Tigers Rally In Third, Advance To Final Five

Colorado College completed its first-round WCHA playoff sweep of St. Cloud State, giving coach Scott Owens his 150th victory with a 4-2 win in front of 7,109 at the Colorado Springs World Arena. Trailing 2-1 after 40 minutes, three third-period goals gave the Tigers their first two-game sweep over the Huskies since the 1995-96 regular … Read more

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Bemidji State Uses Big First Period To Topple Air Force

Bemidji State freshman goaltender Matt Climie pitched the third shutout in the history of the CHA tournament, and the BSU offense scored six goals to help propel the Beavers into their third consecutive championship game with a dominant 6-0 victory over the Air Force Falcons. The Beavers came out flying and essentially put the game … Read more

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Bemidji’s Murray Leads CHA Honors

The CHA’s awards banquet Thursday turned into the Andrew Murray awards, as the Bemidji State senior captured both CHA Player of the Year and CHA Student-Athlete of the Year honors — the first such feat in league history — as well as being unanimously named first-team All-CHA. Murray, who scored 16 goals and added 21 … Read more

Holden’s Shutout, Assist Lead Bobcats

Behind 22 saves from senior netminder Jamie Holden, the Quinnipiac Bobcats (20-12-3) took a 2-0 victory over the Army Black Knights (7-21-3) in their Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal Saturday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion. “Were excited to move on,” said Quinnipiac coach Rand Pecknold. “The guys have been playing well and we’re getting great goaltending.” … Read more

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New England College Upends Manhattanville, 4-2

Senior Nick Warriner threw his arms in the air and let out a scream. Tom Carroll pumped his fist furiously as he walked out on the ice with a grin from ear-to-ear. The New England College Pilgrims usually take a road victory in stride, but the team couldn’t contain themselves. This one was worth celebrating. … Read more

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Harvard Survives Battle With SLU, Heads To Albany

For the second night in a row, Harvard and St. Lawrence battled to the wire in one of the more physical series in recent postseasons. And once again, the Crimson managed to withstand the Saints’ relentless pressure to come away with a 3-2 win and sweep the ECACHL quarterfinal, two games to none. With the … Read more

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Parse Nets Winner In OT, UNO Heads For Detroit

Overcoming an early two-goal deficit, Scott Parse scored the game winning goal 10:24 into overtime Saturday, giving Nebraska-Omaha a 4-3 win over Lake Superior State and advancing the Mavericks to the CCHA Super Six at the Joe Louis Arena. Lake Superior State (9-22-7, 8-16-6 CCHA) started strong, as Laker Colin Nicholson gave his team the … Read more

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Scott Lifts Cornell Into ECAC Final Four

With rivals Cornell and Clarkson tied 2-2 in overtime, leave it to the smallest player on the ice to score one of the biggest goals of the season. Exactly 12 minutes into overtime, Cornell freshman forward Topher Scott, a generous 5-foot-6, scored his fourth goal of the season, wristing a quick shot over the right … Read more

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Bentley Stuns Canisius To Advance In AHA Playoffs

Bentley scored three third-period goals to upset Canisius 4-2 in the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinals Saturday night at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. Canisius, the number-two seed, sees its season end at 16-15-4. The seventh-seeded Falcons improve to 8-19-6 and will face top-seeded Quinnipiac in the semifinals next weekend. Canisius jumped to an early 1-0 lead … Read more

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Myers Sends UVM, Dartmouth To Game 3

Chris Myers didn’t hear a thing. The roar of the 4,003 in attendance was deafening, when the sophomore from South Boston, Mass., one-timed a backdoor pass from Mark Lutz to the back of the net past Dartmouth goaltender Dan Yacey on the power play 18:14 into overtime, defeating the Big Green 3-2 Saturday. Ryan Gunderson … Read more

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St. Thomas Stuns St. Norbert, 3-2

Quite simply, the St. Thomas men’s hockey team is on a roll. The visiting Tommies won their second road game in four days in the NCAA Division III Tournament and stunned No. 1-ranked St. Norbert to claim a hard-fought 3-2 win in a national quarterfinal contest at the Cornerstone Community Center. The loss was St. … Read more

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Lakers Advance to CHA Final

Mercyhurst forward Stefanie Bourbeau scored a hat trick in lasts year’s CHA semifinal and copied that feat against Quinnipiac (5-26-2) in this year’s semifinal game to lead Mercyhurst (27-6-2) to a 9-1 victory in front of 325 fans at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. It took Mercyhurst 19:06 into the first period to solve Bobcat goalie … Read more

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Spartans Get Lift From Unlikely Source

It was the Chad Hontvet show at Munn Arena on Friday. The junior forward scored two power-play goals six minutes apart in the second period to lead Michigan State to a 2-1 first round CCHA playoff win against Miami. “In the playoffs you need different people to pick you up,” said Michigan State coach Rick … Read more

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Double Digits: Michigan Pastes Notre Dame

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. After coming up empty on its first 11 shots and trailing 1-0 after the first period, No. 4 Michigan scored on four of its first nine shots in the second period en route to a 10-1 blowout of Notre Dame in the first game of their … Read more

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Focus, Special Teams Carry Cornell To Game 1 Win

Friday night in front of a raucous “sea of red” sellout crowd at Lynah Rink, No. 3 Cornell scored five goals, all on special teams, en route to a dominating 5-0 victory over Clarkson in Game 1 of their ECACHL quarterfinal series. “Our guys played solid,” said Cornell head coach Mike Schafer. “We didn’t need … Read more

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Harvard Wins Top ECACHL Women’s Honors

Senior forward Nicole Corriero (Thornhill, Ont.) has been named the ECAC Women’s Hockey League Player of the Year, it was announced earlier this evening at the league’s annual banquet. Corriero and several other student-athletes were honored at the event, which marks the start of the women’s championship weekend. Joining Corriero as a repeat first-team selection … Read more

Colgate Comes Alive For Series-Opening Win

Brown’s woes in Starr Rink continued and Colgate’s offense finally arrived, as the Raiders knocked off the Bears 4-1 and earned a 1-0 edge in their ECACHL quarterfinal series. Brown (16-13-3, 9-11-2 ECACHL) dropped its 13th straight game in Hamilton and fell to 1-14-0 against Colgate (23-9-3, 14-5-3) in their last 15 games. Meanwhile, the … Read more

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Opportunistic Broncos Upend Wildcats In Game 1

The Western Michigan Broncos (14-19-2, 9-18-2 CCHA) drew first blood in the race to the Super Six, stunning the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 2-1, at the Berry Events Center on Friday night to claim a 1-0 lead in a best-of-3 first-round CCHA playoff series. “It was a one-goal game. It could have gone either way,” said … Read more

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Hockey East Co-Champs Share More Honors

For the second consecutive season, the coaches of the women’s Hockey East Association could not narrow it down to a single player for recognition as the best in the league, so co-winners were again selected. UNH senior Stephanie Jones tied for fourth in league scoring with 14 goals and 12 assists, six points behind Providence … Read more