Site AdministratorRallying from an early two-goal deficit, Quinnipiac (8-2-0, 2-0-0 ECACHL) took a hotly-contested win over the Dartmouth Big Green (0-3-0, 0-3-0 ECACHL) 7-5, at the Northford Ice Pavilion Saturday night. One night after defeating No. 15 Harvard, the Bobcats toppled the Big Green, sweeping the weekend and taking four crucial points early in the season. … Read more
Sophomore right wing Ryan Dingle notched his second consecutive two-goal game with two third-period scores to lead the No. 9 Pioneers to a 4-3 win and series sweep against Michigan Tech in front of 6,136 fans at Magness Arena. The win was the third consecutive victory for Denver (5-3-0, 3-1-0 WCHA), which built a 2-0 … Read more
New Hampshire goaltender Kevin Regan picked up his first career shutout and sophomore defenseman Craig Switzer earned a goal and an assist as the 12th-ranked Wildcats defeated the Northeastern Huskies, 3-0, Saturday night in Hockey East action at the Whittemore Center. Regan made 27 saves during the contest as he picked up his first victory … Read more
Sophomore Shelby Aldous scored with 5.5 seconds remaining in overtime to give Ohio State a dramatic 2-1 victory over No. 4 Minnesota at Ridder Arena Saturday. It is only the fourth time in program history that the Buckeyes have defeated the Golden Gophers and the first win since March 9, 2001 in the WCHA Semifinal. … Read more
Sophomore goaltender Mark Dekanich made 24 saves, giving him 50 on the weekend, and Colgate completed a weekend sweep with a 6-2 victory at Yale on Saturday. Colgate took the lead 2:30 into the opening period, and never looked back. Senior captain Jon Smyth shot on goal, and the rebound came back to junior Mike … Read more
David Clements, Joe Haehn and Critter Nagurski scored two goals each, leading host Augsburg College to a 7-4 upset win over St. Norbert in a nonconference game Saturday evening at the Augsburg Ice Arena. Augsburg scored the first six goals of the game, including two shorthanded goals in a 50-second span of the second period, … Read more
On a crisp, clear Saturday night in Colorado Springs, the Colorado College Tigers found themselves weathering a St. Cloud State storm for most of the third period of a surprisingly tight second game of the surprisingly tight series. Down 3-2 in the final minute, the Huskies generated several quality chances against a scrambling Tigers defense. … Read more
No. 1 St. Lawrence extended its best start in school history this afternoon with a convincing 6-1 victory over No. 9 Providence. The Saints (6-0-0) took it to the Friars (3-2-1) right from the gates, as freshman Lisa Batchelor found the back of the net just 1:17 into the game. The Friars never got into … Read more
For the second night in a row, Michigan’s power play was unstoppable. Chad Kolarik scored two with the man advantage and Andrew Cogliano added another in No. 3 Michigan’s 4-2 win over Notre Dame, sweeping the weekend series. Michigan had previously netted four goals on the power play Friday night in an 8-5 win in … Read more
Freshman forward Tim Crowder scored on a breakaway 2:30 into overtime, propelling #8 Michigan State past #14 Northern Michigan in a thrilling intrastate rivalry Friday. The new NCAA rules emphasis on hitting from behind can change the complexion of a game, and even a series, within the blink of an eye. With the second period … Read more
The Bowling Green Falcons (1-4-1; 1-2-1 CCHA) received big contributions from a trio of veterans – and a lot of help from a rookie goalie – as they upended the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks, 7-3, for their first win of the season. Senior winger Mike Falk and sophomores Jonathan Matsumoto and Alex Foster accounted for 14 of … Read more
Two streaks ended, two streaks continued and they all proved to be the difference in Wisconsin’s 4-2 victory over North Dakota at Ralph Engelstad Arena. The Fighting Sioux hadn’t been scored upon in the first period all season long, but gave up two goals to the Badgers, who won in Grand Forks for the first … Read more
It looked simple enough on paper. Top-ranked squad faces young, untested road team. Bigger, faster and more experienced squad walks away with it, right? Not so fast. On Friday, it was anything but easy for Maine. Lead by another commendable performance from freshman netminder Ben Bishop, the Black Bears skated away with a hard fought … Read more
Raymond Sawada’s power-play goal with 5:03 gone by in the third period put No. 4 Cornell ahead for good, as the Big Red topped ECACHL rival Yale, 4-2 in an intense, penalty-filled battle at Ingalls Rink. “It was an ugly game,” said Cornell assistant coach Brent Brekke, who served as head coach for the night … Read more
Colorado College knew this game would be dangerous. And St. Cloud State’s strong second period nearly vaulted the Huskies into the role of spoiler. All-American Brett Sterling’s pair of goals, including the game-winning tally 56 seconds into the third period, helped keep the upset-hungry Huskies at bay, however, as No. 1 Colorado College (8-1-0, 3-0-0 … Read more
The Quinnipiac University Bobcats (7-2-0, 1-0-0 ECACHL) won a decisive 5-2 victory over the #15 ranked Harvard Crimson (1-1-0, 1-1-0 ECACHL) in front of 5,049 at the Hartford Civic Center Friday night. This was Quinnipiac’s inaugural game in the ECAC and first game against Harvard. It proved to be everything and more. “This was the … Read more
Minnesota Duluth now has a small unbeaten streak as they have gone 1-0-2 over their last three games. It’s not much, but the Bulldogs say it feels much better than the four-game losing streak which opened their season. UMD needed it’s best effort so far to earn a 2-2 overtime time with No. 7-ranked Minnesota … Read more
After falling behind 1-0 early in the second period, the Princeton women’s hockey team scored three unanswered goals to defeat Dartmouth 3-1 on Friday night at Thompson Arena. Three Tigers scored in the game and junior Kim Pearce had two assists. The win was the first for Princeton (2-0-1, 1-0 ECACHL) at Dartmouth (1-1, 0-1 … Read more
The Union and St. Lawrence hockey teams will be hearing referee Frank Murphy’s whistle in their sleep for days to come. In a game where five-on-five play was a rarity, Murphy called 27 of the game’s 29 penalties — two were called by the assistant referees — resulting in 28 power plays.And the Saints proved … Read more
Freshman Les Reaney slammed home a rebound with nearly a minute remaining in overtime, lifting Niagara to a 5-4 victory over Wayne State, as the Purple Eagles clawed their way to their first set of points in CHA league play at Dwyer Arena. This was not a contest of style points. In fact, the momentum … Read more