Site AdministratorThis weekend is Bernd Bruckler’s final series at the Kohl Center, and there was little doubt that he would be looking to make the most of it. But few might have expected the performance that he put up Friday night, making 39 saves as Wisconsin nabbed two crucial WCHA points, beating Colorado College 5-1. The … Read more
And just like that, all is right on Huntington Avenue. Northeastern bounced back from a devastating Beanpot loss — a 3-2 overtime decision overtime Monday — to earn a 4-1 win over Hockey East foe Merrimack at Matthews Arena Friday, paced by three-point nights from seniors Tim Judy and Jason Guerriero. Judy, a blueliner, scored … Read more
T.J. Hensick and Chad Kolark scored two goals each and sixth-ranked Michigan got two or more points from eight different players as the Wolverines handed Notre Dame a 9-2 thumping in front of 7,948 fans at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind. on Friday night. Milan Gajic, Kevin Porter, Mike Woodford, … Read more
Don’t try and convince the Minnesota State Mavericks or the St. Cloud State Huskies, who were eighth and 10th in the WCHA standings coming in, that their matchup Friday night at the National Hockey Center was a meaningless bout between bottom-feeders. After a down-to-the-wire 4-3 MSU victory that featured 40 penalty minutes and a few … Read more
Brown coach Digit Murphy warned her opponents last weekend that her healing team would soon be a force to be reckoned with in the ECAC, and on Friday No. 5 St. Lawrence discovered it firsthand. The Saints (23-5-3, 13-3-1 ECACHL) dropped their first home game of the season by a 4-2 margin. Three unanswered goals … Read more
“One is the loneliest number, since the number two.” Some 36 years later, those haunting words by Three Dog Night tell the story of Mercyhurst’s season. Going back even more, “One Fine Day,” a 1963 hit by the Chiffons, would have great significance for Connecticut right about now. That’s because UConn’s harried 4-3 overtime victory … Read more
Behind netminder Bryan Worosz and goals from David Kasch and Matt Ruberto, the Canisius Golden Griffins (13-12-4, 11-5-3 AHA) downed the Quinnipiac Bobcats (13-12-3, 10-6-2 AHA) 2-1 in a hard-fought battle Friday night at the Northford Ice Pavilion. Quinnipiac, with only one loss in its last eight games, was looking to move past Canisius into … Read more
With its 3-1 victory over Union on Friday night at Starr Rink, Colgate watched a couple of milestones reached: Adam Mitchell skated in his team-record 144th game and helped head coach Don Vaughan pick up his 200th career victory. Mitchell broke former teammate Rob Brown’s record, set last season, by continuing his streak of never … Read more
Earlier this week, Lake Superior head coach Frank Anzalone said that the CCHA is becoming a special-teams league. Fortunately for Nebraska-Omaha, its special teams fired on all cylinders Friday. The Mavericks (16-12-3, 12-10-3 CCHA) scored three power-play goals and shut out the Lakers (8-17-6, 7-11-5 CCHA) on eight chances with the extra attacker to win … Read more
When Harvard trounced Princeton 7-0 three weeks ago at Hobey Baker Rink, Tiger head coach Guy Gadowsky remained appreciative of one positive: The fans actually stayed through the whole game. For that, he vowed, “We’re going to pay them back.” Friday’s decisive 6-2 win over Dartmouth is a good start. Princeton (7-17-2, 5-13-1 ECACHL), which … Read more
With its 3-1 victory over Union on Friday night at Starr Rink, Colgate witnessed a pair of milestones, as Adam Mitchell skated in his team-record 144th game and helped head coach Don Vaughan pick up his 200th career victory. Mitchell broke his former teammate Rob Brown’s record set last season by continuing his streak of … Read more
A look into our mailbag finds some questions in need of answering. How do you account for Wisconsin’s discrepency between the polls and Pairwise Rankings, and how good are they really? Wodon: Interestingly, there was once a big gap in the polls, where Wisconsin was fourth, and the Pairwise Rankings, which had Wisconsin around 11. … Read more
Denver forward Kevin Ulanski scored twice and Gabe Gauthier netted the game winner as the Pioneers came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs 5-4 Friday night. “We’ve been playing so well up to this point, even [being] down two goals,” said Gauthier (15-21–36 this season). “We showed them who the best … Read more
With a couple of lucky bounces and a couple of goals from unlikely sources, No. 3 Dartmouth came from behind and edged Yale 3-2 at Thompson Arena on Friday night. Dartmouth (22-3-0, 15-2-0 ECACHL) was without forward Gillian Apps and the team’s top scorer, Kazmaier finalist Cherie Piper, due to a separated shoulder. However, the … Read more
Friday night, in front of a sold-out Lynah Rink crowd, and for the first time in Division I college hockey history, two goaltenders from the state of Texas started against one another. In a battle between childhood friends Andrew Martin and David McKee, Cornell’s McKee came out on top, making 20 saves in a 3-0 … Read more
The NCHA and MCHA are in playoff mode; here’s a look at this weekend’s matchups.
The ECACHL, as usual, is fit to be tied this season, so Juan Martinez runs through the deadlock-breaking action in the context of this weekend’s action. Also, Rensselaer continues its Freakout! magic; Harvard’s seniors depart 0-8 in the Beanpot; and UVM coach Kevin Sneddon self-disciplines.
The NCAA has crowned three national champions in Division III women’s hockey. The Elmira Soaring Eagles captured the first two titles in the program’s first two years in existence. Last year, the Middlebury Panthers ascended to the summit, knocking out Elmira along the way in the quarterfinals. This weekend, the Soaring Eagles and the Panthers … Read more
Utica Coach Dave Clausen has stated that one of his team’s goals coming into the 2004-05 season was to defeat at least one nationally-ranked team. The Pioneers have already thrown scares into both No. 1 Elmira and No.3 Plattsburgh in dropping one-goal decisions to each. This weekend, Utica gets two more opportunities against No. 2 … Read more
It may have gone down in the record books as win number 348, but to the coach and his team, it was two points and sole possession of first place. Six different Wildcat players scored, and UNH helped its cause by scoring two shorthanded goals as No. 8 New Hampshire defeated Merrimack, 6-1, at J. … Read more