Site AdministratorThe ECACHL is born, and several teams — including surprising St. Lawrence and Vermont — seem to have taken a liking to it already, Juan Martinez notes. Also: Cornell explodes on offense, and Quinnipiac serves notice to its new league a year in advance.
Jared Ross might have been snubbed by the Hobey Baker voters a year ago, but Alabama-Huntsville’s top gun isn’t letting it show with a fast start; Robert Morris head coach Derek Schooley makes some pro connections; and goaltending goes up and down early on. Brian Coe rounds up the week in the CHA.
Bowling Green has officially sanctioned seven players who were suspended Oct. 19 after head coach Scott Paluch was shown a photo of a nude player with profanity and racial slurs written on his body. Paluch had suspended Ryan Barnett, Steve Brudzewski, Bryan Dobek, Mike Falk, Don Morrison, Brett Pilkington and Alex Rogosheske indefinitely for violating … Read more
USCHO.com introduces new western region D-III writer Ryan Mattingly, with a look at the MCHA as its league season starts, and a preview of some big MIAC-NCHA interconference matchups.
More thoughts from the weekend past.
On Monday, Boston College returned to the top spot in the USCHO.com/CSTV Division I men’s poll after beating North Dakota 5-3 Friday. The win not only earned BC the voters’ accolades, but national attention for head coach Jerry York’s 700th career victory. The Eagles received 35 of 40 first-place votes and 593 points overall to … Read more
Despite yet having played a game, Middlebury claimed the top spot in the first regular-season USCHO.com Division III men’s poll with nine first-place votes, taking over the No. 1 position after No. 2 St. Norbert’s weekend split with RIT. St. Norbert (1-1) still garnered four first-place votes. Norwich, which also has yet to start its … Read more
Hat trick or treat, anyone? Not quite, but Dartmouth sophomore Tanner Glass came pretty close. Glass banged in two goals during the Big Green’s three-goal first period, which powered No. 12 Dartmouth to a 4-1 win over Connecticut on Sunday night before 3,031 in a Halloween special at Thompson Arena. Trying to cast off the … Read more
Matt Rutkowski took his first shot on goal this season. He is now scoring on 100% of his shots. That shot was all it took to lift the Bulldogs over Michigan by a 1-0 score at 1:52 of overtime. Andrew Winnik fed Rutkowski who came into the offensive zone. Rutkowski shot the puck toward the … Read more
Robert Morris earned its first win at the RMU Island Sports Center with a 3-1 win over Bentley College on Saturday night. Kurt Wright was named the first star as he scored the game-winning goal and had an empty net score to ice the game. Christian Boucher had 29 saves in net to earn the … Read more
Move over Mike Addesa. You’re no longer No. 1 among Rensselaer hockey coaches for most wins in a career. Dan Fridgen went past Addesa on Saturday night, becoming the school’s all-time winningest coach when the Engineers beat Mercyhurst, 5-0, at Houston Field House. Fridgen, in his 11th year as the Engineers’ head coach, has a … Read more
The Yale Bulldogs suffered a loss of historic proportions Saturday night, getting trounced 10-0 by St. Cloud State at Ingalls Rink in New Haven. The game represented the largest margin of victory that the Huskies have ever recorded against a Division-I opponent, and was Yale’s worst home loss since a 12-1 defeat by Harvard in … Read more
Time ran out on Michigan Tech’s comeback bid as visiting Alaska-Anchorage gained a 5-4 WCHA victory over the Huskies on Halloween eve. It was a 1-1 standoff after 20 minutes. Clay Wilson scored on the power play at 14:38 to provide Michigan Tech’s marker after the Seawolves had taken a 1-0 lead three minutes earlier. … Read more
For the second night in a row, No. 1 Minnesota picked up a convincing road win over Minnesota State on the strength of its specialty teams. In yesterday’s 6-1 win, the Gophers had three power play goals and two shorthanded goals. In today’s 6-0 victory before 610 fans at All Season Arena, the Gophers netted … Read more
They weren’t all thinking about it. No one really spoke about it. But Quinnipiac goaltender Jamie Holden admitted the thought crossed his mind after his 45-save effort propelled the Bobcats to a 2-1 upset win over No. 11 Dartmouth Saturday night before 3,608 at Thompson Arena. Let’s let the ECAC know what it’s getting in … Read more
Matt Moulson scored two goals and four of his teammates tallied at least two points apiece as the Cornell Big Red offense rolled to its second consecutive 7-1 victory, this time over Sacred Heart in non-league action at Lynah Rink on Saturday night. Moulson got the scoring started in the ninth minute of the game … Read more
One night after being abruptly shown the door by the Providence Friars at Schneider Arena, the Massachusetts Minutemen found the best answer to a 6-2 loss: a two-goal shutout. Junior Gabe Winer made 20 saves, and Matt Anderson and Garrett Summerfield teamed up for both UMass goals as the Minutemen cruised to a 2-0 victory … Read more
Junior wing John Zeiler snapped a 3-3 tie with a power-play goal with 8:10 to go to lift St. Lawrence to a 4-3 win over Miami and a sweep of the series between the two teams. The Saints completed the pre-ECAC Hockey League season of their schedule with a 4-3-1 record, playing teams ranked in … Read more
No one saw it coming, because no one had seen it before. Army, with a winless coach, a winless goaltender, and a program which had never won in Starr Rink in 13 tries, knocked off Colgate 3-2 on Saturday night to erase every one of those blemishes. Goaltender Treye Kettwick, who is filling in for … Read more
With an unbeaten season and No. 1 ranking gone, Minnesota-Duluth looked to regain some momentum Saturday night at the DECC. The Bulldogs started strong and finished strong, but had only enough to tie non-conference foe Vermont 2-2 in overtime before 4,490. Marco Peluso converted a Josh Miskovich rebound at 8:50 of the third period for … Read more