Site AdministratorMinnesota downed Minnesota State, 3-2, in overtime on a goal off the skate of freshman phenom Kris Chucko. The goal was contested, but stood for the Gopher victory. “We have been talking about it all week. Try and go to the net hard and good things will happen. It went off my skate. If I … Read more
Northeastern goalie Keni Gibson was at times spectacular during Saturday night’s matchup with North Dakota. Unfortunately for the fourth-ranked Sioux, NU forward Brian Swiniarski’s play was opposite his goaltender — ugly. Hideous, even. Swiniarski potted a pair of ugly goals in the third period as host Northeastern (2-3-1) erased a two-goal UND lead to earn … Read more
After giving up three unanswered goals in the third period Friday night, the Denver Pioneers came out Saturday ready to make sure that they would hand the Badgers their first loss of the season. On the strength of 19 shots on goal in the second period, Denver ruined the Badgers’ bid for a third straight … Read more
The Northern Michigan Wildcats stretched their unbeaten streak to five games as they downed the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 4-1 at the Joyce Center on Saturday night. The Wildcats (4-1-1; 3-0-1 CCHA) got a balanced scoring attack coupled with an outstanding performance in net by Senior Tuomas Tarkki to pull out the victory. However, the … Read more
Mercyhurst wanted to change a couple trends going into tonight’s game against Clarkson. The Lakers had won four games by a 2-1 margin, including last night’s, and Mercyhurst didn’t want this one to be as close. They may have turned the corner tonight by handily beating the Golden Knights, 4-1. The Lakers (5-2-1) took a … Read more
After being outplayed and outworked on Friday, Nebraska-Omaha returned the favor at Michigan State by an identical 5-2 score on Saturday evening. “We didn’t come out on our heels; we came out tonight and went toe-to-toe,” said UNO coach Mike Kemp. “Last night we were overwhelemed at times, and we weren’t as intense.” For a … Read more
In a game that was almost a mirror opposite of Friday night, Ohio State downed North Dakota 5-4. The Buckeyes (5-3-0) were led by junior forward Jana Harrigan, the team’s leading overall scorer with three goals and eight assists. Harrigan scored two goals in the second and assisted on both the game-tying and game-winning goals … Read more
Despite being shorthanded for a second straight night, the Bowling Green Falcons held on to beat the Lake Superior State Lakers at BG Ice Arena on Saturday afternoon, 2-1. The Falcons (3-1-0, 1-1-0 CCHA), playing without seven players, all of whom were suspended indefinitely for an off-ice incident that came to light last week, surprised … Read more
Chris Abbott had a career night with two goals and two assists, while freshman defenseman Sasha Pokulok tallied the game winner as 14th-ranked Cornell opened its season with a 7-1 win over Army Friday evening at Lynah Rink. The Big Red (1-0-0) out-shot the Black Knights (0-3-1) 49-9 and scored three times each in the … Read more
Seven Bowling Green players were suspended indefinitely Tuesday, Oct. 19, after coach Scott Paluch was shown a photo of a nude player with profanity and racial slurs written on his body, apparently done as part of a hazing prank. Paluch Paluch suspended Ryan Barnett, Steve Brudzewski, Bryan Dobek, Mike Falk, Don Morrison, Brett Pilkington and … Read more
The Lake Superior State Lakers (1-4; 1-2 CCHA) notched their first win of the year with an impressive offensive display as they downed the Bowling Green Falcons, (2-1, 0-1 CCHA) 5-1 at the BG Ice Arena on Friday night. For the Lakers, it was their most lopsided win against the Falcons since the 1997-1998 season. … Read more
Junior wing T.J. Trevelyan scored two goals and assisted on a third to lead St. Lawrence to a 6-4 victory over 10th-ranked Miami in a game which gave the ECACHL two points in the Commissioner’s Cup competition. The Saints, now 3-3-1 overall, improved to 3-0-1 in the first game of a weekend set while Miami, … Read more
With just 34 seconds left in regulation and an extra attacker on the ice, North Dakota’s Jessica Kovacevich took a pass up the boards and fired it from just inside the blueline towards the net. Just 37 seconds into overtime, Liz Funk scored her third goal of the night by putting in the rebound off … Read more
Niagara turned back a relentless third-period attack by Clarkson and claimed a hard-earned road victory over the Golden Knights by a 5-3 margin at Cheel Arena. The Purple Eagles spoiled Clarkson’s home opener and the debut of highly-touted freshman Shawn Weller, who received NCAA clearance to play only hours before faceoff. Weller, a high draft … Read more
Missed opportunities in the opening 10 minutes of the first period proved costly to Rensselaer Friday against Massachusetts-Lowell. Led by Ben Walter’s four goals, the River Hawks overcame a shaky start to the game and beat the Engineers, 5-3, in a non-league game at Houston Field House. The loss not only ended a four-game unbeaten … Read more
Andrew Gordon scored two goals and Billy Hengen and Joe Jensen combined for seven assists as St. Cloud State (3-3-1, 0-2 WCHA) hammered Princeton (0-1, 0-0 ECAC) 7-2 in the Tigers’ home opener. St. Cloud State went 4-for-10 on the power play and added a shorthanded goal to dominate the scoreboard. The Huskies were happy … Read more
Last season, Jared Ross was the top offensive threat in the NCAA, leading all Division I players in points per game with 1.61. This season, he is already back on a similar track, having earned six points in his first three games. Four of those points came Friday, as Ross scored a goal and assisted … Read more
Yann Danis he wasn’t. But Brown’s new netminder, Scott Rowan, was good enough, brushing off a shaky first period to salvage a 2-2 tie in the Bears’ season opener against Harvard at Meehan Auditorium. The result, the Crimson’s best showing against its traditional rival in four years, officially kicked off Harvard hockey’s second Ted Donato … Read more
Last season, defense was Minnesota State’s undoing. But after the Mavericks’ opening series against North Dakota, during which they held the high-powered Fighting Sioux to just four goals in total, it looked like this year might be different. Friday night, new-look Minnesota begged to differ. The Gophers (4-2, 2-1 WCHA) scored at will, chasing Mankato … Read more
There’s been a different No. 1 team in the nation each of the first four weeks of the season. Yet another new No. 1 was assured Friday night at the DECC. After just five days at the top, Minnesota Duluth was toppled by unheralded Vermont 3-2 before a crowd of 4,653. It was the first … Read more