Champs Again: Ferris State Charges Past Wisconsin For Badger Title

Ferris State coach Bob Daniels hopes the effects of winning a holiday tournament don’t wear off so fast this time around. Jeff Legue scored two goals, including one that broke a 3-3 tie in the third period as Ferris State became the first visiting team to win back-to-back Badger Hockey Showdown titles with a 5-3 … Read more

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Foster Nets Hatter, Pioneers Cruise Past Falcons At Denver Cup

Denver’s Jon Foster scored three goals to lead seventh-ranked Denver to a 9-4 win over Air Force at the 13th annual Wells Fargo Denver Cup Saturday at Magness Arena. DU jumped ahead with three goals in the first period and after each team scored four goals in the second, DU put the game away with … Read more

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Merrimack Takes Third In UConn Hockey Classic

Merrimack downed Connecticut, 4-1, in the consolation game of the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic on Friday afternoon. The Huskies are now 3-12-2 on the season with a 2-4-1 record in Atlantic Hockey, while the Warriors improve to 8-12-2 overall on the year. Merrimack opened the scoring at 8:13 in the first as Bryan Schmidt capitalized … Read more

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D’Alba, Meech Lead Brown To Title

Brown (7-4-2) scored five straight goals, including a three-goal third period, en route to a 5-2 win over Holy Cross (7-6-4) in the Championship game of the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic on Friday afternoon at the UConn Ice Arena. With the win the Bears improve to 6-0-1 in their last seven games and to 7-1-1 … Read more

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Wisconsin Wins Shootout To Advance

After slogging through a tough first game back from the holiday break, Wisconsin was happy enough to see a shootout victory as a regular victory. Andrew Joudrey scored in the second sudden-death round of a shootout to break a 2-2 tie with Yale and send the Badgers to Saturday night’s championship game of the Badger … Read more

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U.S. Drops Decision To Czech Republic At WJC

The United States fell to the Czech Republic, 3-1, in the final game of preliminary-round action at the World Junior Championship. The U.S. team took 39 shots on Czech goaltender Vladislav Koutsky, but was only able to convert once in the loss. The Czechs opened the scoring, tallying the only goal in the first period … Read more

Ferris State Beats Clarkson To Advance

Senior goaltender Mike Brown helped Ferris State shake off the post-holiday doldrums and advance to the championship game of the Badger Hockey Showdown. Brown made nine of his 22 saves in the third period as the Bulldogs defeated Clarkson, 4-1, at the Kohl Center to move one win away from becoming the first team besides … Read more

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Dartmouth Explodes To Ledyard Win Over Vermont

Captain Lee Stempniak and freshman linemate Nick Johnson both netted two goals and one assist as Dartmouth exacted a measure of revenge on Vermont, 6-3, in the championship game of the Ledyard National Bank Tournament Thursday at Thompson Arena. The Big Green, who have been struggling to score goals all season, tallied a season-high for … Read more

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U.S. Toppled by Belarus At World Juniors

The U.S. National Junior Team suffered its first loss at the 2005 World Junior Championship on Wednesday night, 5-3 to Belarus. After previously defeating Switzerland and Russia, the Americans stand at 2-1-0 for the tournament. Goaltender Dzmitry Milchakou turned away 39 shots as Belarus earned its first-ever World Junior Championship win over the United States. … Read more

UNH Comes Back To Down MTU

After losing in an overtime heartbreaker to Michigan State on Wednesday and falling behind 2-0 to Michigan Tech in the first period, New Hampshire had not held the lead at any point in this year’s Great Lakes Invitational. That was true until sophomore Brett Hemingway’s second period power-play goal gave the Wildcats their first lead, … Read more

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Fretter Leads MSU To GLI Title

Michigan State’s pent-up, early-season frustration spilled on to the ice after the Spartan’s second overtime victory in two days, this time over bitter rival and No. 3 Michigan, gave them the 2004 Great Lakes Invitational championship. Colton Fretter took advantage of a bizarre play behind the Michigan net to lift the Spartans to victory. “It … Read more

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McDonald Leads Providence To Win

Colin McDonald banged a shot off the post from the deep left-wing corner near the game’s midway point for the decisive goal in a 3-2 Providence defeat of Bowling Green that gave the Friars (6-10-2) the consolation game of the Ledyard National Bank Tournament at Dartmouth’s Thompson Arena. McDonald, who finished with a goal and … Read more

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Brown Cruises Past Merrimack

Brown (6-4-2) used four different goal scorers to cruise to a 4-1 victory over Merrimack (7-12-2) in opening round action of the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic on Thursday afternoon at the UConn Ice Arena. With the victory, the Bears improve to 5-0-1 over their last six games. After a period of scoreless action, the Bears … Read more

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Holy Cross Pulls Away From UConn

The Holy Cross Crusaders scored five goals over the last two periods to break a 1-1 tie as they defeated the Connecticut Huskies, 6-3 in game two of the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic on Thursday evening. UConn drops to 3-11-3 on the season with a 2-5-1 record in Atlantic Hockey, while Holy Cross moves to … Read more

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PP Strikes Early As Cornell Holds Off Maine

Ninth-ranked Cornell converted on each of its first three power plays and held No. 15 Maine just 1-for-10 to take a 4-3 victory Wednesday afternoon, good for third place in the Florida College Classic at Germain Arena. Maine opened quickly, taking an early 6-0 lead in shots on goal during the first period. But after … Read more

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Shorthanded Wolverines Battle Past Huskies

Having lost five of its top players to the World Junior Championship and coming off an 18-day layoff, No. 3 Michigan looked sluggish against 1-14-1 Michigan Tech in the opener of the 40th annual Great Lakes Invitational at Joe Louis Arena. The Wolverines struggled to find their offensive rhythm until late in the game, but … Read more

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Double Time: Collins’ Winner Gives BC Florida Classic Title

A double-overtime goal from junior Chris Collins led the Boston College Eagles (9-3-3, 4-1-3) to a 2-1 victory over the St. Cloud State Huskies (8-10-2, 4-8-0) in the championship game of the 2004 Florida College Classic. Wednesday night’s game, played in front of 6.550 fans at Germain Arena, was the first-ever meeting between the teams. … Read more

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One Of Each: Corey Nets Hatter As UVM Advances

Jeff Corey tallied a hat trick and Travis Russell made 19 saves to lead Vermont over Providence 3-1 in the opening game of the Ledyard National Bank Classic Wednesday. Corey tallied all of Vermont’s goals: a power-play goal, a shorthander, and one into an empty net to seal the deal. The win for the 14th-ranked … Read more

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Last Goal Wins: Spartans Topple Wildcats In OT

Every time Michigan State lit the lamp, New Hampshire quickly responded. But the Wildcats did not have the opportunity to return the favor when senior captain Jim Slater turned and fired the puck past New Hampshire netminder Jeff Pietrasiak 4:14 into overtime, giving the Spartans a 4-3 win at the Great Lakes Invitational Wednesday. “It … Read more

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Glass, Dartmouth Advance At Ledyard Bank

Half glass. Full glass. Tanner Glass. A little of each applied to Dartmouth after the Big Green won a penalty-shot tiebreaker to advance to the championship of its Ledyard National Bank Tournament Wednesday night at Thompson Arena. Dartmouth sophomore Tanner Glass was full to the brim, scoring shorthanded in regulation and twice in what became … Read more

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