Site AdministratorLast March, Maine took down Massachusetts 2-1 in one of the most dramatic tournament battles in conference history. In a game that needed three extra frames to decide a winner, the Black Bears were able to steal a gut-wrenching victory over the Minutemen behind the astonishing play of Jimmy Howard in net and a heroic … Read more
Michigan Tech’s season slide continued as a Scott McCulloch hat trick led Colorado College past the Huskies, 6-1, in the opener of a two-game WCHA series at the World Arena. A freshman, McCulloch had just one collegiate goal prior to his three tallies Friday and now has six points on the season. Scott McCulloch goes … Read more
Hollywood says: Let a smile be your umbrella. Colgate men’s hockey coach Don Vaughan says: Let a good defense be your umbrella. Either way, you’ll come out looking stout in the end. The Raiders received their usual solid game from senior goaltender Steve Silverthorn last night in a 2-1 ECAC Hockey League win over Dartmouth … Read more
Scott Seney scored three goals and Olivier Bouchard had two goals and one assist as Union (6-5, 5-0 ECAC) came from behind in the third period to defeat Princeton (2-4-1, 2-3 ECAC)) 6-4 in front of 1,697 at Hobey Baker Rink. The Dutchmen capitalized on repeated Tiger turnovers to extend their winning streak to five … Read more
The defending national champion Panthers finally dropped the puck after many teams had already been playing for over a month. The fans at Kenyon Arena were excited to see their team pick up where they left off last season. It would not be too difficult as Castleton State entered town. No one could have expected … Read more
What started as a rout ended in a wild finish, as the Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-2-0, 6-1-0 WCHA) won their sixth straight game in Denver Friday night by a final score of 5-4. The Pioneers (5-5-0, 4-3-0 WCHA) dropped their first game at home this season despite overcoming deficits of 3-0 and 4-2 in the … Read more
Bemidji State played a near-flawless road game and defeated Niagara by a 5-3 margin in the opening match of a grueling trip that has the Beavers playing four games in five nights. From the opening faceoff at Dwyer Arena, it was clear that the Beavers had come to play in a place where they have … Read more
Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, doesn’t get a chance to see the Black Knights’ hockey team all that often. Maybe someone at West Point ought to do something about that. In front of a crowd that included the Chief of Staff, Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. William J. Lennox, Jr., and … Read more
With power-play goals from Tim Plant and Chris Smart, Vermont erased a two-goal deficit in the third period to salvage a well-deserved 2-2 draw with No. 9 Cornell Friday at sold-out Gutterson Fieldhouse. The tie stretches the Catamounts’ unbeaten streak to seven games. Vermont is 4-0-3 after starting the season 1-4. It is the longest … Read more
Scoring is what Minnesota Duluth missed most in its recent four-game winless streak. The Bulldogs averaged 1.5 goals a game in going 0-3-1 against Vermont and Alaska-Anchorage, and dropped from No. 1 in the nation to No. 8 going into Friday’s nonconference home game against Brown. The drought continued through one period and then UMD … Read more
North Dakota wasn’t just hungry in the first period of its game with St. Cloud State — it was ravenous. The Sioux, who had scored just four first-period goals all season, got three past the Huskies in the first 6:25 of the game before cruising to a 4-1 WCHA victory. That UND came out strong … Read more
The power play played a prominent role in Bowling Green’s 7-3 win Thursday night at Wayne State. The Falcons scored four power-play goals and never trailed in a non-conference game played before a somewhat-rare rowdy crowd at the Compuware Sports Arena. Coming off collegiate win No. 400 last weekend at Robert Morris, WSU head coach … Read more
Ryan Mattingly wraps up his early season look at the west with a preview of arguably the toughest conference in D-III, the NCHA, plus a look at this weekend.
It doesn’t get much bigger than this matchup of CCHA powers.
No. 2 Michigan came to Munn Arena Thursday with something to prove. Although this year’s senior class has won more than 75 games and had great playoff success in the past three seasons, it had yet to win a game in the barn of its biggest rival. “Our seniors wanted to have a good game … Read more
As Michigan State gets ready for another meeting with archrival Michigan, I sat down with Spartans’ head coach Rick Comley in his office in East Lansing to just talk about coaching. This is the first in a series of talks with college hockey’s great coaches. Comley is in his third year at Michigan State and … Read more
Head coach Nate Leaman isn’t overly impressed despite Union’s hot start; and four key games this weekend see Colgate and Cornell — both strong early — visit giant-killer Vermont and injury-riddled Dartmouth. Juan Martinez reports.
Boston College forward Dan Bertram tops the NHL’s Central Scouting Service’s Preliminary Rankings of U.S. College players eligible for the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Bertram The Preliminary Rankings breaks down players by league. The Final Rankings, due out next spring, places the players in two categories: North American or European. Goalies are on a separate … Read more
Two of the nation’s top 10 programs face off again in the Game of the Week when No. 6 St. Lawrence visits No. 9 Brown, Saturday at 4 p.m.
Rookies step up in nets across the CHA; 2003-04 co-Players of the Year Barret Ehgoetz and Jared Ross race toward the top of the league’s all-time scoring charts; and it’s a rematch of last season’s championship game between Bemidji State and Niagara. Brian Coe weighs in.