena. Captain Andrew Ebbett and assistant captain Brandon Kaleniecki led by example, combining for six points on the night. Ebbett and Kaleniecki not only led the Wolverines on the … Read more
No. 7 Princeton won its fifth straight game Friday at Baker Rink, overpowering Wayne State 5-2. The win was a total team effort, as five different Tigers scored goals. A three-goal outburst in the first period was all the scoring Princeton (9-3-2) would need, and for the first two scores, the usual suspects were responsible. … Read more
The Wayne State University men’s hockey team (2-9-2) recorded its second consecutive one-goal Friday night victory with a 3-2 triumph over visiting Merrimack College (4-9-2) at the [nl]Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum Friday evening. After a scoreless first period, WSU junior left wing Jason Bloomingburg scored on a mini breakaway by deking MC goalie Patrick Watson … Read more
Union found itself tonight in the unenviable position within the crosshairs of a No. 2 St. Lawrence team looking to avenge its first defeat of the season last Friday against ECACHL and North Country rival Clarkson. St. Lawrence (13-1-2, 4-1-2 ECACHL) didn’t waste any time getting on the board; it took just 79 seconds for … Read more
Brittni Kuyper scored a goal and adding two assists to lead St. Cloud State over Ohio State 4-3 on Friday night at the National Hockey Center. In a back-and-forth contest that featured highs and lows for both teams, St. Cloud (6-10-1, 4-8-1 WCHA) made Kuyper’s goal in the middle of the third period hold up … Read more
For Colorado College defenseman Lee Sweatt, hockey isn’t just the kind played on ice, Alex Clark reports.
On the strength of two goals from freshman Brett Wilson, Princeton jumped ahead 2-0 on Alabama-Huntsville, but three goals in the final seven minutes of the game resulted in a 4-2 win for the Chargers. UAH goaltender Scott Munroe made 48 saves in the game to keep the Chargers close for the late comeback. He … Read more
The top-ranked Badgers had talked all week about avoiding a letdown. But talking isn’t playing and No. 1 Wisconsin was upset 4-2 by Michigan Tech in front of 12,718 at the Kohl Center Friday night. UW started off on the wrong foot and never recovered as the Huskies used three special teams goals-including two short-handed … Read more
North Dakota may be young, but Dave Starman finds that the Fighting Sioux are on track to meet head coach Dave Hakstol’s expectations.
When January is drawing to a close, a good barometer for the standings in the ECACHL could include a quick look at the results from New Hampshire. Currently the No. 12 team in the nation, the Wildcats will face four ECACHL teams before January ends and the failure or success of some of the league’s … Read more
John Daigneau recorded 32 saves to lead No. 15 Harvard to Thursday night’s 1-0 victory against 12th-ranked New Hampshire at the Whittemore Center. UNH, which had won six straight in the series including last year’s meeting in the NCAA tournament, is now 8-6-3 overall. Harvard, which had not won in Durham since Dec. 1988 (0-2-0 … Read more
The Western Jinx Only one thing is relatively certain in Division III West Region hockey; if I write about a team in one of my columns, odds are they are going to have a terrible weekend. This theory does not apply to the conference previews, but to my first two columns. In the first column, … Read more
Providence senior Torry Gajda scored two goals to lead the Friars to a 4-1 Hockey East victory over Boston University on Thursday at Schneider Arena. The Friars, winners of their last three games, improved to 9-6-1 overall and 8-2-1 in the league, marking their best start ever in league play. The Terriers fell to 5-7-2 … Read more
Legendary coach Herb Brooks will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame Thursday (Dec. 8) in a ceremony at the Harris Theatre in Chicago. Brooks, a native of St. Paul, Minn., was the coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake … Read more
With a road sweep of Minnesota last weekend, Wisconsin picked up one last first-place vote to be this Monday’s unanimous No. 1 pick in the USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men’s poll. The Badgers, who have not lost in 14 games, were followed by Miami, which swept Michigan to finish up six spots at No. 2, … Read more