Dartmouth Gets its Revenge

St. Lawrence beat Dartmouth four times last season, but the No. 2 Big Green got its revenge on Saturday with a comfortable 5-1 victory. Dartmouth’s offense proved too much for the No. 5 Saints, whose six-game win streak came to an end. The five goals matched Dartmouth’s total in the four defeats last season against … Read more

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Gophers Blank Shorthanded Bears

In a series finale that was much less contentious than the opener, Brown never got anything going against No. 1 Minnesota. The Gophers (19-1-2) scored three times in the first period and cruised to a 5-0 victory. Krissy Wendell led the offense with two goals and an assist. Brown (10-8-1) managed only 14 shots on … Read more

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MSU Battles Back, Hangs On To Win

After dropping the first game of a home-and-home series to Western Michigan, Michigan State faced its perhaps first must-win situation of the year Saturday night. The Spartans came out slow, but answered the challenge, besting the Broncos 3-1 in a defensive battle on Saturday. “It was a very, very important game,” said MSU coach Rick … Read more

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Ohio State Sweeps Notre Dame

Domenic Maiani set up Ohio State goals by Rod Pelley, Bryce Anderson and Sean Collins to help lead the 12th-ranked Buckeyes to a 3-1 win and a weekend sweep of Notre Dame at the Joyce Center on Saturday night. The goal-starved Irish – Notre Dame has scored just one goal in each of its last … Read more

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Ross Hatter Keys Chargers In Shutout Of Lakers

The sign in front of the Taffy Abel Arena should have read “Welcome to the Jared Ross show.” Ross notched a hat trick, and linemate Bruce Mulherin added two goals as the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers (9-5-4, 6-1-1 CHA) shut out the Lake Superior Lakers (7-12-3, 6-6-2 CCHA) by a score of 5-0. After being held to … Read more

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Size Doesn’t Matter

It may be a cliché that good things come in small packages, but that doesn’t make Providence coach Bob Deraney any less happy to see those words fulfilled. 5’1 freshman Kelli Doolin, the smallest player on a size-filled Providence squad, scored the eventual game-winner near the midpoint of the third period, lifting the No. 10 … Read more

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Late Effort Earns Badgers Sweep Of Seawolves

On Friday night the Badgers started out as cold as the below-zero temperatures outside. But they woke up for the second period, scoring four goals in the second period en route to a 6-1 win. Saturday began the same, but this time the Badgers did not respond until the third period. Luckily for them, it … Read more

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Chucko, Johnson Lead Gophers over Mavericks

Minnesota goalie Justin Johnson has spent most of this year looking to give head coach Don Lucia some confidence. He played nearly well enough Friday to give the team a goalie controversy. Johnson stopped 39 of 40 shots to pick up a win in his first action since losing to Alaska-Anchorage on October 16. Kris … Read more

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Charbonneau Scores Winner, Air Force Sweeps Army

Freshman Matt Charbonneau scored the game winner with 1:13 remaining in the third period to lift Air Force to a 2-1 win over Army Saturday at the Cadet Ice Arena. Air Force swept the two-game series after defeating Army, 5-2, on Friday. The Falcons have now won three straight over Army, dating back to a … Read more

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Dartmouth Knocks Vermont Out Of Top Spot In ECACHL

Dartmouth broke open a close, emotional, penalty-filled game with four second-period goals and took the rubber match between the 13th-ranked Vermont Catamounts and Big Green Saturday at Gutterson Fieldhouse. Nick Johnson scored two of the four in the period and assisted on another; Mike Ouellette also had two goals and an assist; and Sean Samuel … Read more

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Special Teams Key Black Bears

One night after playing to a 2-2 draw, the Massachusetts Minutemen and Maine Black Bears couldn’t have been less similar. The Black Bears, playing a productive game on special teams, pummeled the undermanned, penalty-ridden Minutemen (10-12-2, 4-7-2 Hockey East) 5-2 in front of 4,583 at the Mullins Center. Bret Tyler scored two goals for the … Read more

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Holding Onto The Hat: Quinnipiac Ties Season Series With UConn

Just in case Connecticut was looking to try on the Heroes’ Hat after Friday night’s 4-1 win over Quinnipiac in Northford, the Bobcats came out on Saturday and reminded the Huskies that the Hat still belongs to them. Freshman Mark Van Vliet tied a Heroes’ Hat record with three assists, Reid Cashman added three points … Read more

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Heavy Pressure: CC Edges UND Despite Shot Imbalance

Colorado College swept its first series since claiming the nation’s No. 1 ranking, edging ninth-ranked North Dakota 1-0 Saturday in a nailbiter before a sellout crowd of 7,661 at World Arena. Tiger netminder Matt Zaba stopped all 36 UND shots to secure the win for CC. The Tigers completed the sweep despite being outshot 36-14 … Read more

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Second-Period Outburst Propels Michigan

No. 3 Michigan has been feasting on CCHA opposition all year and when it smells blood in the water, watch out. The nation’s highest-scoring team (4.38 goals per game) jumped all over Alaska-Fairbanks with four goals in the second period and cruised to a 5-2 win. After senior Milan Gajic put the Wolverines up 2-0 … Read more

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OSU Turns the Tables on Yale

The tables turned Saturday afternoon for the Yale. A night after rallying from a two-goal deficit in the third period only to lose in overtime, it was the Bulldogs’ turn to squander a two-goal advantage against their Buckeye hosts. Yale (10-10-0) needed just 20 seconds of the second period to score its two goals, and … Read more

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Colgate Shuts Out Union

After scoring 29 goals in its first six ECACHL games, all victories, Union is struggling to get pucks past opposition goaltenders. The Dutchmen suffered their second shutout in the last two weeks, and third in the last month. Colgate became the latest team to blank Union as Raiders goalie Steve Silverthorn stopped 21 shots in … Read more

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SLU Wins North Country Battle

Mike Madill scored two goals and one assist and led a solid defensive effort for St. Lawrence as the Saints defeated arch-rival Clarkson, 7-2, before the eighth-largest crowd ever at Cheel Arena (3,755) on Saturday night. St. Lawrence, which won its fifth straight, improves to 12-9-1 overall and to 6-4 in the Eastern College Athletic … Read more

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Ouellette Does it Again

No. 4 Wisconsin appeared headed for a shutout sweep of No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth, but UMD captain Caroline Ouellette had other ideas. The Badgers (16-4-1, 10-4-1 WCHA) lost a 2-0 lead to No. 3 Minnesota Duluth (15-2-2-, 13-2-2 WCHA) in the final minutes of the third period to end the weekend in a series split. Wisconsin … Read more

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UML Continues To Win

The Mass.-Lowell River Hawks, those darlings of the PairWise rankings, continue to do what is necessary to win hockey games. The River Hawks won’t receive a whole lot of style points in their 3-1 win over Merrimack on Friday, but that’s okay because the only points that are important to them are the two they … Read more

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Bloomingburg Scores OT Winner for Wayne St.

A goal by sophomore forward Jason Bloomingburg at 3:25 of the overtime period led Wayne State to a 4-3 win over Niagara on Friday at Dwyer Arena. Thwarting off two trailing Niagara players down the right boards, Bloomingburg successfully shot the puck low, between the legs of Purple Eagles goaltender Allen Barton for the game-winning … Read more

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